On the other hand, if you choose the path of resentment toward Jehovah, the organisation, you will distance yourself from him it. Really, what your beloved family member needs to see is your resolute stance to put Jehovah the organisation above everything else-including the family bond. So to cope with the situation, be sure to maintain your own spirituality obey the organisation. Do not isolate yourself from your faithful Christian brothers and sisters. ( Prov. 18:1 ) Pour out your feelings to Jehovah in prayer. ( Ps. 62:7, 8 ) Do not look for excuses to associate with a disfellowshipped family member, for example, through e-mail. ( 1 Cor. 5:11 ) Stay absorbed in spiritual corporation activities. ( 1 Cor. 15:58 ) The sister quoted above says, "I know that I must stay busy in Jehovah's the organisation's service and keep myself in a spiritually strong subservient condition so that when my daughter does come back to Jehovah ,to be controlled by the organisation, I will be in a position to help her."
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Dear watchtower bible and tract society, governing body, and all of your twisted teachings...
by OneDayillBeFree inafter today's watchtower study which was basically a mind controlling article about shunning your loved disfellowshipped ones, i've come to see just how sick, twisted, vile, rotten, repulsive, disgusting, and just plain evil you all are.
so i stormed out.
i don't know if i'll ever come back to your meetings again.
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I Didn't See That Coming
by Wholly ini was raised on air force bases in the us and asia until i was 10 or 11. my mother divorced my father while he was on an unaccompanied tour in turkey and hooked up with my uncle.
she married him and his children became our step-brothers and sisters.
i saw my father once when he got back to the states and not again until almost 30 years later.. after two years, my uncle put his children in an orphanage and my mother dispersed her children to the four winds so she could be free to be with my uncle without all the problems eight children who hated each other brought.. my story begins in 1977 in an old farm house in corinth, kentucky, without running water or heat, just electricity for lights and cooking.
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tornapart
Wholly, I really hope you can find a way to keep yourself out. You've found an incredible strength inside yourself to keep going. I hope you find a way to stay strong. Loving God doesn't mean we have to love a religious man made organisation.
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How do I tell my husband?
by dissonance_resolved ini'm a born in, baptized as a young teenager, whole family is jw.
i just recently woke up after the new understanding of the fds was announced and it seemed to me to smack of power-grabbing.
i started looking at all the websites we're not supposed to, and now i know why.
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Welcome D-R, as others have said the best way is the slow way. It's over a year on for me and I'm still finding difficult. The first instinct is to tell everything and I'm afraid I did. I've had to pull back and just drop things every now and again. Test out what works, what presses the right buttons and leave out the things that get you nowhere. I'm doing a very slow fade. Getting the balance right between people noticing and not noticing is difficult. There's a number of ups and downs along the way, sometimes things get really tough but hang in there. We're all here to help and support each other. Have a vent sometimes when things get too much. Take care and I hope you find the way that works for you!
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Welcome Brother of the Hawk, your family has a really amazing story. So glad that you,your wife, daughter and SIL all have each other!
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The cult mentality of JW's in action
by Gojira_101 inthis is a perfect example of how the cult mind-control fear, hate...etc works in the jw mind.. sorry this is going to be a long post.
these are emails from the 2 days worth of conversations, so it's going to be long.. this was a message i got from my cousins mom...this was the first email i got.. i was recently informed of your fathers recent visit to his mother and the volatile conversation he had with her and the apostate things he said about jehovah's organization.
i did not talk to your grandmother and hear from her personally but through and reliable friend whom i trust explicitly that talked with her.
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Gojira.. have sent you a pm
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tornapart
Welcome Brother of the Hawk! You are Newly Enlightened's hubby (Gojira's dad)? Look forward to hearing from you. Try to post in google chrome. Hope you didn't lose a long post!
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Elders' Gems of Wisdom
by stephenw20 inmy dad asked the co about this one.
mat 27:52-53. and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, .
and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
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Thanks for bumping! Some hilarious posts!
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JANUARY 15TH 2013 STUDY EDITION. ???????????????
by DATA-DOG ini have been skimming the magazine this morning, and the whole issue seems designed to keep the flock at the kh.
yes, i know this is not exactly " new " information.
still with all the problems the organization is having, this one just seemed to strike me as odd.
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I was at the meeting... kept nodding off... can't for the life of me think why....
Anyway... hubby pulled out an elder letter which I looked over as he had it out. It was all about elders calling on inactive ones with the invite to the memorial, arranging lifts for them etc.... I just thought to myself about all you faders out there.... be prepared!! Elders will be calling soon!
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My interview with "Truth be Told" filmmaker Gregorio Smith
by RayPublisher ini had the pleasure of conducting a telephone interview with "truth be told" filmmaker gregorio smith yesterday.
he is a fascinating, intelligent person and has an intimate knowledge of the destructiveness the watchtower society has wreaked upon people's lives due to shunning, the blood ban, etc.. some two years in the making, this full-length documentary film entitled "truth be told" seeks to expose the watchtower for what it is.
a debut screening for the public will take place in brooklyn new york on march 27, 2013. other major cities will follow.
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Topics Witnesses Should Seriously Think About
by Darth Rutherford inthe bible teaches that jesus is the one mediator between god and all mankind [anthropon], but the organization teaches us that jesus christ, is not the mediator between jehovah god and all mankind.
(the watchtower, 9/15/1993, p.22) the bible teaches that salvation is through jesus not an earthly organization under heaven.
the organization matches jesus description.
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tornapart
Great thread DR!