I agree. Just like exjwlemming, my last memorial was 2015. My fade started almost 6 months later. I knew it would be the right signal to my congregation to show that I'd left without fear and fully convinced.
redpilltwice
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Memorial Non-Attendance: The Single Most Impactful TTATT Witness to JW Friends & Family
by AMNESIANO in(original version posted 2014).
notice: the following is submitted in full recognition of and with compassion and due respect for those who, due to personal circumstance, feel they are unable to employ this powerful strategy.. ---.
anyone who has awakened to ttatt and has conscientiously left the organization--especially a once-prominent, highly-regarded, studious true-believer from a celebrated multi-generational tribe of jws-- after decades of devout, high-profile "serve-us," who continues to put in an annual appearance at the memorial thoroughly subverts and undermines, by this one act, any hope s/he may entertain that his/her departure will stir family or former friends to question the whole watchtower bamboozle.
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The 'Like' button option is a joke
by fukitol ini just 'liked' the same post 6 times in a row.. what a joke simon.
sort it out!.
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redpilltwice
I believe Simon once explained that multiple hits still count as one.
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How are midweek CLAM meetings solid spiritual food in ANY way?
by Isambard Crater inbesides the possibility that the theocratic ministry school was dropped to avoid the word 'school' appearing any longer for a.r.c child abuse reasons, the introduction of the new clam meetings for midweek has been one of the several main factors making me develop a repulsion for the jw.org religion.. okay, the watchtower study is fairly mickey mouse these days too, but the midweek meetings are truly awful and contribute to me feeling physically and emotionally ill, which i documented in my first post on here.. i'm quite a well-educated person and my job involves a lot of linguistic skill, thinking, communication, analysis, research, interpretation and presentation.
the clam workbook is patronising and like something even school kids would tire of.. after a long day at work, i don't like the idea of dragging myself off to a midweek meeting in the cold dark nights let alone any other time of the year, but it'd be far better if it was for more solid spiritual food.
somehow the meetings i grew up with as a child were more interesting.
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redpilltwice
stuckinarut2 > Redpilltwice, I agree!
I said to my wife that purely out of curiosity, I would love to sit through one of these meetings! It would surely confirm that we did the right thing by leaving!lol, some might think we miss the "troof"! Well, I'd love to visit a CLAM in another congregation where I'm not well known, but on second thought (thinking about all the effort )...we have YouTube! Can you imagine having to sit through this for 90+ minutes??? Gosh.....
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incident going on in central london
by Ruby456 inunfolding now - could be terrorist.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/22/man-shot-police-outside-parliament-officer-reportedly-shoots/.
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redpilltwice
I feel for the victims and relatives.
I also agree with Simon. It's a shame that fighting jihadist ideology and radicalisation at the root is overshadowed by fear for racism and too much emphasis on privacy laws and data protection.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/22/attack-houses-parliament-london-what-we-know-so-far
Here is what the Guardian has been able to confirm so far:
- Four people have died, including a police officer and one man believed to be the attacker, police said.
- At least 20 other people were injured in the attack, some sustaining “catastrophic” wounds.
- The alleged assailant drove a car into pedestrians on Westminster. Bridge before crashing it and then trying to enter the complex, armed with a knife.
- He was shot by armed police inside the security cordon of the Houses of Parliament.
- Police currently believe there was only one attacker, but have locked down the area around Westminster for further searches, as a precaution.
- Two of the victims are thought to have died on the bridge.
- Three French students, from a secondary school in Brittany, were among those injured when the car ploughed into pedestrians.
- Three police officers returning from a ceremony were also among those injured on the bridge.
- One woman was rescued from the Thames with serious injuries, after she apparently jumped or fell from the bridge, a spokesman for the Port of London Authority said.
- Scotland Yard said it had declared the attack in Westminster, which began at about 2.40pm London time, “a terrorist incident”.
- The Palace of Westminster was put in lockdown for several hours, as armed police searched through buildings.
- Many MPs were confined to the Commons chamber after parliamentary business was suspended. But both the House of Commons and House of Lords plan to sit tomorrow as usual.
- The prime minister, Theresa May, was evacuated from the parliament building within minutes and driven to Downing Street.
- International leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Holland have sent messages of shock and solidarity. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson sent condolences to victims.
- Both the ambulance service and the Metropolitan police have appealed to the public to call 999 only in a genuine emergency.
- The London Eye, opposite parliament on the other side of Westminster Bridge, is also in lockdown, with some being held inside the attraction’s pods.
- The Thames has been closed to all but emergency vessels between Vauxhall Bridge and Embankment.
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NEW LIGHT Regarding the feet of Iron & Clay. Can someone confirm?
by pale.emperor inthis appeared on my facebook today.
can anyone confirm if this has official gb bullshit approval?.
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redpilltwice
This is good news for the Borg. If the UN isn't the scarlet coloured wild beast anymore...the WT can become an NGO again in order to get their library card back!
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How are midweek CLAM meetings solid spiritual food in ANY way?
by Isambard Crater inbesides the possibility that the theocratic ministry school was dropped to avoid the word 'school' appearing any longer for a.r.c child abuse reasons, the introduction of the new clam meetings for midweek has been one of the several main factors making me develop a repulsion for the jw.org religion.. okay, the watchtower study is fairly mickey mouse these days too, but the midweek meetings are truly awful and contribute to me feeling physically and emotionally ill, which i documented in my first post on here.. i'm quite a well-educated person and my job involves a lot of linguistic skill, thinking, communication, analysis, research, interpretation and presentation.
the clam workbook is patronising and like something even school kids would tire of.. after a long day at work, i don't like the idea of dragging myself off to a midweek meeting in the cold dark nights let alone any other time of the year, but it'd be far better if it was for more solid spiritual food.
somehow the meetings i grew up with as a child were more interesting.
