Saethydd

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  When God takes a day off!

  by eyeuse2badub in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it’s really a bitch when god takes a day off.

  he’s supposed to be watching over all things-except when he doesn’t and he can control any situation-except when he doesn’t.. so he gets all the credit for the good things that are and that happen due to his “dynamic energy”.

  it must be tiring because he obviously takes days off.

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  Saethydd

  Well rain dances always work... except when they don't.
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  The Challenges and Benefits of Home-Schooling

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a pro jw forum.

  interesting reading, very one sided of course:.

  https://jwtalk.net/forums/topic/23726-the-challenges-and-benefits-of-home-schooling/.

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  Saethydd

  I was homeschooled for the last 6 years of my primary education. I'm regularly, on the President's List at the community college I'm attending before I transfer to a University to study Electrical Engineering.
  

  However, I believe this is despite my homeschooling, not because of it. My parents didn't do much to improve or accelerate my learning, in fact, it was basically my responsibility to teach myself and prepare my own lessons in that time period. My mother did try to use field service as a "class," one which I didn't much enjoy.

  For my high school years, I was given a Penn Foster Curriculum which was incredibly simplistic and didn't challenge me at all. When I did finally start college (of my own initiative and without much help from my parents) I had a lot of acclimating to do. The first thing I had to work on was my math skills, my arithmetic was nearly flawless (which I had learned well in public school), but the algebra that I attempted to teach myself was severely lacking for any college-level course, so I had to go back and relearn most of it

  Two years later I'm finally at the upper levels of Calculus and will soon move to Differential Equations. I'm on track to achieve my goals now, but homeschooling definitely set me back.
  
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  "The battle for your mind" july 17 WT

  by Bad_Wolf in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is such a strange article.

  https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2017488.

  notice the parts about one won't get truth if it's spoon fed.

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  Saethydd

  I especially love this line.

  Use your God-given thinking abilities and power of reason to make the truth your own.

  Unless, of course, those "thinking abilities and power of reason" lead one to the conclusion that the writers of the Watchtower don't have the "Truth."
  
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  Will Watchtower target the inactive?

  by ToesUp in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if watchtower has no reason to df ones.

  they have just become inactive.

  do you all think wt will begin a witch hunt (df'ing) for these inactive ones?

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  Saethydd

  Well I mean in a way they do go on the hunt for inactive ones, it's called "shepherding visits." As the policy currently stands they don't try to DF an inactive on so long as they aren't seen by the community as a Jehovah's Witness. I suppose it's possible they could change their stance on this in the future though.
  
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  Become Jehovahs Friend Lesson 27: Lesson 27: See Yourself in Paradise

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the latest featured video from everybodys favorite child indoctrination cult: see yourself in paradise.

  watch the video here: https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/children/become-jehovahs-friend/videos/see-yourself-in-paradise/.

  few problems here that the little kids wont have figured out:.

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  Saethydd

  I shudder to think of how my poor nephews are going to have these cartoons force-fed to them constantly while they're growing up, I know my mother went through most of them pretty much every time she took care of my sisters little boy.
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  My Mothers Ultimate Rejection

  by What Now? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i went into my mother's office to leave her a small note to say that we love and miss her and would love to get together.

  i found this on her desk.

  this is jehovah's witnesses.

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  Saethydd

  Pardon my language, but that is one fucked up will. Even the Watchtower doesn't tell people to bar disfellowshipped family members from funerals.
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  Personal Update: 3 Months Out

  by Saethydd in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've been mentally free of the watchtower for nine months now, three months ago i moved out of my parent's house and gave up any pretexts of being reinstated.

  in that time i've faced difficulties adjusting to my new life such as the new responsibilities i have in caring for my own needs, the loneliness that sometimes strikes when i miss my family, and the occasionally unshakable feeling of guilt over the way things are with them.. in that time, i've faced difficulties adjusting to my new life such as the new responsibilities i have in caring for my own needs, the loneliness that sometimes strikes when i miss my family, and the occasionally unshakable feeling of guilt over the way things are with them.. overall though, i feel better about my life now.

  i make an effort to really help people where i can by doing more than "praying for them" or "sharing a scripture.

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  Saethydd

  I've been mentally free of the Watchtower for nine months now, three months ago I moved out of my parent's house and gave up any pretexts of being reinstated. In that time I've faced difficulties adjusting to my new life such as the new responsibilities I have in caring for my own needs, the loneliness that sometimes strikes when I miss my family, and the occasionally unshakable feeling of guilt over the way things are with them.

  In that time, I've faced difficulties adjusting to my new life such as the new responsibilities I have in caring for my own needs, the loneliness that sometimes strikes when I miss my family, and the occasionally unshakable feeling of guilt over the way things are with them.

  Overall though, I feel better about my life now. I make an effort to really help people where I can by doing more than "praying for them" or "sharing a scripture." I've made several new friends and worked to strengthen or even re-establish my old friendships that I had been discouraged from pursuing. I've learned to better silence that judgmental part of my mind that tries to react to any action I didn't personally agree with. I'm taking genuine steps to improve myself through education and a thoughtful consideration of my beliefs. I have also made it my mission in life to use that education and my own personal talents to make the world a better place for those who follow me.

  I feel more comfortable with my beliefs and values than I ever did as a Witness. I like myself much better now than I ever did as a Witness, I only wish my family did too.
  
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  Have you noticed this trend on social media amongst witnesses...?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it seems that every 2nd witness often posts pictures of themselves at conventions, or out in 'service'.

  but i have noticed that they never seem to post anything about the actual "spiritual content" of their activity!

  instead, it is pictures of them with their witness "friends", along with some contrite comment like #bestlifeever (arrghhh).

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  Saethydd

  Well, when I posted pictures of myself in service or something, I was usually just trying to catch the eye of a girl I had a crush on and show her my "spirituality." I realize now how ridiculous that was, but dating as a JW was a tough thing for me to do. (Not that my dating life has much improved since then.)
  
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  Stoned at the meeting.

  by Fader812 in

  1. social
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  besides myself who else went to the meetings stoned?.

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  Saethydd

  I was never stoned, I did, however, read a good portion of the Harry Potter books on my tablet at the meetings, which in ancient Isreal probably would have gotten me stoned.
  
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  Just Offended A JW Cart Witness Without Even Trying

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  on my way into town from my office.

  two carts set up a few feet from each other.

  one manned by a man and woman (i assume they're a couple) in their late 30s.. the guys walks off to the other cart as im walking by, i wasn't going to approach but the woman holding the awake!

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  Saethydd

  the man came back and interrupted.

  The woman interrupted and said it was different back then.

  The man told her "i was talking there, do you mind?" she backed away.

  What an asshole.