Posts by Whynot

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Film about a Jehovah's Witness with leukaemia

by Amelia Ashton in

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=83t1gmazgsm&feature=youtu.be#menu.

a trailer for "the children act".

Zeal vs Fanaticism. What is the difference?

by stuckinarut2 in

a good friend of ours and i were chatting the other day about the difference between a zealous person and fanatical person.. what is the difference?.

why is someone praised for being "zealous" , but another person is mocked or condemned for being a "fanatical" person?.

how would jws be classed?.

Whynot

It seems like they mean the same thing. Except zeal has a more positive ring to it

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JW Parents in bad shape with no retirement.

by blownaway in

my wife's parents are in very bad shape.

they are both 2nd gen jws.

my father in law worked for a large american manufacturing company in the 60s and early 70s.

Loyal Jehivah's Witnesses cannot retire comfortably. They are programmed to believe the "end" is near and so there is no need for retirement. It makes me sooo mad! I made thus mistake and I honestly thought I was showing full trust in Jehovah by not havung a 401k at my job. I was praised for it. Since waking up, I have been planning for retirement. I lost a decade bit I still have a few more to fix up my retirement plan.

My parents have ZERO for retirement. Even though they are technically retired they still have to work as well as other faithful older JWs I know. They have always struggled and now even more. I just don't want that for me and my family.

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Suggestions for horror/supernatural movies

by Addison0998 in

hey guys, so now that i’m pretty much atheist and i’m not scared of demons or supernatural things, or bring them into my house by watching movies or reading books about them lol, i defenitly want to watch a few scary movies.

i’ve always loved scary movies, but as witness, you don’t get to watch many since they need to be pg-13 and have no spiritism in it lol.

does anyone have any suggestions?

Whynot

The Fifth Kind - kind of scary

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Blood Componenets Are The Issue

by Lee Elder in

in a new "must read" article, a former jw hlc committee chairman explains why blood components are the real issue, and the terrible price paid to learn this important lesson.. http://ajwrb.org/components-of-blood-are-the-issue.

Whynot

JWs are extremely ignorant when it comes to blood. I still feel like I have so much to learn. My hemotologist opened my eyes to how ridiculous my stance was on blood transfusions. He was very kind, and understanding but he explained things to me that made me stop and question everything that I had read from the governing body. It was very, very hard for me to do the research since I felt like I was betraying the organization. At the time, I was still very much in and active. It's crazy how the GB pushes and enphasizes this doctrine. It shouldn't be allowed.

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Story out of Sacramento demon possessed pioneers

by poopie in

anyone heard anything?.

Whynot

How do they know? I mean, maybe it's psychosis or epilepsy?

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My failed attempts to help my brainwashed family

by Addison0998 in

first of all i just want to say a quick thank you to all of you who’s been listening to my story and my little rants and dilemmas lol.

this website has helped me so much to not feel alone and to keep me from feeling like i’m going crazy.

anyways, i’m defenitly going to try much harder from this point on to play the part until i move out after this summer.

Whynot

For almost 2 decades I stayed in even though I knew about the incorrect prophecies and other incorrect teachings. I spoke to an elder about my doubts and he told me to "wait on Jehovah" to clarify things. He also asked me "where would you go?" So I stayed and even defended the incorrect teachings. I would compare it to being in an abusive relationship. Most people stay because they think things will get better and have nowhere else to go.

It took me a long time to decide all of this was wrong and I wasn't going to put up with it anymore.

Be patient with your family. It takes some faithful JWs years to wake up. You want to give this information in tiny amounts and in a joking way. Make it humorous. You can joke about Rutherford and Beth Sarim, what a silly man poor thing hahaha.

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Not posted for a year because mum died did not want blood.

by Witness 007 in

i posted here weekly until a year ago when my mum died of a mild form of lukemia which is easy to treat with 2 blood tranfusions a month.

you can live to 100 with treatment, but no my mum chose to die a faithful witness after 2 years of chemo and hell for her family and doctors.

her chemo doctor cried when she only had weeks left to live knowing that she could be saved with one bag of blood!

Whynot

I'm so sorry for your loss. Big hugs to you. My grandma died of the same. She had leukemia about 1 year after getting baptized. It's something that is hard to talk about especially when your entire fam is in the WT.

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A & E Cults-Barbara Anderson

by Joyzabel in

16 years ago dateline's report on jw's and child abuse was aired may 28, 2002, a tuesday night and tonight a&e aired on may 29, 2018, tuesday night!.

i can't help but think how barbara has tirelessly worked to expose the child abuse issue within the watchtower/jw.org and is still working to not only expose the problem but to help change the laws in the usa to help protect children.

she has a wealth of information gathered for over 20 years on how the governing body protects the pedophile and not help the victims .

Whynot

I missed it! How can I see a replay? Maybe YouTube?

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What exactly is an Apostafest?

by Whynot in

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i read a few threads on apostafests but i don't really understand what they are or what happens.

are they family friendly?

is it a party or support group meet-up?.

Whynot

I read a few threads on Apostafests but I don't really understand what they are or what happens.

Are they family friendly? Is it a party or support group meet-up?