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redpilltwice
My fade (september 2015) went so fast that I never got to visit even one CLAM.
For once, I still would like so see and hear what boring sh#t I'm missing. It probably would make me feel better to experience another confirmation that leaving the Borg was the right thing to do.
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Covering the territory
by Ding inhow often are jws trying to cover a given territory nowadays?.
logically, they should be trying to cover the territory more and more often the closer armageddon gets, but it seems to me i see them out far less often than i used to..
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redpilltwice
Popular statements I've heard (and used myself):
"People see us" or "Don't worry, Jehovah will draw sheep-like people through his angels, it's his work".
Lame excuses, there's less and less oil in the lamps.
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How many years did you waste away in the Org?
by Tallon inin my case; 27 years.
7 of which were as a ministerial serpent ... sorry, i mean 'servant' ;).
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redpilltwice
Not born in. 20 years in the Borg. For me, 2012 was the beginning of the end with the Candace Conti case. Took the red pill after reading jwfacts, ad1914, barbara anderson's site, jwsurvey for months and started a superfast fade with my family late 2015. I hope those five empty seats remain empty forever so that no more lives will be wasted.
Darn Watchtower, I want my vinyl collection back!!!!
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Pope Francis Orders Vatican Archives to Reveal God’s Name Ending Centuries of Secrecy
by pleaseresearch init's from 3 weeks ago.
my mum told me about it.
but is this real or fake?
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redpilltwice
Thank you Onager, pleaseresearch should have better read the comments section below the article before posting here. This one is even warning JW´s not to spread the link (bold mine)!
SUNDAI SAYS:
MARCH 2, 2017 AT 7:22 PM
This article is misleading and contains potentially false information.
The pope was indeed presented with a new edition of the Torah by Rabbi Abraham Skorka, accompanied by the editorial group on February 23, 2017. The Torah, being the first five books of the Bible is the Jews’ sacred book. In his adress to Rabbi Skorka and the editorial group (to which I include a link to the official source) the pope acknowledged the “Torah as the Lord’s gift, His revelation, His word”. The copy of the new Torah in Hebrew that the pope was presented with includes the Tetragrammaton (God’s true name YHWH) all over it’s pages and passages, the very first one being found in Genesis 2:4.
In his adress Pope Francis also says “Every edition of sacred Scripture, however, possesses a spiritual value that infinitely surpasses its material value” by saying this the pope acknowledges that the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures is “infinitely valuable”. The NWT is proven more so valuable than ANY translation of the holy scriptures because of its use of God’s true name Yahweh or Jehovah in English in all the passages where the Tetragrammaton is located originally in ancient manuscripts and original texts, dont believe? Do your research and compare under prayer.
In essence the pope saying what I quoted above (and that you could read for yourself in the links bellow) is actually acknowledging that Jehovah/Yahaweh (YHWH) is indeed God’s true personal name. Which makes the Catholic church as misleading and false as this article is.
HOWEVER the fact the article states that the pope authorized the release of secret archives is more than likely false. As much as I hate to say it I researched the story of the article and its source and it is extremely inaccurate and misleading. So please fellow JW’s stop spreading this link as accurate news, it’s false.
https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2017/02/23/170223b.html
https://zenit.org/articles/popes-address-to-rabbi-skorka-rabbis-for-presenting-new-edition-of-torah/ -
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Pope Francis Orders Vatican Archives to Reveal God’s Name Ending Centuries of Secrecy
by pleaseresearch init's from 3 weeks ago.
my mum told me about it.
but is this real or fake?
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A source inside the Vatican Secret Archives told Sky News that the Church first became aware of the scrolls’ existence in the fifth century. “The scrolls were uncovered by the Romans during siege of Jerusalem and the subsequent destruction of the Temple in 70 A.D. Nearly four centuries came to pass before Rome would hand over control of the scrolls to the Church in 463 A.D.,”
Thank you pleaseresearch! If true, isn´t this discouraging news for all JW´s? Even if the name would appear to be jehovah?
*** w80 2/1 p. 11 The Divine Name in Later Times ***
Interestingly, Raymundus Martini, a Spanish monk of the Dominican order, first rendered the divine name as “Jehova.” This form appeared in his book Pugeo Fidei, published in 1270 C.E.*** na p. 17 God’s Name and Bible Translators ***
God’s name came back into use. In 1278 it appeared in Latin in the work Pugio fidei (Dagger of Faith), by Raymundus Martini, a Spanish monkSo, let me get this straight...
1) Jehovah's witnesses, led by the governing body (god´s ''channel'' on earth) could trace back `jehovah` only to a ''false religious'' Spanish monk living in the 13th century, but...
2) the catholic church has been given the privilege to re-discover, know, hide and now finally reveal god´s name, as originally written on ancient scrolls dated pre 70 and handed over to C.C. in 463?
Wait a minute!!!
Didn´t they claim in the feb 2017 edition of the Watchtower that evidence of holy spirit was proof that the governing body really is the faithful and discreet slave (in spite of being neither inspired nor infallible)?.
The holy spirit has helped the Governing Body to grasp Scriptural truths not previously understood... Surely, no human deserves credit for discovering and explaining these “deep things of God”!
What happened to “You must pray, then, this way: “‘Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified.?
How on earth is holy spirit proof for the governing body being the ''slave'' while that same holy spirit has carefully concealed this original source regarding god´s real name, for all JW´s for 2,000 years???