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  What was the worst thing an "elder" ever did to you ?

  by Pitchess Co-Gen in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the worst thing an "elder" ever did to me was in 2008. i was in one congregation, but i wanted to return to my home congregation because i've been reproved there twice ( once private and the last one public ).

  when i came into this congregation in 2007 i thought i was going to move up the food chain ( this congregation was full of older people, so i thought i would move up faster ).

  but i got into some trouble in the congregation.

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  1. Believed my abuser, thump him one, but still send me back to him when I was a small child

  2. Another told me to move on with my life, the horrors I went through was a long time ago
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  Rutherford's smear campaign (a must read)

  by Leolaia in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  there has been some interest recently about the moyle case, and how it may have set a precident in what became the society's disfellowshipping policy.

  in july 1939, the chief legal counsel of the watchtower bible & tract society, olin r. moyle, resigned from his position in a protest over conditions at bethel and rutherford's mistreatment of workers.

  he did not want to continue living under those conditions and he felt he could effect positive change for his brothers by taking such a stand.

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  Just been reading this, definitely movie material. What an ego 'the Judge' had!
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  Just a quick update

  by MsGrowingGirl20 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been inactice now for about 4 months.

  i keep getting visit from elders and well meaning ministerial servants.

  i went back to two meetings about two weeks ago.

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  I like the analogy that clarity made, very good. For me the hurt and pain being associated with JWs was so great i knew i had to go
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  newbe

  by emperorslaundrist in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  thank you for this forum.

  thank you for your stories which helped wake me up from my delusion.

  thank you for letting me join you.

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  Welcome, great intro. It's amazing how you see things in a different light when you take the blinkers off.
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  I really thought i was going to live forever

  by Aussie Oz in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  random discussion today ended up in my wife mentioning when she saw halley's comet (1986?

  ) and all of a sudden i had a total recall moment!.

  when it came by, rather than make the effort to watch it, i flippantly said "nah, i'll see it next time!".

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  Today will never come around again - make it count.

  Would you have seen it next time round if the water canopy that was used for the 'flood' was re-instated? (sarcasm)
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  Go ahead, tell me how you really feel - Modern Christian Art

  by jgnat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've stumbled across a most creative artful photography, placing jesus in contemporary scenarios.. http://www.thejourneysproject.com/c-294-fine-christian-art.aspx.

  for a mere $1,000 i too, could have jesus working his makeover in my bedroom.

  ooh, la la.. i am having strong and mixed reactions to this work, and i welcome your input..

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  Even Jesus wouldn't take the JWs life saving bread
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  Ever dream You could fly?

  by insearchoftruth4 in

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  happy@last

  Have a look at this:

  http://youtu.be/lxMBCWfDV5Q

  I'd love to do this, if I had the money and the nerve
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  share your reaction after reading CoC and ISoCF

  by suavojr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after reading coc and isocf i cried, i was in shock, disillusioned, angry, and afraid... anyone wants to share their experience?.

  i would like to see what you think about these questions when compared with your account.. why people from different backgrounds feel similar reactions?

  (cannot be a conpiracy).

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  I had already stopped believing in a loving god despite being an elder and was suffering nervous exhaustion due to trying to help people follow the bible and not the rules laid down by the GB, I stopped attending meetings and FS. Then I read CoC properly (I had read snippets years before but just said 'theres 2 sides to every story') and it just confirmed what I had already suspected about WTBTS.
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  Dealing with a problem, what advice would you offer?

  by ÁrbolesdeArabia in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i got a email from a close friend "estimado arboles.

  a bastard is moving next door to me, he is a phucking lying ahole jw, him and his family are moving up the ranks in the jw holy roller world.

  i enjoy smoking weed outside, i never planned on being df'ed but i fear he saw me smoking and now i am waiting for a jc.

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  Does he have any witnesses to the alleged event that can back him up? Failing this the medical reason will hopefully work
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  I Thing Being Friends With My Jehovah Witness Friend is Taking A Mental Toll On Me?

  by TheNurseInBlack in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  everything was great untill about two years ago untill she realized i wasn't a jehovah witness.

  i didn't notice it before but now i noticed the next day she began to give me verses about the "truth".

  it recently got worse with her religious debates lately i've been able to prove her wrong with most of them.

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  I just think she is trying to conform to being a 'good JW' and in order to maintain your friendship would love you to be one too. As good friends you need to say that you'll each need to respect that you have different views on religion and it's best not to discuss the subject