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  This weeks #2 & #3 talk on homosexuality

  by granada35 in

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  2. friends

  after a one year sucessful fade and no longer associated with any congreation, i was visiting my sister this week (who goes to the meeting to please her husband for now; i am slowly planting seeds though) and they decided to year this weeks midweek meeting via the telephone.

  since i was a guest in her house, i sat with them in the living room to hear the meeting.

  to my surprise (especially growing up as a gay jw with still alot of anger in my heart over how i was treated), the talks 2 and 3 where on, of course, homosexualiy.

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  Again, sorry I was ever a part of this ridiculous, hateful, family-destroying organization.
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  Question for those converted to JW as adults

  by DaleRivers in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  why did you become a jw, what particular teachings attracted you to 'the truth' ?.

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  in my case (baptized at 20/21) it was the only religion i knew; my mom, her mom, and favorite sister were jw; and the teachings of no hellfire or immortal soul made sense to me.. .

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  Dale, not so fast about those with college degrees. I've always been a weird mix of emotional and logical, yet felt somehow "less-than" because I never could understand the bible. My older sister was a JW and always seems to have it all together, so she made the religion appear both attractive and legitimate. I had no use for the religion until I had children...lived thousands of miles from family, had no guidance but saw the blatant hypocrisy in the various mainstream religious families who lived around me. Comparing them to the jws, the jws actually looked less hypocritical (because I didn't know all the dirt back then).

  Sadly, I ended up getting baptized and raising my kids in the "religion". One had the smarts to get out after a really bad marriage to an elder's son. The other is a diehard dub. Sigh....

  Oh, and my sister told me repeatedly that my babies would die at armageddon if I wasn't baptized....THAT was the real catalyst.

  Looking back, it's hard to believe I fell for it, but I adored my big sis and the love-bombing made me feel like part of a big family, which I desparately needed as a single mom.

  The cultic tactics work on emotions, for sure.
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  Will JW rape victims die at Armageddon as apostates?

  by Zoos in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  many jw victims flee the "truth" after elders have raped them and covered it up.

  doctrines aside, there would be no reason for one of these young victims to conclude the watchtower environment is god's arrangement on earth.. does the organization acknowledge this irreparable damage or will it write these victims off as apostates, slated for death at armageddon if they choose to get the hell out?.

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  I'm gonna go with (a) there will be no Armageddon, and (b) if there truly is a loving god, he/she would never punish a victim.

  As Flipper sez, Peace out.
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  SPANISH KINGDOM HALLS BEING SOLD-OFF?

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  according to the letter (link below) out of 705 kingdom halls in spain, 295 are being disposed of.. if someone can translate german/spanish, it would throw some light on the specifics.. http://www.bruderinfo-aktuell.de/index.php/brief-zum-koenigreichssaalbauprogramm-in-spanien/#more-948.

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  JWFacts is right, of course. Rented halls were just a cash drain, so let's build brand new halls which the WTS owns (thanks to all the volunteered labor). The real estate portfolio of the bOrg keeps on increasing, while the pockets of the bOrgians keep on getting emptied.

  Ought to be a law against it...
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  University Application Personal Statement dilemma - Should I mention my jw past?

  by will-be-apostate in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am applying to chemical engineering course in the uk through ucas (a lot of things changed since i've posted last time).. i have a lot of skills i developed while regular pioneering, like public speaking skills, ability to reason (even if it's bs), presentational skills etc.. i feel it would boost my personal statement a lot, but i'm also afraid they would say "this guy beleives in god, and loves science, he must be creationist.

  away with him".. how could i mention that i gave interviews front of thousands of people and did voluntary work in my hometown without giving a bad impression?.

  i don't want to go into details and start explaining myself that "however i don't beleive in god", or something like that.

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  I already had my degree, and decades of solid work experience, but in my resume I listed 20 years of public speaking experience, volunteer work in the community, etc. Never, ever mentioned that it was church-related as that will awaken any bias someone may hold.

  Just put your skills in general "volunteering" terms...I was never questioned and sailed through every job interview after leaving the cult, receiving job offers without having to fight for them.
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  The EBOLA conspiracy...

  by gopher123 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey guys.

  there has been a ton of illuminati hollywood mind control pre-programming about this virus outbreak before it actually happened.

  conspiracy people of the world... unite.. .

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  cultBgone

  Gopher, your name-calling doesn't add to your credibility....just sayin....
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  The EBOLA conspiracy...

  by gopher123 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey guys.

  there has been a ton of illuminati hollywood mind control pre-programming about this virus outbreak before it actually happened.

  conspiracy people of the world... unite.. .

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  Remember that we all know the WTS uses LABELS to push people apart and prevent rational thought.

  Having this history may explain why various posters take sides and label each other as if there is only ONE RIGHT SIDE to everything.

  Can we please learn from our history and stop insinuating that someone with whom you happen to disagree is wrong, stupid, or paranoid?

  Allowing others to have freedom of speech even when you disagree helps us all to gain perspective and knowledge.

  Just sayin...
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  MIRROR UK Article: JWs sex abuse scandal: Church accused of cover-up to protect rapists and paedophiles

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/jehovahs-witnesses-sex-abuse-scandal-4422943#ixzz3fwm1uttl.

  jehovah's witnesses sex abuse scandal: church accused of cover-up to protect rapists and paedophiles oct 11, 2014 21:11. .

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  Thank you, Barbara.
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  Turns out it was true - "the truth" was the only reason my marriage lasted so long

  by Shattered Reality in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i haven't really been on here in like, a year.

  my stbx introduced me to this site and then a whole buch of life happened and i just sort of never had time for forums.

  but here i am at 3am, another sleepless night, and i feel like i am simply lost.

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  Move on as fast as you can...he is just a bad habit and you don't deserve to live with such a lowlife.
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  Article in Lansing, NY Paper: Local Farmers Concerned About Kingdom Farm Sale

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.lansingstar.com/news-page/11090-local-farmers-concerned-about-kingdom-farm-sale.

  but the soil is not that good.

  "this town has the best soil of all the towns in the county," said roth.

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  Follow the GREED....nothing religious about this "religion". It's all about money money money.