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  Just thinking.....i

  by Bigdummy in

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  i made a couple of comments the other day on this forum and i hadn’t realized it had.

  been so long.

  my history shows i joined 3 years ago.

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  scratchme1010

  Several widows there who seem to have no life in them and then all the other drones who are hanging on for dear life hoping, just hoping they can endure to the end of their natural life so maybe, just maybe they can make it back in the resurrection. A lot of people look unhappy and physically in pain and they drag themselves to the Hall because it’s so much better to be there instead of listening on the phone don’t you know. I’ve seen elders upset and badger the congregation because no one put there hand up to answer a question verbatim word for word from the publication.
  

  I know you feel for your wife in that respect. However, that's her choice and she is fortunate to have you as a reminder of her having other choices.

  The part of your post that I quoted makes me very sad, knowing of people submitting themselves to all that nonsense for nothing is just horrible.

  We are fortunate of not being part of that anymore. Our freedom from that is cause for celebration.
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  It saddens me to know that marriages break up because of religion and the blame, whose fault it is ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
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  a jehovah`s witness couple who have been married for many years and some with children of various ages and have been serving in their congregation meeting attendance, fs and bible studies with their children for many years .. and then one of them begins to have doubts about what they are being taught and what they actually are supposed to believe now that some changes have been made with nu-lite.. the doubts grow and then the the use of the internet to investigate further some of the claims of the gb/wt religion .. with the wealth of information available on the www it now becomes impossible to continue to be an active member of the jehovah`s witness religion without being an utter hypocrite .

  you no longer believe them anymore that they alone are gods chosen people in this day.. however your spouse does not see things the way you do not at all and after many months of arguments bickering threats the ultimatum is something like if you don`t believe what i believe that you have left jehovah we can`t live together anymore ,i want a divorce unless you come to your senses.. who is the one here breaking up the marriage ?.

  isn`t it in the majority of cases the jw who ends the marriage ?

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  How say you .?
  

  I look at the bigger picture. When you take a closer look at things, sometimes you find that some couples have a lot of issues and they become JW in an attempts to either fix them or escape from them.

  When it comes to marriage, we just don't know what happens behind closed doors between the couple. Coming to any conclusion based solely in what outsiders see, or based only on the word of one of the parties without the others, I'm not sure it's going to get use the entire story.

  That said, it's well known to many of us that the WT can't care less about the well being of their people. All the "advice" that they provide is for their benefit and to push their agenda. That includes what they expect people to do in their marriage, and they go as far as telling people what positions are acceptable when they are in the intimacy of their bedrooms.

  When it comes to the health of a marriage, it's not a good thing to rely on what the WT says. When a marriage is in crisis, they certainly don't help, but I wouldn't hold anyone responsible without knowing the entire story.
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  "Wondrous expansion is now taking place!"

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  so we have all heard the worldwide reports about khalls being sold off and congregations being amalgamated etc.... of course, jws are being told that these actions are a sign of "just how much the work is progressing, and how jehovah is blessing the increase and expansion!".

  i can share the following from my part of the world too!.

  in perth, western australia the following has occurred.. three "new" congregations have been formed!

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  @ Wake Me Up Before You Jo-Ho:

  Corrupt and deceitful to its core!
  

  Just like the photoshopped picture you posted.

  About the OP, that's a basic tactic to every organization that wants to filter information and it's not transparent to their people. Sadly, some people find comfort in that.
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  backward masking on DVD`s oops CD`s is that still a thing with the GB ? WTB&TS ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  backward masking of cd`s / vinyl records etc opening up to demon influence way back in the 60`s-80`s do they still talk about this ?

  and how about dvd`s is that the new scare ?

  of demon influence /control over you ?.

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  There was a family in the congregation I grew up in that was obsessed with things possessed by demons and random objects and things having some kind of satanic meaning. They went as far as scrutinizing the buttons in my father's blazer looking for the cause of an accident he got involved in.

  Anyway, hopefully they don't trigger people with schizophrenia anymore by that practice.
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  Sexual Abuse & Jehovah's Witnesses - One Man's Story - Special Podcast Coming Soon

  by dubstepped in

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  Looking forward to it.
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  Which is better minimum wage or minimum income?

  by hoser in

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  we were having this discussion in the office the other day and we came to the conclusion minimum wage is better because it still adds to the economy vs minimum income which someone could potentially stay at home and do nothing and still get paid without producing a thing for the greater economy.. thoughts?.

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  Which is better minimum wage or minimum income?
  

  If you are a poor financial planner, an overspender or have poor spending/attitude towards money, neither.
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  Are Anointed Female JW`s To Grow Beards In Heaven ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  ok i have been out for over 25 years however i was active for 33 years and every picture /illustration of the 144,000 in wt publications i ever saw always showed the anointed/144000 with jesus on the throne apparently all male with beards.. not one woman was ever depicted in their drawings/illustrations that i ever saw of those sharing kingly rule with christ jesus not one.. and the saying is : 'a picture speaks more than a thousand words".

  i can hear a jw apologist saying now [ their is no gender in heaven neither male or female ] well if that is the case why are everybody illustrated wearing a beard clearly a sign of being of the male gender.?.

  in the wt illustrations/pictures of angels they are not shown as having beards giving the impression they are neither male or female .however not with those taken to heaven to rule with christ the anointed.. maybe the governing body of jehovah`s witnesses are showing their true feelings about women who claim to be of the anointed .. that the g.b.

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  Maybe they want to look less creepy.
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  Jehovah's Witness dreams

  by truthseeker in

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  i'm pretty certain i'm not the only one here who experiences this.. i occasionally have jw dreams.

  the most recent one was me giving a talk in my home congregation.

  all i had on was my trousers (pants), socks and shoes.

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  No dreams, and like it that way.
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  Sister may have had a slight heart attack, do I text her?

  by Xanthippe in

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  so my cousin phoned and told me my jw sister was taken to hospital with chest pains and it may have been a slight heart attack or possibly she's starting with angina.

  now as some of you know my sisters and brother have had little to do with me for 29 years.

  we've met at funerals, or arranged them, but i just thought today what if she did die?

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  Sister may have had a slight heart attack, do I text her?
  

  The first think that came to mind was "would she text you if it was the other way around?" However, regardless of how it would be if it was you the one who could use some comfort, you are your own person with your own set of values and morals.

  I won't advise anything other than do what you feel your own values and morals dictate you to do. What makes you feel like a decent human being is what you should do. Trust your own instincts. Follow your rules of decency.
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  Healing

  by AllTimeJeff in

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  among the many ways that jehovahs witnesses leadership strangle a person is primarily through the taking of your identity.

  for cults and high control groups, of course this is how it's done.

  but once you leave, finding out who you really are, and living a life of authenticity is usually quite challenging.. i have learned since my exit in 2006 that it is healthy to learn about who you are.

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  scratchme1010

  Thank you for sharing this. Those are great thoughts. I agree 100% on what you posted. Many groups control others by going as far as they can to make people not trust themselves, or to think that anything that comes from their own gut feeling is wrong.

  That is great information, and I think it's helpful to many others.