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  Where are you from?

  by BeautifulMind in

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  i know we are all anonymous for our own personal reasons, so i understand if you would rather not say.

  but if you don't mind sharing that would be cool.

  i currently live in georgia, usa.

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  illegal alien from Mexico, living in L.A. CA. Even I have to hide my identity, from Donald Trump and the Tea Party.
  
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  2015 Questions and Answers!

  by Atlantis in

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  2015, questions and answers!.

  .. these are some of the questions we have received and the answers to those questions.. .. 1. what happened a few months back when atlantis had to disappear.. .. answer: it wasn't so much that atlantis had to disappear.

  it was that atlantis had to take a break due to a serious family situation.

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  Thank you all for your hard work. It's always nice to put a story along with the poster's name. Thanks again
  
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  I could sue the WTBTS

  by shattered_origins in

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  2. child-abuse

  ever since my sister gave me an " awakening," i have been somewhat obsessed with the failings of the religion i was born into.

  i am especially outraged at the article i read about how the elders are supposed to deal with accusations of sexual abuse (jwfacts.com/watchtower/paedophelia.php).

  i myself suffered sexual and emotional abuse from a family "friend"/ministerial servant in a neighboring congregation.

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  Agree 100 % with Simon. You are a new generation whose first obligation is to the coming generations, not to the previous one. Give a better world to your children. Suing the WT is a big and hard to make decision that should be based on how it benefits the younger generations, more than the older ones.
  
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  Introduction

  by shattered_origins in

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  2. experiences

  i joined the forum yesterday and made 2 angry posts which received encouraging replies.

  i spent a good chunk of time today browsing various posts, and i can't get enough!

  i'm doing things backwards now and taking a moment to introduce myself.

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  Welcome shattered... to the forum and to the better part of your life, in spite of few bumps ahead. Never been a JW, but I have been close to them through family ties for almost thirty years. The surface of the religion looks good, in fact sometimes so good that even an atheist as myself rated it highly when I compared to other religions. Now, the inside is another matter...
  
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  Taking bets on how long this cult will last and what will happen to it

  by macys in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i wanna make a poll here.

  how many years do you think the jdub cult will exist as is and what will happen to it?.

  i say the growth stops this year and starts to decline.

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  @Simon
  

  "I predict that in 10 years time people will be predicting that the WTS will be seriously declining in 10 years time"

  Even though there is some true to what you are saying, the facts are the facts. People are leaving organized religion faster than ever. As implied by your statement, there will never be a dramatic decline, but the gradual downward trend is clear and is in stark contrast to the upward trend of just 20 years ago. We are living in a watershed moment in the history of the Watchtower, and of religion in general. We are witnessing history, and the internet is the driving, inexorable force behind it. Your statement is based on past and reliable information, but information that is rapidly becoming obsolete. We just entered uncharted territory and the predictions that applied to old models won't work anymore.
  
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  Something interesting!

  by John Aquila in

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  i was invited to a small get-together by a long time friend.

  we both served as elders for years.

  he is in his late 70s.

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  Unbelievable! The things that I get to see in my short time as a friend of the apostates.
  
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  My experience with religion

  by Cota Samuel in

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  2. experiences

  hello, i am sam(samuel).

  i am 18 and i live in romania.

  my english is not that good and i find it hard to express myself even in my language xd.. i'm not an open person and i would've probaly never talked so open of my life but this "event" had so much impact on my life and it damaged me so deeply that i do now write this.. i came to this site to help myself fight the problem that destroyed my life for the past 2 years.

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  Welcome. Life will get better, much better for you because you have decided to use your brain.

  Sorry for all the pain you have gone through, and congratulations on your newly awakened state. Life is good!
  
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  Hello everyone! I am new here and want to tell you about myself - my bio

  by Hollywood20 in

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  grew up in east la in a bad neighborhood to a black mother and white father.

  i never knew my father because he died in a car accident when i was a few weeks old.

  my mother converted as a jw soon after when two sisters came to her door and offered her comfort, which was something she needed.

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  YOUR story was going so well until right before the end. You represent the reason I hate this evil organization that kills children in hospitals, shuns them and leads them to depression and even suicide, and in the best case, it steals their lives and dreams. You just galvanize my desire to see this organization come to an end. PM if you are interested in meeting with me. I live in Burbank but quite often go to your side of town (Cesar Chavez and 5 Fwy). Nothing to fear from me. Never been religious and dislike religion at this time more than ever...I can thank the Governing Body for these feelings.
  
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  I'm Catholic and madly in love with a Jehovah Witness...

  by Luge62 in

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  2. friends

  we are madly in love with each other and she is in the process of being divorced.

  let me make one thing clear i'm not the reason for the divorce.

  she attempted to reconcile with him but to no avail.

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  Luge 62
  

  In fairness to my wife, she is a wonderful woman, I love her very much and she makes my life with the cult quite bearable because she has never been a hard core JW. It seems that your girlfriend is not a hardcore JW. So there's hope for you.

  Regarding getting someone "spiritually in" to give a comment, I doubt you will get anyone here. But I can surmise that they will describe a rosy scenario for you... as long as you are in too. And I think that it is possible to be very happy as long as both are mentally and physically in. The problem is that the internet is rapidly drawing people away from cults, so the chances of faithful JW happy couples are shrinking.
  
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  I'm Catholic and madly in love with a Jehovah Witness...

  by Luge62 in

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  we are madly in love with each other and she is in the process of being divorced.

  let me make one thing clear i'm not the reason for the divorce.

  she attempted to reconcile with him but to no avail.

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  never a jw

  I married a JW 20 years ago. She was unjustly (according to circuit overseer) reproved. So soon after, her privileges were reinstated. Life for newly married may not be as easy now that their Bible has been changed, as another poster mentioned. Back to my life.
  

  1. Biggest regret: I let my children be raised in the cult. They missed in a lot of great things: sports, celebrations, friends, school activities, etc, and I kick myself for that. The worst thing I have ever done in my life, by far, is to let my daughter be imprisoned by the cult through her baptism.
     
  2. Second biggest regret, I have to split my wife with "Jehovah" They spent a lot of time in that religion. It's near impossible to plan full weekends with them. Always meetings and preaching take precedence..
     

  Good things:

  1. She will be a faithful wife, not because you are a great lover, but rather because God demands it... I know, it's not an ego boosting faithfulness.
     
  2. My children were raised in an environment that was quite clean; no drugs, alcohol, cursing, sexual innuendos
     

  Whatever you do, be wise; it's a must at your age. Do as much research as you can. The Jehovah's Witnesses are members of a cult and behave as such. Don't be fooled by appearances. If she remains in, you are screwed. If she gets out, she is screwed, and you too, by association.
  

  Go for it, if you both love each other very much, but you are definitely marrying into a cult that believes that very soon you will be destroyed for belonging to the false religion.