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  What is the biggest doctrinal mistake made by the Watchtower /JWorg. ?

  by Finkelstein in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  personally i think it is 1914 and the following " this generation " doctrine.. this particular doctrine went right against jesus's own words of " no one knows of the time not even he " .

  he also admonished his true followers to not set a time upon god's own sacred time .. the leaders of the wts even back to the late 1800's set a time calculated on their own theology 1874 being the first time set and proclaimed by c t russell, also proclaiming 1914 would likely be the year of the final day of judgment armageddon.

  all throughout the 20th century the wts held to this doctrine but was eventually revised of course when it was realized this generation had passed away who saw the events of 1914. .

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  iwantoutnow

  That there is a god.
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  New Upcoming Changes - No More Publisher Record Cards & Reporting Hours

  by thedepressedsoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  publisher record cards and reporting hours will be going away.

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  coming soon.. made this post 4 years ago, it happened - https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/24020002/kingdom-consolidation-sales-coming-reliable-source.

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  iwantoutnow

  Publisher record cards and reporting hours will be going away.

  Haaa - NEVER!

  Well... that will happen right after having Gay Sex at the KH during the Memorial isn't a DFing offence.
  

  ELDERS will always know your FS time - and be the ones giving it to the WT.

  It is a MAJOR way of controlling the congregation.
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  Everyone in a Cult, Doesn't Know They Are in a Cult

  by The Bethelite in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  that's the one thing they all have in common.

  because as soon as you are aware that you are in one, you would of course leave it,.

  so millions of people all over the world are in them and but of course are ignorant of this fact.. i was asked many times over the years in field service, the question.

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  I didnt believe I was in one for almost my whole life.

  That's why I try to be realistic and kind about those still IN not seeing what we see as so obvious.

  As many of us remember - waking up took a long time - with lots of conflict - pain - and horrible choices.

  And prior to that, we just fed on the teet of the WT that poisoned our minds to what was reality.
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  Something I just realized!

  by Nikki collins in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  now that i'm out if i ever do find someone and settle down and start a family, my parents wont be a part of it.

  my dad wont walk me down the isle if i get married, if i have kids they wont know their grandparents.

  oh and by the way i had my freaking tubes tied so as not to have kids in this system.

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  iwantoutnow

  So much we gave up being JWs and so much more we give up leaving the cult.

  It's a life of loss however you slice it.

  I think about my kids, when they get married (if they choose to), instead of a wedding with a few hundred people and tons of family, it will be quite small, with almost no family.

  Makes me very sad.
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  Quick Story

  by APieceOfShitNamedTate in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so one night i'm at a meeting.

  it's the beginning of the meeting and a brother is up on stage introducing the parts for the night.

  he's going through the parts and then he says, "...and apieceofshitnamedtate will be handling our bible highlights.".

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  He than introduced the sister for part 3. She's all surprised and says she didn't know she had a part. So he does part 3.
  Then he asks if there is anyone who volonteered for part 4. No one answered, so he did part 4 as well

  Been there done that. Of course at the time (since my value was in being an elder and a great speaker) I didnt mind it cuz IT MAD ME LOOK GOOD! I was the capable hero.

  All makes me sick right now. The "school" was is such a joke!
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  Quick Story

  by APieceOfShitNamedTate in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so one night i'm at a meeting.

  it's the beginning of the meeting and a brother is up on stage introducing the parts for the night.

  he's going through the parts and then he says, "...and apieceofshitnamedtate will be handling our bible highlights.".

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  I was the School Overseer, and after a few years when I got really good at it. I had no issues doing an of the parts as a sub.

  I would of course look all the parts over that week. In reality, as long as you're comfortable speaking in public, and you know the info somewhat, none of the parts are had.

  The Brother Talks, or the Student talks are really so so basic. The bar for what the audience expects is SOOO low.

  I generally was happy for last second cancellations because I felt that I could provide better and more useful information that might actually help someone, or encourage someone, more than the 1/2 literate elders could do with a weeks prep.
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  Do you remember the music in the 80's ?

  by Finkelstein in

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  2. entertainment

  recently reflecting on some of the great songs that came out of that decade.

  any favorites post them up .

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuza6qijvfu.

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  My fave from the 80s

  https://youtu.be/La4Dcd1aUcE
  
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  Those that need to see a Therapist / and those that don`t is there a correlation of the two ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there have been a number of threads / posts here over the years about ex jw`s needing to see therapists for what they are going through , and i can appreciate that.. obviously there are many ex jw`s on here that haven`t ever felt the need to see a therapist ,and i`m just wondering why not ?.

  why does one feel the need and another does not ?.

  is it to do with born ins as against those who were converts ?

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  iwantoutnow

  we need to find meaning off what these years mean and that is the natural drive towards wholeness in later life

  Yes, at the moment easier said than done :) Right not my meaning is wrapped up in my kids. I got them out just in time so no real damage was done, and I enjoy being with them. Outside of that, struggling for any passion or motivation for anything. Life is a rebuild :)
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  Those that need to see a Therapist / and those that don`t is there a correlation of the two ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there have been a number of threads / posts here over the years about ex jw`s needing to see therapists for what they are going through , and i can appreciate that.. obviously there are many ex jw`s on here that haven`t ever felt the need to see a therapist ,and i`m just wondering why not ?.

  why does one feel the need and another does not ?.

  is it to do with born ins as against those who were converts ?

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  iwantoutnow

  Whereas someone who is born into the religion is indoctrinated from the earliest part of their life and surely that must affect them and their growing up in the world ,certainly different from my growing up in the world.

  I was a JW and a elder for 20 years before I woke up.

  I dont feel any chords holding on to me from that horrible belief system. I have no fear of fake jehober, or that the Big A is coming. I am an atheist. (FYI no hope is not fun)

  I have lost plenty, 50 years, purpose, hope for the future, almost all friends and family, change for all the things a normal life has, any kind of financial future or stability...

  I am well read, have explored many books by therapists, life coaches, bla bla bla. All good and helpful to some degree.

  Talked with 2 therapists, both really dealing with trying to save my marriage. (my wife who I helped wake up then wanted out of marriage).

  I am struggling with more or less the fallout of ALL of it, a giant vacuum, with the biggest challenge is Lack of Motivation to well anything. In mourning (for my lost life) really I guess. (after 50 years of DONT WORK DONT PROSPER, just hang out and study and walk around the neighborhood, cuz thats the BEST THING you can do. Well its hard to get out of 1st gear.

  I KNOW all the things that a therapist or a mentor, or a life coach, would say, but putting them in practice is something totally different.

  So not sure what spending tons of money I dont have to talk to someone would do for me. You know what I am saying?
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  One simple photo to sum up the heartless and hypocritical attitudes of many Jehovah's Witnesses

  by nicolaou in

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  this was taken in london yesterday by a twitter user still managing his fade so i can't be more specific than that.

  disgusting.

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  iwantoutnow

  I remember a trip to NYC with a JW family we were very close with.

  On the way to a museum there was a homeless vet on a corner.

  I gave the guy $10.

  "My friend turned to me and said, why did you do that? He is just going to buy drugs with it. Your just feeding his habit."

  It was all I could do to really lay into him. I said something like, he looked hungry.