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I am happier when i am out
by IamWhatIam in
1. jw
2. experiences
fellows.

finally find a place to share experience for jwers.

i am also a ex-jwer and left the ´truth´ on jan. 2018. i live and work in midt jylland in denmark.
amiable atheist

I'm glad to hear that you got out of that cult before they could make you abandon for good your freedom, your morality, your love, your career, and your humour.
Welcome to the real world from Germany!
BTW, I like your name "IamWhatIam"
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JW’s do NOT shun... (apprently)
by pale.emperor in
1. jw
2. experiences
my quora campaign of answering all jw related questions truthfully with evidence is going well.

however, one jw had the audacity to claim that "jws do not shun".

they seem to want to present a fake, squeeky clean image to non-members and seem to get angry when answering questions regarding shunning.. like this asshole, dennis cybulski.
amiable atheist

_Morpheus — Thats true, mostly. What it conveniently leaves out is that nobody claimed faders (the situation they describe) were shunned. We are refering to df’d People. They are in fact shunned.

It's the straw man fallacy, one of their favourite means of deflecting a perfectly valid point of criticism. It's almost boring. Yes, we know, they are the deceived deceivers, but what's annoying is that they don't even bother to put some effort at it.
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Alternate ending video for 2018 Regional Convention.
by notjustyet in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
https://youtu.be/_w_iamhd_oy.
amiable atheist

RubaDub - That's easy to explain: It's the camouflage part of theocratic warfare ...
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Funny ex-jw memes
by Apostate Anonymous in
1. social
2. humour
backstory:.

so my born-in cousin who recently left the org is looking to start an ex-jw / group instagram based in socal.

he asked me if i had any ideas for a photo that can used for the instagram page and this is what i made for him:.
amiable atheist

A young needy sister:
"Well, young brother MS, go for it!
Serve, where the need is great ..."

"ehm, her mind seems to be a pure, and utterly empty, vessel ..."

"Yes, I get that, but
we all have to make sacrifices."
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Anyone else get a message from Hanged Man?
by pale.emperor in
1. jw
2. experiences
i dont know why i'd want to argue over something like this.

i've been aware of this theory for years.

as interesting as it is - it's still bullshit.. for future reference, i believe the bible to be a collection of fantasy, myth, real locations and crazy ramblings of psychedelic bloke stuck on patmos.. my reply:.
amiable atheist

sir82 — Now I'm all depressed - evidently I'm not considered "intellectual" enough to get a wacko IM.

Over time I've come to actually appreciate being shunned by idiots. You know, bad association ...
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DFed talking to other DFed
by blownaway in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i don't know if they do this any longer but back in the day they had a special section at an assembly sectioned off for dfed people who would have to wear a ribbon that said disfellowshipped.

do they still do this and what was the rules on dfed talking to dfed at the assembly?
amiable atheist

In Germany there were certainly no "ribbons". In the Nazi concentration camps they had to wear these:
In the sixties there were still a lot of JWs around who had been in a KZ (Konzentrationslager - concentration camp). They could/would have a sudden awakening, and WTorg knew it.
And I've never seen nor have I been hinted at special assigned areas to avoid because of the concentrated evil apostates there: "Beware of this area, lest you catch the Demons' Flu."
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Is Jesus the Alpha + Omega?
by JW Answers in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
is jesus the alpha and omega?

the watchtower make a bold brass article on their own website claiming that jesus is not the alpha and omega, yet however, god's word explains in clear detail that he is the alpha and omega... do we therefore trust what the watchtower says?

or do we trust what god says?.
amiable atheist

@ TTWSYF — Now, that's an easy one: Joe_Hoover is the Uppercase Α και Ω and Jesus is the Lowercase α και ω.
@ Earnest — I've always had the distinct impression that JWs are underserved with kindness. Love that Freudian(?) typo.
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The Trinity explained from the Whiteboard
by JW Answers in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a lot of people are confused over the teaching of the trinity, some doubt it, some outright deny it, where some can't get their head around it.

the bible supports it through scriptural evidence.

this video explains from the whiteboard the difference between the god of the watchtower to the god in the bible.
amiable atheist

This is Trinity.

This is a trinity.

This is your choice. Take the red pill, and you will discover ...

... that it's just a story.
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they changed it a year ago
by galaxie in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
just spoke to an elder at the carts, whilst discussing the gb (faithful slave) he informs me they are nowpart of the 'domestics'?

anyone have any 'new light' on this?.
amiable atheist

As an afterthought:

Lest the Rank&File forget where their place is, we are lovingly reminded on page 21, paragraph 8, that "such ones [the anointed Christians] are called 'a royal priesthood'", and "it is only fitting that members of that 'royal priesthood' have a direct share in teaching fellow believers the truth.—Mal. 2:7; Rev. 12:17."

So, listen and obey, worthless slaves deserving death who depend solely on the undeserved kindness ... HEY, Any more of your backchat, and ... Questions Are Backchat!!

They managed one line of pure and unadulterated truth (WT 2013/07/15,p21,¶8,1st line), but then, alas, swept away by faith, inebriated with the exuberance of their own verbosity, they've immediately f**ked it up. With trembling fingers I quote the precious line of truth – drumroll:

"The faithful slave must be made up
[...]"
Kidding aside, this magazine is a paragon of doublethink; because If you are royalty, and you are not held captive, then you are not a slave. Period.
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they changed it a year ago
by galaxie in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
just spoke to an elder at the carts, whilst discussing the gb (faithful slave) he informs me they are nowpart of the 'domestics'?

anyone have any 'new light' on this?.
amiable atheist

July 15th 2013 Study Watchtower, p. 23, par. 13: “Who, then, are the domestics? Put simply, they are those who are fed. Early in the last days, the domestics were all anointed ones. Later, the domestics came to include the great crowd of other sheep.” [...] Both groups benefit from the same timely spiritual food that is dispensed by the faithful slave. What about the Governing Body members who today make up the faithful and discreet slave? Those brothers also need to be fed spiritually. Hence, they humbly recognize that as individuals they are domestics just like all the rest of Jesus' genuine followers."