there is a plethora of convention photos on my instagram this morning.
(a lot of my jw friends have forgotten i'm on their followers list) .
smiling faces standing next to convention posters with comments like 'nope, i'm not giving up.
Funny, my ex-wife sent me pictures of our little girl in the convention. EVERY picture was taken during the sessions and on each one she was in the VIP room, in the accounts office or outside... shouldn't her mum be listening to the spiritual food and not giving up???
Not that i care, im glad.
if i'm tierd i fall asleep anywere so the meetings ect were no diffrent my wife would always try to wake me but im a deep sleeper.
karter .
At the convention my head would always nod. Unfortunately, there was no head rest so no way of falling asleep there. Plus your mum or whoever was next to you would wake you up.
It's simply not possible to listen to talk after talk after talk for 8 hours and stay sharp. The brain doesn't learn that way. Listening and watching WILL make you tired after 1.5 hours even if you're 100% interested. Unfortunately the GB haven't read "worldly" psychology that tells them that people learn more and retain more in 20 minute bursts with a short break between each one.
those are the words of my 2nd generation born in jw mother.
my grandfather died refusing blood.
i've since come to the realization that many jws have no other opportunities or options when it comes to leaving the cult.
This is why im so grateful i left at 31yo (3rd generation born in). If i were 60+ and realized it was all a lie i'd be very depressed and bitter inside. No way to leave because my kid would be 30+ by then and i'd hate myself for raising her in it.
Where else could you go? A library would be a good start. JWFacts, this site, but most importantly involving oneself in classes, groups and hobbies to force yourself to meet people.
Darkspilver
I've thought this for a long time.
interesting picture cropping you've done their...
I didnt crop anything. The picture i used is here: https://photos.smugmug.com/Asia/North-Korea/Pyongyang/i-nx7fxhm/0/M/2012-06-06-at-07-17-19-M.jpg
I've thought this for a long time.
just like after decades of memorial partakers declining and now reversed.
this information age might reverse the trend of jw membership.
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Don't believe me ... go look inside any Kingdom Hall in Europe or Australia ... and see that it's all ready just another a senior citizens club.
This is true. When i was still in and visited the congregation i grew up in they were 90% old people. I felt sorry for that one 20yo guy. No friends his own age, and who does he talk to at the KH? Old brother Joe?
i was recently told this by a jw family member when trying to get through to them.
does this quote indicate that maybe such ones have considered that the jw's may not have the truth after all?
or is that just my wishful thinking?
I've heard this so many times. Embarrassingly, I've even said it myself when i was a JW.
The best life to live? Compared to what exactly? If you were born in like i was what was i even comparing it to?
earlier today i was listening to a you tube video about brain plasticity, how our minds aren't hardwired, and that by changing the way we think it can make actual physical changes in the brain.
which is cool for many reasons.
one in particular for me and likely any ex jw is that the way the wts has programmed us, especially those born in, can eventually get past it.
Personally, i found exposing myself to the actually EVIDENCE and PROOF of Watchtower lying in court, the UN letter and their twisting of scripture to be very helpful. Once you lose all respect for those bumbling old fools in Warwick you stop feeling guilty or afraid of "but what if it is the truth™?!"
It's also made me very skeptical of all religions. Particularly Christianity and Islam.
just like after decades of memorial partakers declining and now reversed.
this information age might reverse the trend of jw membership.
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As long as the great and powerful GB and make looking at old light and apostate material "a sin" then people will stay indoctrinated. However, more and more outrageous things are being said on JWBroadcasting that im sure people are waking up but still arnt diving into JWFacts. Probably just bobbing along thinking when the GB die and are replaced by GB 2.0 they'll have a better religion. As tightpants Tony said this month "This is the best imperfect organization there is!"
