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  My Story

  by SamTheGinge in

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  so, i joined just yesterday after coming across this forum looking at beth sarim, and i though that i would share my story with you.

  it will no doubt be very similar to a lot of others, but it's a way of getting to know me at least.. i was brought up as witness from the age of 4 years old, my dad picked up the 'truth' from one of his friends in the pub and it seemed to go from there, he would quickly get baptised and progress to becoming a ministerial servant and then an elder.

  from a young age i wanted to be like my dad and become a pioneer, a ministerial servant and then an elder... perhaps even becoming a co. the world, spiritually speaking, was my oyster.

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  WingCommander

  Question: What sort of message does this send to your children, that you allow your father to treat you as a 2nd class citizen, and openly disrespect you in such a fashion?

  Families are a package deal. Not willing to accept your life decisions? Want to shun you, yet still expect you to serve up your children to be brainwashed at their convenience to also eventually disrespect you? I'd tell that azzhat to promptly go get fugged!! And I'm not just saying that, I had similar happen to me and that's EXACTLY what I did. No one shits on me, then gets to still see my children.

  I would NEVER let a brainwashed cult member around my young children unattended. EVER. They will do everything in their power to indoctrinate them with their bullshit, and drive to divide and conquer.
  
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  My Ex Wife Admitted She Doesnt Believe It's The Truth

  by pale.emperor in

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  my ex-wife actually opened up to me today over the phone.

  she was quite anxious and, i could sense, i little upset.

  for those that dont know my situation im separated from my wife.

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  WingCommander

  Look at the positive Pale Emperor: You may in fact be able to salvage a working, amicable, parental relationship with your ex-wife, in order to raise your daughter up properly. Your wife may very well tire of the JW BS, leave, and things may turn out all right, with you actually being friendly with her in the long run. (friends, nothing more.)
  
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  Disassociation revealed what type of man my father really is.

  by Paul Mooney in

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  i began my exit from the jehovah’s witness organization about 5 years.

  i was a 4th generation born-in, with all the baggage that comes with having the “spiritual heritage” attached to the group.

  i was an elder/bethelite/pioneer/whatever other useless privilege there was, i had no family or friends outside of the organization… my entire life was that org.

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  WingCommander

  Makes me really wonder, just how many more trapped and enslaved people like this are still in the WT Cult.
  
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  We are STRONG, NOT Weak!!!

  by Divergent in

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  today's text:.

  thursday, october 20. assist those who are weak.—acts 20:35.. you may know from personal experience that it can take time to recover from a debilitating physical illness.

  similarly, a christian who has been weakened by personal difficulties or very trying circumstances may need time to regain spiritual strength.

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  WingCommander

  Yes, yes.....the JW's just have to keep telling themselves that they are "Strong" and everyone else is "weak."

  Saying the same thing over and over again doesn't make it true.....unless you're in a mind-controlling cult. Then it's repetition for emphasis.
  
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  The Earliest Printed Book Still in Existence - the Buddhist Diamond Sutra

  by fulltimestudent in

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  the british library has a copy of this important historical work (dated to may 868 ce), and has been working to conserve its copy.

  this film made by the international dunhuang project (formed to conserve relics from the silk road (the east-west trading network) backgrounds the sutra's story:.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgn5hqxtlmc.

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  WingCommander

  Wow! Just watched that documentary on the Diamond Sutra; very interesting history and restoration process! I loved seeing the end result of it being stored in that nice custom wood box to be preserved for future generations. Very nice!
  
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  An old Kingdom hall now a church?

  by HereIgo in

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  have any of you heard of anything like this.

  i remember an ex jw from ohio taking video of a former kingdom hall that is now a church.

  apparently the society sold it to the church.

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  WingCommander

  Haven't you heard? One of the motto's the Governing Body lives by is:

  "Do as we say, not as we do."
  
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  Today's Text - "Appreciating"  Young Ones!

  by Divergent in

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  saturday, october 15. we are members belonging to one another.—eph.

  4:25.. are you a young person?

  if so, be assured that you, as a part of jehovah’s worldwide congregation, are really appreciated.

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  WingCommander

  Youth to Tight Pants TOMO III and Rubber-faced Lett the Clown:

  "Go F**k yourselves, you money-grubbing poseurs!"
  
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  Another "good" elder might be getting the axe....

  by humblepotato in

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  so our congregation is full of hardliner elders, 3 of them, who are not gentle, kind or loving.. people have either moved away or quit trying because one elder inparticular was going to drive them crazy with all his rules and nit picking and being righteous over much.

  (and he is pissed that he hasn't been accepted to the school.

  hmmm, i wonder why!).

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  WingCommander

  Send him an anonymous email praising him for his efforts, and with a link to this forum and JWfacts. That should help him out!
  
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  Love for the Hate

  by IronSharpensIron in

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  i just wanted to share a perspective related to my experience with leaving the jw.

  at this point, i have been df'd since i was 18. i'm 25, happily married with 2 fantastic children.

  after being miserably at odds with my parents and extended family, i've come to some realizations as follows.. i struggled with the conditional nature of my parent's love- talking to me until it bothered their conscience, then cutting me off.

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  WingCommander

  So you've decided to open your life and the lives of your children, up to emotional and spiritual abuse? Good luck with that shit! Please, tell us how that works out for you?
  
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  Hello from Still Totally ADD

  by Still Totally ADD in

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  just wanted everyone who knows me to know i am alive and well.

  we just sold our house in pa and are about to buy a house on one acre just outside jamestown ny.

  our health has been good and we both have good part time jobs.

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  WingCommander

  Getting out of PA is a GOOD thing. I'm in south-central PA, and my god was a depressing lot it is around here. I couldn't move to NY though, because anywhere near Walkill / Warwick and it's just as bad.