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  Fresh of the press. Bus driver for charter school faces six complaints of child abuse. He is also an elder

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.themonitor.com/news/local/article_1a041cb4-57c5-11e8-b066-5bb6aab897ac.html.

  the man in the article is an elder for two local congregations to south texas.

  one of which i used to attend.

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  I'm so glad that he has his hair and moustache trimmed so well, as recommended by the Governing Body; what a witness.
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  Don't be too Christian, you'll raise red flags

  by neat blue dog in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  for the past few years all my comments and talks have been a purely christian message.

  i tiptoe around wt dogma and focus on the basics of love, life compassion, etc.

  and i deliberately do not use jw terminology whenever i can.

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  The religion is all about inciting guilt, pummeling the body to do more. It doesn't matter how much you do, you can do more. You are unworthy of breathing. There is no grace in the religion. You are a "good for nothing slave" and should have done what you have, and even more, you "slackers".

  You will never be able to prove to Jah that you are worthy of everlasting life, but you need to earn it, just disregard what the apostle Paul said. Even after 1000 years of purity, you are still an obvious secret sinner and need to be tested. But even after you are tested, you will never be a son of God. You are human. You should be thankful to clean the toilets at the kingdom hall and mow the grass and shut your mouth. How dare you use your mind to supposedly come up with a "better" way to present the message of guilt and lack of worthiness. You just don't get it. No one should ever feel that they have accomplished anything good, even if they have, everyone has missed the mark and is unworthy. Just take your anti-depressant medicines but don't ever talk to someone worldly that could help you.

  Oh, and you were late to one meeting in 7 years of perfect meeting attendance.
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  Rejoice cos God's tent is.... Disintegrated by a cat 5 truth storm

  by Normalfulla in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just had to share... a former friend of my wife's, has just left our house, unbeknown to us, her and her husband have been inactive for about a year and a half, they have pre teen boys too.

  she reached out to my wife as she had heard that we were apostates etc and needed someone to talk to.. .

  after her father dying she was in a bad place mentally and emotionally and reached out to her cong for support, apon receiving 0 she turned to the bible for comfort only in her raw emotional state to realize that jehovah was a murderous unfair god and then her wheels of rational reasoning started turning.. she questioned things and was outspoken about things and attracted elder attention... long story short she wanted to connect with a friendly ear and she splurged she's never going back, the bible is all bulls**t and it's a cult, despite not knowing most of ttatt we all shared experiences and watched her eyes boggle at (stuckinarut... the first euphoric high) the un scandal, beth sarim, ray franz, 607, arc.

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  Yes, that was an encouraging experience.
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  Another enlightening reason why I don't go to meetings

  by joe134cd in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was informed by my jw father tonight that the reason i don't go to meetings is because "of a guilty conscious".

  i just done an eye roll and walked away.

  i just can't make this stuff up..

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  After hanging my head low for years in the cult, feeling that I was soooo unworthy of anything, when I woke up to their gig and snake oil, I made a deal with my conscience: I won't bother it and it doesn't bother me.
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  Home Depot

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i remember that some years ago there was a message with information about watchtower, was owner of home depot, and sold it.. question: was this true?

  can’t find any info at google.. do you know more about it?.

  g..

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  I've been told that Jws invented the first dishwasher and that they had more cranes than any other company in the world. False!

  Funny how they don't take credit for a 140 year snipe hunt for the "end of this system".
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  Dating “worldly” woman

  by campaign of hate in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i feel like i’ve overcome a massive hurdle in my awakening, and that’s the issue of dating a non witness woman.. the org has always demonised dating “worldly” people so that we won’t be unevenly yoked.

  heck, it’s just a date, marriage is a loooong way off!!.

  going to an off the beaten track part of london to avoid bumping into anyone, nice 3 course meal and a little drink after :-).

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  And remember, two consenting adults can play tennis without notifying the congregation elders.
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  Another marriage bites the dust ...

  by EdenOne in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  ... and this time it was mine.. mrs. eden decided to part ways and leave home, and so our 25 year long partnership is now dissolving.

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  just another colateral damage in a long list of colateral damages from being raised in the "truth".

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  Sorry Eden. Get your focus on the future and leave the past behind. When a woman says "No", I've learned to say "next"!

  I'm divorced now for about two months after 27.5 years of marriage.

  I was able to get my immediate family out of JW dreamland and I thought we were safe, then things started to change.

  I've talked to men who have been through the same thing and they tell me that the women will usually make an effort to restore the relationship 4-5 years later. I don't want her back.

  If I had know how this would end, I would have pursued a divorce 15 years ago. I was not happy in a sexless marriage.

  Peace
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  Where is Jehovah?

  by sinboi in

  1. social
  2. humour

  many years back, my younger brother and i were the most mischievous kids in the kingdom hall.

  we would mischievously take away things like the bible , study magazines, etc from meeting attendees.

  soon, they will suspect us if anything went missing.. our parents were annoyed with our conduct and behaviour.. they requested an elder to talk to us.

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  Heard that one on Joel Olsteen show.
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  "I am so excited to hear the Sunday morning talks at this summer's convention"

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have a super uber jdub relative who lives several states away.

  he is always trying to encourage me since he knows that i stopped going to the kingdom haul.

  anyhow, he sends me a copy of the program for the summer regional convention and pointed out the sunday morning talks.

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  If you had not said anything about having the outlines, you could have said you were reading in the Bible and thought, "such and such point", (points from the outline), and then asked some questions.
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  If they made 14400k symbolic how many jws would start to claim to be anointed?

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  since there's debate here about wether the literal interpretation of the 14400k could be changed to symbolic, i was thinking such an announcement would allow for any jw to claim to be going to heaven... in which case i wonder how many jws would suddenly claim to have "been called"?.

  i can think of many arrogant holier than thou types who would be jumping on that bandwagon immediately!

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  I told an elder one time that I felt like Jesus had personally invited me to heaven, but, I realized I would be more useful here on earth. He was an older elder, holyier than thou; he just looked at me like I was an apostate. Lmao