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  JW's are slaves- but not in a good way

  by joey jojo in

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  i was reading about the american slave trade again recently.

  as anyone who has read anything about the subject knows, it makes for very uncomfortable reading.

  every time i read the history, i'm left with a sense of outrage and seething anger at the pure inhumanity and injustice of what life must have been like for those people.

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  JW's are slaves- but not in a good way
  

  First time I hear that there's a good way of being a slave.
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  Do you miss that initial "high" ??

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  do you remember the first time you found out "the truth about the truth"?.

  yes, it was confronting, shocking and life altering.

  yes it was hard to deal with.. but, along with that, many have said that they experienced a sense of thrill, euphoria, or joy when realising the facts about the religion that held us captive mentally and physically for so long.. it was liberating to learn some of the controversial teachings etc.

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  Do you remember the first time you found out "the truth about the Truth"?
  

  No, as that's not how it went with me. I never liked being a JW. That organization was shoved down my throat since the say I was born. There was a time when I was 17, when I decided to take the Jehovah crap seriously and give it a try, only to find myself in a severe depression. Plus I hated every other JW around me, and the feeling seemed mutual, judging by their actions. So I didn't have any realization. It was survival.

  Ever wish you could ride that journey again?
  

  Fuck no!
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  Anti-JW movie on Netflix?

  by Ray Frankz in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm watching the new netflix movie "come sunday".

  it's one more film about a person who has turning point in life that demands the person to reevaluate his own faith and belief system.

  in this case, the man is a petencostal bishop that gets very famous and has a big church preaching about salvation to heaven and punishment in hell.

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  ...is it possible one day we see a big $ production based maybe on CoC of Ray Franz?

  Maybe, but I don't think that it's by merit of the relevant of the WT. Depends on the company who buys the story. It's about business, not relevance.
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  You Know You're Starting To Wake Up When...

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  you start listening to music deemed "unsuitable for christians".

  you pretend to knock on the doors.

  you explain a jw teaching to someone and realize how ridiculous it sounds.

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  1. You start making friends outside the congregation

  2. You start dating people outside the congregation

  3. You start feeling normal and happy for doing 1 and 2

  4. You no longer feel bad for feeling good by doing 1, 2 and 3
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  Need some encouragemant

  by LogansRun in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  its been awhile since i've commented but i come by and read your posts about once a week.

  so why do i need a pep talk ?

  after almost 2 years into my fade these bastards won't give it a rest constant hang ups on my answering machine and today for the first time in about 6 months they come to my apartment complex but thankfully couldn't get in they did keep buzzing me so they were here looking for me.

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  After almost 2 years into my fade these bastards won't give it a rest constant hang ups on my answering machine and today for the first time in about 6 months they come to my apartment complex but thankfully couldn't get in they did keep buzzing me so they were here looking for me.
  

  Hello. Not sure if I can give you a pep talk, but I do feel the duty (?) to tell you is not just disappearing from them. They are not going to just let you leave quietly. It's a cult and as such, they always want to have the last word and the last saying, and if not, they are not just going to let you leave in a graceful manner.

  Part of fading involves preparing for this type of unsavory, obnoxious situations where you will have to set boundaries with them, but you are in a place where you have strength and/or support (or whatever else you need) to be able to send them to hell if you need to, sue them if you can/want, or whatever interaction you need to have in order for them to respect your wishes of not being involved with them.

  If it's in your best interest to play their game, I don't see why not. However, there will be other family reunions and other events where you will finally have to face the fact that they will know.

  Prepare for that event, when you will have to come clean to your family. Don't disappear and then have to deal with situations like this. Fading is NOT just disappearing.
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  Jehovah Misses Me

  by Phoebe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  made the mistake of opening the front door today...i was expecting someone to service our central heating...oh dear, it was a sister instead :(.

  she tells me jehovah misses me.

  it seems god only sees me if i go to the meetings.

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  I am here...on the earth...still praying and still believing in God...but because I don't turn up at a hall twice a week, God doesn't see me. It's only now that I am out I see how utterly absurd some of the things they say are.
  

  I think that that's what really matters, your own spirituality and your own relationship with your God. No one is authorized to mess and intervene with that without your permission.

  The rest is just more of their own nonsense.
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  I received a "Come Back to Jehovah" letter

  by TTATT_Paladin in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as a ttatt paladin, this was actually a declaration of war.

  but, i will let the guy slide this time!.

  anyway, i read the first part of it, but for selfish reasons.

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  I never left the Jehovah that I know, I left the Jehovah I was fooled by JWs about.
  

  That's amazing that you have such clarity. Hopefully they don't get pushier so you need to get the police involved. Chances are that they can't care less about you or your well being; they just want to have the last word.
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  Let's talk business ...

  by dubstepped in

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  2. friends

  i am thinking that this could be an interesting topic.

  most of us never had a chance to go to college, many of us were involved in various service industries like cleaning and such, and we have had some limitations placed on us.

  so i thought it might be interested to see what has worked for people, what hasn't, what the progression has been, where people went wrong and where they got it right.

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  dubstepped:

  Oh, and what's your current line of work that you're getting a Master's to help advance?
  

  My current work is in the medical industry (those who know me will be opening their eyes!). No, I'm not clinical staff, I'm in the Administration Areas of one of the top 3 Schools of Medicine in USA. We're opening a brand new hospital in NYC, with all the bells and whistles and the latest technologies, including robots to carry medication and sheets for patients.

  My current Masters is in Media for Education. Finally decided to legitimize education and training as part of my career(s), as ever since I had my first job I've always had to teach something or train somebody on something.

  Honestly, to this day I have never been able to take one path in my career; it's always been Education, Technology and some kind of social/community work. All three have always gone hand-by-hand, every job I've had has always had element of the three.
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  Ignore my post about the Adultry

  by Addison0998 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hey guys, please ignore the post about rules about forgiving a cheating spouse, for some weird reason, it keeps reposting it, and i don’t know how to delete it or even if you can.

  and i didn’t mean to offend anyone with it.

  i’ve forgiven someone who has cheated on me, but choose not to stay with them.

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  I’ve forgiven someone who has cheated on me, but choose not to stay with them. Everyone is different.
  

  Good. I mean, not good that you were cheated on.
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  Refusing to Report time in field ministry

  by Whynot in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what do you think would happen if i verbally refuse to report my time?

  it's been several months since i turned in my time and i think the elder got tired of asking me lol.

  frankly, i think it's stupid that jws are required to do this.

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  What do you think would happen if I verbally refuse to report my time?
  

  I know! I know! I know! You will... verbally refuse to report your time!