Posts by never a jw

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My son was accepted to prestigious universities

by never a jw in

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some background needed.

five years ago i decided to research what i thought was a good religion, the religion of my jw wife, to whom i have been married for almost 23 years.

what prompted my research was my then 14 y.o.

never a jw

Thank you all. I am just glad that he never applied to Bethel.

I am the last person who can write an objective opinion of my own son, so I will write a brief and bias summary anyways. He is a very exceptional kid. He has a good measure of brains and heart.

I am very glad that, thanks to you, I was able to pull him out of the cult on time. It would have been a pity if more human talent is wasted supporting a real estate empire disguised as a charity.

He hasn't decided yet whether he goes to UCLA or Berkeley, but whatever school or career he chooses, he will do very well.

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My son was accepted to prestigious universities

by never a jw in

jw
friends

some background needed.

five years ago i decided to research what i thought was a good religion, the religion of my jw wife, to whom i have been married for almost 23 years.

what prompted my research was my then 14 y.o.

Some background needed. Five years ago I decided to research what I thought was a good religion, the religion of my JW wife, to whom I have been married for almost 23 years. What prompted my research was my then 14 y.o. daughter asking me to get baptized. Since at that moment I still believed it was a good religion, I consented on the spot. My opinion took a 180 few days later. But thanks to you and many others who have been active since the days of Raymond Franz I was able to prevent a catastrophe. No, not my daughter. She got baptized and is still in because I couldn't "dishonor" my self by reversing my decision. However, I was able to pull out my unbaptized son out of the cult. He has put his heart and soul into school: academics, sports, traveling, and anything he had the time to get his hands on. His only regret now is that he didn't get into sports earlier. I take the blame for that, of course.

But let's give credit where credit is due. This fine man just escaped by a narrow margin the clutches of the Watchtower thanks to you all. If anyone can offer advice regarding UCLA or U.C. Berkeley I would greatly appreciate it. We live in Los Angeles., but in the end, it will be whatever he chooses.

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Who else is tired of attacking/defending Islam?

by Spoletta in

at this point, i think we have a good idea of everyone's opinion of islam.

for the love of god, can we move on to something else!

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never a jw

I am not tired yet. In fact, I haven't even started.

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Todays Daily text is yet another gem of spiritual encouragement

by NikL in

wednesday, march 29.

if a man takes a false step before he is aware of it, you who have spiritual qualifications try to readjust such a man in a spirit of mildness.—gal.

kindness can help you to deal with a conflict of loyalties.

never a jw

George Orwell wrote the book on Jehovah's Witnesses (1984). He just changed names to protect the identities of real people and deities.

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A religon of the women, by the men, for the men

by never a jw in

my wife and daughter organized some sort of tea party for the older sisters in the congregation.

here are the details:: .

2 happily married to believers who do the minimum to stay off the radar of congregation police, .

never a jw

By the way, what prompted the thread is unexpectedly learning that one of those sister had separated from her JW husband. Something I am seeing quite often, especially in couples who have stayed together in the truth for 20 years or more, and raised their children there too. It seems that in many of those cases divorce follows after disfellowshipping or fading of the male mate. A story that we all are very familiar with: "man wakes up, man tries awakening female, female talks to the elders, male gets disfellowshipped, male and female divorce"

I see only doom and gloom in the horizon. You better watch out Watchtower.

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A religon of the women, by the men, for the men

by never a jw in

my wife and daughter organized some sort of tea party for the older sisters in the congregation.

here are the details:: .

2 happily married to believers who do the minimum to stay off the radar of congregation police, .

never a jw

@tor1500: Do you know why? They have a place to belong.

Yes. that's the main reason. Many of the older ladies (40 and up) don't fit in the new order of internet and social media and also would feel lonely, lost and depressed outside of the org. In fact, there's many older men who also are part of this class. They need the org to find purpose, a sense of importance and a social life, in spite of all the abuse.

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Mathematically Measuring Evolution.

by towerwatchman in

mathematically measuring evolution.. when judging relationships in terms of morphological characteristics we will always be bound by the subjective.

morphologically one cannot exactly measure the distance between two organisms strictly in mathematical terms.

using the standard method of taxonomy we cannot quantify the difference between a horse and a mouse, or know which is closer mouse to cat, or mouse to fish.

never a jw

If evolution were true, and creatures gradually evolved from one to another, there should be intermediate forms. Intermediate forms should be found in living creatures, in the fossil record, and at the bio chemical level. As to the fossil record none are found.

You are right, there's no intermediate forms between a donkey and a horse. I wasted my time reading evolution books

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A religon of the women, by the men, for the men

by never a jw in

my wife and daughter organized some sort of tea party for the older sisters in the congregation.

here are the details:: .

2 happily married to believers who do the minimum to stay off the radar of congregation police, .

never a jw

My wife and daughter organized some sort of tea party for the older sisters in the congregation.

Here are the details::

2 happily married to believers who do the minimum to stay off the radar of congregation police,

3 single and over the age of 30,

5 are/were married to non-believers,

1 divorced/separated from ex-believer.

Not a single sister was married to what you would call "a very spiritual" brother, and the great majority don't even have a husband in the "truth". It's interesting that the very people who are treated like second class citizen stick it out for this organization

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Watchtower today

by Gorbatchov in

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friends

today a main point in the wt was a guess game.. the study elder asked: .

what's wrong on the picture?.

before i share the local conclusions here, i would like to hear the comments made in your congregation 😎.

never a jw

What's wrong with the picture? The guys on the left and the guys on the right are appalling. How dare they! Jesus and his apostles never dressed like that.

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So according to the bible, "believing" is enough to have everlasting life.

by NikL in

i am certain this has been brought up many times before.

according to john 6.... 44 no man can come to me unless the father, who sent me, draws him,+ and i will resurrect him on the last day.+ 45 it is written in the prophets: ‘they will all be taught by jehovah.+ everyone who has listened to the father and has learned comes to me.

46 not that any man has seen the father,+ except the one who is from god; this one has seen the father.+ 47 most truly i say to you, whoever believes has everlasting life.+.

never a jw

Belief, faith, hope, be like sheep, resurrection of the spirit, reward in the afterlife...

Definitely a scam!