Posts by Xanthippe

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Bumped Into One Of My Best Friends On The Carts This Morning

by pale.emperor in

so this morning i'm walking to my office and there's the jws on their carts outside as usual.

and old sister, a brother in his 20s and an elder i instantly recognized from my jw days.

one of my best friends of about 20 years.. i genuinely just wanted to say hi as i havent seen him in 3 years.

Xanthippe

But I'll know for next time that no matter how close we were to a JW, even if we we're related - they just dont want to know. -PE

The trouble is they're so invested in it all being true. If it isn't they've thrown away an education, a good job, probably married the wrong person because they had to marry only in the Lord. They've given up birthdays, Christmas, parties, dating, experimenting with sex. They've worn themselves out for a stupid, meaningless cult and their whole lives are a waste of time if you're right. So you have to be wrong, bitter, a bad person.

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Bumped Into One Of My Best Friends On The Carts This Morning

by pale.emperor in

so this morning i'm walking to my office and there's the jws on their carts outside as usual.

and old sister, a brother in his 20s and an elder i instantly recognized from my jw days.

one of my best friends of about 20 years.. i genuinely just wanted to say hi as i havent seen him in 3 years.

Xanthippe

You did good PE. A really human response. It takes great courage to be real in the face of this fake religion.

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shameless pride in my daughter in law

by nonjwspouse in

she is two weeks postpartum after having my granddaughter when she sang this .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rulm5zl-isa.

Xanthippe

Great voice, I like the lyrics.

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Why does it affect us so deeply?

by stuckinarut2 in

jw
friends

i was having a great chat with a valued friend and fellow forum member today on the phone.. we were discussing how deeply we all get affected by jw interactions - even years after fading or disassociating.. you know what i mean.

those days when we run into jws who we considered to be our close friends.

or "loving shepherds" who don't act kindly.

Xanthippe

It's more like a virus that invades your body when you're in a week state and takes over your DNA to multiply itself. We eventually find the strength to fight it off and develop antibodies to prevent it returning.

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Strange first names among jw's

by fulano in

do you remember those families where all the sons and daughters had weird biblical names?.

i recall a " machlon" , "eunice" , even a "jehosafath".

can you believe it..

Xanthippe

Potiphar Peleg was jokingly on one of the elder's baby names list. She ended up as Abigail. Don't mind Abigail but Abishag?

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Apostasy: The Movie - Directed by Daniel Kokotajlo

by darkspilver in

jw
friends

daniel kokotajlo's new film apostasy has it's world premiere at the toronto international film festival in september 2017. apostasy.

family and faith come into conflict for two jehovah’s witness sisters in manchester, when one is condemned for fornication and the other pressured to shun her sibling.. this fresh, unadorned first feature from director dan kokotajlo carries an unmistakable note of authenticity from its very first scenes.

set in a jehovah's witness community in england, the film's strength and power lies in its directness.. apostasy depicts the growing rift in a family — a mother and two daughters — who are rigorously devoted to their religion.

Xanthippe

I saw this on Saturday evening in Manchester with my daughter. It was 100% accurate which left me feeling limp with emotion at the end. The attitude of the elders to Louisa who wanted to get reinstated. Are you repentant enough? Over and over again! A young pregnant girl all on her own and unwell too. I wanted to deck them. So accurate. The lack of grief at the death. Shocking. It made my daughter cry and she's never been a witness. Brilliant film.

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I sent off my application to study Palaeobiology (MSc) at Bristol uni and ...

by LoveUniHateExams in

jw
friends

... they've accepted me!

finance is already sorted - they're waiting for me to give them my new student number so that they can start paying me.

just need to formally accept bristol's offer and sort out accommodation.. accommodation should be ok - i've been told priority is given to new students, plus i'm enrolling onto a program for a real degree as a postgraduate - i won't be studying gender studies or some crap like that.

Xanthippe

Sounds interesting, good for you.

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I am happier when i am out

by IamWhatIam in

fellows.

finally find a place to share experience for jwers.

i am also a ex-jwer and left the ´truth´ on jan. 2018. i live and work in midt jylland in denmark.

Xanthippe

I mean .. we are people right .. we always complaint or express what we do not agree on. But they don't.

Sara you are a very intelligent woman. If people in a religion are too afraid to express themselves, what does that tell you?

Anyway, what I'm really afraid of, and that's what you also tell in your story, is that as soon as you get baptized they sort of turn on you.

That's exactly right Sara. When you are studying you can question the beliefs but as soon as you are baptised you can be disfellowshipped if you question anything. They like to keep the intelligent people with questions away from the rest. What does that tell you?

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1980s Brochure/magazine on demon possession?

by caves in

does anyone else remember a brochure/ magazine from the early 80s with stories of demon possessed individuals and spiritism ?

i dont think i saw it around very long.

it had a story about some lady having her head snapped around by a demon.

Xanthippe

In some few cases the house may be the cause of trouble and the best thing to do is move out. - WT, Dec15, 1966

Wow snugglebunny 1966 was the year we moved house because my mum was terrified of demons. She'd heard that the area we lived was an ancient burial ground. We left JW friends five doors away and even gave up our pets. I remember giving away our piano to a neighbour across the road. It was an old one so she probably thought that was demonised too.

That watchtower article has a lot to answer for. She never stopped throwing second hand stuff out even after that. Things handed down from loving relatives. Things we needed!

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I am happier when i am out

by IamWhatIam in

fellows.

finally find a place to share experience for jwers.

i am also a ex-jwer and left the ´truth´ on jan. 2018. i live and work in midt jylland in denmark.

Xanthippe

Hi and welcome IamwhatIam. So glad you're enjoying life now outside the cult. You're right it does hurt at first but you soon build a new life and it's so good to be calling the shots instead of being a slave to a load of window cleaners who know nothing.