FayeDunaway

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  spiritual

  by stan livedeath in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i read the word "spiritual" sometimes on the site.

  what exactly do the jw's mean by it ?.

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  FayeDunaway

  Spiritual to a JW means exactly the opposite of what spirituality actually is. They have taken something that is unseen and made it purely material. It's actually ridiculous when you think about it.
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  Something's Gotta Give

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've been 100% alone since my df last month.

  i'm dead to my family now, unless i return to their cult - so i recently made contact with 3 former jw's that were in my cong when i was in my youth.

  to my surprise, they all had exactly the same doubts and reasoning i had and said even though they've been out 6-7 years they "still feel tied to it in some way" and "feel guilty celebrating xmas or birthdays".

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  FayeDunaway

  I think your friends might feel guilty celebrating birthdays and Christmas because they maybe never did the research. They must still believe that it's at least partly "the truth." Unless you do the research of their history and doctrine you will just be living with the guilt. I have a friend who felt guilty for 10 years before finally delving into research. She read crisis of conscience, and websites like this one, and finally she's happy. There's no moving on emotionally from it until you research. So direct your friends to jwfacts.com and you will be doing them a favor.
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  Inactive ones talk... some lies I noticed

  by purrpurr in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the brother giving the saturday"inactive ones helping them to return".. he said, this year the society has been making an effort to contact all inactive ones.. and also... the elders visit all the inactive ones at least once a year .

  bs!

  totally bs!.

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  FayeDunaway

  The OP is a good warning for people interested in joining the JW's to never become 'active' in the first place! Once you join, you will never feel like you are free again. It's like the mafia. Seriously, folks.
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  Rank & file are seeing the money-grubbing

  by Zoos in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  spoke with a fellow apostate from my own area.

  she and i bailed out about the same time and kept in touch.. she used to do secular work with one of the local elders in his cleaning business until she got dfed.

  this same elder was one of the more profound dickheads on my reinstatement committee, before i turned around two years later and daed.. business required her to contact the elder on behalf of an old client.

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  FayeDunaway

  They're like beggars on the street, hands stretched out, screaming at people to give them money, while telling people to rely on Jehovah for their own provisions.
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  No Munich?

  by darkspilver in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  hey simon.

  you marked the nice attack with a graphic and a few words on the right hand side of the forum - i didn't think you did the same for the recent orlando attack, but i presume you decided to introduce this new box out of a mark of respect going forward following the events in nice.. therefore, i'm wondering why you have appeared not to have done the same following the munich attack?.

  sorry, my bad - i think you only last posted 14 hours ago, so you're unlikely to have had time to do it yet, sorry - the 'lastest topics' feature appears to show you posting just a few minutes ago, but that's because you started the topic and somebody else has just replied to it d'oh!

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  FayeDunaway

  There are attacks every day, DS. The media doesn't report the ones that have become so common in some places that people have come to expect them. The Nice attack was much larger than most. Simon shouldn't be expected to officially recognize every one, but whatever he feels like acknowledging.
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  Rumor: Discouraging news from GB at upcoming CA?

  by bohm in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is on the reddit frontpage and sounds super weird.

  can it be confirmed in any way by anyone here?.

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/4u72dk/what_kind_of_announcement_could_cause_jws_to/.

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  FayeDunaway

  I do remember a big announcement at a circuit assembly here in the states, that we would no longer be charging for literature at the door and it would switch to a "donation arrangement." There was no good reason given, but the real reason was that religious institutions were going to start being taxed by the federal government for all sales.
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  Don't know what to do

  by looter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm in a crazy situation.

  about a year ago, i was going to get baptized.

  it was all planned and arranged until ttatt was learned.

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  FayeDunaway

  Looter, how is the family situation? You are past 18 now, what happened??
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  How To Spot A Cult - This is what started woke me up!!

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is the article that woke me up.

  i felt sick after reading it.

  then sad.

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  FayeDunaway

  Amazing, pale emperor. Thanks!
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  Song 146 - You did it for me

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the watchtower 1970 4/1 emphasis the principle that singing at the kingdom hall is part of worship to god and is one of the most beautiful ways they can show this worship to him.. of all the ways in which we can worship and praise jehovah god—by prayer, by public talks, by our field ministry and by our exemplary conduct—one of the most beautiful of them is this literal singing of songs to jehovah’s praise....and, above all, let us pay more than usual attention to the words.

  it is by the words that we worship jehovah god, bringing praise to him.

  as an introduction to song 146, jw org states -jesus considers any act of love and support for his anointed brothers as though it were done for him.

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  FayeDunaway

  Funny, the title sounds like a Christian Rock song.

  (Which, although I sing them sometimes at church, is not my favorite genre by far.)

  But the words are all Jehovah's witness. You must prove your love constantly, you are never good enough, not really, you won't know till the end if you are approved. Pay me back for what I did for you.

  Yuck.
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  Bye and thanks for everything

  by LifesNotOver in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we really went at it this weekend.

  pretty ugly!

  well at least now the air is cleared.

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  FayeDunaway

  Responding, so you will have to read :).

  Sounds like a plan! Go live your life :). And come here occasionally, it doesn't have to be an addiction (like it sorta is for me).

  Have a great day!