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  Hats Off To Simon

  by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

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  huge round of applause for simon (not every hero wears a cape).

  this is to say a huge big thank you,tons of appreciation and gratitude from me for simon for toiling away on his own dime for 20 years or so and keeping this site up and running .

  surely this site has helped tons of jdumbs n exjdumbs in their search for ttatt and freedom.

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  Muddy Waters

  Simon, you and this site, are so very valuable and appreciated. You, dear sir, are a gift.

  Many, many thanks to you.
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  'Experiences(tm)'! Made up or totally true??

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  at one assembly(tm), i was asked to relate an 'experience(tm)' which i did.

  however, during rehearsals, the geezer in charge elder or co or some such title, told me that i shouldn't tell it the way it was.

  i did a 're-enactment(tm)' with another 'brother(tm)'.

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  Muddy Waters

  I remember also being told by the DO to alter my part on stage so that it would “better reflect the needs of the circuit”, and thus be more encouraging to the brothers and sisters, blah, blah, blah.

  People who knew me were puzzled at how my experience was so different from my real life, and a few even questioned me afterward. The DO had specifically asked us NOT to say that we were asked to change our parts, so how the heck were you to explain all the discrepancies??

  I was so embarrassed, and couldn’t even explain properly except to say that I was “really nervous” and must have forgotten things I was supposed to say. It was really troubling to me at the time, and I had a hard time dealing with it, feeling like I was lying (well, duh! Of course I was! ☹️) and trying to justify how it all fit into Jehovah’s “theocratic arrangement” for the benefit and spiritual blessing for all, gag, blah.

  My spiritual “high” of being “invited” to be on an assembly part changed to confusion and embarrassment afterward, and left me with a sense of shame that was hard to put right, despite all the earlier fancy talk, justifications, and explanations from the District Overseer.

  After that I never looked at another assembly part the same way, wondering how many of those experiences were also embellished, changed beyond recognition, or outright fabricated. Because I was in so deep, this didn’t even wake me up at the time. It was Just Another Thing pushed under the rug lest it made ways for doubts and weakness and snares of Satan, Blah blah blah.

  But I also never forgot it.... One of those itches you tried not to scratch....
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  What Did You Do With All Your Meeting Clothes?

  by minimus in

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  i literally had dozens of suits.

  i still have more dress clothes than anyone i know.

  i did give some suits and clothing away and to be honest, i still like wearing a nice suit.. brothers and sisters, are all your “ meeting clothes” still in your closet?

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  So many of my dresses were so long... way below the knee, mid-calf most of them (god, I was such a self-righteous shrew, so concerned about being “modest”....)

  I gave most, if not all, of my dresses to Goodwill. I couldn’t stand to look at them and be reminded of that mindset and cultishness.

  Did keep some bags and shoes, though.

  My look today is comfortable, casual, and occasionally hippie. lol.
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  The jw builders choir omg

  by Gorbatchov in

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  seems like the genesis song jesus he knows me.. g.. https://www.jw.org/en/library/videos/?applanguage=e#en/mediaitems/latestvideos/pub-jwb_201910_12_video.

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  Muddy Waters

  They all sound like they have a sprinkle or two (or dash or whole damn shaker) of David Splane... the songs I mean. The new songs. This song. They all sound the same..

  To think, I was once like one of those “earnest ones”....

  👀
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  KURD is the word - and the word is KURD

  by Terry in

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  kurd is the word - the word is kurd________who the heck are they?.

  once upon a time, world war one ended and three people created a new place out of thin air called: iraq.

  (gertrude bell, lawrence of arabia, winston churchill).this new country was divided up into 3 chunks:kurdsunnishia_____solemn promises made by colonel t.e.

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  Muddy Waters

  Marking to read later, looks so interesting
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  2019-October 8, BOE!

  by Atlantis in

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  2019-10-08 boe.

  supporting the congregation as a pioneer.

  https://docdro.id/sf2rkwx.

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  Ha, I remember the Pioneer Assist program... I was one of the ones they tried to pair with a pioneer sister. (Aside: despite name, I am female)

  Well, I was quite excited about it, because I really looked up to this sister... she was so “spiritual”, gave awesome comments, blah de blah, so amazing wonderfulness. ✨✨✨

  But, heh, she wasn’t so keen, it turned out, to be paired with me. (shock, dismay, sadness, sorrow, woe is me, sinful me....) We never even went out once. Not once. Ever.

  When I would ask the elders about it, the brothers (TM) would tell me that it was “still being set up” and that I should wait on Jehovah (this made no sense, wouldn’t I just wait on this sister to call me, or I call her?)

  Well, as usual, “waiting on Jehovah” means... nothing. As in, Nothing happens.

  I’d see her at the hall and smile hopefully at her, lol, but she’d always look away quickly or be on the other side of the hall no matter where I seemed to be, haha. Such a spiritually weak pathetic thing I must have been.

  I remember the hurt feelings and confusion, but now it all means nothing. All Moot. A memory quickly dimming and fading away....
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  2019-October 8, BOE!

  by Atlantis in

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  2019-10-08 boe.

  supporting the congregation as a pioneer.

  https://docdro.id/sf2rkwx.

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  Muddy Waters

  Wow, thank you! Amazing. Feels like reading “1984”...
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  From ABC News - Australia

  by no-zombie in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  this morning, this article appeared on our national online news channel; the abc.. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-10/jehovahs-witness-abuse-exposed/11561776.

  no-zombie.

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  Muddy Waters

  Thank you, no-zombie, for posting this, and thank you, doug mason, for making a pdf file!!

  👍🏼✨
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  JW.Org data

  by snare&racket in

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  to think they have hung the blue and white sign on every building they own in the world and that this was a publicity campaign with the presumed backing of the god of the universe....... it's not going well.. despite the 8.5 million followers, who through design have to visit the site......it isn't even in the top ten..... top fifty..... top one hundred ......top two hundred visited sites globally.. users on average click through 7 pages per visit and don't stay long, averaging about a minute a page.. as for the data on its search over time 'jw.org' is now googled globally at a rate less than 25% of its peak and is usually associated for a search for the daily text.. .

  between this and the carts, the only message getting through to real people is 'child abuse' and that woman from king of queens taking an interest!.

  i sincerely think we are seeing evidence of what has been anecdotal decline...... waited long enough for it!.

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  Muddy Waters

  Awesome, thank you for breaking this down, excellent.

  !

  👍🏼✨
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  Blondie's Food For Thought 10 6 2019 WT Study, Let Your Love Abound (August 2019 issue)

  by blondie in

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  2. friends

  blondie’s food for thought, 10/06/2019 wt study article, let your love abound (august 2019).

  opening comments:.

  i have been trying to condense my previous comments/highlights format.

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  Muddy Waters

  Hm.

  Blondie, I love you and all the hard work you do. How you can do this is beyond me… and so appreciated🌷

  May I say that I prefer your previous format? It’s easier to comprehend when it’s all laid out there, and I do not want to visit JW dot Organization...

  It was easier to have the paragraphs separately discussed, as well as being able to scan through or skip ahead or skim as need be.... 😄🤗