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  Julia's Inquisition - Two elders, the full version! I want you all to see this.

  by Julia Orwell in

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  sorry it's gonna be long winded.

  i've done my best to reconstruct from memory.

  my husband was next to me the whole time.

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  Well done, Julia! You really got under Preppy's skin.
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  Shunned again today

  by punkofnice in

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  as i walked through the streets of my hometown i walked past a 'sister'tm).

  at first i didn't recognize her as i wasn't paying attention.. she sort of gave me a bit of a smile (or did she have wind/gas?).

  after i has passed her, it dawned on me who it was.. i'd given her family lifts to meetings and socialised with them.. i then realized she'd shunned me.

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  Good for you, Punky!
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  POLL: How long did you remain a JW from point of baptism to leaving the KH

  by Terry in

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  i was baptised --1963. left in 1978. fifteen years.

  pre-baptism, another 5 years.

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  Baptized in 1974.

  Left in 2004.

  30 godawful years.
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  What are the JW's up to now days?

  by ForbiddenFruit in

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  2. beliefs

  so i left around 4 years ago, my family have pretty much left me alone after the first year of harassment, but in the last 6 months i've been hearing about 'the end' a lot again.

  so i'm basically wondering if anything has happened?

  if anything specific has gone on in the last 6 months (or few years since i've left) to make my family get all zealous about me going back to the 'truth' again?

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  And the Internet is an evil, scary place.
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  Just wanted you to know, none of you are intriguing. Rather, you're all quite repulsive.

  by Theocratic Sedition in

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  2. friends

  not saying that's my personal opinion, but this week's congregation bible study asks the viewpoint question, "would apostate literature or internet sites intrigue you or repulse you?

  "- jeremiah book, page 70, para 7. .

  gotta love it.. i guess apostate sites are like crime scenes.

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  And where the heck are her parents?
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  Is there a 'third' way to leave?

  by Splash in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  once baptised, apart from death there are really just two ways to leave the congregation: df or da.. but notice this quote:.

  "does he really desire to disassociate himself, or does he simply no longer want to associate actively with the congregation?".

  - shepherd the flock of god (2010) p. 111. .

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  Such a minefield!

  It shouldn't be so difficult to leave a religion you no longer believe in.
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  Is this a religion run by PSYCOPATHS?

  by Terry in

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  2. beliefs

  glibness/superficial charmgrandiose sense of self-worthpathological lyingconning/manipulativelack of remorse or guiltshallow affect (genuine emotion is short-lived and egocentric)callousness; lack of empathyfailure to accept responsibility for own actionsthe hare psychopathy checklist-revised by robert d. hare, 1991. multi-health systems, 908 niagara falls blvd, north tonawanda, new york, usa, 14120-2060. psycopaths do not feel empathy but learn to imitate those who do.

  psychopaths don't even understand charity.. .

  i was thinking today how much psycopathy is reflected in the governing body leadership and especially manifested in policy.. jehovah's witnesses are not led by people devoted to charity, benevolence, outreach or social provision for those less fortunate which.

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  Thanks, Finkelstein! I've heard talks like that. Now it just sounds so messed up. The speaker really went beyond the things that are written - he was making shit up! Satan will work hard to destroy the earth before he is abyssed? Where's that written?

  I remember my ex-bethelite husband telling me about that anti-matter idea. It sounded looney to me 35 years ago, and it still does.

  And it won't bother us to see billions of dead bodies, including bodies of children? That goes completely against human nature! It's instinctive to want to help a person who is facing danger, not rejoice at their death!

  Well, if you're not a sociopath or psychopath or narcissist, that is.
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  Quotemines please

  by goddidit in

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  2. friends

  as we all know, reaching a believing jw is difficult, maybe impossible.. i've tried many years of reasoning before i realised that reason isn't something they really understand, and science is something they can brush off with a wave of their hand.

  now i'm going to prepare very succinct examples of their blatant quotemining and somehow get one of them to read it, then ask them why purveyors of the truth need to use lies to support their claims.

  maybe i'm too optimistic but i'm hopeful this might have some effect.

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  It's just too sad to me that I never questioned their quotes, believing the WTS to be absolutely truthful.
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  The Florida Concentration Camp for little Boys .. At least 50 bodies found

  by fulltimestudent in

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  2. scandals

  this is a terrible story, as i believe from other reports that places like this were common in the usa.

  (as well as, the uk, ireland, canada, australia and god knows where else).you can only wonder how no-one else in authority knew about this.

  i think they did, and the authorities of that time were prepared to do nothing and say nothing.. web reference : http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/a-concentration-camp-for-little-boys-dark-secrets-unearthed-in-kkk-county-8518009.html.

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  Sounds like Nazi Germany.

  There was a lot of horrors happening back in the 50s and 60s. In North Carolina they were routinely sterilizing anyone who had a low IQ. The state's been paying some big settlement money lately.
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  Elders' Gems of Wisdom

  by stephenw20 in

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  my dad asked the co about this one.

  mat 27:52-53. and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, .

  and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.

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  Wow, thanks for resurrecting this thread! Great stuff!

  This has probably happened at a number of halls, but one Sunday a particularly rambunctious toddler was being hauled out to the library for a spanking and he yelled out, "Jehovah, help me!"

  The accounts servant was seated behind a family with 3 little kids. Mom was holding the infant and apparently squeezed him too hard because the kid upchucked into the accounts servant's book bag which held his ledgers (this was before personal computers). Poor guy nearly freaked out.

  Ever been to a meeting where the sound guy played the wrong musical track and everyone tried to make the lyrics work?

  In rural Maine back in the 70s our very tiny congregation had a tiny kingdom hall. The bathrooms were located right at the back of the very small auditorium and the flushing sound would sometimes drown out the speaker. My father one time had an attack of explosive diarrhea during the meeting, the sound of which reverberated throughout the auditorium. It was hard to keep a straight face. Poor dad!