The whole problem with the " is the cong loving" is , that their version of love never extends to the general population. If you only have friends in one social group , of course that is the only place you may experience love. Real love exists outside of the org. The good man was right when he said more happiness in giving.
Posts by Chook
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10When you were fully in, would you lie about how loving your congregation was?
by TTWSYF innot long ago my elder brother got very sick.
he was hospitalized for a few weeks and his jw wife and children were at his side often.
also, his non jw family was also bedside with him, siblings and parents.. his recollection involves asking us "don't you remember all the jws that came visiting me when i was sick?".
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RIP dad, who introduced me to this fairytail of everlastin life and paradise :(
by Frezia inless than 5 hours ago my great dad fell asleep the last time :( still in a bit of a shock and sad that i will not see him again...i promised myself that once he is here no more, i will somehow make my move out of this organisation who kept us all captive believing in a fantasy of an everlasting life :( i am in a tricky situation, since raised as jw, still in, married to an active jw, and pretty sure that all in my social and family circle will turn their backs on me if i finally say goodbye to a fairytail ;(.
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Chook
Our thoughts are with you in this darkest hour. All freedoms come at a price.
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Has anyone here run for a political office now that they are out of Jws ?
by troubled mind ini am thinking of running for alderman on my city council .
the mayor had a meeting with me yesterday and is anxious to replace the alderman in my ward .
she liked what i had to say at a council meeting a few weeks ago during public comments .
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Chook
In Australia they had this absolute crazy xjw who had never been linched(DF). This man had been in loonie hospitals ,I knew his sons. This happened in the 80s first thing he did was he rang Rolls Royce in Britain and impersonated as a leader at bethel and ordered a brand new roller for our dearest brothers, the craziest thing about the story is that Rolls Royce actually sent one to Sydney. Second mad thing this guy did was he ran for local election with a placard that read local representative of Jehovah's Witness.
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"Coping with Shunning" by Barbara Anderson
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://watchtowerdocuments.org/coping-with-shunning/.
by barbara anderson.
when my husband and i left the religion of jehovah’s witnesses (jws), we, like countless others, lost family members and friends because of the witnesses shunning doctrine.
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Chook
If I ever met anyone in the ministry who was really angry with JWs it was always followed by the accusation that we broke up families. The WT wrecking of families will be and is its legacy. I just hope your son resumes family ties before you or your husband pass. I've read stories where cult affected children only leave after death of parents and the emotional guilt trips are nearly to traumatic for them to cope with .
When a " wordly" person hears about how some children don't attend funerals of parents, they in their wildest dream can't work out the reason any child wouldn't show final respects.
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The control of humans
by Chook inevery relationship, every government ,every religion , the application of different control factors always take place.
are we as human adverse to this control factor or is rebellion a part of our make up?
can someone ever be free from some control?
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Every relationship, every government ,every religion , the application of different control factors ALWAYS take place. Are we as human adverse to this control factor or is rebellion a part of our make up? Can someone ever be free from some control? I know we can control our heart beat to a certain degree walk fast speeds it up ,rest slows it, jump off tall building stop it. It's just that I was thinking ( which is dangerous) not to many activities don't have a control factor.
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Beards - September 2016 Watchtower
by Listener inthe issue of whether beards are acceptable or not is addressed in the september 2016 watchtower - well sort of.
it is as clear as mud as to whether they are allowed in places like australia, usa and britain.. 17. what are some factors that may affect whether a brother wears a beard?17 what about the propriety of brothers wearing a beard?
the mosaic law required men to wear a beard.
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Chook
Could you imagine trying to convince a "Worldy" deaf & dumb person by only picture form of the bible characters and asking who were the good ones ,the ones on Gods side, then you would be shown pictures of Moses Aaron Jesus then you would know the good guys had beards. Then you would be shown Romans clean shaven, the Egyptians the same and realise the governing body has no beards . Moral of the story is " even the deaf & dumb were smarter than most of us who where convinced of Brooklyn Prophecy.
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What is the purpose of life?
by slimboyfat inwhile reading the magazines the other day it occurred to me that jws never really had a very good answer to that question.
because it was aimed at young people and it said something along the lines, "if you believe in god you have a purpose, but if you don't believe in god your life has no purpose or meaning".
i think that is a faulty analysis of the situation.
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Chook
I think on our death bed that our few regrets maybe not showing as much kindness as we could have. So moral of story is to give of ourselves more.
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Two Brothers Living Together - Never Dated Girls...
by pale.emperor inin my old congregation there are two brothers (non related) who are in the early 30s.
they've never dated girls.
they're "best friends".
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I begged xelder to talk to shunned daughter
by Chook ini was at shopping centre , jw family say i haven't see you at meetings, i said i don't go and can't support a group that divides families.
i gave example of his daughter who he doesn't talk to.
i said to him our old awake says dfing is pagan practice 1947.i said i hope brooklyn doesn't change its mind again because what you are sacrificing is beyond value..
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Chook
There's not much at the end of life that we can have or do. But the one thing I would like to think is that someone missed me from their life and are sad of my demise. These proud men don't realise that it's only family and special friends, that speak of our legacy with emotion.
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Looking For WTS Quotes
by Vanderhoven7 infor practical reasons (a study next week).
i'm looking for wts quotes that claim.
the religion of jehovah's witnesses is the only true religion.
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Chook
You can nearly open any WT mag and its there. But by looking inside front page purpose of mag is to bring about Jahs kingdom,which essentially implies death to those who don't have Jehovahs approval.