I have head JWs excuse it because they've been doing the memorial invitation work since about then, and they have to count even random people who come from the community and partake.
Captain Obvious
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UK ex bethelite video
by snare&racket inused to know this guy, a good lad.
check out his videos, this one is about bethel life in uk.
snare.
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Captain Obvious
Thanks for posting, I really enjoyed the second video.
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New girl in town here for support
by joyfulfader inhi everyone here on jwn.
i admit to being a lurker for quite some time before joining and now i am ready to post and i want to introduce myself.
i am/was 3rd generation and daughter of the po (as it was termed at the time) for most of my life.
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Captain Obvious
Welcome! Looking forward to hearing more about your story
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Cedars - just thinking aloud about big picture shunning statistics
by Fernando innothing serious just thinking aloud.... a moment ago i wondered what the big picture looks like.... how many millions of jws, have shunned how many millions of friends and family members, for how many billion hours a year, for how many years?.
how many parents are shunning their own children at the moment?.
how many children are shunning their own parents at the moment?.
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Captain Obvious
There could EASILY be as many ex-JWs as JWs. I saw the Pew survey results mentioned in another thread and checked it out... If that figure of 37% is true and it easily could be, the actual figures would likely be staggering.
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"we were just talking...shes not free to remarry...we werent flirting or doing anything wrong"
by WuzLovesDubs inthats what my soon to be exhusband just said to me.
i finally after 25 years of dealing with him and the jws and a litany of other shit, told him two weeks ago i want out.
he wrote me a letter this week and made a list of allllll the things he hates: about my beliefs, the fact that i left jehovah, broke my vows to god, my hobbies, celebrations, what i watch on tv, my parenting, keeping the kids out of the jws, not having any friends....and then said well i dont hate "you".
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Captain Obvious
Oh and I forgot to add that him wanting to "continue the marriage" is just so he isn't the one to make the call. Seen it many times. Standard JW procedure. Pretend to be willing to "work on it", because "Jehovah hates a divorcing" while not lifting a finger to actually work on anything or repair problems. Basically sit and wait till the other can't take it anymore and leaves, thus making himself out to be the victim.
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"we were just talking...shes not free to remarry...we werent flirting or doing anything wrong"
by WuzLovesDubs inthats what my soon to be exhusband just said to me.
i finally after 25 years of dealing with him and the jws and a litany of other shit, told him two weeks ago i want out.
he wrote me a letter this week and made a list of allllll the things he hates: about my beliefs, the fact that i left jehovah, broke my vows to god, my hobbies, celebrations, what i watch on tv, my parenting, keeping the kids out of the jws, not having any friends....and then said well i dont hate "you".
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Captain Obvious
Sorry to hear about this Wuz. Like jgnat said, why waste any more emotion on him? Don't forget he hasn't held up his end of the bargain. Regardless of you getting the F out of the cult.... He very well may have been having an affair (albeit emotional) for some time now. Has he been sizing her up for that long? I'm not sure how you're feeling about it but I think that would hurt just as bad as a physical affair.
For all we know he may be right, you may be hard to love. Who knows but him? But the fact that like you said, he has all but abandoned me in this marriage...no dinners, no talking, no respect, no feelings towards me at all.... Has he spent all this time trying to improve himself and your relationship? Doesn't sound like it. Maybe he doesn't understand, who knows. But him getting all pissy about you breaking your vows to God and all that... Obviously he hasn't made an effort to understand.
Sorry but I get a little wound up about dudes like that. A marriage takes WORK, even if you share the same beliefs and are both very attractive. It doesn't matter. The little boy can't even express himself to your face, has to write you a letter to share his feelings.
Not to mention he gets to walk away from all this looking like the poor afflicted faithful JW whose evil mentally diseased apostate wife ABANDONED Jehovah and him. He will even believe that himself as he soaks up all the sympathy from the "friends".
Douche
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Knowing the Real Truth about the "truth" when you're stuck inside...
by OneDayillBeFree in...sucks.
(warning: this could get lengthy but i have to vent and i could really use some advice).
i know ttatt and have known about it for almost 2 years, yet i'm still stuck inside.
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Captain Obvious
Nice thing about the military is its an automatic DA as well. Then you won't need to write that awkward letter...
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I remember a gorgeous sister was...........
by Iamallcool ini remember a gorgeous sister was making fun of her elder husband's big belly.
i do not know why she mentioned it to me about it in private outside of the kingdom hall.
any ideas why she mentioned about it to me?
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Captain Obvious
What she said ^
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Did You Expect To Live Thru The Great Tribulation & Never Die At All?
by minimus ini always had my doubts about that but i was at least hopeful that all would work out as they said.
i saw so many "faithful ones" who were true believers expire before they got the prize, that i started to think it probably wouldn't happen in my lifetime.. what a bunch of suckers, huh?.
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Captain Obvious
I dreramt about it, but the feelings of guilt about doing "unapproved practices" and barely any serve-us had me doubting.
It is strange though. When you're born-in and have never been presented with the substance for the shaky paradise earth doctrine, you just accept it as fact. We learn to not ask questions or really weigh the "facts". Honestly most born-ins that I know know less about the Borg, it's doctrines and history than most of the apostates on this site!
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Knowing the Real Truth about the "truth" when you're stuck inside...
by OneDayillBeFree in...sucks.
(warning: this could get lengthy but i have to vent and i could really use some advice).
i know ttatt and have known about it for almost 2 years, yet i'm still stuck inside.
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Captain Obvious
I know how you feel about feeling like a hypocrite. If the two choices you present are the ONLY two choices (which they aren't), the option one would be best. You've already put in 2 years, what's a little more? Perhaps you should have been doing this all along. But there HAS to be more choices.
What about college? Could you go away to college and just fade? Would your folks help you out with that or at least help you get a student loan? Then you're not homeless and are pointing your life in the right direction.
Have you ever considered at least showing SOME of the things you have learned? Your dad is an elder and he has his mind made up for him, but what about your mum? Is she a little more reasonable? Having one sympathetic parent is a lot better tha zero.
Just some thoughts.