Posts by magotan

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"What IS True Love?" Watchtower Propaganda Review/Commentary

by WatchtowerReviewz in

my latest review for watchtower's most recent feature length propaganda film.

(not safe if sober.).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn6lxfw_qp8.

magotan

It's not even the fact that he's a freelance author - but it's the content of what he's written.

I wonder if we have someone either "awake" or about to "wake up".

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Any ExJw Millenials here? If not which Gen do you fall under?

by Hidethevelociraptors in

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if anyone had to guess, what do you think the average age of the community actually is?.

are more millennials actually waking up or is it pretty even amongst previous generations as well?

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my worst fears were realized

by magotan in

im on my phone, so im really limited.

i came out to my family about my doubts and my sexuality.

shit hit the fan.

Hi everybody! I still exist, and I'm still in college! Parental relationship is pretty much nil, and basically all of my relatives and old friends blocked me on social media despite me never having reached out to them.

my Brother now has two kids, neither of which I've met, and another brother married one of my old friends. I wasn't told about or invited to the wedding.

My mother had gastric bypass, yet again, no one told me anything, and overall they pretend that I don't exist.

I hope everyone is well! I'm approaching my three year anniversary of leaving the witnesses!

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A conversation with my dad

by magotan in

i talked to my dad today, after i text him when i was angry after a night out.

i'm starting to get closure on my parents relationship with regards to me.the dynamic between them versus me is abusive.

my dad didn't think i had any reason to be bitter.he said i chose to leave "jehovahs people" and this is what i should expect as treatment.

magotan

It's odd how they really think I believe the same way they do now. He asked how I felt "with the political things of this world, does it have hope?" And I said I'm here to do the best I can with the life I have now - and this was a foreign concept to him. He thought it was unthinkable.

for the record, I'm 22, and I came out of the closet at 19 - where I was promptly asked to leave my house and I was sort of forced into disassociating. According to them, this is a choice. I was initially homeless and nowhere to go - according to them I chose this.

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A conversation with my dad

by magotan in

i talked to my dad today, after i text him when i was angry after a night out.

i'm starting to get closure on my parents relationship with regards to me.the dynamic between them versus me is abusive.

my dad didn't think i had any reason to be bitter.he said i chose to leave "jehovahs people" and this is what i should expect as treatment.

magotan

I think he's tired. He's called me last year out of the blue just to see how I was doing.

he sounds more scared and frustrated rather than self righteous.

he'll be 63, and he's been a JW for 38 years now.

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A conversation with my dad

by magotan in

i talked to my dad today, after i text him when i was angry after a night out.

i'm starting to get closure on my parents relationship with regards to me.the dynamic between them versus me is abusive.

my dad didn't think i had any reason to be bitter.he said i chose to leave "jehovahs people" and this is what i should expect as treatment.

magotan

I talked to my dad today, after I text him when I was angry after a night out. I'm starting to get closure on my parents relationship with regards to me.
The dynamic between them versus me is abusive.
My dad didn't think I had any reason to be bitter.
He said I CHOSE to leave "Jehovahs People" and this is what I should expect as treatment. "What did you expect?"
I was told that how I live my life affects others, and I hurt everyone when I did this (I replied with a sarcastic 'congratulations'). I hurt THEIR feelings.
He said that shunning is not abuse, no matter how I may feel or what it looks like to me (wow)
He didn't understand how they could have been abusive at all to lead me to this path, and there was no possible way this could be their or JW ideals fault
I was fairly calm, and I didn't mince or censor words in my conversation, and he sounded more desperate than self-righteous. His hope for the "new world" clearly brings him comfort, and I don't wish to take that from him.
What is telling though; I flat out asked him
"How do you explain to other people that you're shunning your child and pretending he doesn't exist?"
And he hemmed, hawed, and deflected and asked me "what I believe in now?" Which lead to his criticism of my agnosticism.
He had no answer.

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For the Supporters of Those Who Love Jehovah

by lovesjehovah in

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i am jehovah's witness, despite some of the questionable teachings, crimes, and other outlandish behaviors of specific people affiliated with the religion.

i know that my relationship with jehovah is not influenced by any outside factors.

i do not condone any crime.

magotan

You've got a really flimsy and shallow knowledge of JW culture or beliefs (and the bible itself) which when mixed with genteel self-righteousness is a comboniation that generally all of us here at the forum hates.

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For the Supporters of Those Who Love Jehovah

by lovesjehovah in

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friends

i am jehovah's witness, despite some of the questionable teachings, crimes, and other outlandish behaviors of specific people affiliated with the religion.

i know that my relationship with jehovah is not influenced by any outside factors.

i do not condone any crime.

magotan

I hope you get the mental help you need.

or, stop trolling

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Looking for a certain image

by magotan in

hey, i'm looking for a certain image.

it's one of the more dopey series of images from about five years ago.

about a "sister" who goes off the rails and she gets counseled and she's dressing all "immodestly" which is really just a streak of color in her hair.

magotan

Yes! Thanks so much!

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What is the monthly stipend that the bethelites receive every month?

by StephaneLaliberte in

what is the monthly stipend that the bethelites receive every month?

does any one has an actual number?

magotan

It's like $45. It's insulting and does absolutely nothing for such an expensive city like nyc

Bethelites finance themselves from either savings, or parents/friends sending them money from home. Or they do work under the table. (Rare)