howdy guys!
so how long has it been since you have seen your jw family or friends?
or do you even care to have them in your life anymore?
It's been 10 months for me, but feels a lot longer.
Unfortunately, i came from a "good" JW family that lovingly cut off all association with their own non-JW family, so i don't even know who my non JW cousins/aunts/uncles are.
It sucks discovering the real world with absolutely no one. Trying to meet people and make friends but it's weird when they ask who my friends are because i dont have any. And when they ask about family... i don't have any.
my wife (unstuck) just saw a new 2-3 min video in her ex jw facebook feed, depicting a "paradise" scene preview.. it was complete with aerial shots and slow motion montages, with moving music.. scriptures were quoted across the screen, such as rev 21:3,4. i shazamed the music, and it came from another "worldly" album called "world of dreams.future world music" (you should see the song titles from that album!).
is it an official wt video, or some private persons production?.
if it is official, they seem to have once again resorted to desperate emotional manipulation tactics..... anyone else know?
It's not very well done is it?
i used to dread seeing a witness coming toward me.
now i am quite comfortable and hope that they may say something to me..... does your blood pressure rise when you see a jw coming toward you?
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Tom, I'm bewildered at your reasoning. 900 languages does not mean it's the truth. Any cult with free labour and members around the world could do that.
Changing doctrine IS a big deal. Those faithful witnesses who died for want of an organ transplant simply because Fred Franz said it was cannibalism have families that are still suffering from doctrinal blunders like that.
quick background:.
born-in, but never baptized.
remainder of family still (by all appearances) loyal dubs.
When can I let my guard down?
Never..
JW`s are sneaky, under handed and deceitful, especially JW Relatives..
They won`t stop....Ever..
Outlaw is right. Teach your child to question and research everything. I make a point of not telling my child about Santa or the Tooth Fairy because if she asks me about angels/God/Satan etc i tell her they're just stories that your mums family believe.
i used to dread seeing a witness coming toward me.
now i am quite comfortable and hope that they may say something to me..... does your blood pressure rise when you see a jw coming toward you?
?.
Hopefully someone will say “Thanks for sharing,” but I’m a little worried about what they may actually say.
Sincerely, thanks for sharing. Many active JW's who come on here are gone after a week or so. This site is intended not just for exJWs and apostates, but active JW's too. We encourage debate, it oftentimes gets heated when active JW's and exJW's clash but that's to be expected. Many exJW's are here because they're still suffering from the effects of being involved with the Organization. Some are trying to rebuild their lives after losing their families. But almost all of us do actually care about the individual JW. Our families/former friends are still in.
Let’s face it - many of Jehovah’s Witnesses are nuts...
Yep.
...but none are liars.
... some are. The majority are good people doing what they think is what God wants of them. If you research JWFacts.com you'll see ample evidence of lies that have been covered over by the society.
skimming though my iphone earlier today i came across a fb post - which i now can't find!.
basically it was a claim that a gb member had stated that associating with a disfellowshipped person was akin to sleeping next to a corpse.. so obviously i'm curious as to whether anyone else has come across this..
Not in a magazine or book but i have heard a talk about 2 years ago in where they likened it to the ancient punishment of strapping a corpse to a healthy person. The person would, over time, get sick due to the rotting body he's forced to carry around, and he'd eventually die. The speaker likened this to associating with a DF/DA'd person, you would gradually become [spiritually] sick and eventually die [spiritually].
what i noticed during the memorial is the over organised ritual aspect.
for a non jw is must be hard to follow.. for me, i noticed that during the memorial there is no attention for the historical jesus and the historical events.
it's all about the kingdom arrangement with it's central point, the governing body of jw.. do you noticed this also?.
Looking back im ashamed to say i just went along with the ritual of passing the emblems, not really thinking about it. Now, looking back, it's clear that the scriptures direct every follower of Christ to partake. Instead we all just passed it along, waiting for my turn to pass it, feeling a little bit nervous in case i drop it, keeping a look out to see if anyone will eat/drink. No one ever did in my hall.
Which makes me think, why even go if you're not partaking? If it's only for a select few then only they should turn up.
jehovah's witnesses mobilize global response to threat of ban in russia.
march 21, 2017. https://www.jw.org/en/news/releases/by-region/russia/jw-mobilize-global-response-to-threat-of-ban/.
new york—threatened with an imminent ban on their worship in russia, jehovah’s witnesses are responding with a direct appeal to kremlin and supreme court officials for relief through a global letter-writing campaign.
Governing Body say jump, JW's say "how high?"
Governing Body say write letters to Putin, JW's get their little children to innocently get involved with a political lobby they know nothing about (sickening).
Governing Body say drink this kool aid, JW's gulp it down.
Pics sent to me on Facebook:
this was the first memorial that i declined to do any work for the memorial.
i was assigned as a parking attendant after getting downgraded from doing the sound and had no intention of doing either task but i had to attend for my family and continuation of my fade.
i sat there last night listening to the talk and couldn't help but shake my head as my brain attempted to process the bs.
I think it's just a tradition now. The ones who turn up as guests are almost always family members who were never in "the truth" but turn up to this once a year because it's the least they could do to keep their spouse/family happy.
Thinking back, i didn't like the memorial. I didn't enjoy it, i didn't think it was a celebration in any sense of the word. It was just boring. The popular elders families milling around greeting and smiling to the new faces as if they'd be friends with them if they ever attended the meetings.
a rather bizzare situation, this morning.
i was taking my daughter to the park, as i walk past a row of shops a car horn beeps and shouts me.
i turn round and see a car in a disabled parking space with a guy who used to go to my hall smiling and waving to me.
Did you ask him why he no longer goes ?
I didnt ask. But i can guess. He and his adult daughter always sit in the back row in the very corner. Always first in the KH. Nobody talks to them, people just walk past them and stay within their own cliques.
If you only go to the KH for the talks then it soon gets boring.
