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  Greetings everyone! Newly signed up but not new to the site.

  by GTSfromSY in

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  my (very fake) name is gabriel syme or gabe for short.

  i have been lurking in the shadows for many years and i want to give all here a heartfelt thank you for all your indirect support.

  this website, as well as youtube, and eventually reddit, were all key in me finally accepting the “truth” being not that at all.

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  Lost in the fog

  Welcome "Gabe for short"

  I too have browsed here for a while, grazing on the real food on this table.

  And only recently came out of the shadows into the light.

  Hope you will get as much comfort here as me.
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  Merry Christmas

  by jhine in

  1. social
  2. humour

  as non of you scrooges seem to want to wish anyone else merry christmas , l thought that l would drop in and wish you all .

  merry christmas , happy holidays , feliz navidad , joyeux noel , and throw another shrimp on the barbie sheila .

  why did the turkey want to join the band , because he had the drumsticks , boom boom .

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  Lost in the fog

  @redpilltwice

  Someone told us about an elder who used to say in his talks that Santa was Satan backwards and the little children in the hall would snigger and say loudly that old man can't spell.
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  Merry Christmas

  by jhine in

  1. social
  2. humour

  as non of you scrooges seem to want to wish anyone else merry christmas , l thought that l would drop in and wish you all .

  merry christmas , happy holidays , feliz navidad , joyeux noel , and throw another shrimp on the barbie sheila .

  why did the turkey want to join the band , because he had the drumsticks , boom boom .

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  Lost in the fog

  They asked me to dress up as Santa and hand out gifts to the customers but I told them that there's no clause in my contract.
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  Merry Christmas

  by jhine in

  1. social
  2. humour

  as non of you scrooges seem to want to wish anyone else merry christmas , l thought that l would drop in and wish you all .

  merry christmas , happy holidays , feliz navidad , joyeux noel , and throw another shrimp on the barbie sheila .

  why did the turkey want to join the band , because he had the drumsticks , boom boom .

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  Lost in the fog

  Someone complained about me when I asked them what they were doing over the Xmas holidays.

  "Christmas! Pagan! Can't use that word."

  So I said why do you use the days of the week since they are all named after pagan deities?

  Hypocrisy gets me annoyed.
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  Dumbstruck!

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am absolutely dumbstruck and lost for words.

  one of the elders who criticised me over my use of social media rang me up to ask how i was doing.

  after the usual blah-blah-blah i asked him if he had attended the recent elders one day school.

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  Lost in the fog

  I am absolutely dumbstruck and lost for words.

  One of the elders who criticised me over my use of social media rang me up to ask how I was doing.

  After the usual blah-blah-blah I asked him if he had attended the recent elders one day school. He said that he had, and how marvellous it had been. Then he said, wait for it.

  "Elders these days are so warm and inviting. We are not spiritual policemen looking into everything the publishers are doing. "

  I almost choked myself to death holding my breath not saying anything incriminating in reply. Delusional for certain.

  Sorry but I just had to share with someone.
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  Jw.org

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a friend of ours over in northern ireland says that people can't find their country on jw.org.

  apparently it is because the list of countries on the jw.org site is by bethel not the standard list of countries that (say) a google website would list.

  someone looking for a congregation in northern ireland goes to "ireland" but that is only the republic of ireland.

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  Lost in the fog

  Just to say /darkspilver

  Stranraer is in Scotland.
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  Jw.org

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a friend of ours over in northern ireland says that people can't find their country on jw.org.

  apparently it is because the list of countries on the jw.org site is by bethel not the standard list of countries that (say) a google website would list.

  someone looking for a congregation in northern ireland goes to "ireland" but that is only the republic of ireland.

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  Lost in the fog

  A friend of ours over in Northern Ireland says that people can't find their country on jw.org.

  Apparently it is because the list of countries on the jw.org site is by Bethel not the standard list of countries that (say) a Google website would list.

  Someone looking for a congregation in Northern Ireland goes to "Ireland" but that is only the Republic of Ireland. So they go looking for the United Kingdom, only to find it is not in the list.

  They should be looking for Britain (London Bethel) which oversees congregations in the north of Ireland - except official Northern Ireland is not (geographically and politically) a part of Great Britain.

  Is it any wonder that people over there are getting confused! The only good thing is that the searcher might give it up as a bad job and move on with their life without ever being contaminated by the WTS.
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  The Path's Myerism Lingo to JW Translation

  by AnonVet in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i've been enjoying watching hulu's "the path" lately.

  i found this site with a breakdown of the lingo (not that i needed it).

  https://decider.com/2016/04/06/your-guide-to-the-symbols-and-terminology-for-the-path-hulu/.

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  I have been watching it as well. It was said that the writer was involved with the scientologists and got many of the ideas from there. Like you, I could see the parallels to the JWs as well.

  One thing in the story that I can't ever imagine happening in the organisation was when the husband gathered together all the ex-members and brought them to the gates, where they after a stand off were welcomed back. Could you ever see that happening in the Org!?
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  Good Works by "worldly people".

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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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  Lost in the fog

  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. They are doing good works in the true spirit of christianity. And they are outwardly happy people.

  The friends in the truth mock them. One elder proudly told brothers that when asked for a donation towards orphan children in poverty he said "those children don't need food, they need to know about Jehovah's Kingdom. Send them Bibles, don't send them food aid!"

  The whole "there's too many problems to fix and sure the Kingdom will put everything right" attitude makes me sick.

  I stopped giving money to the Borg long ago. I gladly give money to my worldly friends and their charitable services. Jesus Christ fed the poor and the hungry.
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  Jehovah`s Witnesses / Governing Body Claim To Abhor Child Sexual Abuse Within Their Congregations /Members who are victims.?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  so my question to them is why have they continually failed to report incidents of child sexual abuse of child members in their congregations to the appropriate authorities ,either police or child protection agency`s, when they are holding judicial committees into these allegations in their congregations when they occur or even some time after ?.

  they have consistently failed to do so.. and this failure to do so is not confined to one country ,it is a pattern that is repeated worldwide ,in one country after another country .

  (worldwide where they operate in ).

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  Lost in the fog

  It is disgusting that the GB move the responsibility from the elders to the family. In their letter of September 17, 2017 to the congregation elders, they clearly stated : (direct lift)

  "Therefore, the victim, her parents, or anyone else who reports such an allegation to the elders should be clearly informed that they have the right to report the matter to the secular authorities.

  Elders do not criticize anyone who chooses to make such a report.—Gal. 6:5.

  4. The Scriptures place the responsibility on parents for teaching and protecting their children. (Eph. 6:4) As spiritual shepherds, elders can help parents to shoulder their Scriptural responsibility. Our publications and website contain much helpful information to assist parents.—w10 11/1 p. 13; w08 10/1 p. 21; g 10/07 pp. 3-11; lr pp. 170-171; g99 4/8 pp. 8-11; g97 4/8 p. 14; w96

  12/1 pp. 13-14 pars. 18-19; fy pp. 61-62 pars. 24-26; g93 10/8 pp. 5-13; g85 1/22 pp. 3-10."

  What is wrong with the elders going straight to the police? If their own child was a victim, would they also hmmm and hum about what to do?

  It is beyond normal comprehension which is so sickening.