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  In a nutshell, what is the wackiest jw thing?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  what is the wackiest...strangest....most unusual jw teaching or practice?

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  I also agree with sparrowdown. I reflect on that thought often and shake my head. They believe people like Pol Pot, Jack the Ripper, Ghenghis Kahn, and other monsters from history will be resurrected, yet kids and others will be thrown into the second death because they did not listen to the annoying people peddling magazines on Christmas morning. They believe serial killers deserve another shot, yet the little old lady down the street who is very sweet but "has her own religion" deserves to die a violent death and never be brought back.
  
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  In a nutshell, what is the wackiest jw thing?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  what is the wackiest...strangest....most unusual jw teaching or practice?

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  There are many baffling beliefs and practices of JWs that are shared with other groups, so I will try to stick to something that is unique to them.

  The fact that JWs have believed for 100 years that they may NEVER DIE is the craziest, most delusional belief! Everything that has ever lived, plant, animal, human, fungus, microbe, EVERYTHING that has ever lived HAS DIED, yet they insist that if you obey a group of men in NYC you will be the exception. It baffles me that I once thought this. They think they will cheat death when nothing ever has. They then build and structure their whole lives from what career to choose, higher education, marriage and children etc around this delusion.
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  The "5 Pillars" of Witness life...

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  oh, there is one brother that keeps prattling on about "the 5 pillars of faith and worship".

  - prayer.

  - personal study.

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  Hmmm its funny. When I was mentally in, I never did much "personal study". The minute I really started to dig in and research WT literature and the Bible I started to have doubts, which lead to even more research into "our spiritual heritage". I noticed contradictions, hypocrisy, changed teachings, and failed predictions. It is this personal study that lead me to "apostasy". When people say that I need to study more to "build my faith" I respond that I have never done more studying and bible reading than I am now! Their faces look like deer in the headlights.. You can almost see the smoke coming out of their ears.
  
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  If The Witnesses Try To Get You Back To Jehovah...How Will You Respond!

  by minimus in

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  i am most curious.

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  I cant leave something that does not exist.
  
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  It's starting shunning will stop brochure first.step

  by poopie in

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  i'm in contact with service and writing and brochure first step there bleeding publishers they can't take it anymore publishers are depressed because they feel they must shun others and they know it's unloving.

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  I have seen the likes of Anthony Morris, Steve Lett and David Splane speak. As long as these heartless, soulless freaks are at the helm, shunning will NOT end. They would revise the blood doctrine and stop protecting pedos before they end shunning, and I dont see that happening either. Shunning is now in the DNA of JWism.
  
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  For all still in.... fakers. Help.

  by Sofia Lose in

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  am i alone in this feeling?

  i wish i could muster the cojones needed to tell my husband "i want a divorce, move away, not be a jw anymore!".

  i find myself screaming these same words over and loud inside my mind, several times a day, and yet on the outside my actions could not be more opposed to these inner feelings.. sometimes i worry that this internal conflict will cause me to go crazy.

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  I can relate to the way you feel. A few times a week I dream of packing up and running away, maybe joining the coast guard, backpacking through europe, or anything to get away, far away from the kingdom hall or anyone who would try to guilt me into returning.

  I do love my wife but I do not feel close to her anymore. I do not think our marriage would survive being a "divided house" so the only options seem to be either fake it and watch my children be indoctrinated, or leave the KH alltogether and deal with a angry wife and mother, insecure sad kids, and a probable failure of the marriage. I dont think I could live day in day out in a marriage where I am the worldly "bad guy". If the marriage ended in divorce, my wife would likely get the kids the vast majority of the time seeing as I work so much and my wife has a daycare. It is a very bad place to be in.

  I still hold out hope for my wife. She sees some hypocricy/lack of love but its still "gods organization". Things are made even harder by the fact that I am basically an athiest, and would be dishonest for me to teach my kids about god when I do not believe. My wife shows them caleb and sophia videos and I am powerless to stop it. I just want my daughters to think for themselves, not because of what I or anyone else tells them. I want them to draw their own conclusions.

  For now, I take things one day at a time, because if I dont I will be overwhelmed. I try to do as little as possible JW related, and enjoy life as best I can. Whatever will be will be-que sera sera.

  I guess I just mean to let you know you are not alone, and I take comfort in knowing I am not alone either. Its good to know we are all here for each other.
  
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  Is disfellowshipping as popular as it was years ago?

  by minimus in

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  i seldom hear of people getting df'd anymore.

  years ago it seemed there were a few per year in a congregation.

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  It still goes on quite a bit in my city. Even worse, many of them confess!
  
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  Behold the face of indoctrination! My moms guilt tripping letter to me.

  by BU2B in

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  i wish i knew what it was like to have an unconditionally loving mother.

  i know she loves me and cares about me, but only within her narrow wt spectrum.

  if i do not meet her narrow expectations, i am a failure to her.

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  They live is a bit dated but has so many parralells to the JW world. I think you would like it
  
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  Behold the face of indoctrination! My moms guilt tripping letter to me.

  by BU2B in

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  i wish i knew what it was like to have an unconditionally loving mother.

  i know she loves me and cares about me, but only within her narrow wt spectrum.

  if i do not meet her narrow expectations, i am a failure to her.

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  Mr Flipper- That was a very nice response your son had for his mother, reminding her that he is the same person, and simply looks at some things in a different way than she does. Maybe one day she will see that what he is saying is the truth. You are definitely correct in that they are suffering from a form of mental illness. Have you ever seen the movie They Live? Its like having the glasses on, yet in WT land they dont even want to hide their demands to obey, its right out in the open and eagerly followed. I am happy your mom has retained her natural personality! She must be one special lady :)
  
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  JW video Memes ...........Delusional humor

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  https://instagram.com/jw_video_memes/.

  https://instagram.com/p/zlaylblgo5/?modal=true.

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  That was uncomfortably akward to see for some reason.