She puts up with 35 years of all other kinds of nonsense and this is what she finds wrong! 35 years later! I wonder if she's a compulsive gambler and owes money to loan sharks or something. That's the only way her actions make sense.
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And the jackals move in
by stillin ina woman whom i knew as a teenager stayed over at another witness family's home.
the brother who was the father was caught peeking at her while she was taking a shower.
she told the elders, a jc was held, the brother was repentant and had loss of privileges for a year.
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How the Revised, Revised NWT COULD Look Online....
by The Searcher inthere must be an abundance of scriptures just waiting to be reworded by the magnificent seven in brooklyn.
here are a few i'd offer.
i'd love to hear suggestions for other "revisions" by my fellow contributors here.. (psalm 110:4) "jehovah has sworn an oath, and he will not change his mind: "you are a priest forever in the manner of melchizedek, but you will be joined by another 144,000 melchizedek-type king/priests.
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Screw all that! Who effing cares! (Scratchme1010 1:1)
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Dear beloved, Does your heart feel for the motherless?
by Colinconfused ingreetings to you and your family.
i am mrs. amadou gloria, a widow to late mr. greg amadou; i am 56 years old, suffering from pancreatic cancer, my condition is really bad and it is quite obvious that i will not live for a very long time according to my doctors but i strongly believe in god and not the doctors and if it is the will of god that i will die, then so shall it be.nevertheless i am willing to donate the sum of 1,700.000.00 us dollars for you to help widows and the less privileged in the rural and urban areas and to carry out charity works, my promise to god almighty is to help the poor people and i hope you have the kind of heart and ability to help others that is of needs, if so please do not hesitate to indicate to me, your interest.
i wait to see your response, write me for more discussion [email protected] my regards, madam gloria.
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What happens if everyone you care about suddenly wake up?
by StarTrekAngel ini've been at this quest for a good part of two years.
i've experienced every negative feeling a human body and mind can experience.
i have, at times, become consumed.
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Interesting post, very interesting questions.
That got me thinking... what would you do, if suddenly, in a short span of time, all the people you care about wake up from this cult. You may spend some time healing by sharing with each other what the journey felt like but eventually it will be over.
It's family, there will be an entire life to share. I definitely don't need preaching nor any of the JW activities to feel close to my family. Making up for lost time can be great. What would we do is the least of my concerns. There's an entire life there to live and explore.
Sure I agree that the best revenge is living a happy life but I am not talking about revenge. I am talking about coming to the sudden realization that you no longer have a fight. Something that you did for so long that it became a habit, a way of life.
Talking about my own experiences, the "after the fight", no longer feeling angry or reactive to my JW upbringing has been the best part of my life. Once I discovered that life is nothing like what I was taught, that it's not about preparing for some future destruction, nor that there's no need to be in survival mode all the time, I have been great. I have pursued many of my passions, formed my own family, have a career, wonderful friends and family of choice.
Where at times you have lost the real sense of purpose and you were just looking for the next WT fiasco to analyze with no real idea as to how that would help your goal.
Some have resorted to doing charity. That seems like an idea. I just wonder how you can take in anything that involves a "cause" without the fear that you are going into the next Watchtower.
The charity work I have done, I did after I took care of myself, at a point where I felt that I was doing that out of the kindness of my heart, NOT as a substitute for my JW life. My purpose in life has nothing to do with my contributions I've made to make this a better world.
Has anyone asked themselves the same question?
Not me personally. When I walked away from the JWs, I was very clear that I needed to do a lot of work on myself. I was born in, so I needed to get to know me first before making any decisions around life purpose or anything like that, Those things were not priority. I learned self love, learned who I am, and I accepted myself and felt comfortable in my skin before thinking about doing anything for anyone else.
I feel fortunate for having that clarity as I left. Part of the trauma and the negative influence from the WT is making people feel like having a "purpose" and having "a place to go" should be the most important thing for people to do, where the reality is that none of those things matter if there's no love for the self first. I din't buy into any of that nonsense. I matter, my well being matters more than looking for any purpose or whatever I decide to do that doesn't help me and my needs first.
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2016 RC & my family
by BeautifulMind ini hope you are all well.
i haven't posted in a little while.
i've just been adjusting and enjoying my new life outside of the org.
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...geeze they have to know everything!
Thank you for sharing this story, not really a new thing, but it certainly shows their messed up way of thinking.
What I quoted from you was what really stood up for me, that disgusting attitude of intruding in people's lives and decisions and feeling entitled to it.
Anyway, welcome to "the world", oh wait, you were always part of it, even when you believed otherwise
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Lying In Wait At a Bed & Breakfast
by Cold Steel ina few years ago while traveling in the northeast, my wife and i stopped in new haven, connecticut, at a b&b we'd reserved for the night.
no sooner had we unpacked and moved into the living room for tea and treats, our hosts began to talk about religion, and we learned they were jehovah's witnesses.
i didn't mind so much, but my wife was outraged that our hosts would use their place of business as a launching point to do missionary work.
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Apparently this is considered okay and a great way to spread the word. But what would YOU have done? We were kind of stuck. My wife wanted to read in one of the living rooms but durst not go alone. I finally just asked our hosts to desist in religious discussion and they did, but we were surprised that they would use their B&B to fulfill their weekly stats.
Trip advisor, yelp, hotels dot com, air b and b, pretty much every single travel and hospitality website that I can find, I'd give them the worst possible review. Also I'd put a complain at the BBB.
Once you let them know that their preaching is not welcome, it becomes harassment. You are not a visiting friend, you are a paying customer and it is their duty to treat you like guests as any business in the hospitality industry should.
Their reputation for using their business to proselytize should be known.
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I won't be here for awhile
by Quarterback innot too sure how long it will be, but i think that i will not be in a position to look at this site.. i met some cool friends on here.
i enjoyed having the speedy access to the private correspondence before the elders.
thanks atlantis, and all those that have had a share in this.
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Good luck (I feel so good saying this!). You know where to find us!
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Do you remember this WT calendar art?
by compound complex inthese are of early '70s vintage, i recall.
my job was to sort through thousands of these and be sure they were not "off register.".
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I remember all those. Does anyone remember the JW bible that had dinosaurs drawn in the map?
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Barnet Kingdom Hall in the UK is a Pokemon Go Stop
by usualusername1 ini have no ideas what to make of that.discuss.uun.
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Simple, KHs are located in planet earth, in a country, in a locality, in an actual geographic location. In other words, the KH is as part of the world as the rest of it.
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Looks like JW is the way to go !!
by ShirleyW inon the local nyc 6pm news a reporter interviewed a guy behind bars for burglary to ask him how they scope out the people/house they hit, this guy just said he even put on a tie and pretended he was a jw while scoping out the place to see what their schedule is, to see if anyone is at home.. have to say smart move on the burglars part, but of course not a smart move at all to break in and take other folks property.
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Not the first time I heard of a burglar posing as a JW to gain information or actual entrance to people's homes. I don't blame the JWs for that one, though. I don't think they are responsible for that one thing that is created by outsiders. OK, I do know of an actual member of a congregation who did go house to house preaching and later would commit burglaries in the same homes.