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  to date JWism has defined my life and i hate that TRUTH

  by oompa in

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  and i am finding the adjustment to the real world far more difficult than i ever imagined...i f...it has been about five years since i totally woke up to the fraudulant nwt and then all my other doubts i had carried for years were proved true as well.

  but almost all of my few friends are exjw or slack jw's and i feel so isolated...my sons friends are mostly exjw too but not their gf's and they have way more normal friends .

  how have you done at replacing lifelong friends and family?

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  Where Does the $$ Come From??

  by Dia in

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  many, many people have lengthy recollections of getting nowhere in field service.. no bible studies, not much placement of magazines or books, especially not for significant cash.. so where is the wts getting all their money from?.

  i've been wondering..... are (and were) dubs expected to purchase a certain amount of materials every month and then just take on the responsibility of getting rid of it (and getting back their money) themselves?.

  if so, you know what that would mean.... it would mean that the wts's millions mostly come from their own 'flock'.

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  Bob_NC

  1. Circuit Assemblies. Dozens held in the US every weekend, each assembly donating several thousand dollars to various WT Society funds.

  2. Kingdom Hall Insurance Program. Local congregations pay premiums to the WT Society to insure the local Kingdom Hall. The Society is the insurer, and like any insurance company, profits when claim losses are low.

  3. Societies Kingdom Hall Building Fund. Congregations submit donations collected from these boxes to the Society monthly. The Society then loans these funds out at a favorable interest rate to congregations for building Kingdom Halls.

  4. Traveling Overseers Insurance and Automobile assistance program. The Society sends an annual letter to each congregation telling the elders how much should be sent per publisher to provide automobiles and insurance for traveling overseers. Leased autos are through JW owned dealerships.

  5. Contributions to the Worldwide Work. My congregation never had more than 90 publishers, but we often sent in over $500 monthly collected from this contribution box.

  How many congregations in the US now? Do the math and tell us what you come up with.

  Bob
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  How long were you baptized until you left?

  by YellowLab in

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  i'm interested to find out how long each of you were baptized until you decided to leave?.

  i was baptized december, 1989 and left six years later.. if only i didn't get baptized in the first place, then i could tell my family how wonderful the holidays were!

  yellowlab.

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  Bob_NC

  Umm..............32. I had to wait 6 years before armageddon came in 1975.

  Edited by - Bob_NC on 5 January 2003 0:0:55
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  Jerusalem Destroyed in 586 B.C.E.

  by Surreptitious in

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  i've been doing some research and while everything i've read makes it clear that jerusalem was destroyed by nebuchadnezzar in 586, can anyone point me to where i might read how historians arrived at that date?.

  all the sources i've seen just say that it's so.

  as a matter of fact.

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  Bob_NC

  Oh Dude!!

  You really need to order "The Gentile Times Reconsidered" by Carl O. Johnnson. You'll see it advertised at the top of some of the pages here. His work will save you a lot of searching around for various sources. He has already done the legwork and research. His documentation is from highly reputable sources and contains more information than the average person cares to know.

  Bob
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  Ray Franz' Book

  by JNS2 in

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  howdy, i'm new here.

  21 years in & now about 1 year drifted away with no meetings for spiritual food other than the memorial.

  so, in my brother's view i am either spiritually dead or the next thing to it.

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  Reading his book(s) will forever change your view of the WT Society. He is not a sensationalist, just presents his experiences and documents very well.

  He lives a quiet life in Georgia and is not at all interested in being put on a pedestal. He seems to have a circle of close friends. Many are former JWs but he will point out that our aim is not, and should not be, to isolate ourselves within some other group. I have no idea about his finances and would bet some of mine that the person claiming that he "needs" for you to buy his book do not know either.

  Bob
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  Eastern NC?

  by Bob_NC in

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  i've been away from "the truth" for over two years now after being raised and spending most of my adult life in the org.

  it would be great to met some from my old circuit who left and now see the jw religion for what it is.

  if you were in a congregation east of rocky mount we might know each other.. bob

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  Bob_NC

  Hi Smokeeater,

  Yes I know quite a few JWs from Rocky Mount/Tarboro. And, I also have been to several KHall builds in the area. Perhaps we have crossed paths along the way.

  Bob
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  Eastern NC?

  by Bob_NC in

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  i've been away from "the truth" for over two years now after being raised and spending most of my adult life in the org.

  it would be great to met some from my old circuit who left and now see the jw religion for what it is.

  if you were in a congregation east of rocky mount we might know each other.. bob

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  Bob_NC

  I've been away from "the truth" for over two years now after being raised and spending most of my adult life in the org. It would be great to met some from my old circuit who left and now see the JW religion for what it is. If you were in a congregation east of Rocky Mount we might know each other.

  Bob
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  Anyone in North Carolina???

  by SmokeEater in

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  looking for any df'd or da'd ex-jw's from central nc... triad, triangle, sandhills region of nc.

  please hollar back if there are any...

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  Bob_NC

  Hi

  I'm NOT going to the meetings and would stil rather not say the town. It's a small town in northeastern NC. I'd like to here from some fellow NCers. If you're east of Rocky Mount, I might know you.

  Bob
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  Plymouth NC 1970's

  by DebraDoll in

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  anyone ex's out there?

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  Bob_NC

  Hi Debra,

  I am very familiar with the Plymouth area. If you went to the Kingdom Hall anywhere near there in the 70's then we should know each other. I'd like to find out.

  Bob
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  How to Raise the Perfect Watchtower Family

  by metatron in

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  first, get a wife and some kids ( hold your marriage together as best you can).

  then, impose rules that are practically impossible to follow .

  ( no masturbation, no unmonitored internet use, 5 meetings a week,.

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  Bob_NC

  You said it right dude. I've seen it so many times.