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  How Long has it Been since you Last Attended Meetings and What Caused...

  by flipper in

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  ..... you to stop attending ?

  injustices ?

  disagree with the teachings ?

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  jemba

  I always hated it all. At 15 Id had enough, wanted to stop going to meetings so my parents kicked me out of the house.

  I returned out of fear a few years later, I found myself obsessed with armaggedon and dying- just what they want!

  I continued attending sporadically until at 38 late 2011 I learned TTATT.

  What a relief to know its all a bunch of crap, at first I was heartbroken at all the lies I was led to believe. Now I am getting happier and feeling more free everyday, I finally value my life, Im not unworthy scum deserving of death at armaggedon, Im not going to 'kill' my children by my actions. Im no longer depressed.

  I love this forum, I love TTATT.

  Thanks for this thread Flipper!! xx
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  Wow, I seem to have made it out alright..

  by GoodGuyGreg in

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  hi, new member here, but i've lurked for a while.. for obvious reasons, i won't give too many details about myself, but i thought i'd share my story of what might in the end have been the easiest fade in recorded history.

  it's going to be a wall of text, and i'm writing it mostly for myself to get it out of my system, but it is, of course, a pretty open forum, so any comments and most questions are welcome.. here goes:.

  what made me realize ttatt was legalism.

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  jemba

  Great story Greg, I hope it stays easy for you. My concern would be bringing home 'worldly' mates. May cause friction with your wife, tread carefully with your new associates so as not to make waves.
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  BoE Facebook Accounts

  by jonno12225 in

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  have some interesting info for you guys.

  it seems my congregation boe has its own facebook account.

  its deactivated but when issues on facebook arise they activate it to check out whats happeneing.. does something similar happen in other kingdom halls?.

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  Ive made it quite clear that I do NOT like a particular elder in my town but the idiot still tried to 'friend' me twice!! Its obvious its just an attempt to spy on me and catch me out otherwise it would be his gossipy wife trying to 'friend' me. Im so far only 'inactive'. Fading can be tricky at times.
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  Back in the fold

  by mariu in

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  a few months ago, one of my best friends from uni times told me that his girlfriend of something like 20 years was leaving him.

  she can't live with a non-believer...she wants to be a baptised jw.. i couldn't believe this crap is happening again.

  turns out she grew up in a jw family, but parents separated when she was about 8 years or so.

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  Shes gonna make a great JW she has already shunned her own Mother, maybe she is right where she deserves to be?
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  Newbie alert

  by Braehead in

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  nice to meet you all.

  long time lurker, but now i can get my twopenneth in.. a brief history.. born into the religion, but it never really took hold - thankful for an easily bored mind and strong, worldly grandparents.. never very interested - dragged from meeting to field service.

  in the teenage years i wanted university and my parents want a pioneer.

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  jemba

  Hi Braehead, similar story here, parents lured in in their early 20's, Dad wanted to know Mum wasnt lonely while he was away in the Navy. I would love them to even ponder on some doubts about this cult but there will be no getting through to them, maybe dying from old age might make them wonder just what their life was for?? Sad sick cult.
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  Family in Ruins Lead to my Fade

  by CADSkin in

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  id like to give the reason i faded away from the wbts.

  not for any personal reason other than the fact that i enjoy reading others heartfelt and very real experiences and feel it may help others.

  my mom was dfd for being cheated on.

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  jemba

  What a shocking story!! These men have no conscience or love, theyre just loving the power and authority DF gives them in their pathetic little lives. Im glad your Mum is out now and safe from all that mental torture.
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  reinstatement tries

  by Honeybucket in

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  i am looking for the reinstatement guidelines for someone who has been actively trying to get reinstated for 2 years and have put in a reinstatement letter 3x in those two years but was denied everytime.

  are the elders just making an example of them, have they permenately been kicked out, or maybe these people dont want to come back and this story is part of their fade.. .

  has anyone ever heard of people not getting reinstated.

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  jemba

  I confessed to sex with an unbaptised publisher on numerous occasions. We had set a date for our Wedding. The JC said that if I went ahead and married him I would be DF.

  They certainly do make up rules to suit themselves.

  It took 2 years and a wedding with not one family member from either side or JW friend in attendance to get re-instated.

  It has definitely shown me how conditional the love is in that cult.

  Cant believe I ended up going back out of fear of armaggedon and wanting to see my Family again.

  The elders that DF and our parents who said it wouldnt last can all go get stuffed, we have been happily married for 19 years most of that without the 'troof' or 'Jeehooba' in our marraige.
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  hot as hell

  by Hortensia in

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  52 degrees celsius is 125.6 degrees fahrenheit.

  that's hot no matter how you measure it.. where i used to live in the desert we had about two weeks every year with temps over 120 degrees f. i once experienced walking in 128 degree weather.

  not good for humans at all.. i hope the weather cools soon -- that is hot enough to keep wild fires burning for a long time, hot enough to kill people.

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  I live in the tropics of Australia, its still over 120 but sticky too!! Give me some snow.
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  Aint nobody got time that...

  by Aussie Oz in

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  might be 9 months old but jesus...aint nobody got time for that.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh7ugaprdpm.

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  Glad I made time for that lol.
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  A little update on my family

  by sooner7nc in

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  a few of you may remember that my wife had a kidney transplant early last year.

  since then the kidney has been incredible, giving her a new lease on life.

  it's really been good to see the light in her eyes that i had missed for quite a long time.. the counterpoint to this good news is the problems we have had with our son coltin.

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  thinking of you and your beloved family Sooner, sending positive energy your way.