AMNESIANO, great post. I can't remember the year of my last super, I mean, the last memorial I attended, but it's been quite a few decades. I do remember that not attending was the first time when my family had no choice but to admit that I was serious about not being a JW.
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Memorial Non-Attendance: The Single Most Impactful TTATT Witness to JW Friends & Family
by AMNESIANO in(original version posted 2014).
notice: the following is submitted in full recognition of and with compassion and due respect for those who, due to personal circumstance, feel they are unable to employ this powerful strategy.. ---.
anyone who has awakened to ttatt and has conscientiously left the organization--especially a once-prominent, highly-regarded, studious true-believer from a celebrated multi-generational tribe of jws-- after decades of devout, high-profile "serve-us," who continues to put in an annual appearance at the memorial thoroughly subverts and undermines, by this one act, any hope s/he may entertain that his/her departure will stir family or former friends to question the whole watchtower bamboozle.
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Atheism would not appeared if …
by venus in· if religions were immune to division.
· if scriptures were immune to scientific errors.
· if religious leaders were immune to hypocrisy.
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That means theists created atheists.
That is 100% true. My JW parents made me.
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The 'Like' button option is a joke
by fukitol ini just 'liked' the same post 6 times in a row.. what a joke simon.
sort it out!.
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I just 'liked' the same post 6 times in a row.
What a joke Simon. Sort it out!
You know that life is more than a like button, right?
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What is in a name - God is Love
by Check_Your_Premises induring my time dealing with the jw, i was always a bit annoyed by the whole "use god's name" thing.. one day i asked somebody the following:.
"if i murder and torture a child, and claim to do it in jehovah's name, who did i serve.
if i rescue, comfort, and help heal the same, and claim to do it in the name of satan, who then did i serve?".
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Really, I think, all you gotta know is that God is Love.
Or that there's not such thing as good, and we as humans don't need god to do and be all the good things that you list.
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I Smell Fear...
by pale.emperor inmsoneone of fb sent me this.
looks like they know they're being exposed as the frauds they are.
this plus the theme of the next convention "don't give up" just reeks of desperation.. stash: /intesoft-inc.appspot.com/post/b21fe47ca2644a0ea2f6e28fe6401145.html
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I remember that every now and then there was some kind of shakeup like that in assemblies and other special events, but it seems like now it is a common occurrence. I feel bad for the JWs who have been in there for a long time and this is what they are now facing. Sad.
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Writing a "Thesis on Doubting the Watchtower"
by Saethydd ini'm currently writing what i've decided to call a "thesis on doubting the watchtower," and was wondering if you guys could help me out a bit with the research.
my plan is to use it as a sort of personal reference.
if any of you could help me find the publications i'm looking for i would appreciate it.. as things stand i need:.
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Sure, can you send me a copy or a link to the copies? Also, do they have any sort of authentic seal so I can be fairly sure the transcripts weren't just made up?
They are pdf files made of the official transcripts from the court documents. Yest they are official documents. Please send me a PM with an email address I can send them to.
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Dad Turns 70 Today
by neverendingjourney inand i can't wish him a happy birthday.
they converted when i was an infant, so birthdays were never a thing for us.
still, i'd love to be able to throw him a party, surround him with friends and family, and show him how much he's appreciated.
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Use the trick that my JW mother did. She always called her children in her birthdays., She just called to ask how are we, and in the conversation she would squeeze in something like, you know it was a day like to day that I gave birth to you, as if it was a coincidence. She always acknowledged my birthday.
I hope that works for you if you feel it's difficult to do it the traditional, normal way.
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Desperate 67 year old JW sister looking for a mate at Eharmony!
by Iamallcool infew minutes ago, i was at eharmony.
one lady said at her profile that she is passionate about serving jehovah.
she is like 67 years old!
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Few minutes ago, I was at Eharmony. One lady said at her profile that she is passionate about serving Jehovah. She is like 67 years old! I was like no way. I blocked her permanently. I do not think she will find another JW there!
I wonder if she blocked you and then posted in some forum "Desperate Iamallcool looking for a mate at Eharmony!", and she was like no way!
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Did the serpent have legs before the curse?
by Acluetofindtheuser ingenesis 3:14 – “then jehovah god said to the serpent: “because you have done this, you are the cursed one out of all the domestic animals and out of all the wild animals of the field.
on your belly you will go, and you will eat dust all the days of your life.”.
the old gb and gb 2.0 differ on this matter.
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Yes, it had a dick too.
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How would it be?
by Gorbatchov inhearing of sisters doing humble work in the congregation:.
how is it feel if you are a women with ambitions, well educated, maybe born very smart, you know what you want.. and then you see the elders, some simple, some very strict and some act like idiots.. and you know you're role is to be the one of housewife, pioneer and coffee vollenteer in the kh.. i did not see any ambisious jw girl in my youth maybe they did hide it.
but what a frustration there must be.. how do you see this aspect?.
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How do you see this aspect?
I'm not a woman but saw that aspect my entire life as a JW with my mother and sisters. All bright, strong women dealing with the dumb ass idiot elders from the congregation.
Choice 1 - pretend and take it for the sake of the family
Choice 2 - give up and believe that there's nothing more to you as a woman (it will come out in the form of overeating or any other compulsive disorder)
Choice 3 - become a passive aggressive gossip spreading bitch and make everybody's life as miserable as yours
Choice 4 - get out, move on