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  BORN-INS! What Were The Most Annoying Quotes Your Parents Would Say?

  by OneStepOut93 in

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  regarding worldly people, shows or toys?

  etc...what quotes annoyed you the most?.

  for me it was "well, you have to remember, they're worldly"... "don't trust anyone who isn't in the truth" "they may be nice but they are not friends of jehovah"... just a few to name.

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  'Jehovah doesn't like that'

  'Jehovah is watching'

  'that's demonized'

  My mom use to get on a real kick for a few weeks after assemblies, use to drive me crazy
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  How Long has it Been since you Last Attended Meetings and What Caused...

  by flipper in

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  ..... you to stop attending ?

  injustices ?

  disagree with the teachings ?

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  Last year was my last memorial, I won't be going this year. Don't remember my last meeting, it was 2-3 yrs ago. I was raised a witness, my parents were very loving and I got to do a lot more than some other witnesses my age, which I am thankful for. But the indoctrination was very real and there. I always tried to make an effort going to some meetings and the memorial through my 20's and some of my 30's. After learning ttatt about a year and a half ago, I was able to finally let go of all the fear and guilt I had and I knew I didn't want my kids to have that fear I had felt for so long, fear of armageddon which is unhealthy. I love the peace of mind that has followed, I am no longer torn inside which is how I felt for a long time. I am able to celebrate a birthday or holiday without thinking Im going to be destroyed. Just to live life without that fear, it's wonderful.
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  My mum says her grandchild will be killed by Jah...does he kill Millions of under 12 kids at Armagedon? God is LUV!

  by Witness 007 in

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  talking with my anionted mum she tells me how worried she is that our lovely cute grandaughter/neice sarah, 9 months, will have her head cut off by jehovahs angel at armagedon.

  {my sister is disfellowshiped and i'm inactive former pioneer/servant 10 years} this sickens me.

  i told her how jah loves "even the embroy" of an unborn child.

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  This is the kind of fear that keeps people in, it worked on me for a while after i had my first son. I remember my parents coming back from an assembly one day and telling me that I needed to get back to the meetings cause the door was getting ready to close like in Noah's day and then it would be too late for me and my son. I was so scared and in tears, I went to a few meetings after that but then I just couldn't do it anymore. Then after learning ttatt, it made me finally realize once and for all there was nothing to be scared of anymore.
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  Weird "new world" artwork from the 2013 calendar

  by cedars in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my mother-in-law has a strange obsession with calendars, and orders the society's calendar each year.

  this year's calendar is especially weird.

  it features images depicting future events - in particular, the society's vision of the new world order.. i've taken the opportunity to scan some of the images for you all to check out.. please note - there are captions for each of the images, but i don't have the english language version of the calendar so i'd rather just quote the scripture used so as not to reveal which country i'm in.. .

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  Lmao at Cofty's post, esp the toucan.
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  Crazy Weird Quotes in 1/15 WT Article - WT Society Opinions-Nothing More

  by flipper in

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  i won't follow a theme on this thread .

  i'm just going to supply weird quotes from the current 1/15 wt article " keep drawing close to jehovah " and then you can draw your own takes and conclusions on these insane " opinions " from the wt society.. paragraph 3 : " marketers cleverly convince people that they must have the latest products.

  one young man so passionately desired a particular tablet computer that he secretly sold one of his kidneys to buy it.

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  As my 6 yr old often says...'that makes no sense!' Since I don't read the magazines anymore I love reading this stuff, confirms for me that I've made the right decision in keeping my kids out of this craziness.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses: behind the knock on sky tv (uk)

  by ns7 in

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  still lurking on here from time to time, but seen this so thought i would post it in case anyone would want to see this.. if this has been posted then my apologies.. .

  the documentary on the witness's which i remember did get a mention when it first came out a few years ago is being shown on sky tv on 23 dec at 22:20-23:35 on pbs (chan 166).. its being repeated at 01:55 and 04:55 same channel in the early hours of the 24th dec..

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  Thanks for that, I will set my DVR
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  Very superstitious, the Devil's on his way...

  by Londo111 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  growing up jw, the paranoia over demons oftentimes seemed to reach a medieval frenzy.

  there was no shortage of places where demons were hiding, ready to possess those who stumbled upon them.

  is there any religion on earth more superstitious (aka demon-fearing)?

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  I remember them specifically mentioning bands back in the '80's at the assembly. My brother had to get rid of his Van Halen album and I had to get rid of my 'Thriller' album.

  When the new Smurfs movie came out a couple yrs ago my son got a figurine in his happy meal, my mom told me to remember what the society said about that and that I should throw it away, I said that was stupid, and she said 'that is apostate thinking!' Lol Long live the Smurfs and Sparlock!
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  Our First Halloween

  by Red Piller in

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  2. experiences

  (i grew up in the "truth".

  ) very risky, considering we are still active in the cong..... so we started at the first house and methodically walked up and down each driveway as worked along the street.. we were quickly over-taken by kids who were zig-zagging across lawns and doing houses in random order.

  suddenly, it dawned on me.

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  Happy for you, this was officially our first halloween too, well the first one where we actually went trick or treating, it was fun.

  Someone on my FB posted a message to the young JW's that are feeling left out because of the holidays, telling them to remember that THEY (the ones celebrating) are the ones that have turned their backs on Jehovah and are worshipping false gods and it's not worth losing their precious everlasting life over...It just made me sick really. Its one thing to think that, but to post it for all to see on FB, I think it offended some of their non JW friends too.

  Bring on Christmas I say!
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  Lots of Good News everybody!

  by OneDayillBeFree in

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  you know one of the reasons why some witnesses decide to stay inside is to help others wake up and leave as well, and although this hasnt been exactly a goal of mine, it was something i'd ponder every now and again.

  and we all know that it is not easy to get to jw's when they are fully mind controlled.

  but i'd like to tell you guys what's been happening with brothers and sisters without the help of others who know ttatt.... so last night i got a phone call from a brother who's a good friend of mine whom i've talked about in the past here.

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  I think my brother is on his way out, he's been inactive for a while and when he was having some drinks with my husband he made some comments to the affect that I think he might have even been checking things out on the internet and know it's a bunch of bs now. I think we are both afraid to talk about it with eachother, thinking the other might go tell our parents. I would love to talk to him about it but Im refraining.

  Thanks for posting this, it gives me hope that maybe at least one person in my family will leave without me ever having to say a word. I wish my parents would see how ridiculous and controlling they are getting, but I highly doubt it, almost 40 yrs in it would have to be something HUGE. We can wish though, right?
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  Loosing Your Religion

  by ballistic in

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  changing your religion for another or completely loosing your religion and or your belief in god, or turning to an agnostic point of view is really quite a big change.

  for not wanting to state the obvious, when you change your religion, it changes not just the concept of religion in your mind, but your entire world view, or the way you perceive things work in the universe.

  how does such an enormous change happen?.

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  innerpeace

  If it wasn't for googling the witnesses last summer after dropping my dad off at the district convention, I would still be in my guilt and fear mode for not going anymore.

  After countless hours reading, I have completely changed my outlook on the JW's and also religion in general. I no longer worry about me and my kids dying in

  armageddon. Its been a huge eye opener for me since this is what I was taught my whole life. Im still in the learning and reading phase, I would like to think that

  there's someone more powerful than us that cares but I'm not so sure. (Sorry for the double spaces, Im trying to figure this place out)