Unfortunately there's no subheading 'You have woken up and no longer believe our lies' in the Return to Jehovah brochure. Otherwise, it would apply to a LOT more people! Darn, now we can never return! ;)
FayeDunaway
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Can You Really Become Inactive Instead of DA'ing and Keep Your Family
by truth-or-consequences inoz branch coordinator terrence o'brien opined a number of times at about 1:00:00 until about 1:15:00 of his testimony, that a dub does not need to da, they can become "inactive.".
i sent our beloved angus stewart my personal experience, as well as observations about official borg teachings.
(he replied in short order.).
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Hello!
by BeautifulMind ini've been enjoying all of the discussions here for a good while now.
i found this site as i was researching things about this religion i've been in (finally after nagging curiosity and questions) but i wanted to figure things out more before coming on here and posting.
i'm glad to see that im not alone or crazy!
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FayeDunaway
Pa2 I was curious about the same thing :) it always seems to be something from inside, not something we can say to people, but something they have personally discovered or seen that is the instigator. Tell us what it was, and if it was you or your husband first. -
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Hello!
by BeautifulMind ini've been enjoying all of the discussions here for a good while now.
i found this site as i was researching things about this religion i've been in (finally after nagging curiosity and questions) but i wanted to figure things out more before coming on here and posting.
i'm glad to see that im not alone or crazy!
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FayeDunaway
I stayed away from apostasites while figuring stuff out too. Researched a little about an issue I was going through, was shocked by all the acerbic wit and just did theological research till I knew what I believed. Then came back after some years to see what changes there were in the org, (were they still disfellowshipping, and how were they handling 2015 and over a hundred years since the end of the world, lol). I love this place now. I'm so happy you and your hubby are both awake! That's just huge. Such a nice thing to come here and see your post today. Wishing you a smooth journey. -
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Article in New Yorker magazine
by InquiryMan ini guess this article will be appreciated within the jw community, being on the positive side when discussing blood transfusion.
it is the first of three articles to be published in that prestigious magazine.. http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-jehovahs-witnesses-are-changing-medicine.
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FayeDunaway
I wonder how much of someone else's 'personality' you can get from blood fractions...careful, whoever donated it probably celebrated Christmas!! -
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Can You Really Become Inactive Instead of DA'ing and Keep Your Family
by truth-or-consequences inoz branch coordinator terrence o'brien opined a number of times at about 1:00:00 until about 1:15:00 of his testimony, that a dub does not need to da, they can become "inactive.".
i sent our beloved angus stewart my personal experience, as well as observations about official borg teachings.
(he replied in short order.).
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FayeDunaway
I did it, and still lost all my JW friends and my family hardly speaks to me. They all just went on a huge vacation filled with adventure and didn't tell me about it, found out indirectly. It hurts. But at least I don't have to go out in service :P. -
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Watchtower Idiot
by Vidiot indont wanna be a watchtower idiot.dont wanna be some door-knocking dipshit.can you imagine the things that they go through?public embarrassment trying to convert you.. but now the times, they seem to be changing,loyalty oaths and doctrine-rearranging,debit machines and refurbished kingdom halls...real estate and investment speculation,psas about deaf masturbation,barely recognize it at all!.
dont wanna check out the shiny new website,dont need to hear a homophobic soundbite,rhetoric that justitfies the shun gun,propaganda, or cheezy animation.. underneath theyre still shallow and shoddy, idolizing the governing body,convinced that theyre still better than the rest...forget the suicidal depression,or all the profits from bloodless medicine,just listen, obey, and be blessed!.
in the end, what goes around comes around,its all exposed as a pedophile playground,and when theyre busted for cover-ups and lying, i wouldnt wanna be them for anything.. coming down to the end of the page,all thanks to the information age, public humiliation, one and all....its gotta be the great tribulation,so head to warwick for permanent vacation,either way, the writings on the wall!.
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FayeDunaway
It's too easy, I'll leave it for someone else. Good job vidiot. -
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Prophecy in Daniel: A last Fierce-looking King
by Kosonen inthere is an unfulfilled prophecy in daniel about the last king that will be broken without human hand.
the prophecy says he will be fierce-looking, deceptive, efficent in his doings, smart and causing ruin to many.
and he will exalt himself.
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FayeDunaway
The problem with Donald Trump fulfilling that prophesy is that he doesn't understand ambiguous things...he also doesn't understand obvious things.
A problem with trying to interpret bible prophesy is that no matter the era, whoever is living during that time really REALLY wants the prophesy to apply to their own time. Because they're that important and God has chosen them and their time. Russell did backflips to try to fit it in to his own time, he used inaccurate history plus the steps inside the Great Pyramid. Fred found his own formula to fit his own time (absurd counting of millennia since creation of Adam). Harold Camping found his own, using the measurements of the Ark.
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Why don't they just lie about the numbers?
by Sour Grapes inwhy doesn't the wtbts just lie and increase the published amount of people who attend the memorial?
who would know the difference?
the same with the amount munching on the crackers and sipping the wine.
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FayeDunaway
I completely agree with sir82, and it reflects the mindset of JW philosophy ....be meticulously accurate about the little stuff, totally screw with the big stuff. -
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FayeDunaway
A friend of mine, from a very tight knit witness family, finally came out. His family no longer speaks to him. They were so close. It hurts worse, the closer you were. -
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Just wrote my DA letter....
by dubstepped inmy wife and i planned on fading but the elders now want a shepherding call and we are just done.
i know that many play the game to try to stay in, but i'm not a game player and neither is my wife.
our families already shun us because we reached out to a disfellowshipped family member.
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FayeDunaway
Completely understandable! It's such a heavy thing. Is a move possible for you?