Posts by Saename

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The Great October 2016 Invite to the Sunday Meeting campaign ...

by freddo in

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well how's it going round your way?

massive increase of interested ones?

did you even know it was supposed to be happening?

Saename

WAIT... WHAT???

There was some kind of a special meeting? A campaign...? What the hell...?

No, seriously... What the hell? How did I not know this? I am an unbaptised Witness, still officially recognised as an unbaptised publisher, but I just faded around three or four months ago. I was a Witness in good standing in the congregation, and other Witnesses often praised me for my "wisdom" and thinking capabilities, which I presented in each answer I gave. (Despite being young, I never read from the magazines but put every answer in my own words; additionally, I did extra research.) Yet, no Jehovah's Witness knocked on my door because of this campaign to invite me to this special meeting. As a side note, there is an elder who lives at the same street as I do. It's literally 3–5 minutes of walk to get to his house. He was the one that studied the Bible with me and took me to the meetings. I thought they cared about my well-being and my life... Am I not going to die during the Armageddon? Do they not care out of the blue?

And like OnTheWayOut, don't get me wrong. I don't care. I am happy that I'm left alone. I'm just surprised... I thought somebody would have visited me by now.

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New Video Series On Courtship May Open Some Eyes

by JW_Rogue in

so the wife was watching the latest installment of jw broadcasting and near the end there was a new segment on dating and courtship.

it starts at about the 39 minute mark:.

https://youtu.be/vuir-azsdm0?t=38m52s.

Saename

The only negative thing about this guy that I saw was being on a phone during the meal... And even that is debatable. In reality, it would probably happen only once at a time during some very important event.

And watching basketball and cars? Well, if a girl thinks a guy shouldn't have hobbies then she isn't ready for a serious relationship... (Same goes for guys; if a guy thinks a girl shouldn't have hobbies he also is too immature.)

Having that said, I don't see any reason to break off the relationship... God, this cult is so embarrassing...

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Catholic church raised a cry of alarm, every year thousand of Catholics become J.W

by James Mixon in

my brother (elder) e-mailed this to my sister(not a jw).

the francisco pope praises j.w worldwide.

oh shit, they will have a field day with this.

Saename

But... I don't understand... Aren't false religions supposed to be under the control of Satan??? Does it mean that Satan is commending us?!?!?!??!!

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Chinese Communist Party to commence nationwide crackdown on Christianity including Jehovah's Witnesses

by jwleaks in

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8 october 2016. china's governing communist party is set to launch a nationwide crackdown on the christian church.. by matthew carney - abc.

the communist party has just enacted much tougher laws that criminalise christians if they do not pledge loyalty to the state.. chinese president xi jinping has warned that all religions now have to become "chinese" and the new laws will attempt to bring churchgoers and their leaders under party control.. the new laws will put the state firmly in charge, giving the communist party the ability to hire and fire church leaders and change religious doctrine to make it more chinese.... that means churchgoers will have to pledge loyalty to the communist party first.. there is good reason to be afraid.

chinese authorities have already started the crackdown in the christian heartland in the southern province of zhejiang.. it's been extensive and brutal.

Saename

Thanks for the link. I'll read it immediately. Seems interesting.

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Chinese Communist Party to commence nationwide crackdown on Christianity including Jehovah's Witnesses

by jwleaks in

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8 october 2016. china's governing communist party is set to launch a nationwide crackdown on the christian church.. by matthew carney - abc.

the communist party has just enacted much tougher laws that criminalise christians if they do not pledge loyalty to the state.. chinese president xi jinping has warned that all religions now have to become "chinese" and the new laws will attempt to bring churchgoers and their leaders under party control.. the new laws will put the state firmly in charge, giving the communist party the ability to hire and fire church leaders and change religious doctrine to make it more chinese.... that means churchgoers will have to pledge loyalty to the communist party first.. there is good reason to be afraid.

chinese authorities have already started the crackdown in the christian heartland in the southern province of zhejiang.. it's been extensive and brutal.

Saename

I don't quite understand (because of my lack of knowledge on the subject) options 2 and 3. What was the approach the Governing Body took in Mexico and Malawi? I would appreciate if someone could fill me in on the matter.

Thanks in advance.

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Disfellowhsipped for 7 years...

by HereIgo in

i remember around 2009, there was a scandal going on involving 2 families in my cong where the husband in one family was having an affair with the wife of the other family.

this resulted in pregnancy and subsequent disfellowshipping.

what was interesting to me though was a comment made by a co from the platform.

Saename

I guess it was somebody who really hates cheating. Bad experience from his past maybe?

But when you think about 7 years of being disfellowshipped... That's quite a lot. Don't get me wrong; I hate cheating myself as I highly value loyalty, but having no contact with family and friends for 7 years? That's a lot.

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Hello - New Member

by NotAnointed in

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i just wanted to intoroduce myself.

i have been lurking for some time and finally decided to register and hopefully contribute to this great forum.. i am in my mid 30s and have never been in the truth.

my wife became a jw several years ago and since she is a (mostly) stay at home mom my two boys are also jws.

Saename

redvip2000 - Yes you could say that escaping from that cult, has made us be very cautious about believing in things for which there is no evidence.

Perfect way of putting it. My experience with Jehovah's Witnesses has taught me to go where the evidence leads me.

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Hello - New Member

by NotAnointed in

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i just wanted to intoroduce myself.

i have been lurking for some time and finally decided to register and hopefully contribute to this great forum.. i am in my mid 30s and have never been in the truth.

my wife became a jw several years ago and since she is a (mostly) stay at home mom my two boys are also jws.

Saename

Hello there. Glad to have a new member here. By the way, it's kind of weird to see you refer to Jehovah's Witnesses as "the truth" since you have never been a Jehovah's Witness yourself. Sort of interesting. Maybe became a habit because of your wife?

When it comes to atheism... You'll be surprised to see that many of the atheists on this forum don't believe in god anymore because some of them have considered all evidence for and against god, including history of Christianity, which was triggered by their urge to first learn about their own faith. From there, it usually spreads to learning about mainstream Christianity as well, sometimes even other religions.

I personally first started learning about my own religion (which now I usually call a cult), and then I began to study the history of Christianity from its very beginning. The reason why I don't believe in god anymore isn't because of Jehovah's Witnesses. It's because of what I learned about Jesus and the first Christians from the historical point of view and how it agrees or disagrees with the Bible.

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CO visit... Circuit is not growing at all, he said during midweek meeting

by StarTrekAngel in

so that was a "shocker".

i was not able to attend the meeting.

i had a more important one with my other apostate friends in the area.

Saename

Thought it was obvious. It's always been this way that some people prefer to come to the meetings only on special days.

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Feeling very lonely

by BlackWolf in

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the past few months i've been feeling really depressed and kind of hopeless.

the few people that actually were a little bit friendly to me at the hall recently moved away, and i'm feeling like more of an outcast than i already was.

every meeting i just stand by myself by the wall and nobody cares, i feel really lonely and unloved.

Saename

It's not really the stress of JW life. It's just being human. We tend to focus on the worst parts of our lives, though rather subconsciously—until one day we decide to focus on the better moments.

If you still need some friends, though, we're still here for you. Rebelfighter lives in Florida as well, so all you need is just ask to meet her. You also have my Skype and Facebook, just in case you ever want to talk to somebody your age. I assume it probably feels uncomfortable for you right now when so many people responded to your topic about feeling lonely. But don't ignore your first instincts that convinced you to create this topic.