Pyramid Scheme

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  I found this paragraph in the Watchtower study to be so ridiculous and offensive......

  by Pyramid Scheme in

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  usually i read through the study article for the week to see if there are good points of discussion with my family.. when i read this paragraph, i nearly fell off my chair.

  this is complete and utter garbage.

  i have had discussions with my wife and other family members who also agreed it was complete rubbish.

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  Do you have friends/family still in the organization waiting for a big "cleansing" to occur?

  by Pyramid Scheme in

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  i have had some great conversations with friends and family lately who are still in the organization.. when i explain my feelings and beliefs, and discuss a number of the scandals surrouding the wt, they agree with me 100% - even expressing some things i didn't expect them to say as far as doctrine and teachings.

  in other words, they can see the obvious problems and want them to change.

  all of them little trust in the leadership, and have expressed disgust with several elders in the congregations they attend.

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  The 2014 Calendar Preview - Tribute to Cedars' thread!

  by Pyramid Scheme in

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  cedars' awesome 2013 calendar thread brought out the juvenile in me!.

  here is a vision of the 2014 calendar, as seen through the eyes of hollywood's best!.

  steven spielburg presents : jaws 5: the spiritual paradise .

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  Has disproving the "Truth" become an obsession for you at times?

  by Pyramid Scheme in

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  i was curious if anyone else has gone through a similar experience.. when i became inactive 4 years ago, i went through a period of not being able to focus on just about anything, other than doing tremendous amounts of research to prove to myself what my beliefs were, and to clearly identify my issues with the jw organization.

  i was mad - and i was on a mission to build the ultimate case against the wt.

  however, having read the fine advice on here, i backed off with my family, since it would have just gotten ugly.. i avoided posting on here for years, and had cut down my research and put it on the back burner.. however, i still felt a need to "witness" to my family and to have an open discussion with my wife.

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  Building New Relationships Outside the JW's

  by Pyramid Scheme in

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  i wanted to share my plans for 2013 and also get some advice from others who have gone through this process.

  i have read several threads dedicated to this topic and was hoping to get some personal experiences.. i have been an inactive jw for 4 years, but my social life and association still heavily revolved around friendships built through my lifetime in the organization.

  i support my wife by associating with a small group of couples from her hall that i still like and don't irritate me.

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  OMG...I missed the whole SPARLOCK craze....

  by Pyramid Scheme in

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  i hadn't been on the board to visit much last year, so i have been going back and poking around through the older threads since i started to post here.

  i was on jwfacts.com, and noticed paul had posted a brief article about the jw video and the evil sparlock the warrior wizard.

  we have no children, and i never got those videos anyway (even when i was still an elder), so when i went back and read all of the old threads, i was crying laughing.

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  Interesting District Convention News.....

  by Pyramid Scheme in

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  i wanted to share some news from a family friend (he is my wt mole - still an elder, hates the shenanigans, but is still hanging on for all the reasons often discussed on this site) i know the various rumors have been discussed on here, and unfortunately the rumor about the conventions being eliminated weren't true!

  (what a burden on the jw community - financial hardship for a good portion of them, guilting people into actually quitting their job to attend, physically exhausting for many, etc...etc......).

  anyway, he told me that the district convention is being moved to 11 weekends at the jw-owned circuit assembly hall, and they are no longer planning on renting stadiums/large facilities in our area (northern ohio/southern michigan).

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  Hi All - Finally Posting Here!

  by Pyramid Scheme in

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  first off, i owe this site a tremendous debt of gratitude.

  i have been an inactive witness for 4 glorious years, and the spark that began my fade out of the organziation was this site and paul's jwfacts.com.

  it opened my eyes to a whole new world of insight, and i discovered that there were so many people out there like me - still a "spiritual" individual, but completely disgusted with the jw organization.

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