And now she has seen the TTATT and is with you hand in hand ! Congrats to you both !
ZAPPA-ESQUE
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Walking a thin line - Resigning Elder
by Sanchy inwarning of a long boring post ahead.
i feel like i need to vent my story out, as i feel quite helpless at the moment.. i'm 31 year old, married, father of toddler with another one on the way, due later this month.
i've been serving as elder for about 4 years now in a south florida congregation.
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How My Husband Helped Me See TTATT
by corruptgirl ini wanted to write my experience on how my husband helped me see the ttatt (the truth about the truth).
first, let me mention that he wrote his own experience a couple months ago under the name sanchy.
for his story please click here….. http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5148261828526080/walking-thin-line-resigning-elder
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ZAPPA-ESQUE
A ditto almost to the T of our own experience -
I truly feel for those here who are not yet joined by their spouses / partners.
Now go and enjoy a REAL life !
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LexIsFree- Your post has made my day - Candid and humble - Thank you so much!
Your relating how your non-JW family have "taken you into their lives" without conditions just shows how contrived and complicated JW lives are ! So sad really !
All the best to you and you lady + the kids !
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Commercial activism.
by Ben131895 inin his last couple of vlogs, john cedars is wearing a t-shirt saying shunned.
some people liked it and asked him if they could purchase one.. in his last vlog (#111) he is advertising it and mentioned the link www.apostee.com, based in the us.
comments attached to vlog # 110 mentioned the fact that this company will close in april and that the business will be continued by cedars itself, who has also a stock of anti-witness items.. besides that, he was not the owner of jwsurvey.org, but since january 16, 2016 he is.. it looks (as mentioned before by simon in an earlier thread), this guy is making a living from his activism, a paid career.. one should seriously question his true motives, demonstrated in his activism.
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ZAPPA-ESQUE
The impression I got from your posting this topic is some kind of bitterness ....as if as an apostate he is now expected to tow a certain party line - which puts you in danger of spawning the next cult - tall Poppy etc etc .However that is probably not what you really intended - its just the impression I got.
He has not sworn a vow of poverty and if he gets a $ for his efforts that's his trip -
We ARE ALL IMPERFECT - he carries the accountability for his own life - Lets move on man !
WT is a commercial organisation too and many are creaming it selling WT paraphernalia including dating sites Accommodation for Bethel pilgrimages and bus-tours etc - There is no evil in that either.
Don't be offended !
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Attended memorial last night
by StarTrekAngel inso since i have not been to any meetings in like 2 months because of health issues, i had to decide what to do about the memorial.
my health has improved quite a bit and i feel much better than i did 2 months ago.
i could still have used the "not feeling well" card and stay home.
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ZAPPA-ESQUE
STA - Sorry to have to prick the bubble but we [elders] were instructed to do the Doorman thing on Memorial night - make sure we welcome all warmly especially the "submarines" and ensure that we get names of new faces with a view to the post-M follow-up etc So its not spontaneous although generally on M night everyone is kinda more "spirit-filled" and all smiles and huggy huggy back-slappy clappy clappy ............With the hindsight of being out [3 x Memorials now] its all a load of shite / -
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TheNew World Society in Action....
by Lostandfound inback in the early 60s the phrase .
"the new world society..." was used a lot to promote assemblies and even congregations.
of course no new world has come but that saying appears to have been quietly buried along with any hope of a new world..
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It was abandoned because it sounded too......................Illuminati-ish or Freemasonary-ish ?? I remember being told at an elders school to stop using it. Replace with The Paradise etc -
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Insufferable Presumption
by PaintedToeNail intoday, sunday, my son and i returned from a real estate investor meeting that we attend once a month with other active investors.
we discussed our latest projects, financing needs, advertising and so on.
we meet at 11:00 and don't usually get done before 2:00 pm and today was no different.
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PTN PaintedToeNail - we were also assumed to be very unhappy and miserable since we left [saw this on a JW family members SMS to another family member !] - The very opposite is the reality ! Of course now that they have seen that our lives are so busy and full they are more miserable than ever !
That brochure is very condescending.
BTW we did NOT get the official visit and invite to "come back" ....to Jehovah [which is another presumption ..."why did you leave Jehovah? " ..........this is how it is stated !]
My stock answer now is: "Listen ..if you can logically explain the Overlapping Generations teaching from the scriptures ...I may rethink things ! " ........[like hell I will ] but they NEVER respond to that challenge - they cant and its so sad ! I too was there once.
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Do you know what Rahab looked like?
by ttdtt inhello friends - here is a new area in the kids section of the jw website - learn how to draw rahab.. 1st - she was a prostitute of jericho.
could there be other characters to talk about with our kids?.
2nd - it says "learn how to draw rahab".
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DJS........the discussion is Rahab ...not Rehab ! [lol]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seJBy2ZZ3vo&feature=player_detailpage#t=25
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if you had the slightest of doubt about leaving leaving the watchtower org. go to to jwsurvey.org NOW!
by nowwhat? inand we are suposed to trust these guys with our lives?
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ZAPPA-ESQUE
I have just done a mass - mail out of this well written expose' to all Dubs [all in ] on my mailing list - which includes Bethelites -
Next step are the Newspapers - Maybe, just maybe a journo will bite and run with an article on it !
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JW Child Abuse Documentary
by cappytan inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulswb2avxvc.
let's set aside our differences for the moment and appreciate this excellent documentary cedars put together that should prove to be an invaluable tool in helping to expose the child abuse issues in the organization.. i was humbled to be able to help with this project on such an important subject, though my part in it was insignificant..
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ZAPPA-ESQUE
Great work this !