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  "Im glad he/she died"....

  by nowwhat? in

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  how many times have you heard this one?

  " that way they will be resurrected and not be destroyed at armegeddon".

  which brings me to another resurrection question.

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  cobaltcupcake

  Add a big "ditto" for me. I used to hope that my beloved grandmother would die before Armageddon. How twisted is that?
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  My Jw mother hates me and always has

  by 20yearfader in

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  2. beliefs

  i just need to vent,you see i was a born in.it's taken me 20 years after fading from the org to finally get my mind free from the wt dogma.i was on the phone with my aunt today and the subject of my mother her older sister came up.now mind you i haven't spoken to my mother in a month or so after my daughter stayed the weekend at her house and she was being tag teamed about the hall and how i took a vow to jehovah and i'm a failure and i'll be destroyed at armagedon.this exchange upset my daughter so much that she was near the point of tears when she returned home and she hasnt spoken to my mother or father since.anyway back to the conversation with my aunt,she let it slip that my mother told her that she wished she had let the seamen that fertilized the egg that produced me had slid down her legnno bear in mind i can remember as a child running into her room playing and she would say to me as a 7 year old child "i wished i had left you in oblivion"this is one of many such saying my mother had for me......i wasn't a bad child i just wasn't allowed to do anything such as going outside going over a friends house....etc,i have struggled for years as to why this woman hates me so.i got baptized at 15 really as a way of pleasing them what the hell does a child know at 15??

  ?granted it took me some time to get myself together and put those hurtful comments in the past,but today when my aunt let it slip about what my mother has said about me it was like pulling a scap off of a wound.my wife always complains about how im emotionless and distance,this was done by me as a way of protecting myself.so i've decided and i hate to say this that my christian god fearing parents...are dead to me there is no way i can have a relationship with people that are so wicked and since she never wanted me anyway....it works out for the best thx i just needed to vent i felt like i was going to pop..

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  Anyone can become a parent, but you need a license to own a dog.

  I'm sorry you've been through such heartache.
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  The story of Bo Juel Jensen - the man behind the Anti-Watchtower media campaign in Norway

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  hi guys.

  richard e. kelly has kindly contributed a great article to jwsurvey.org on the link below.... http://jwsurvey.org/child-abuse-2/bo-juel-jensen-could-he-be-watchtowers-worst-nightmare.

  richard tells the story of bo juel jensen, an ex-witness who has been doing marvellous work in raising awareness of watchtower child abuse mishandling in norway.. as with most child abuse victims, bo's story is a disturbing one.

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  Love the article and video! It's shocking that the WTS clings to an outdated and unjust policy, all the while pointing its collective finger at the Catholic church.
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  NOAH’S BIBLICAL FLOOD ACTUALLY HAPPENED, SAYS FAMED ARCHEOLOGIST WHO FOUND THE TITANIC

  by ÁrbolesdeArabia in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/12/11/noahs-biblical-flood-actually-happened-says-famed-archeologist-who-found-the-titanic/ .

  "the story of noah's ark and its associated flood continues to be retold to children and studied by theologians, alike.

  while some dismiss it as a mere fable, others believe wholeheartedly that the event literally unfolded, with a massive down-pouring of water ravaging the earth at god's command.

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  Somebody pointed out that anyone who has ever tried to get a dog into a car knows that the whole ark story is fiction.
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  Comment on this MAP of America's most BIBLE-MINDED cities

  by Terry in

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  2. bible

  http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cities.jpg.

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  As a resident of #6 on the list I can attest that it's true. I had lived up in New England where nobody talked about church or the bible, so it was a major culture shock when I heard people freely discussing religion, prayer meetings, church services, and the bible everywhere I went. I rode public transportation here for 6 years before I got a car, so I got an earful riding the bus.
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  Yesterday was my last meeting

  by nolongerconfused in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  yesterday's watchtower study was the last straw for me...as you all have probably seen the post before me, here's the quote that did it for me.

  11/15/2012 wt "forgive one another freely".

  paragraph 16 - "in accord with jehovahs's will, christian elders have been entrusted with the responsibility of wrongdoing in the congregation.

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  Wow, that's wonderful! Congrats!
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  Jehovah's Witnesses What Can We Do To Help Our Elders

  by BlindersOff1 in

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  2. beliefs

  i suggest hire a monkey.. since all elders do if you ask them for help.

  is tell a person to.

  pray more.

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  cobaltcupcake

  Pray more
  Study more
  Go to meetings more
  Go out in service more

  Shockingly, that formula doesn't work. I tried it and just became more miserable.
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  I found this paragraph in the Watchtower study to be so ridiculous and offensive......

  by Pyramid Scheme in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  usually i read through the study article for the week to see if there are good points of discussion with my family.. when i read this paragraph, i nearly fell off my chair.

  this is complete and utter garbage.

  i have had discussions with my wife and other family members who also agreed it was complete rubbish.

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  Last time I checked, the GB is made up of imperfect men too. Of course, now they're very close to claiming infallibility.

  I watched a program about a cult made up of a few people who broke off of the Reformed Mormon Church to follow a guy who claimed to be God's prophet.

  For some reason, a family of 5 of his followers were deemed to be sinners and essentially shunned within a very tiny cult. The "prophet" claimed that the family members were responsible for one of his failed prophecies and the group needed to be "cleansed" of these holy-spirit-sapping sinners. One night they were all killed and the whole cult decamped for a distant mountain town.

  Later, the whole cult was rounded up and thrown in prison for the murders.

  Stuff like this scares me when I see the GB consolidating power and retreating to a remote location that could easily become a "compound."
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  Why should this annoy me?

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  long story short.

  i left the wbt$ and was forcibly da'd for attending a church.. wifey says she 'chooses' not to talk to me about 'spiritual'(tm) matters.

  i told wifey that she didn't 'choose' but was told not to talk to me about such matters by some men in brooklyn.

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  There comes a point where you stop caring what those people think of you.

  When I left, as I found out years later, rumors were rife:

  I'd had a mid-life crisis.

  I'd run off to chase my favorite singing star.

  I was crazy.

  I'd become a lesbian.

  It couldn't possibly be that I didn't believe that codswallop any longer. None of the rumors bothered me because I simply didn't give a flying fork what any JW thought of me.
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  First post / 1914 info

  by whichway2go in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  my first post here after about 6 months of lurking.

  i will comment more and give some more info later, but i am still active, and looking for my way to exit.

  i had a question that i'm hoping someone can help with.

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  cobaltcupcake

  Welcome, WWTG!