Suraj Khan

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  From 1 to 10, how do you rate the value of the Internet in your awakening?

  by Hidden-Window in

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  as we all know, the internet is a real game-changer in allowing us to know the truth about the watch tower and its history.

  i always had doubts and it was the internet that presented me with the ever-growing number of individuals who were going through a similar struggle.. i give the internet a 9 in my awakening.

  what about you?.

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  Zero, like some of the other pre-Internet people out there.

  My BS meter pinged every single time I was with a brother or sister. Mostly the brothers, though. Plastic smiles and forced happiness. Bible studies where nothing was questioned and nothing made sense. Being chastized for even thinking about going to college. My turning point was the blood doctrine. Reading celebratory accounts of Brother and Sister X losing a child because they withheld a blood transfusion utterly disgusted me. I realized that if I had a child, and that child needed blood to survive, I'd be in the next room rolling up my sleeve before you could say "Armageddon".

  The Internet has been invaluable as my wife and children have no idea what I went through as a Witness. I've enjoyed (virtually) meeting several of you as you 'get' a part of me no one else in my current life does. I'm glad my family doesn't know even half of what I was like back then.
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  Your "Things That Make You Go Hmmm?" List

  by FlyingHighNow in

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  i'll wager that the number is close to 100 percent.

  what number?

  the number of jws who have lists--lists of things that make them go hmmm or even wha'???

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  Going door to door: I believe that truth doesn't have to advertise itself, and the louder it tries to speak, the more it's hiding.

  Blood transfusions: Every parental instinct is to care for and save your child at whatever cost to you, including your own life.

  The cover of the May 15, 1984 Watchtower, "The Generation That Will Not Pass Away".

  Subsequent waffles on the approach of the New System with repeated "new light".

  Stealth editing of prior published literature.

  Rampant hypocrisy, favoritism and politics in our Kingdom Hall.

  The suicide of a brother in our KH who had been counseled and threatened with DFing. He left behind a young wife and three children.

  The stance against evolution disproved by the fossil record and pretty much every scientific authority anywhere.

  The stance against higher education, a transparent attempt to keep younger members stupid and gullible (and trapped, with the recent encouragement to baptize much earlier these days).

  Callous disregard for Jesus's exhortation to perform acts of mercy for *all* people. The Organization absolutely ignores the suffering of those who it considers 'worldly'.
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  To all JWN Members

  by cantleave in

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  have a wonderful xmas.

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  Merry Christmas everyone!
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  Naughtiness in my bathroom

  by usualusername in

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  i have some guests coming over to spend xmas with me for a couple of days.

  they are my friends family and i have a larger place than them and am playing host.. dilemma.

  they are christians and i have some postcards in my bathroom that are slightly naughty.

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  Suraj Khan

  I would just take them down for the time your guests are there. Christian or no, it's the considerate thing to do if you have young people over.
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  This Is The Cabal

  by metatron in

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  http://americankabuki.blogspot.com/2013/12/america-is-launching-giant-world.html.

  imagine for a moment that the world is dominated by an ugly, arrogant, brazen bunch of sociopaths who have contempt for the rest of humanity.. the picture says it all.. .

  metatron.

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  At least they're finally being honest about being a 21st century Stasi.
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  Old Literature being destroyed again!

  by KW13 in

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  the society are at it again.

  witnesses at a local congregation are getting rid of old literature that predates the early 90's.

  you can imagine why.

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  There ought to be a project to scan all of the old literature and magazines. I could see the Society appealing to nostalgia, having everyone turn in their old stuff - don't worry, we'll scan the old stuff and put it on JW.org for everyone to see - and have those scans not quite match the text of the originals through some artful photoshopping.

  Wouldn't be the first time.
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  Surrounded - Yet All Alone at the same Time

  by offgrid5150 in

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  i've been lurking for a while,but figured i'd introduce myself.

  i was born in, and i'm 30 years old.

  it's hard to just read as a guest, and not share with anyone eventually.

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  Welcome! Wish you were my younger brother, who's about your age...I would love to see him start to break free like you are.
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  Why is JW Net so hostile? Is it just me?

  by Brother Mike in

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  why can't i say something without someone immature trying to be a smart ass or trying to fight everything i say and use it against me?

  comments welcome.

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  Suraj Khan

  I'd like to institute a Buy One Get One Free for all pints of draft beer & ale to go with the free hors d'oeuvres.

  I'm not such a beer guy. Now, buy one get one bottle of Islay single malt...then we can talk.
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  Self Destructing. oh-oh.

  by Captain Blithering in

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  yo dudes.. .

  i've been studying ttatt for nearly a year now, i'm pretty much convinced wt theology is a crock, but i can't just leave as i don't want to lose family, and i simply can't disappoint my elderly aging parent.. .

  i'm prepared for the long game fade (could be a few years), but have been sowing seeds with the wifey little bit by little bit.

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  Suraj Khan

  No, you don't sound pompous at all by saying that. We are who we are.

  If you're worried about fallout, reproof and such, popular people in the congregation usually get away with a lot more. If they want you out and you meant nothing to them, they will hang you for putting a toe out of line. In that case, your value to them is a sacrificial pawn in a show trial. Such is life in a fear-driven organization.

  Since you have family still 'in', a clean, quick break is probably not desirable anyway if you value your relationships. I just wonder how patient your brain will be with you. Living two lives creates an immense amount of mental work and your mind will seek to relieve that stress in many subtle and not-so-subtle ways.

  Good luck. Really.
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  Self Destructing. oh-oh.

  by Captain Blithering in

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  yo dudes.. .

  i've been studying ttatt for nearly a year now, i'm pretty much convinced wt theology is a crock, but i can't just leave as i don't want to lose family, and i simply can't disappoint my elderly aging parent.. .

  i'm prepared for the long game fade (could be a few years), but have been sowing seeds with the wifey little bit by little bit.

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  As you pull back from the high-stress mind control mechanisms and start living a genuine life, I guarantee you WILL sooner or later make an 'oops' move to family or a member of the congregation which will set alarm bells ringing. It sounds like you're going to do this sooner rather than later. Extroverts usually trip up pretty quickly.

  Are you well-liked in your congregation or more of an observer?