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  I just had a thought that made me feel so much better about this fade...

  by sosoconfused in

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  this is not monumental... i am sure all of you think it all the time.. but as a 3rd gen born-in ex-elder ex-pioneer ex-bethelite i spent so much time in this relion believing that for some reason that god, who loves all humans and created all things only wanted a few people to get knowledge of him - and this small group in america was his choice.. .

  now as i said i am sure 99% of you probably came to that realization before and it is common sense, but the very fact that as a grown man i never really thought about this for more than 15 seconds.

  the whole idea is just ridiculous and freaking stupid.

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  Sosoconfused - You've spent years and years educating yourself to be a good JW, and all the meetings, assemblies, CO visits, have just hammered it into your mind like a board that has hundreds of nails pounded into it. It will take time to pull all of those "nails" out.

  Educating yourself by means of reading books like Steve Hassan's and Crisis of Conscience and websites like JWfacts will go a long way toward combatting the guilt you're feeling and freeing your mind at the same time.

  Don't lose heart. You'll get there!
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  With out Fear

  by Brother of the Hawk in

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  cobaltcupcake

  Welcome! I'm so happy for you that your wife and daughter are here too!
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  An elder called me.

  by Julia Orwell in

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  an elder who handled the minor matter with my husband a few weeks ago called to see how we were doing.

  this guy genuinely is a gentle, kind, man whom the congregation loves.

  he's the one everyone approaches because he never judges or condescends.

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  The one thing you have to keep telling yourself is they have no power and they have no authority!

  That's one of the most difficult concepts to accept, but once you do, it's much easier to leave.

  Julia, I'm so sorry you were traumatized by those men in ties, but I'm glad there were a couple of them that could comfort you.
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  Remember the 1961 green Bible?

  by outbutnotdown in

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  i know there are numerous examples of crazy, whacked out stuff that the wtbts taught that most of here now realize were just that...... crazy and whacked......... but do you know how insane some of the stuff in that original 1961 bible was?.

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  OMG, the dinosaur! We joined the cult when I was 12, and I always thought that dino was just whacked out. It was like they were implying dinosaurs lived at the same time as those costumed guys in Europe.

  And that green! I heard some story about the WTS getting a good deal on the green vinyl. Must have been a boatload that nobody else wanted.

  You'd need large pockets to accommodate those "pocket" bibles.
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  Funny / Sad Story

  by Bloody Hotdogs! in

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  OMG! That's a great story!
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  How do I tell my husband?

  by dissonance_resolved in

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  i'm a born in, baptized as a young teenager, whole family is jw.

  i just recently woke up after the new understanding of the fds was announced and it seemed to me to smack of power-grabbing.

  i started looking at all the websites we're not supposed to, and now i know why.

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  Welcome DR! You've received plenty of advice from previous posters. I'm just happy for you that hubby isn't gung-ho. That's a huge advantage. I wish you the best as you continue your journey!
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  They read off the names of those auxilliary pioneering; 75% of them don't work &

  by Theocratic Sedition in

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  half of that 75% get disability and ssi checks.

  it was kinda funny sitting there listening to them go down the line, name by name, of the ones auxilliary pioneering since the numbers are dropped to 30 hours for march & april.

  as they were doing the names i was saying to myself, "she don't work", "she supposedly can't work", "he hasn't worked in years", "she gets a check", "she's probably gonna lie about the amount of hours she did" etc.. gotta love it.. i don't know if this happens in your congregation or not, but have you ever heard someone remark about someone else behind their back, "she can show up at every gathering, but she can't show up for field service!

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  It's funny, but I never saw that in any cong I was associated with. The pios and aux pios were usually stay-at-home moms and retired people. Go figure.
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  Belated Intro to Rubadubdub. My hubby lurked on JWN for the first time last night!

  by rubadubdub in

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  i'm so excited-my hubby who faded over 30 years ago finally lurked here on jwn!.

  i've been posting on a few threads here and there for a while now, but have not officially introduced myself.

  i have told bits and pieces of my story already.

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  Hi Rubbity!

  I laughed when I read about your hubby leaving on "the Mayflower." My ex did the same thing. May 1976.
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  Is the Revelation Grand Climax book in print anymore?

  by wallsofjericho in

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  i watched a couple daniel clark videos on youtube (simple but interesting btw) and he mentioned the revelation book is no longer in print.. is that true??

  what other books did we grow up with that are out of print?.

  truth booklive forever book(old) united in worship(old) evolution/creation bookthose seem to be the biggies.

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  The brothers studied it , was it three times?- and they still never figured out what the point of it was-

  That book is the one that made me notice inconsistencies and bold statements made without scriptural backup. Took me until the third time through, but it got the ball rolling.

  There was a time when we studied "The Nations Shall Know That I am Jehovah - How?" for the second time, but there was a schedule in the KM of what pages to study. We skipped around because some of the understanding had changed or something. I was just a teenager, but I thought it was strange.

  Remember when the bookstudy didn't have a schedule in the KM? Some bookstudy groups would finish the book sooner than others or else be so far behind they wouldn't be able to finish before the next book was scheduled.
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  WTS vs. Star Trek

  by Farkel in

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  star trek claimed to be fantasy and in fact, was fantasy.. wts claims to be the sole truth on earth and in fact, is fantasy.. star trek had spock who solved problems with logic.. wts has a gb who solves problems with bullshit.. star trek had a pompous ass charismatic leader whom everyone loved to watch rant and emote.

  wts had three pompous ass charismatic leaders whom everyone hated to watch rant and emote.. captain kirk was always saving his people from new disasters.. wt leaders are always leading its people into new disasters.. star trek made money by always giving its fans the stuff they wanted.. wts makes money by always charging its fans for stuff neither they nor anyone else else wants.. people had fun when star trek came on.. people would rather have a root canal when meetings come on.. star trek was all about making the cosmos a better place for all.. wts is all about making the cosmos a better place for a few and killing everyone else.. people love to go to star trek conventions.. people would rather be in an earthquake than go to wts conventions.. star trek had a transporter room.. people in meetings wish they also had a transporter room.. star trek had lots of insane villains.. wts had judge rutherford and fred franz.

  same thing.. star trek also had lots of good guys.. good guys are banished from the wts.. star trek had the klingons who spoke a bizarre language.. wts had fred franz who spoke an even more bizarre language.. star trek had all sorts of devices which could cure most any medical problems, but of course, they were science fiction.. wts had the electronic radio biola which it sold and said could cure most any medical problem, but of course, that was science fiction.. star trek had floppy disks, computers you could talk to and flat screen monitors all of which were about 50 years ahead-of-their time.. wts had vaccines which were called "filthy animal pus", humans hearts which were the seat of all emotions, organ transplants which were cannibalistic, human personalities which were also transferred with blood transfusions and black people turning white by reading their literature, all of which were 100 years behihd-their-time.. if you missed a few star trek episodes in a row, no one came by to harrass you.. if you miss a few meetings in a row, you are in deep shit.. star trek tv shows and movies are still played all the time, even after 47 years.. wts dramas never even play a second time.

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  Well done!