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Messed up bible stories cartoons! so funny, yet disturbingly we beleived this stuff

by stuckinarut2 in

thanks to darth frosty (in another thread on noah) for drawing our attention to this series of clips on youtube called "messed up bible stories".

the youtube name is 'ebolaworld'.

if you havent yet watched them, they are so well presented and so chillingly accurate.

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Darkmatter2525 also has great videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6DnujiVCwo&list=UULhtZqdkjshgq8TqwIjMdCQ

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Thinking about meeting with the elders...might record, any tips for hiding a recorder?

by Jon Preston in

jw
friends

ive been speaking with my wife and she feels that its the honest thing to do and just meet with the elders and tell them my thoughts and doubts.

not to rejoin but da if i want.

she brought out that its rude of us for them to expect us to do parts and think alls well, and the.

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http://www.amazon.com/Audio-Camera-Recorder-1280x960-colors/dp/B00DH95ISA/ref=pd_sim_e_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=17PZRMH2S3ZKJXAY43DS

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I have made my decision

by Brother Mike in

i'm sure most of you have read bits and pieces of my story throughout the last year being on this site.

i've decided as a human being, and as an adult, i'm going to make the decision on whether to stay with the jw religion or leave it.

i of course have many doubts about the organization which has lead me to do research.

Watchtower-Free

You are now free to love and respect the rest of humanity .

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Ex-Jehovah's Witness success story

by Watchtower-Free in

this was just posted to facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/xjwrg3/10152073176825835/?comment_id=10152073536380835&notif_t=group_comment_reply.

by christina jones.

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Not my story . It was recently posted to Facebook

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There are still JW's calling the masturbation video as fake and apostate propaganda

by EndofMysteries in

10 hours ago, " another malicious propaganda against jehova's witnesse!!".

"he is not a jehova's witness!!

!thois a big lie against jehova's witnesses!

Ex-Jehovah's Witness success story

by Watchtower-Free in

this was just posted to facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/xjwrg3/10152073176825835/?comment_id=10152073536380835&notif_t=group_comment_reply.

by christina jones.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/xjwrg3/10152073176825835/?comment_id=10152073536380835¬if_t=group_comment_reply

By Christina Jones

My story is typical, raised as a JW, high school drop out, married at 18, and a mom before I was 20. I'll spare all the details now, but long story short left the JW world because I couldn't bare the thought of raising my children in this cult. My "great JW" husband walks away from me and our children and moves out of state. No child support ..nothing.

Now I was a single mom at which point I realized I was uneducated, poor, broken, and had not a single family member around to help me or even care. According to them they were doing the most loving thing they could do, which was to shun me so I would repent. Anyway, I decided I wasn't going to be a victim any longer, and my children will never know conditional love.

I was determined to break the cycle. My entire life I had always told my parents that I wanted to be a school teacher, and was always told how that would be a very worldly notion and college was out of the question. In fact I was encouraged to drop out of high school and "pioneer" instead.

So to celebrate my new found freedom. I immediately enrolled in an adult Ed program to earn my high school diploma. The following year, I enrolled in college, 7 years later I had earned a Bachelors and a Masters degree and was a certified teacher. I was hired right out of college and began my teaching career. Freedom
Never felt better!

I was finally able to support my children on my own, and I laughed in the face of every Jw that swore I was going to live a miserable life outside the confines of their organization. That was almost 10 years ago, and this school year is my first time ever having a student who is a JW. I feel like I have come full circle. I teach 5th grade, so my students are in the 10-11 age range.

Nobody has any idea that I am a DA's ex JW as I live in a completely different State now. I always care for each and everyone of my students and always form a strong connection with them. However, this student in particular is someone who has really tugged at my heart strings. She reminds me so much of myself at her age, a good girl who just wants to please and is always guilty over every little thing that she might do to loose Jehovah's favor.

This week I had one of the most rewarding things happen to me as a teacher. After spending several weeks teaching my class how to write a persuasive essay, and stressing the importance of how a strong argument always shows both sides of an issue and uses multiple sources to back up their opinion, the following transpires. My JW student turns in her essay on the issue of why she thinks Christians shouldn't celebrate birthdays and is prepared to read this out loud to the class, essentially "witnessing" to my class. So I look at her sources and she does have multiple sources (which was one of the requirements) but the problem is they are all from watchtower and awake magazines, just different years, etc. After praising her for all the "excellent" research she had already accumulated, I helped her think critically by showing her that even though she had several resources, they really came from one single source.

