Honeybadger

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  Just wondering, who here is still a JW? x

  by snare&racket in

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  just wondering who here still attends meetings, and lives the jw life?

  i guess its interesting for the context of peoples comments.

  also does anyone have a position such as pioneer, ms, elder etc ?.

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  Honeybadger

  I'm "still in" because I just recently graduated and my current job doesn't pay enogh for me to leave home. And I honestly am so torn, because I love my family and friends, but I hate everything about "God's Chosen, Almighty" Pedophile-protecting Cult. I was a born-in, but I've never truly believed in it. Heck, I was secretly taking part in all of the holiday-related activities at school I could, saluting the flag , etc. from first grade on (as long as there were no other witless kids in the class ).

  I still go to the meetings semi-regularly, and will maybe go in the field circus two or three times a month (an hour each time, but I definitely lie on the report...). I don't believe in god. I don't comment, ever. At most I'll read a scripture to appease my mom. I'll subtly bring out huge contradictions in the bible and the society's litter-trash to her, but it doesn't even phase her... she'll maybe just tell me to "do my own research" or "ask the CO next time he visits".

  I'm pretty definite that my mom knows I'm mentally out... in addition to everything else, she's read my notes on the conventions before, where I basically satirized everything said from the platform... but she doesn't really bring it up much.
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  The Bible and the WBTS really say that JWs are accursed bastards - seriously

  by Fernando in

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  google search: define bastard.

  noun:a person born of parents not married to each other.. adjective:born of parents not married to each other; illegitimate.. synonyms:illegitimate - spurious - misbegotten .

  watchtower library search (sentence scope, with brackets, quotation marks, and oblique or slash):.

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  Honeybadger

  Marking to read later... after field circus
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  How important are birthdays?

  by Disillusioned Lost-Lamb in

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  extremely, cause it's mine!.

  go shorty it's my birthday.

  gonna party like it's my birthday.

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  Honeybadger

  I think birthdays are very important (now).

  Happy birthday! :)
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  Thought Reform and the Psychology of the 'Safeguard Your Heart!' 2012 Convention

  by breakfast of champions in

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  2. beliefs

  to make attendance at my second district convention "mentally out" both a little more bearable and meaningful, i decided to take some notes of key points as if i were an outsider studying the thought reform methods of jehovah's witnesses.

  at first, i was only going to share these notes with my therapist, but inspired by the "parsing the watchtower double-speak" thread, i figured i would share my amateur analysis with everyone.

  here are some of the highlights:.

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  Honeybadger

  Thank you so much!

  Unfortunately, I still have to go sit through it in a few weeks...
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  How would you like it if Jehovah took a vacation from you?

  by irondork in

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  2. bible

  from the platform: when encouraging school-age children to use their summer, and adults to use their secular vacations for pioneering, we were asked, how would you like it if jehovah took a vacation from you?.

  w/82 5/15 zealous parents produce missionaries p.11.

  we were brought up in a happy theocratic home where our parents helped us to love and live the truth.

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  Honeybadger

  Honeybadger don't care.

  Would it make a difference? Nope, not really. You sort of have to exist to be able to take a vacation...
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  Anyone out there trapped in a unscriptural divorce by their witness mate.Unable to get remarried or you will be shunned

  by BlindersOff1 in

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  Honeybadger

  My poor mom- she put up with my stepdad's abuse and manipulation for 11 years, and finally divorced him. He was a brutal tyrant, and yet it's technically "unscriptural"... I'm sure if Jesus was real, he wouldn't have a problem with someone leaving an abusive relationship. It's just ridiculous.
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  What was the weirdest thing ever said to you as a JW?

  by falseprophet in

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  i was about 8-10 years old and twice i had people tell me that i should not pioneer but to go to bethel because i "was governing body material".. one was a co and another a do.. i didn't even believe in god, never have so that makes it weird!.

  what wierd things were told?.

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  Honeybadger

  So many weird things, but this is the one that comes to mind now:

  My mom told me that a friend of hers brought her bible study to the Sunday meeting, and during the public talk she (the study) claimed she could see demons going up and down the aisles , and one came up to her and told her to leave or something... so she left.

  After hearing this, I told my mom, "Mom, Jehovah wouldn't allow demons in the kingdom hall! It's his temple! There isn't any way this is true, is it?" and she told me "Well, I don't know... you could ask the CO next time he comes to visit." (This is her go-to line when I question something blatantly false that she believes... )

  I've got more too, I just can't remember them right now. It's Thursday, though, so after this evening I might have even more...
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  Graduation and Birthday

  by mrsjones5 in

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  today my oldest son shawn is graduating from high school and it's my birthday.

  i'm a proud mama.

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  Honeybadger

  Aww, happybirthday! And congrats to your son!
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  Compile the list: Jehoobie HATES:

  by hamsterbait in

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  i want to compile a list of all the things the witless death god wastes his inexhaustible energy on.. (other than resisting the temptation to save starving children or protect them from pedos).

  the first thing jehoobie hates on my list (at least since the coraline dvd for witless kids/victims).

  magic!.

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  Honeybadger

  Violence

  He hates it so much, he'll murder anyone who's violent! Yay!

  Fortune tellers, etc.

  Prophets are a completely different story, though.

  Windows in the Kingdom Hell (apparently... lol)

  Because we don't want another incident like what happened with Eutychus, do we?

  Women wearing pants at the Kingdumb Hall

  I can't even think of a snarky response to this one; it's so nonsensical

  That's all I've got, for now.
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  Children sining song 120

  by lostinthought in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8wpvvzcxwc.

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  i don't know if anyone posted this yet, but the kids singing this song made me even more sick to my stomach then some parts of the viedo, i hate this song because you know what they mean by "listen obay and be blessed" - translation: you must listen to the governing body or else!.

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  Honeybadger

  I just watched about 20 seconds of this, and I physically can't. I'm currently still living at home and "have" to attend the meetings, but there are a lot of the newer songs that I will flat-out refuse to sing. This one is one of the worst, in my opinion.

  It's a blatantly mind-controlling song... and the lyrics can be summed up to "If we unquestioning obey anyone (Christ, then god, and then THE BROTHERS??? WTF?) claiming that they're fulfilling god's ambiguous will, we'll be 'happy' and 'blessed'"

  I can't stand it.