Who says the Pandemic didn't wake up a lot of people!

by pistolpete in

there are actually tons of these experiences.

i wanted to post this one because it involved all the family of born in jws.. post;.

all my freakn dreams came true.

pistolpete

There are actually tons of these experiences. I wanted to post this one because it involved all the family of born in jws.

post;

All my freakn dreams came true

JW / Ex-JW Tales

I did it.

Long story short, I was a born and raised second generation JW. At age 14 I found the exjw sub and within a day became PIMO.

At age 18 I was disfellowshipped for sex outside of marriage (EDIT: to clarify, I mean "premarital sex", I am no cheater!) with no remorse (lol). But that was just a guise for me badly wanting a way out of the org.

I was homeless for 6 months, then lived with random different girls for another year. After many mental breakdowns, 3 suicide attempts, and development of severe CPTSD - I ended up spending another year back at meetings trying to get reinstated so I could see my family again. I really missed them all, specifically my baby brothers.

Got reinstated, moved back home, PIMO again. A year later I meet a wonderful “worldly” girl at work, we wind up getting married after 3 months of dating.

I become inactive, and begin my fade from the org.

3 years later now, age 24 - I get a surprise call from my Dad (an elder and previous uber JW) saying that he has questions for me as he is now starting to “see through the cracks” of the org.

After 6 months of back and forth sharing of information and open discussion - my father, mother, and younger brothers as of yesterday have all put in their letters of disassociation. And I also sent mine in, although I’ve been inactive for over 3 years, just to make things official.

My family is freakn free. I never thought this would happen. We used to be that “role model” JW family that everyone should emulate in the congregation…

Now they are out. I’m one of the lucky ones. I still can’t believe it…

The trigger point that started all this? The pandemic. They said that having meetings via Zoom and having no more field service actually gave them time to think for themselves and see how ridiculous JW teachings are.

I’ve been blessed, and Im over the moon. Just wanted to share this with people who’d understand.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/u6kdc2/all_my_freakn_dreams_came_true/

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Elders hounding members to quit their jobs due to missing too many meetings

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

how many times did you see elders hounding congregation members to quit their jobs due to missing meetings?.

my brother worked at a grocery store at 16 years old.

he would miss tuesday's ministry school due to his work schedule.

pistolpete

I don't think very many JWs had GREAT JOBS to begin with that they had to give up. Because most JWs don't have great jobs.

I don't believe that ANY JW who had a job that paid 6 figures would have quit his job even if all the members of the Governing Body approached him and told him to quit his job.

Most jws that I knew and had decent jobs were making around 30,000 a year ---40k at most. That was considered a great job for many.

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Fancy dress parties banned...anyone else?

by Witness 007 in

we had 2 fancy dress parties in our congregation...before the ban.

it was the best fun we ever had together.

problem was some came as pirates with swords!

pistolpete

In one party only bible characters were allowed.

So;

One sister came as Rahab the prostitute.

One brother came as King Solomon with many wives

One brother came as drunken Lot and two young teenage girls as his two daughters who......

One sister came as Bathsheba with a bar of soap and her boyfriend as King David

Several single sisters came as Moabite Dancers

One came as Judah and his girlfriend/daughter in law-Tamar

One brother came as Judas

One brother came as Satan

Several brothers came as Demons

One Big Brother came as a Nephelim

Several single sisters came as those girls who married the fallen angels

ALL BIBLE CHARACTERS.

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Every home should have one!

by BoogerMan in

i got myself one of those things that give you the impression you're experiencing real-life enjoyable feelings and physical sensations, but it's actually all an illusion.. you mean a vr headset?.

no, a wife!.

pistolpete

I got myself one of those things that give you the impression you're experiencing real-life enjoyable feelings and physical sensations,
but it's actually all an illusion.
You mean a VR headset?
No, a wife!

What exactly do you mean BM?

Maybe it's not "A-Wife" -----BUT------the particular "Woman" that was chosen!

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Response to "The Flood is Real, Because ..."

by Simon in

i remember one of the flowchart responses to people questioning the biblical flood was something along the lines that "every culture has a flood story".. of course, nearly everywhere has flooded at one time or another and we know there are minor floods and then there are the 1-in-1000 year kind of weather event, that tend to get a mention (anyone from the uk will still talk about the summer of '76, and that's probably nothing in comparison to a decent flood).. but the inference is that the flood must be real, because every culture has a flood story.. the best response is "now do dragons".. because apparently, nearly every culture also has a dragon legend.. does it mean dragons exist?

some desperate jw may show their ignorance by suggesting that man lived at the same time as dinosaurs and they are what the stories were based on.

fun fact: stegosaurus was a fossil when t-rex was alive for longer than it's been since t-rex has been a fossil to us - we're talking old, and no overlap (ignore the map in the cover of the old green bible).. do jws still even bother trying to defend the cray-cray aesop-fable kind of ot beliefs?.

pistolpete

The writer of Noah's flood was familiar with a few animals like a horse, a dog, a mule, a camel, and a few others. That's why all the animals could fit in the Ark----according to HIS IMAGINATION.