I challenged her that she needed to do research that came from a different source other than just the "WTBTS". I also encouraged her to show the opposite opinion, as this gives your writing a fairer balance and can actually strengthen your own position. A week later she comes to me in tears and says the following "I did all my research like you said, and I have two new sources now" to which I reply "that's fantastic, I am so proud of you, but why the tears?" This is the response I get "because I don't think it's bad to celebrate my birthday anymore, I tried and tried to prove what I thought but when you said we had to have different sources to prove it, I couldn't find any good proof. I am sad because it makes me feel like what if more stuff I thought was true isn't? " I hugged her and reassured her that she is learning a life long skill of thinking critically. I reassured her that even adults are constantly learning and changing their minds on things all the time, and reminded her that learning is a life long process and we should always question and challenge ourselves and our beliefs all the time. She wiped her tears and said "thank you so much, I will always remember what you taught me."

She walked out of my classroom, and I seriously just sat there dazed! I couldn't believe what just happened. I just sat there alone and literally cried. They were happy tears though. I really hope she remembers what she learned, and will one day use those critical thinking skills to escape from the jw world. I am not sure what kind of ramifications there will be with her parents, who are very active. From what I've gathered mom is probably a pioneer and dad is an elder. I will keep you posted.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/xjwrg3/10152073176825835/?comment_id=10152073536380835¬if_t=group_comment_reply

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Jehovah's Witnesses want to put up a semi-permenent literature stand in this town

by Watchtower-Free in

jehovah's witnesses want to put up a semi-permenent .

literature stand in this town.

if you wish send them a message about what jws are really about.

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Jehovah's Witnesses want to put up a semi-permenent
literature stand in this town
If you wish send them a message about what JWs are really about.

http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2014/03/27/news/local/793648.txt

Links to the town of Sharon CT

http://www.sharonct.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=40%3Aelected-town-officers&id=68%3Aselecmen&Itemid=62

http://www.townofsharon.net/selectmen

https://www.facebook.com/groups/412860422165071/

Brent M. Colley-First Selectman
https://www.facebook.com/BrentforSharon?ref=br_tf
Sharon, CT 06069
email - brent_c@sharon-ct.org
(860) 364-5789 phone

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WTBT$ will no longer support Elder's legally....

by Newly Enlightened in

we received an email and are wondering if anyone can verify this little tidbit of news.

does anyone know if this is true or not?.

maybe any elder's on here?.

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Just posted to Facebook By :Brandon Joel,

I have spoken with two active Elders. On a circuit level there was a meeting several weeks ago primarily dealing with sex abuse issues. The majority of the time was spent "training" how to communicate with those alleging abuse and those accused of abuse. The only information about legalities they eluded to is that it was stressed repeatedly that the Elders must follow instructions on abuse issues to the letter or it would open up litigious action and WT would not be responsible for lawsuits brought forward specifically because Elders did not follow directions. I don't know if this is the same information George heard or if it is similar but one thing is certain, many Elders are nervous and feeling exposed. Their general consensus is that they will shy away from committees dealing with the issues out of fear of legal repercussions.
I get the impression this is just fear tactics by the GB to control rogue Elders that may be inclined to call local authorities when they learn of child abuse.

Of course the standard warning is given to the Elders, "do not share this information with anyone" The majority will tow the party line and feign ignorance but there are more and more that are having a crisis and sympathize with the abuse they have seen and are willing to get the information out there. I'm sure we will discover what we need to know.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/xjwrg3/permalink/10152072468130835/

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WTBT$ will no longer support Elder's legally....

by Newly Enlightened in

we received an email and are wondering if anyone can verify this little tidbit of news.

does anyone know if this is true or not?.

maybe any elder's on here?.

Watchtower-Free

All I know so far is its being discussed at this link . No verification yet

https://www.facebook.com/groups/xjwrg3/permalink/10152072468130835/

But the Watchtower can communicate their message to Elders in a untraceable way by instructing the Circuit overseers
to tell the elders verbally .It will be interesting to see if other elders confirm this.

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I have an honest question!

by FL_Panthers in

jw
friends

it's with regards to disfellowshipping.. is disfellowshipping a legal procedure?

like is there something i can use to prevent this from happening to me if it does happen.. no jokes about me being a bad little boy.

i need honest answers to this.

Watchtower-Free

Here you go Kim. To paste in some browsers click on the above Icon with the W its to the right then paste into that.

Christian Sparlock Freedom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vmm-dqsTjk