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  we haven't heard from 3 members

  by gma-tired2 in

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  i havent read any posts from gojira, newly enlightened, and brother of hawk.

  i hope they are well just know they have been unusually quiet..

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  Gypsy Sam

  I noticed that, too.
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  Off to tell the family...

  by Gypsy Sam in

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  the day i've been waiting for is here.

  i'm flying home to see family and some old friends, most of whom are jw.

  since learning ttatt a few months back, i came to the decision i would have to tell my parents that we are no longer active and don't have any plans to return.

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  Gypsy Sam

  Due to a quick visit I'll be taking somewhat last minute, I will see my family again very soon. I really am not comfortable with them thinking I am in any way active with JW world anymore. Last time I visited, my teenager was with me and there really wasn't a good time to speak freely.

  I have to be true to myself, whatever the outcome. While it seems they may not want to really know where things stand, I am compelled to at least touch on the points here: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/262252/1/This-WT-book-allows-one-raised-as-a-JW-to-do-a-critical-review-of-the-religion-and-elders-cant-go-against-it#.UjW26Xy9KSM

  The child abuse issue was the main reason I started digging and I've tried to bring that up with them, but the cognitive dissonance kicks in. Sigh. They delight in how awful the world is and can't wait for it to end.

  I also want to get the point across that I'm funding private college prep high school for my child, as a single mother. This means I'm very focused on her going to college and will NOT they parents retirement plan, when the system doesn't end. (I'm also headed back to school, which they know).

  My daughter won't be with me on this trip, so I really don't mind if an argument ensues.
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  This WT book allows one raised as a JW to do a critical review of the religion and elders can't go against it.

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i love this gem, it was taken off the jw.org website, it seems only material after 1990 is up now, but it's here, http://www.scribd.com/doc/5472988/the-time-for-true-submission-to-god .

  page 6, "the need to search for the truth".

  says this....and i couldn't agree with it more!

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  Gypsy Sam

  Unbelievable. Precisely what I want to post on my Facebook and email to some family before the December 2013 WT gets read.

  Wow. Reference about your religion primarily dictated by where you were born is exactly what I wanted.

  Thank you!
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  young JW;s on facebook

  by besty in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just trawled a round a few next-gen jw's back in my old neck of the woods up in scotland - kids of my gen really.

  couple of things stood out:.

  1 - some serious fb'ers in there - 800+ friends on one of them.

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  Gypsy Sam

  I think that's why I'm so eager to use my Facebook as a platform to get some thinking points across. I don't have any elders or their spouses on mine, for a reason though. I do have A LOT of single JW's and under age 40. I'm amazed I haven't been unfriended yet, as I post a lot from the knowledge of today site and the critical thinker page. Just trying to plant seeds, lol.

  I hope you hear some good updates and can make a few points. Facebook seems to be a great tool for also showing JW's that faders are happy, productive and using time to pursue volunteer activities that genuinely help others.

  Carpe Diem!
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  Don't Question. Don't Think. Just Obey!

  by Oubliette in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some of the rhetoric in recent wt magazines got me thinking, it would be useful to have a somewhat comprehensive list of quotes showing the wtbts's incessasant control-freakery and their irrational--and apparently growing--paranoia.

  i was thinking it would be good to have a variety of both longer and shorter, older as well as more recent quotes that prove the pattern and history of their manipulative mantra of: don't question.

  just obey!.

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  Gypsy Sam

  This is precisely why I'm trying get some points across on Facebook, before my jw friends and family cut me off.

  http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/q/r1/lp-e/2003363/19

  W 03 5/15

  20 The congregation in Pergamum was in great peril because it allowed in its midst “those holding fast the teaching of the sect of Nicolaus.” Christ told the congregation: “Repent. If you do not, I am coming to you quickly, and I will war with them with the long sword of my mouth.” Sectarians want to do Christians spiritual harm, and those bent on promoting divisions and sects will not inherit God’s Kingdom. ( Romans 16:17, 18; 1 Corinthians 1:10; Galatians 5:19-21 ) If any Christian is beginning to entertain apostate views and wants to spread them, he ought to take a warning from Christ! To save himself from disaster, he should repent and seek the spiritual assistance of the elders in the congregation. ( James 5:13-18 ) Prompt action is vital, for Jesus is coming quickly to execute judgment.
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  Letter in the mail to attend memorial

  by truthhurts13 in

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  so im cleaning out some old mail i have, then lo and behold a envelope falls out with a memorial invitation.

  i don't remember getting it, but it was sent in the regular mail to my house with a typed letter inviting me to the 2013 memorial.

  i can't believe i don't remember getting it!

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  Gypsy Sam

  2013 invite
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  Letter in the mail to attend memorial

  by truthhurts13 in

  1. jw
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  so im cleaning out some old mail i have, then lo and behold a envelope falls out with a memorial invitation.

  i don't remember getting it, but it was sent in the regular mail to my house with a typed letter inviting me to the 2013 memorial.

  i can't believe i don't remember getting it!

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  Gypsy Sam

  No, but I see many dirty, ruined tracts on the grounhomes for sale homes lately. So embarrassing.

  What exactly do you plan to Say to this sister?
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  Justitia passes bar!!!

  by crmsicl in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yay...my awesome friend justitia just found out last night she passed the bar exam.

  regardless of how you may feel about her you gotta admit that is an accomplishment..

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  Gypsy Sam

  Awesome!
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  who has actually read the entire Bible?

  by losingit in

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  2. beliefs

  no matter how many times i've tried, i just couldn't get through the whole thing.

  you know, there were always those reminders to read the bible, have a personal study, go out in service, and.... the other two of the five things we were supposed to do i already forgot.

  so, i constantly felt guilty that i just had no interest.

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  Gypsy Sam

  Word for word when I was 14.
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  LoisLane-I can't open your message, I'm not ignoring you, sorry!

  by PaintedToeNail in

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  Gypsy Sam

  Lol, ok me too. I tried again and it worked. A prayer answered...ha ha ha. Kidding.