My heart goes out to those PIMO for whatever reason you remain so ,however sooner or later it just becomes too much to bear and you can`t keep that up any longer ,then you become a POMO and then the anxiety ,stress ,ill health ,leaves your body and a wave of relief sets in that you haven`t felt in many years .
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Physically In Mentally Out or PIMO
by new boy inthere are thousands of people there for sure.
i too was living that life for many years myself.. going through all the motions knowing things were just not right.
yet so afraid of the consequences of leaving the only world i knew.
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New Textbook For Elders
by Lost in the fog ini have to say that i found item 3 on the above page raised questions in my mind.
if an elder is deleted presumably for wrongdoing the hard copy text book is taken off him and destroyed.
but who ensures that any electronic copies of the book in his possession are deleted?
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smiddy3
And what if the Elder refuses to hand over his copy for whatever reason ? maybe because he has seen TTATT ?
What are they going to do about it ?
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Halls closing
by iknowthetruth inin my city philadelphia they closed many kingdom halls.
my hall was desolved and most of the publishers were added to a congregation that only had 50 publishers.
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smiddy3
This closing of KH`s in one place after another that`s going on all around the world sounds like very GOOD NEWS to me .
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Who the devil tested Jesus?
by Doug Mason insome time ago i created a study that i named: "the devil who tested jesus".. i have rewritten it into a form that might possibly make it attractive for a publication (please do not read wts into that).
i have thus reformatted it and reduced the word count by two-thirds.. i am looking to your collective skills and knowledge for any criticism, including: spelling; grammar; structure; argument; whatever.. https://jwstudies.com/who_the_devil_tested_jesus.pdf.
doug.
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smiddy3
I haven`t yet read " Who the devil tempted Jesus " but I do look forward to reading it.
I always appreciate your contributions to this forum Doug giving it a Jewish perspective ,after all the Bible IS really a set of Jewish books isnt it and not a Christian set of books.
Take care.
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Remember 1992?
by Tobyjones262 inanyone remember 1992?
i can remember i was in the cult.
times were changing at a rapid pace.
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smiddy3
It was round about 1993 when I decided I had had enough ,they are no more inspired than the Mormons or the SDA`s or anybody else.
And that`s the year I agreed that the JW`s did in fact get one thing and only one thing right and that was :
"Religion is a snare and a racket"
Another quote i agree with is :
"Religion is the Opium of the people " from a commie.
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When You Were A JW Did You Really Understand The Religion and What You Were Getting Into?
by minimus inmany witnesses in my opinion know nothing about the religion.
they don’t understand the history, the doctrines or the bible.
many people become jws because they were raised as witnesses so they take the plunge.
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smiddy3
Am I the only idiot here that converted when I was about 20 years old ? True at that time I was in a vulnerable state and a co-worker shared some scriptures with me and gave me some literature .
I had always been curious about the Bible and its message brought up believing it was the word of GOD.
But not actually being born into a religious family.
And as the saying goes curiosity killed the cat
It took me 33 years to see the light and wake up.
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Great Announcement
by Tiana inam a newcomer.
had a starnge metting in local news last night.. check it out.
actual info starts at 50;12. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plxdjs13l0k.
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smiddy3
Tiana hasn`t come back with any response maybe she was just ignorant of this site or she was a TROLL
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My Bible Study Conductor's Letter to Me
by ohnightdivine inrecently, i wrote a sister, my bible study conductor, an email just telling her that i thought of her, and i thanked her for being a part of some milestones in my life many many years ago.
(for those who are reading my post for the first time, i was a very impressionable teenager at that time and i had the chance to live in their country for a while, spent much time with her, got to know her way of living, and essentially she became my life's mentor.
closer to me than family.
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smiddy3
Her friendship with you is conditional ,you remain a JW or she doesn`t want to know you .
That should be all you need to know .
You are a much better person because you could be still friends with her knowing she is a JW however she can`t be friends anymore with you because you are no longer a JW .
Emotional blackmail
Controlling
manipulative
Your better off putting it down to one of life`s experiences and moving on with your own life..
Take care .
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Waking up can be a scary time
by Leopold theseconed inas a person that has recently come to terms with the reality that the truth is not really the truth .
does anyone else remember the feeling when they realized things were just not true.
it’s wierd all the years i spent preaching i never really considered what it must have felt like to have two people at your door trying to convince you that your religion of birth was a lie.
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smiddy3
Now that I have come to grips with this reality frankly it’s a punch in the gut. Part of me is feeling how stupid could I have been all these years. Part of me is ashamed and feel like I need to make amends for the damage I may have done.
I can relate to those sentiments as I feel much the same way and partly that is why I am here hoping that my contributions can help wake up a lurker or help heal a newbie in some way.
And i have been out since around 1993.
there are many good people here who know a lot about everything .
Welcome and take care ,as they say time heals everything sooner or later .
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Part II: it's time
by Gorbatchov inearlier i posted about the call from close family about that the end is expected in very short time.. today i had the opportunity to speak in person.. this is what is told to me:.
- the gb speaks to us personality through broadcasting;.
- the annual meeting was a very clear message from the gb;.
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smiddy3
So when UK and US worked together during WW2 was not a fulfillment?
Actually didn`t the UK , the US ,and Russia work together during WW2 ? to end the war ?
How does that fit in with JW prophecy ?