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  Ferguson Situation reinforcing my family's delusions. Is it doing the same to yours?

  by Yondaime in

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  2. experiences

  lol they keep saying that this is truly satans system and all that crap.how people in the world are so judgemental and crazy.. anyone else getting sick of this?.

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  @Yondhaime. Worldly people are judgemental and crazy. This from Dubs. That's funny
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  Reverse Disfellowshipping

  by ctrwtf in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm into the 7th year of a successful fade.

  when i'm at the market i still see some of my former "friends" trying to avoid eye contact.

  although i'm not df'd i may as well be in their eyes.

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  @Honesty put into words one of our biggest concerns. Someone will have something to say about my daughter's hair style or my son's tattoo. (Celtic Cross)

  Maybe they'll be so offended that they'll drop a dime on us to the local Nazi's. Maybe it will be an all out shouting match. It is all those loose ends.
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  Reverse Disfellowshipping

  by ctrwtf in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm into the 7th year of a successful fade.

  when i'm at the market i still see some of my former "friends" trying to avoid eye contact.

  although i'm not df'd i may as well be in their eyes.

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  I'm into the 7th year of a successful fade. When I'm at the market I still see some of my former "friends" trying to avoid eye contact. Although I'm not DF'd I may as well be in their eyes. That's okay with me, I've moved on from that. And I really don't want to talk to them either.

  What is hard is dealing with extended family. We live on opposite sides of the country so we don't see each other often, maybe every couple of years. My mother-in-law knows we are inactive and has tried to guilt my wife into going back. Thankfully, DW is never going back.

  So we're thinking of paying mom-in-law and sisters and brothers a visit and the funny thing is that none of us (wife, daughter and son) really want to go. Its cringeworthy to hear the "spiritual" talk. To be asked what's "wrong," after all something must be "wrong" if we're inactive. And maybe the hardest part is spending the money and making the effort to travel when its pretty obvious that there is no longer any real connection there.

  I am labeling this phenomenon Reverse Disfellowshipping. This occurs when it's so uncomfortable to be with friends or family that you ( the inactive or DF'd person) deliberately try to avoid any contact with them.

  Thanks again WT for yet another emotionally crippling side effect of your toxic religion.
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  What a Waste...but i dont mind....

  by new hope and happiness in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was listning to a song by ian dury " what a waste" such perfect and apt lyrics to explain my witness life.... anybody got any songs that explain there watchtower existence?.

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  Wish you were here. Pink Floyd

  "Did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?"
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  A Community Service

  by ctrwtf in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i'm having lunch as this pretty popular cafe,sitting at the bar enjoying a stella artois.. out of the corner of my eye i catch two well dressed ladies asking the bartender if the manager is available.

  the bartender tells the ladies that the manager is not in.

  the ladies proceed to tell the bartender that they are doing a community service.........you know the rest.. the bartender takes the magazines i'm sure to just get rid of them.

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  So I'm having lunch as this pretty popular cafe,sitting at the bar enjoying a Stella Artois.

  Out of the corner of my eye I catch two well dressed ladies asking the bartender if the manager is available. The bartender tells the ladies that the manager is not in. The ladies proceed to tell the bartender that they are doing a community service.........you know the rest.

  The bartender takes the magazines I'm sure to just get rid of them. Then they turn to me and ask if I'd like to read something that will make my life better.

  I look directly at the bartender and ask him, "Can I just enjoy my lunch minus the cult recruitment?"

  He looks at the wits and says, "You better leave." Which they did in a hurry. How desparate can you be? Really? Bothering people in a restaurant?

  The bartender took the mags and threw them out.
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  Show this to the young ones in the congregation

  by EdenOne in

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  2. scandals

  hopefully it will make them think.. .

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  Sir Paul looks pretty good for a 72 year old billionaire.
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  Thanks in Advance

  by ctrwtf in

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  2. friends

  so sorry, why is it that if i brush the keyboard the wrong way it posts an unfinished rant?.

  thanks in advance for reading my drivel.. .

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  So today I've been thinking of the phrase, "Thanks in Advance."

  Usually this wording came at the end of some correspondence from the Society regarding an organizational change. As in, "Thanks in advance for following this new procedure that has been put in place to bilk the publisher's out of more money."

  What irritates me most is that this phraseology assumes that the reader will do what is asked without thought or question, thus placing the writer of said phrase in a superior position.
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  How to make the most of wife not going to service meeting?

  by FadeToBlack in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  out of the blue, my wife told me that after this week's service meeting on friday (co visit) she is not going to anymore meetings during the week at night.

  only sunday (am) meetings.

  she explained that it is difficult and not safe for her to drive after dark (vision issues: i have the same problem so i couldn't help her if i wanted to).

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  I know.............Make it Family Worship Night!
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  Dallas-Ft Worth Fox 4 News TV Report about six kids molested by JW elders

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n4mb_owtpq&list=uuruqg25yvbppuwjza8alyza.

  fox 4 news is a fox-owned station serving dallas-fort worth and all of north texas.. .

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  Jehovah's Witness Sex Abuse leading the evening news complete with pictures of local Khalls and an interview with the dumbfounded perpetrator.

  Just.............Perfect
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  Are you afraid something horrible will happen to you now you have left the Wt.

  by Still Totally ADD in

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  2. friends

  i remember many years ago we would talk about those who leave the org.

  something bad will happen to them.

  because god was mad at them for turning away from the wt.

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  Not trying to be disrespectful to anyone. I understand perfectly the PTSD that comes from leaving a belief system. I admit that I've had a brief (very brief) pang of what if?

  Still, the thought that unseen spirit forces are somehow monitoring our every thought and action is primitive and vesigial.

  I'm perfectly comfortable with the thought that something horrible will definitely happen to me at some point in time. I'm just not going to blame "the spirits."