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  Where I'm at now

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  2. friends

  just thought i'd start a thread about what i've been up to recently.

  any comments and suggestions are welcome.. so here goes .... i'm interested in enrolling for a master's degree and i've almost completed it.

  i just need one more reference, plus i need to sort out the finances.. i'd been claiming universal credit for 2 years after graduating from uni.

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  ctrwtf

  "Your life is an occasion, rise to it." - Mr. Magorium
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  SKE, and other acronymic crap

  by MTSman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, i was sort of forced to spend time with my uber-in parents.

  they went on gushing about the website, and the new business cards they have to give out to busy people.

  business cards?

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  Tell your parents you've joined the VAA. When they give you a puzzled look tell them to look it up!
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  Don't you think that some people are just better off within the org?

  by paradiseseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is my first post, i will introduce myself later.

  first of all, i must say that english is not my mother tongue (i'm spanish), so excuse me if i make any mistake.. do you think that some people simply can't cope with being outside the jws?

  some of them are too worldlyphobic to be around non-jws, too dependent on a fixed set of rules in order to carry on with their lives, too dependent on the hope of paradise and resurrection, too unable to leave their personal comfort zone within the organization.

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  Smoking is an immense source of comfort for those addicted to nicotine. Smokers describe it as a social blanket that keeps them warm when stressed by the trials of the day.

  Just because a practice makes someone "feel better" doesn't mean they are better off continuing the same.
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  Be extra careful if you choose to drive tonight.

  by The Real Edward Gentry in

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  2. friends

  lots of people are drinking heavily and letting their wives drive..

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  ctrwtf

  In all actuality you may as well drive drunk tonight cause god's gonna kill you anyway for celebrating Christmas.

  I'm a little tipsy myself right now but I'm at home and ain't driving. Come to think of it I'll hav e another.

  Cheers and Merry Christmas to all you apustatees!
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  Billions die because fruit was eaten. Please think about this.

  by pleaseresearch in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  counties once at war with one another can forgive and move on.

  even horrible murderers who killed the family members of someone can be forgiven for the act that they did.. but god, no no no.

  no such thing can happen.

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  And just think, this all happened just six thousand years ago!
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  What Made You Decide To Finally Leave The Organization?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  was there one certain event or was it more a cumulative thing?.

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  ctrwtf

  I remember going over the "questions" in the Lamp Book.at the age of 12. After all, armageddon was nigh.

  Later on, I felt bad because I just got dunked, never having gone to JG in prayer and dedicating my life to do his will. Who knows, maybe this is my loophole? At 16 I recall telling my dad, the PO at the time, that I didn't agree with all the wacky teachings, (the UN, the numerology, the shifting dates, the blood doctrine) but thought it was the "best way of living." Oddly enough that didn't even phase him. I think he agreed. Toward the end of his life, although we never spoke of it, I could see his doubts.

  In adulthood, I really grappled with the murder of billions so JG could prove himself right. Serving as an elder, I had a front row seat to the backstabbing, self serving, even criminal behavior of fellow elders. I began to see how my kids were being forced to do something they didn't want and that was pretty much the last straw.

  In answer to your question, it was definitely cumulative and took decades. Thanks to the internet, now people can find out immediately that their doubts and concerns are valid. Perhaps this will embolden some to leave more quickly.
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  Pacifism is Morally Indefensible

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have been surprised recently to see so much support by ex-jws for the watchtower's refusal to fight and kill.

  in my opinion it is a vice masquerading as a virtue.

  of course war should always be a last resort but there are occasions that it has to be done.

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  I agree. Ex-JW's (self included from time to time) suffer from a form of PTSD when they feel the need to defend an opinion or position that they once held as axiomatic.

  The reality is that absolute pacifism is not an option in the world we live in. There are principles worth fighting and dying for.
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  Aliens

  by Jayk in

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  2. humour

  i thought i was weird that i believe in aliens.

  until i remembered that people believe there is a god..

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  Check out the NYTimes article this week, Apparently the air force believes in aliens as well. Or at least UFO's.

  Not so silly after all.......
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  Whole families leaving the Org has increased

  by pomo6780 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have noticed in the uk a few families i used to know while in the borg have exited together.

  some include former elders and ministerial servants.

  i observed on social media pages that the kids have 'worldly' boyfriends and girlfriends and they look so much happier than they did in the org.

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  My whole family left. I missed alot of meetings for work. After awhile work became an excuse to miss more meetings. Collectively we awoke to TTATT. I remember sitting in the living room and discussing how we all felt and then we just stopped attending. Went to one memorial in 2008. That was it. Never been back and never will go back.
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  Ministry Ideaz - Online JW shop

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  ministry ideaz is an online shop that sells products aimed at the jw market.

  apparently the owner is a guy called greg holland.bridget azaz (youtube account) has posted a mirror of a video which attempts to disclose the relationship between this business and the watchtower society.

  it shows a photo of greg holland standing in the watchtower broadcasting studio and a claim that he was one of a very small number of people specially invited to a four day opening of warwick.it also shows a photo of gb losch, his wife and her family with claims that they were brought to equidor on holiday by greg holland.another claim is that greg admits that there is a contract between his business and the watchtower.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqfwsj6m0muthey announced the opening of their first physical store in july, 2017. visit us at our new location in pine bush, ny.

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  Isn't that suit a little tight fitting? Maybe Losch likes it that way.