Posts by Freedom rocks

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Just a thought

by moley in

just a hypothetical question.

if the society was right and armageddon came a knocking would you want to live in a society run by the org and bully elders.. would rather die at armageddon.

i would.

Freedom rocks

I would hate it if "the new system" was run the way the religion is run. Could you imagine how boring life would be!!

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WATCHTOWER Is Trying To Put Cameras In All of Their Kingdom Halls

by minimus in

jw
friends

one of my best friends is in the security business.

he told me the other day of how the watch tower has been in contact with his good friend and business associate.

evidently they are inquiring about putting cameras into every kh so that they can do 24 hour monitoring.

Splash - that would make it easier for people tti fade because they could just link in on their laptop which would show up on the kh computer and then you just don't watch it. I did that once on the phone link just before I left because I'd said to someone I'd use the phone link...I didn t say I'd be listening though lol

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Taking children out on the ministry

by Freedom rocks in

can i ask your views on taking children out on the ministry?

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do you have any experiences you can share of things you as a child/your children/grandchildren have witnessed on the ministry that they shouldn't have?.

Freedom rocks

Thanks guys. My daughter was extremely lonely until I left the cult because I wouldn't allow her to play in the street with worldly kids or go to school friends houses. I feel bad about it now when I look back.

She hated the ministry. Don't think I knew 1 kid that wanted to be out and we had near 20 in the hall

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Taking children out on the ministry

by Freedom rocks in

can i ask your views on taking children out on the ministry?

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do you have any experiences you can share of things you as a child/your children/grandchildren have witnessed on the ministry that they shouldn't have?.

Freedom rocks

Can I ask your views on taking children out on the ministry?

Do you think it's ok/wrong and why?

Do you have any experiences you can share of things you as a child/your children/grandchildren have witnessed on the ministry that they shouldn't have?

14

a drive..

by zeb in

jw
friends

its sunday am and i suggest we go for a drive.

why i do not know as we have no conversation no banter at all.. so we did and had coffee.

while we were doing so and looking at the scenery i realized she was humming wt songs to herself.

Freedom rocks

I know how you feel zeb my marriage was similar in that other than wt stuff we had nothing to talk about and my ex wasn't the kind of person you could have banter with. It was very hard. Maybe you could talk to her about finding a hobby you could both do together

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question about the go bags.

by goingthruthemotions in

its been a minute since posting, have been trying to put this cult in my review mirror and just live life.

but you know this beast rears it's evil head.

my wife found my crisis of conscience book and out came the horns plus i guess what she is hearing at the meetings isn't helping either.

Freedom rocks

When we were told to prepare go bags it was in case of natural disasters like floods or hurricanes. Armageddon wasn't mentioned at all but straight after the meeting everyone was excited and saying Armageddon must be coming.

Even though I'm no longer a jw my family still have go bags for emergencies.

Are the society getting the jws hyped up about them now saying they're for Armageddon?

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JWs Hit With $34 Million Judgement in Montana Child Abuse Case

by Room 215 in

anyone else see ths?

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jehovah-s-witnesses-ordered-jury-pay-34m-abuse-survivor-n914146.

Freedom rocks

There certainly paying out the money in court cases at the moment. Nice to see jdubs donations are being well used 🤔

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Review: Apostasy

by neat blue dog in

stan's recent post about the apostasy movie reminded me that i had watched it last month, so i thought i'd write a review.

please note this will probably contain some spoilers so if you care about that sort of thing hold off on reading this.. first i want to say that this is probably one of the most if not the most accurate and reasonable cinematic portrayals of jws.

however here is a list of little inaccuracies: an outdated view that preaching to all the world can 'make' the end come, jesus briefly portrayed with long hair, judicial reinstatement meetings being called "guidance meetings", a normal weekly public talk being introduced as "the first in a series of talks he's prepared for us", applause at the end of a local needs part, and a jw saying of god "you need to earn his love, it's conditional" ( i know this is basically true in practice but they'd rarely say it out loud).

Freedom rocks

Listening to the talk about Alex after she died made me feel ill that I believed that rubbish once. It all sounds so stupid once you've been away from it for a while, you can see the brainwashing in the elders talk about shunning. I enjoyed the film overall though

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I'm considering putting off my leaving

by paradiseseeker in

jw
friends

i just wanted to share with you the thoughts that i've had lately.. my plan was to get a job, become independent and then leaving the org throughout this year 2018. i'm going to achieve the first step in a matter of weeks, the second one soon afterwards but maybe i will wait a little longer for the last one.. one year ago a friend of mine was reinstated.

we weren't very close friends back then, although we got along well.

but, since no many jws in my town want to hang out with him (because of his being a former disfellowshipped), we started to talk and go out more often and in a matter of half a year we've become very close friends, like brothers.

Freedom rocks

All I'm going to say is do what makes YOU happy!!

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EU Court Ruling Against WT on Data-Protection

by cofty in

today's london times reports on the july ruling of the eu court that forces the organisation country to comply with data protection.. the action originated in finland but the ruling will affect every eu country.

the cult tried unsuccessfully to argue that the notes taken by jws in the door-to-door work were personal and not accessed by the congregation.

the court ruled that they are acting under the auspices of the congregation and therefore they must comply with data-protection laws.. keeping lists of do-not-calls also falls under this ruling.. why does the cult always feel that it is above the law?.

Freedom rocks

I know quite a few brothers and sisters who lost their call books over the years and these could have fallen into anyone's hands.

Also, calls are regularly passed on to other publishers and elders, etc. (I.e. sisters handing over male route calls or studies to a brother).