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  Hello Everyone, Another JW Has Left!

  by SuperGirl in

  1. jw
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  just want to introduce myself and let you know that this site is working and is a big help to lots of jws with doubts.

  i've been lurking for about a year, the first couple of times i was frightened and literally shaking visiting an apostate site but it's the only place i can come to for sanity.

  the religion has become a nut house.

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  Welcome Supergirl ,look forward to more of your posts .
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  First time here - My Story (Spousal Abuse)

  by Centaurus A in

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  2. experiences

  hi everyone, this is my first time here and only in the last 2 weeks have my eyes been opened.

  still trying to take in all this new info.

  anyways here is my very condensed story:.

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  Welcome Centaurus A their is a lot to learn on this site and when you have questions about anything feel free to ask.

  Nothing is off the table here .

  I hope you haven`t left the religion solely on emotional issues or simply because you don`t feel any love in the organization among the bros,and sisters.

  Delve into WHY the JW religion is wrong from the scriptures ,and their interpretations ,history, JW`s are not backward in changing their own history and give a sanitized version of their past.

  Honestly look at their past prophecy`s in their own literature and see how many times they have failed 100% compared to how many of their prophecy`s/ expectations have come to pass 0 %

  Source out old publications and the absurd things they published in the past that they no longer believe and don`t be sucked in with " the light gets brighter " either Jehovah is directing them or he is not .

  Finally , Jehovah`s Witnesses today do not believe anything that the International Bible Students /JW`s in 1919 believed when they claim they were appointed by Jesus as the Faithful and discreet slave .

  So if they were in fact appointed then in 1919 for what they believed ,they would now be rejected by Jesus/Jehovah because they no longer believe what they taught in 1919.

  We look forward to more of your posts
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  New Zealand Begins Selling Kingdom Halls

  by KiwiBoy in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the wainui-o-mata hall is closing and from 01 february they will be relocated to the 200 seater hall in newlands.

  johnsonville is merging with the wellington west congregation and will be known at wellington central also to be located in the newlands hall.

  wellington east will remain in the hall in kilbirnie at this stage but rumour has it that this hall will also be sold and they will make up the third congregation sharing the newlands hall.

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  I've heard on YouTube (a poster who knows folks at their branch office), that genuine regular publisher numbers are really down to about 5 million odd.

  If only that were the truth,can only hope so.
  
  
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  My sister passed away this evening

  by smiddy3 in

  1. social
  2. family

  it was only about two months ago she was diagnosed with lung cancer and she was a non smoker .. she was never a jw and she never held it against me that i was for 33 years.. we had a good relationship even though we lived in different states about 2000 miles apart,.. tears are rolling down my cheeks as i type this .

  r.i.p.

  sylvia .

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  I thank you all for your kind words and condolences for my loss and to tell you the truth its like a weight that has been lifted off my shoulders now that she has passed.

  Up until that time grief would come over in waves worrying about her condition ,her pain,her suffering ,and my emotions would flow.

  I know that she is no more in pain and suffering and that it all happened in such a short time 2 months was probably a blessing in disguise .

  Once again thank you all for your kind words and thoughts.

  smiddy
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  My sister passed away this evening

  by smiddy3 in

  1. social
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  it was only about two months ago she was diagnosed with lung cancer and she was a non smoker .. she was never a jw and she never held it against me that i was for 33 years.. we had a good relationship even though we lived in different states about 2000 miles apart,.. tears are rolling down my cheeks as i type this .

  r.i.p.

  sylvia .

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  It was only about two months ago she was diagnosed with lung cancer and she was a non smoker .

  She was never a JW and she never held it against me that I was for 33 years.

  We had a good relationship even though we lived in different states about 2000 miles apart,.

  tears are rolling down my cheeks as I type this

  R.I.P. Sylvia
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  Sickle Cell Case

  by Lee Elder in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  the sad reality for jehovah's witness children who must depend upon the courts to get critical medical care their parents reject for them, even when their lives depend upon it.

  to support the irrational blood policy of the watchtower society.

  https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2018-12-05-three-jehovahs-witness-families-taken-to-court-to-save-childrens-lives/.

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  This topic has been going on for so long that it isn't "news" anymore. Just another kid(s) not getting blood when they need it.

  Isn`t that an indictment on us as ex JW`s that we have become complacent about this issue simply because its not news anymore because its been going on for so long ?

  And kids who have no voice of their own die because their parents belong to a religious cult ?

  Shouldn`t we be their voice in some way ?

  I really don`t know what the answer is ,maybe a petition to the UN signed by all ex-JW sites? I dont know

  its sad in this day and age that religion is still off limits when they should be accountable for their actions in enforcing doctrines on their members that are harmful and could result in death especially to children.
  
  
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  New Zealand Begins Selling Kingdom Halls

  by KiwiBoy in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the wainui-o-mata hall is closing and from 01 february they will be relocated to the 200 seater hall in newlands.

  johnsonville is merging with the wellington west congregation and will be known at wellington central also to be located in the newlands hall.

  wellington east will remain in the hall in kilbirnie at this stage but rumour has it that this hall will also be sold and they will make up the third congregation sharing the newlands hall.

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  All of these selling and merging of KH`s in one place after another surely is not indicative of an organization that is flourishing , but one that is in decline ,is that a fair assumption ?
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  Just About To Leave For My Work's Christmas Party

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it's my work's christmas parts this evening.

  just getting myself ready for it and decided to wear a suit rather than casual shirt and pants.

  it's funny because i've just noticed that i now only own one suit.

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  have a great time fellar`s and remember what happens at xmas parties stays at xmas parties .
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  How would you reason with a JW that it is okay to say Good Luck?

  by Iamallcool in

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  any takers?.

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  that they haven't thought of rewriting their calendar also.

  Actually I think they did do that at one time wrote their own calendar but it seasoned out .
  
  
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  Conformity

  by barry in

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  https://youtu.be/rkens1c7fsg many sda church members unions and conferences are having issues with their general conference which has set up five compliance committees to regulate church entities.

  some of the areas the general conference are concerned about are the ordination of women and the general wants to stop more women from being ordained also their are issues with church doctrine homosexuality.

  this video is in response to a fight back by a large majority of members 40% wanted womens ordination.

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  I wonder when women of the JW`s are going to adopt a similar stance after all Deborah was a prophetess and judge who ruled Israel for fourty years with Jehovah`s blessing. Judges 4:4 , 5:31.

  How often have these scriptures been discussed at JW meetings .