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Covid is making a comeback. Going back to the Kingdom Hall is becoming more of a Hope, (like Armageddon)

by pistolpete in

if you have been keeping up with the news, many cities are seeing an uptick in covid cases.

mask mandates are being implemented in many cities.. many pimos are relating that their pimi parents and grandparents are scared to go back and are having a hard time following the elder's exhortation to attend the memorial, because it might be the last.. a lot of pimi's are saying; that it doesn't make logical sense for large groups of people to meet in a crowded building passing and touching emblems and wine glasses while covid is still around and vaccines have not prevented the death of many who still got the virus.

the elders keep reminding the sheeple that "we must obey,even if it doesn't make sense.".

pistolpete

If you have been keeping up with the news, many cities are seeing an uptick in Covid cases. Mask mandates are being implemented in many cities.

Many pimos are relating that their PIMI parents and grandparents are SCARED to go back and are having a hard time following the elder's exhortation to attend the memorial, because it might be the last.

A lot of PIMI's are saying; that it doesn't make logical sense for large groups of people to meet in a crowded building passing and touching emblems and wine glasses while Covid is still around and Vaccines have not prevented the death of many who still got the virus.

The elders keep reminding the sheeple that "We Must Obey,Even if it Doesn't make Sense."

On Saturday, the U.S. logged more than 62,000 new infections, bringing the nation's total known infections closer to 31 million, according to data from Johns Hopkins. Scientists are also closely tracking new variants of the virus as they emerge

States such as Michigan, Minnesota and Nebraska have been seeing particularly worrying upward trends in new infections. The disease has been creeping up steadily in places like Massachusetts, New Jersey, Delaware and Florida, too.

Globally, nearly 131 million cases have been documented, with nearly 3 million deaths since the outbreak began over a year ago.

The U.S. has seen nearly 555,000 deaths so far.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/apr/10/fauci-warns-door-mask-mandates-might-make-comeback/

https://www.thestreet.com/latest-news/covid-is-making-a-comeback-in-much-of-the-u-s

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Back to the Meetings------Back to Covid.

by pistolpete in

a lot of pimos are reporting that returning to the meetings is backfiring in that covid is spreading among the members returning.. post;.

so last saturday was my first meeting back in person and well it completely backfired.

last night i got a text from my group overseer saying that someone in the hall tested positive for covid and that we need to get tested(great 🎉).. honestly i kinda expected this.

pistolpete

It looks like the Memorial

Will actually turn out to be an actual

MEMORIAL

for a lot of elderly jws

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Back to the Meetings------Back to Covid.

by pistolpete in

a lot of pimos are reporting that returning to the meetings is backfiring in that covid is spreading among the members returning.. post;.

so last saturday was my first meeting back in person and well it completely backfired.

last night i got a text from my group overseer saying that someone in the hall tested positive for covid and that we need to get tested(great 🎉).. honestly i kinda expected this.

pistolpete

it's already happening...

News

The hall I grew up in... Already cancelled for the next few weeks due to a COVID outbreak. They could barely get through 1 week. Lol I'm so glad I'm not making this up. This is just too good to be true. As PIMO I wish it was my current hall but oh well.

https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/tyqmxe/its_already_happening/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

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Back to the Meetings------Back to Covid.

by pistolpete in

a lot of pimos are reporting that returning to the meetings is backfiring in that covid is spreading among the members returning.. post;.

so last saturday was my first meeting back in person and well it completely backfired.

last night i got a text from my group overseer saying that someone in the hall tested positive for covid and that we need to get tested(great 🎉).. honestly i kinda expected this.

pistolpete

A lot of PIMOs are reporting that returning to the meetings is backfiring in that Covid is spreading among the members returning.

Post;

So last Saturday was my first meeting back in person and well it completely backfired. Last night I got a text from my group overseer saying that someone in the hall tested positive for covid and that we need to get tested(great 🎉).

Honestly I kinda expected this. Since the building itself is old and poorly ventilated, the venue was packed to the brim making it impossible to social distance, and everyone there was so gitty about being there and seeing everyone that they kinda forgot about the pandemic and made very close contact.

And to top it off I got an update text saying that they're still trying to go through with in person meetings! Like what the fuck. We were potentially a sight of a mass covid explosion and you're still going to try to go through with this? So much for Godly respect of life I guess. But they didn't say that the governing body is going to leave it up to the individual to decide whether or not they attend via zoom(as if they have any real authority over the individual's).

https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/twog6g/back_to_the_kingdom_hall_backfired_for_my/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

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