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  When A Fellow Apostate Goes Insane, What Can We Do To Help?

  by RottenRiley in

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  i don't know how to handle the situation with a fellow apostate who has lost their mind due to this evil cult.

  this guy is texting many of the elders under alias of six different cell-phones no less than twenty times a day.. .

  we had to change the locks at the kingdom hall because he was still stalking and prowling around the hall after advertsing he had left the kingdom hall and we were all no less than mind-dead zombies sucking out of the life of thinking individuals.

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  krejames

  I agree with the advice that maybe the police need to be told. This guy needs help and support. He must be going through hell in his mind in order to do what he is doing.

  As for whether he is giving apostates a bad name. I can see your point of view. But for every fanatical apostate, there are, I'm sure, probably at least double the number of fanatical JWs. Maybe not resorting to such drastic measures, but enough to put normal people off JWs. I can think of several I have known over the years (you know, the type that take witnessing to the extreme, not respecting personal boundaries or body language that shows someone is REALLY not interested). Yes I think on balance, this guy's actions are not going to make much of a net effect except, as you say, give the local JWs a few war stories that will probably turn into urban legends. Still, let them have their fun. In the meantime this poor man needs help.
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  This photo woke me up

  by krejames in

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  i was already on my way to my second fade when i went to the wildlife photographer of the year 2012 exhibition, but this photo made me lose faith in the idea of a loving creator......(the gazelle has been injured by the mother cheetah so she can use it to train her cubs to hunt).

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  Wow some great comments on here since i last looked. It's ironic that some of the more outlandish/funny ones are really the kind of thing I would have said back in my time in JW land, without thinking about whether I really believed myself. How embarrassing! Thanks for the comments everyone - loads of food for thought (vegetarian food, not involving any distress to animals of course )... a few things I'm going to keep in mind for discussion with still-in family and friends, if I get the opportunity.
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  This site has been going for 13 years. Did you ever at one point fear armageddon?

  by ILoveTTATT in

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  i am just wondering about all of you who have been on this site for long.

  in all of the events that have happened since 2000 (for example, september 11th), have you at any point, even you die-hard apostates, felt like "oooh sh!t... i should go back to the kh"... just to have the world survive the latest disaster?.

  what was the worst event for you, in terms of saying... "did i mess up???

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  I don't have any specific beliefs now. But I did feel my anxiety rising again when I read some of the latest WT articles that someone posted on this forum. The mindset and old fear comes back. I'm conscious that I don't naturally "expect" a long future. It's like at the back of my mind I believe something big is going to happen but I think that's just years of indoctrination and will take a while to leave me. All I know is, is that I feel much more peace of mind now than I did as a JW. I can also echo the sentiment someone else posted - that even if there is a God and Armageddon is about to happen, I find it difficult to believe JWs would be the chosen ones let alone the only ones to survive. And if that were the case, it is not a god I would want to worship.
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  Gay for J.

  by SuperBoy in

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  so, i eventually decided that this place wasn't the apostate hot bed i was led to believe ;-), (or maybe i am now an apostate!

  but i don't feel like one.)..

  i was brought up in "the truth".. i loved it.

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  Welcome Superboy. I can totally relate to your story (as can many other gay exJWs no doubt). The gay world is not the world painted by the WTS. The sleazy side of it all (sex in toilets etc), I believe is a direct result of people having to be in the closet (no pun intended hehe). Most of my gay friends nowadays live lives pretty similar to the average heterosexual. We're all just people gay or straight etc. It sounds like you escaped while you were young. I'm glad for that.
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  The eldaaaars again!!

  by ILoveTTATT in

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  after two months of not coming to my house, today about two hours ago, one of the elders that came two months ago came to my house.

  he was in serve-us with other brothers from the spanish cong and came into my house with a friend of mine (not another elder).

  he said he wanted to talk to me, and he said it in front of my mom and my dad (both were there).. what was interesting is that it seems like it will be a one-on-one for half-hour.

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  I agree with ABS and OTWO. some months ago I was being contacted by a well meaning elder - got the same advice on this forum and followed it. I just texted the elder and said I couldn't make it because I was busy at work and that I would contact him when things had calmed down. The aim, as others have said in the past, is to take control of the situation away from the elder. some weeks later the elder contacted me again and I didn't reply. the last contact I had was a greetings card posted through my door.
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  This photo woke me up

  by krejames in

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  i was already on my way to my second fade when i went to the wildlife photographer of the year 2012 exhibition, but this photo made me lose faith in the idea of a loving creator......(the gazelle has been injured by the mother cheetah so she can use it to train her cubs to hunt).

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  Aw WitnessMyFury, that's so awful :(
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  This photo woke me up

  by krejames in

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  i was already on my way to my second fade when i went to the wildlife photographer of the year 2012 exhibition, but this photo made me lose faith in the idea of a loving creator......(the gazelle has been injured by the mother cheetah so she can use it to train her cubs to hunt).

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  haha @cantleave - but yes that's a pretty accurate reflection of what a witness would say...

  Kate - yes that's kind of what went through my mind too. At the exhibition the photo was very large and the terror in the gazelle's face seemed to pierce through to the viewer (and to my consciousness)
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  This photo woke me up

  by krejames in

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  i was already on my way to my second fade when i went to the wildlife photographer of the year 2012 exhibition, but this photo made me lose faith in the idea of a loving creator......(the gazelle has been injured by the mother cheetah so she can use it to train her cubs to hunt).

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  I was already on my way to my second fade when I went to the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2012 exhibition, but this photo made me lose faith in the idea of a loving creator......(the gazelle has been injured by the mother cheetah so she can use it to train her cubs to hunt)
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  WT's Crazed Obsession!

  by JW GoneBad in

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  i have recently read for the umpteenth time the 4 gospel accounts.

  what caught my attention this time around was how many times jesus makes mention of the endeared expression father (with f in caps) when referring to his god as recorded by matthew, mark, luke and john.. what was also interesting by comparison is how little jesus actually makes reference to his father on a first name basis (jehovah) in these four books.. note my findings with the help of the comprehensive concordance:.

  jehovah: matthew 11 times mark 8 times luke 26 times john 4 times (total 49 times).. father: mathew 43 times mark 4 times luke 21 times john 119 times (total 187 times).. .

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  krejames

  Good thread.

  JWGoneBad - do you have the sources of the critical quotes of the NWT? could be useful. Thanks
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  Breaking News - WT Sign for a New Site.

  by Slidin Fast in

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  bulletin.

  the wt has signed an agreement subject to ... blah, blah for an 80 acre site near chelmsford in essex.

  they have just though bought new accomodation in mill hill.

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  krejames

  Yes the Chelmsford congs know. they have just recently split from 2 to 3 congs. they also have bought a new building which wl be refurbished as a Kingdom Hall and will also be the home of the RBC (apparently)

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/experiences/265397/1/Relocation-of-UK-Bethel#.UsdF0nggHTo