Xanthippe

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  How do I handle this?

  by Phoebe in

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  a little advice please.. it's now 7 months since i stopped going to meetings.

  we still get regular calls by elders - at least every 2 weeks.

  i can handle them.

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  Yes, I'd DA I guess but I live in a teeny, tiny town my neighbours are JWs, I see JWs every single time I go out. I'm not sure I can handle them turning their backs on me just yet.

  What else is new! They've been ignoring you for years you said. Phoebe your husband's out, your kids are out. Who cares what these stupid people in their tin-pot cult think about anything!

  They think the end of the world is coming and Jesus is going to rule a world with vegetarian carnivores. They're nuts. Live your life with your wonderful, intelligent family. Those great kids you raised!

  I Da'ed in a tiny village BTW. After a while I didn't even notice them ignoring me, which must have been very annoying for them. 😀
  
  
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  Life after jw

  by Jrjw in

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  hi has anyone still kept searching for the truth after leaving wts?

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  Yes of course, I'm always looking for facts and trying to understand reality. Never stop doing that. Question everything.
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  Life after jw

  by Jrjw in

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  hi has anyone still kept searching for the truth after leaving wts?

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  Xanthippe

  truth
  

  truːθ/

  noun

  1. the quality or state of being true.

     "he had to accept the truth of her accusation"

     synonyms:

     veracity, truthfulness, verity, sincerity, candour, honesty, genuineness; More

     • that which is true or in accordance with fact or reality.

       
       

       noun: the truth

       "tell me the truth"

       synonyms:

       the fact of the matter, what actually/really happened, the case, so; More

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  Good Works by "worldly people".

  by Lost in the fog in

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  i have friends who are called "worldly people" by jws.

  these people are actively involved in feeding the homeless over christmas.

  managing thrift shops so they can send financial aid overseas to poorer children.

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  Xanthippe

  I love having the choice now to give to people in need. I can't give to everyone, nobody can but I like the food banks and Crisis at Christmas for homeless people. It seems awful not having enough to eat or a roof over your head.

  Unicef are brilliant for getting vaccines to far-flung places. Amnesty do great work for prisoners of conscience and people suffering injustices. WWF have worked to get tiger numbers up and it's worked!

  Like Snare I'm not proud of what I can do now, I'm just sad and amazed that I didn't do it before. Cults really mess with your head! To make ordinary people so uncaring takes a huge amount of brainwashing.
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  Very Lost

  by Jrjw in

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  hi i've been a jw for 12 years and got married 2 years ago.

  i'm now separated.

  my husband hid from me that he suffered from depression, extreme anxiety issues and a personality disorder.

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  Xanthippe

  I can't get back with him even though we have a son coz I'll end up having a break down or having my own mental health problems in the future coz of him and I won't put my kids through all the mental torture off him again.

  My mother was persuaded by elders to stay with my dad inspite of his mental health problems. She spent her entire married life having depression. Mine was not a happy family. I'm glad you don't want to do that to your kids.

  There are other doctrines that have nn's questioning the truth too especially Deuteronomy 18:20-22.

  Exactly if this religion has been a false prophet God says not to fear them. In fact the Bible says they should be put to death! Perhaps just leave instead! You have your nonJW family to go back to, you can build a new support system starting with them.
  
  

  
  
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  Royal Australian Commission - Recomendations for Jehovahs Witnesses

  by curiousconfused in

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  2. child-abuse

  the report is finally out.......... ————————.

  recommendations to the jehovah’s witness organisation.

  recommendation 16.27. the jehovah’s witness organisation should abandon its application of the two-witness rule in cases involving complaints of child sexual abuse.. recommendation 16.28. the jehovah’s witness organisation on should revise its policies so that women are involved in processes related to invesation and determining allegations of child sexual abuse.. recommendation 16.29. the jehovah’s witness organisation should no longer require its members to shun those who disassociate from the organisation in cases where the reason for disassocia on is related to a person being a victim of child sexual abuse..

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  It was just on the BBC radio news about the ARC. I wonder if the JWs that most of us have told about it will hear it and start connecting the dots. This is real, it's not just what 'bitter' exJWs are saying, it's not all lies.
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  Royal Australian Commission - Recomendations for Jehovahs Witnesses

  by curiousconfused in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the report is finally out.......... ————————.

  recommendations to the jehovah’s witness organisation.

  recommendation 16.27. the jehovah’s witness organisation should abandon its application of the two-witness rule in cases involving complaints of child sexual abuse.. recommendation 16.28. the jehovah’s witness organisation on should revise its policies so that women are involved in processes related to invesation and determining allegations of child sexual abuse.. recommendation 16.29. the jehovah’s witness organisation should no longer require its members to shun those who disassociate from the organisation in cases where the reason for disassocia on is related to a person being a victim of child sexual abuse..

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  Brilliant thank you. Do you have any idea what happens if they don't follow the recommendations?
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  the life saving message

  by jookbeard in

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  the life saving message of death and gloom brought to a town centre near to you!.

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  Xanthippe

  They see hundreds of people an hour yet no one talks to them the whole day and they are not allowed to proactively engage

  Really konceptual? Why can't they engage with people?
  
  
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  2018 UK convention dates

  by wifibandit in

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  2018 uk convention dates.

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  Xanthippe

  "Oh sod it, do give up"
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  Why do we speak out once we learn TTATT?? Because the Society TRAINED us to do so!

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  i was just thinking about how the gb / society hates it when people like us dare to speak up or mention anything negative about the society.. they try and demean us, or colour witnesses view of anyone who leaves - especially if we speak up!

  we know the sort of rhetoric they have been spewing forth over the last few years.. but the gb needs to face the fact that we speak out because we have been trained to do so by them!

  they have used scriptural passages to encourage us repeatedly to "preach with boldness"(acts 4:29-31 eph 6:19).

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  Xanthippe

  This is so true. If we find TTATT and tell our family and friends because we care about them and because we've been trained to speak the truth, that's apostasy and you're out!

  Exactly what happened to my husband and myself, although we refused to attend the kangaroo court and sent them a letter instead. The outcome was the same! We lost all the people we cared enough to speak the truth to.