Posts by onightdivine

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Was my dad awake?!

by EyesOpenHeartBroken in

i am wondering if my deceased elder father was awake?

once we found out he was dying, i spent every moment i could with him, we were very close.

anyway, i offered to read to him a lot when he was resting.

onightdivine

He was awake. Glad to know he was able to impart his wisdom on you until the last days of his life.

Welcome to the forum. 💚

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We talk a lot about conditional friends on here

by cappytan in

jw
friends

so, when people post about being shunned by their friends, i've heard several posters say things like, "their friendship is conditional.

real friendships aren't conditional.".

i'm sorry, but that just isn't really true.. if you and i were friends, there are conditions.

onightdivine

Thanks for opening up this thread. This is making me rethink my idealistic concept of what a friend is.

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EPIC!#%* NOVEMBER 2015 WT VIDEO "Welcome Home My Friend, Now Your Life Can Start Again"

by NoMoreHustle in

well i just watched this "epic" video, i would have to say this is probably the most disturbing video yet.

there campaign to get people back is just pathetic in the most mind-manipulating way.

"welcome home" or "come back home" are they serious?

onightdivine

Sad thing is that almost all of the sisters at the cong will share stories about how they felt touched by the video.. with teary eyes.

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The Tale Of River Song

by River Song in

hello all, thanks for all the warm welcomes this weekend.

there was some interest in my origins story so here goes.. i am a born in, never baptised.

my parents were immigrants who knew no one in a new town in a new country when they got love bombed into the cult.

onightdivine

Hi River Song,

Thanks for sharing your story. Happy to see other overcome the not-so-pleasant past and still remain generally at peace and together as a family.

OND

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How have you felt since you learned TTATT?

by tornapart in

it's been 4 years since it happened to me.

an almost overnight experience.

i read ray franz coc in 3 days and that was it.

onightdivine

I felt that my doubts were finally validated.

But there is still a lingering cloud of fear of breaking away completely from the "friendships" I've formed. I invested too much, gave a lot... and while it can be explained as the effect of "sunk cost fallacy", I'm taking it slowly and still giving my shot at relating to my very few closest "friends" at a personal non-spiritual level.

I don't know how else to go but I promised myself I won't be as gullible as before.

Regarding the TTATT, it is freedom. Not going to die while blindly following those heartless corrupt Governing Body members. Everyone else, wake up and stop judging the "weak ones"!!!!!

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Where are you from?

by BeautifulMind in

jw
friends

i know we are all anonymous for our own personal reasons, so i understand if you would rather not say.

but if you don't mind sharing that would be cool.

i currently live in georgia, usa.

onightdivine

And still no one else from Southeast Asia (except for Divergent).. Hi to everyone from across the globe.

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Converts

by Alive! in

i've noticed there seems to be a higher percentage of born-ins here....who are the converted jws?.

does anyone care to share how they got converted?.

onightdivine

I was lovebombed at the time I needed the feeling of being cared for and loved by other people, aside from my family.

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WT Mtg "read scriptures" are only to be read by a 1 brother???

by Olivia Wilde in

we had co visit recently & it appears that the co told the elders of the congregation that the scriptures indicated on the wt to be "read" on the watchtower study are only to be read by 1 brother in the entire study.... the elder conducting the watchtower announced that at the wt mtg... i was like what???

only men?....

has anyone else had this occur in their congregation?

onightdivine

Yes... in our cong until last year anyone could raise their hands and read the scriptures cited during the WT study.

But now it's only 1 designated male reader throughout the program. And he doesn't even wait for others to find the scripture and goes on to read in his irritatingly loud grandstanding voice.

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