Poor kid. Having to sit there would have been pure torture for him and he would be aware that his mother was embarrassed by him and that is not fair on him. Honesty should not cause embarrassment. I have a SNK who speaks his mind and I am never embarrassed by it. Surprised sometimes for sure. He sees and notices things us neurotypical do not and it is never boring in his presence. Haha.
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Classic situation at Circuit Assembly Day
by freddo inso i've just skived off to the car park half way through our assembly day - what a classic morning.. i'm sat right behind an early-teen kid with some sort of special needs (autistic?
) who's sat with what looks like his late-30's harassed single parent mother.
(or married to an unbelieving mate?
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Learning To Believe Again
by The_Seeker ini was raised a jw and left the organization when i was 18 years old.
many thought i left because i wanted to live a life full of drugs, sex, and rock and roll, which was not true at all.
i left because i realized that these people had no idea what they were talking about and were simply parroting what the, " society " , told them to believe.
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How great to have worked that out so early on in your life.
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Bank and ATM's..
by zeb ini went to the atm to get out my housekeeping and budgeting money.
($650) this covers large bills and everyday shopping for food etc.. made the withdrawal and as i fumbled my wallet the atm took the money back.
a bank staff member was present helping another customer with the other atm and saw this.
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Wow! Thanks for sharing. I didn't know that could happen either. Nwhat an inconvenience.
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Woman threw Watchtower in my face so I voted yes to Australian gay marriage.
by Witness 007 inyears ago on one of my last witnessing trips i left two magazines with an intelligent looking woman with a lovely house.
she gave my a donation and we carried on.
after 45 minutes she tracked us down at another house and returned the mags to me saying we "hate homosexuals and are preaching hatred..." she looked very upset and i was shocked by this and because someone actually bothered to read the magazines i just left!
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I too voted yes. If they don't believe in God why should they have to live by his rules? Plus politics and religion should not mix. There is no valid political reason to stop them from marrying.
There are those who would be happy for them to have a union called something other than "marriage".
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Tell me what you think
by Ft2188 ini left 5 years ago and even though i've had therapy and have been medicated somehow, something from the last creeps up on me.
i started writing a book, mostly for my own healing.
i wrote a letter to my parents of everything i had wanted to say but knew i wouldn't get a chance to.
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I like that idea. I wanted to write to my mum too but haven't because things are kind of going back to normal. I am learning to listen to the "witnessing" and biting my tongue and if I wrote and told her all I have learned I am sure that I would never see her again DFd or not.
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Is it me?
by MTSman inso, i’ve been out going on 10 years and at times i think about going back, but i can never muster the energy.
over the last few however, i’ve noticed that a lot of people who were in good standing, and pillars in the congregation and org are now df’d.
most know i’ve been out for a while and see that i’m doing pretty good and want to talk or get together.
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The devil's advocate in me likes to think that maybe these ones have had their own Awakening and need friends who know what they are going through and that is why they seek to reconnect. But that is just me.
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Just Bumped Into My JW Sister And Brother In Town
by pale.emperor inso im walking through town today on my lunchbreak and spot the unmistakable walk of my younger brother.
this is the one who left watchtower... well it turns out he's returned to the vomit after stupidly turning up to the 2017 convention and a few elders filling his head with seeing our dead dad in paradise and to "wait on jehovah".. a few meters behind him was my sister.
she spotted me first, then hurried up her step to my brother.
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I have never been able to come to terms with the notion that treating your own family like that is supposed to make them want to return to the "fold". How could you go back to playing "happy families" with siblings who behaved like that towards you. It's always seemed more of a reason to never ever return to such insanity.
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How do they get away with "New Light"?
by moreconfusedthanever inone thing that bothers me greatly is the fact that they can change their policies and beliefs and just say its "new light" and no one bats an eyelid.. there are many scriptures such as isaiah 40:8 "the word of god will last to time indefinite.
" or hebrews 6:18 "it is impossible for god to lie".
if he is "spirit directing" the borg then there should be no need for new light..
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One thing that bothers me greatly is the fact that they can change their policies and beliefs and just say its "new light" and no one bats an eyelid.
There are many scriptures such as Isaiah 40:8 "the word of god will last to time indefinite." or Hebrews 6:18 "it is impossible for God to lie". If he is "spirit directing" the borg then there should be no need for new light.
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Did you leave the JW RECENTLY? Really? Recently? WTF were you thinking?
by The Real Edward Gentry innot to be overly harsh...but if you just left, what the hell were you thinking?
between 1995 and now, you never did an internet search of "jehovahs-witness" or "watchtower"?
good god.
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Phizzy you are 100% correct. The overlapping generation thing made no difference to me. Jehovah will sort it out. Getting the new bible annoyed me and seemed like a waste of resources. Still Jehovah will sort it out.
It wasn't until I was trying to teach my children that the red flags started to come up. Explaining things we believed sounded ridiculous coming out of my mouth and my children's faces said it all. Lol.
Never never would you willingly come to a forum such as this and read the words of apostates. Satan will enter your mind and lead you astray. Pft.
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THIS Is How JWs Feel About The Cut In Magazines And Content
by pale.emperor ini asked the question on quora "how do jehovah's witnesses feel about the announcement that the public edition of the watchtower and awake!
magazine is being reduced to just 3 issues a year and the number of books, tracts, and online content are being discontinued?".
https://www.quora.com/how-do-jehovahs-witnesses-feel-about-the-announcement-that-the-public-edition-of-the-watchtower-and-awake-magazine-is-being-reduced-to-just-3-issues-a-year-and-the-number-of-books-tracts-and-online-content-are-being-discontinued.
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Janice A the response I got when I questioned how those without internet and iPads was "Jehovah will look after them".
It really is a religion for westerners. No regard for how it affects the "entire brotherhood" as long as it works for them.