Posts by iwantoutnow

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Dating within JW's

by 720Reddog in

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how was dating in your congregation?.

Summary of 2019 report submitted by Jehovah`s Witnesses

by smiddy3 in

australia | jehovah’s witnesses annual reports to the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse.

summary of 2019 report submitted by jehovah's witnesses.

762 congregations of jehovah's witnesses in australia.

Hats Off To Simon

by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

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huge round of applause for simon (not every hero wears a cape).

this is to say a huge big thank you,tons of appreciation and gratitude from me for simon for toiling away on his own dime for 20 years or so and keeping this site up and running .

surely this site has helped tons of jdumbs n exjdumbs in their search for ttatt and freedom.

iwantoutnow

I agree on almost nothing with Simon - but yes!!

GIANT GIANT THANKS!

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MACALLAN whisky to be replaced...

by The Fall Guy in

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...with monkey shoulder whisky as the "faithful slave's" whisky of choice... the governing body wants to associate the whisky's logo with jw judicial committees.. .

iwantoutnow

Well, when I as a PIMO Elder, I had to self medicate with Scotch after ever meeting.

The stress was so much.

Hearing things that all of a sudden were not only BULLSHIT, but were a combination of Hate Speech and the suposed evil ramblings of an evil god, was just to much to not be numbed right after.

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Dating within JW's

by 720Reddog in

jw
friends

how was dating in your congregation?.

iwantoutnow

A rush to find someone who would marry you so you could have sex.

Not a good formula for happiness.

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i am actually not a 'sky is falling' guy, but i wanted to comment on the australian bushfires.. you may or may not believe the science behind global warming, however i personally put more faith in verified, scientific data than the words of fat cat, self-serving politicians.

climate science has predicted, based on data, that we will see more prolonged, extreme weather events, higher average temperatures, rising sea levels due to ocean expansion and glacial melting.

and this is exactly whats happening.

iwantoutnow

Lots of morons commenting.

Oh and by the way, the earth is flat, and we never went to the moon, and aliens killed JFK.

Go back to the Watchtower.

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Does Anyone Elses PIMI Family Do A "Not Christmas" Day?

by pale.emperor in

i was told today that my jw family had a massive family gathering with presents exchanged, drinks and a big roast dinner.

they even wore paper hats.. the day they chose for this family day?.

26th december.. totally not christmas or anything - honest.. does anyone elses family do that?

iwantoutnow

We did it since we had our first kid.

Many in the congregation with kids did to.

"family day" just around Xmass.

And my VERY in inlaws did turkey at Thanksgiving - cuz it was the only day everyone had off.

People rationalize whatever is important to them.

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147th Gilead prt. 3 - this could stumble people

by neat blue dog in

during gerrit loesch's talk just released, he goes on a long list of the false end times predictions throughout the millennia.

i didn't expect it, but then he goes into the precursors to the bible students who, when their dates failed, changed christ's presence to have happened 'invisibly'.

then it goes right into the jws, and he reads the quote from millions now living will never die about how we can 'confidently expect' the resurrection in 1925, and then the life everlasting book that predicted 1975. of course, he doesn't say how it's still going on, namely with the overlapping generation and its' accompanying convoluted chart, but still, this is more than they've ever said on the subject, especially recently.. it almost sounds like a forced statement, to address any backlash from people reading 'apostate lies' online, because he also says how the gb 'humbly' admitted mistakes, referencing the non-apology after 1975 that disturbed raymond franz.

iwantoutnow

I just watched it and to me its not a backpedaling at all!!!

Its the same old same old - We told you not to expect anything - but you did, see you should have listened.

1975 was only a "possibility".

"It was regrettable that people mistook what we said."

"No reason to be shaken in the faith"

"the date is not important, being faithful is"

ABSOLUTELY not walking back anything!!!

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147th Gilead prt. 3 - this could stumble people

by neat blue dog in

during gerrit loesch's talk just released, he goes on a long list of the false end times predictions throughout the millennia.

i didn't expect it, but then he goes into the precursors to the bible students who, when their dates failed, changed christ's presence to have happened 'invisibly'.

then it goes right into the jws, and he reads the quote from millions now living will never die about how we can 'confidently expect' the resurrection in 1925, and then the life everlasting book that predicted 1975. of course, he doesn't say how it's still going on, namely with the overlapping generation and its' accompanying convoluted chart, but still, this is more than they've ever said on the subject, especially recently.. it almost sounds like a forced statement, to address any backlash from people reading 'apostate lies' online, because he also says how the gb 'humbly' admitted mistakes, referencing the non-apology after 1975 that disturbed raymond franz.

iwantoutnow

I think the way any of us would take it is completely different than how an average IN JW will take it.

Remember back when we were in?

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Is it possible to nullify a baptism?

by idk123 in

hope you are all well,.

i was wondering within the organisation if there are any guidelines or grounds for nullifying a baptism.

see i grew up a jehovah's witness and was baptised at age 13, i didn't get baptised for the right reasons, i felt pressured to because my friends were getting baptised at the same time.

iwantoutnow

Whats the point, you would be Shunned anyway.