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  Did you think Dinosaurs were destroyed in the Flood?

  by LoisLane looking for Superman in

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  in our jw bible, they placed a friendly dinosaur on the inside front cover on the old time map of the middle east.. you look at that, and see where the placement to where the garden of eden is and that was the image i got in my mind.

  dinosaurs lived, but were too big to save in the flood, and besides they had outlived their purpose of fertilizing the earth.

  i feel stupid for the thinking i had when i was 'in'.. is that how you 'thought' when you were 'in'?.

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  Did I believe dinosaurs destroyed in flood. Embarrased to say yes I did. Daughter and granddaughter explained that it coudn't have happened the way JWs taught. Oh to be colleged educated.
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  My Story

  by Brother Mike in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my story is long, heart stopping, tragic, and puzzling.

  since i posted what was said to be my last post, i received a private message which sparked my attention about the watchtower.

  immediately i did research, and have found not only proof from outside sources, but the watchtower openly admitting it.

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  Brother Mike Sorry you have had such a tough time. First take time for yourself and allow your self time to grieve for your dad. If you need time alone take it. Bro Mike you need to also grieve for your new knowledge of the WTBTS. I left JWs 20 years ago but it was simply I waa not cutting ties with my df'd son. One year ago I stumbled across JWN since I have found so much Unknown info on the org. I have gone thru many emotions from anger, grief, and I'm starting to be more confortable with my new knowledge. Now you lost a friend. You must now take care of Mike. Best wishes and do take care of yourself. Love Gma
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  stepmom died 2 weeks ago

  by love2Bworldly in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just thought i would share with everyone how my jw sister treats our family.

  my stepmother passed away 2 weeks ago, and had been in and out of the hospital.

  so my brother told my jw sister, and she came running to town (5 hour drive) and they didn't call me but did call my oldest sister who then called me.. the jw sister took what items she wanted and left town.

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  Sorry for your loss. Many families show their greed during a death it doesn't really make a difference if they are JW or not. The one thing JWs often do as they don't feel the need to share the news of a death with non JW family members.
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  My friend's Mom apologized to her kids for teaching them lies!

  by Hortenzie in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  she has been a witness most of her life.

  her three kids were brought up as jw in a communist country and the whole family suffered reprisals from the regime for being in the org.

  (father was well know elder).

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  Hortenzie Thank You for your post. I appreciate hearing of your friend apoligizing to her children. I also tried apologizing to my children for raising them JWs a few months ago.

  Both of my children said I didn't need to apologize as I raised them the only way I knew as I was a born in and now we are all out and living as normal of a life as we are able as westill try to keep some contact with a few still JW family.
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  My brother died yesterday

  by satinka in

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  2. friends

  "albert" was 55 years old, and the fifth-born of seven children.

  i am the second oldest and babysat him often while he was growing up --- and while i was still at home.. yesterday, albert was out taking his usual morning stroll around his small town, when he collapsed on the sidewalk.

  the doctors said it was a heart attack.

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  Sorry for your loss. It makes us fell empty when we lose our brothers.
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  The effects of shunning on The View

  by Rebecca 619 in

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  2. beliefs

  sheri sheppard spoke about this as a ex jw how it affects a person to be dfd,you feel like you loose your identity, its very difficult, i see my son struggling, i wish this practice can be done away with,so hurtful for everyone..

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  Rebecca, I've had you and your son on my mind. My son and your son should never been df'd and shunned for something they were born with. They have so much they could contribute to the congregations. My other thought are they afraid gay young men will convert the members of the congregation to all being gay. It would never happen.
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  15 People free from the Watchtower because of YouTube videos

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in just a few months.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbnazyb3j1a.

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  Very nice reasonable video. Eric and John you are doing a great job.
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  What are they calling the new territory now?

  by JWOP in

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  there is field service territory, letter writing territory, and telephone territory.

  but what do they title it when they are setting up their kiosks and tables in the public squares?.

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  My sister refers to it as the trolly carts.
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  True Stories from the Tower - Part 1 "From Anointed to Pedophile to Bethelite"

  by BluePill2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  before i dive into the actual write-up of this experience, let me put some things straight.. i have thought long and hard if i should write more about my experiences during the 10+ years at different branches.

  during these years i worked from financial department, service department, home office and different it assignments.

  as you can imagine one sees and hears and reads a lot of stuff going through different stations in different countries.

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  Thank you your first story backs up rumours I've heard for the past 50 years. Many of my older sisters friends would go to Bethel in New York and I overheard the talk. It was one of the first things I googled last year when I started searching. I googled ex-bethelites I started reading story after story. It is time for the truth comes out.
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  Were you a meeter and greeter or a background observer?

  by likeabird in

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  2. friends

  i've noticed how on newbie threads everyone jumps in to say hello, even other newbies.. it got me wondering.. when you were in, were you the type to greet all the newcomers and visiting bros and siss, or would you stay in the background and wait a few meetings to manage to go over to say hello?.

  i'm not particularly anti-social, but as a foreigner, meeting new people meant they felt they had the right to interrogate me on my life story in the first five minutes of the acquaintance just because they could see i wasn't one of them.

  being assigned to preach with a newcomer was torturous and i would shut my eyes waiting for the interrogation to start.. so anyway, that's what made me fall into the latter group.

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  I was an observer even with those who I knew throughout my childhood.