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  Governing Bodies Secret Elder's training video on suicide leaked

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  watchtower minions have pulled down jwsurveys links .

  here's another one .. the gb should be held liable for this crap.

  http://www.mediafire.com/watch/cvas6fcrc9zca94/shepherding_instructional_suicidal_widow.avi.

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  My Daughter Begins to Reason on Her Own About the Witnesses

  by losingit in

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  success!.

  today my oldest daughter attended her first birthday party ever for one of her best friends at school.

  we actually crashed because we didn't get an official invite or even an email, but it ended up working out and the mom was happy to have us there.

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  We celebrated my.birthday with a simple cake, her sister's birthday with a trip... The first major breakthrough was when she called her grandmother on her own to wish her a happy birthday. She had not said those 2 words to me or to her sister.

  Yesterday was a great day, indeed.I've worked hard in this past year to bring a sense of normalcy in her life, despite all the challenges we've faced. It seems like 'normal' has set a firm footing in my home!

  We are happy!
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  My Daughter Begins to Reason on Her Own About the Witnesses

  by losingit in

  1. jw
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  success!.

  today my oldest daughter attended her first birthday party ever for one of her best friends at school.

  we actually crashed because we didn't get an official invite or even an email, but it ended up working out and the mom was happy to have us there.

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  losingit

  Thanks everybody! It's been a long road since last February when I was df'd, since April when I learned TTATT and July when I attended my last meeting.

  My oldest is 9, turning 10. She struggled during that time to figure out what was going on and who she really was. Would she remain a Witness despite the fact that both her father and Istopped going? With each celebration there was alwsys that guilt in the background, with a declaration that she's a Witness and she has to make Jehovah happy. She was raised in the cult for her early years. I didn't really know the mess I was getting involved in as I wasn't raised as a jw.

  But I do know that I insisted on afterschool activities amd summer camps despite the fact tht they were frowned upon. I just didnt see anytjing wrong with it. She wpuld have that ,at the very least.

  And sincewe've been out I've upped the ante. She was on a basketball team
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  What do you love about being a JW?

  by FL_Panthers in

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  as the title says, share what you love about the truth!.

  we know that the gb or anything else in the truth is all true and nothing is false!.

  love u guys xxx.

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  losingit

  If the end were to come next year, I know that I finally had the chance to live my life how I wanted to live it...

  by giving to others freely and happily

  building up the self-esteem of my girls

  pursuing a life-long goal that is about to reach its fruition

  and by finally experiencing love as it should be shown (even with all of its imperfections and deficiencies)

  Just as Lisa Rose said... If Jehovah God decides to punish me for doing these four things, then so be it!
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  My Daughter Begins to Reason on Her Own About the Witnesses

  by losingit in

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  success!.

  today my oldest daughter attended her first birthday party ever for one of her best friends at school.

  we actually crashed because we didn't get an official invite or even an email, but it ended up working out and the mom was happy to have us there.

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  Success!

  Today my oldest daughter attended her first birthday party ever for one of her best friends at school. We actually crashed because we didn't get an official invite or even an email, but it ended up working out and the mom was happy to have us there. Yay!

  The ride home after the party was the most interesting part. She timidly asked me, "Mami, why do you say that the Witnesses don't have everything right?"

  I responded, "Well, it's because they hide a lot of things from people and don't tell the whole truth, and some of the things they teach is wrong."

  "I was thinking... I don't understand why holidays or birthdays are bad. I mean, people are just celebrating how many years someone is alive. And nothing is wrong with that! I went to my Lizzie's party today and all we did was have fun. Nothing bad happened! It was nice."

  Then she reasoned further...

  "And Christmas. I mean, most people don't even celebrate the religious part of it. It's just fun! Decorating a tree, the food, hanging out with your family. It's all just fun and nice!"

  (Notice she didn't mention the presents even considering she celebrated her first Christmas this year with a TON of presents )

  And she reasoned further...

  "And Valentine's Day! It's just saying 'I love you!'"

  However, what impressed me the most was this comment because it reveals EXACTLY what happens once one stops attending the meetings...

  "You know, before I didn't get a chance to think about anything and I felt guilty about eating a doughnut for somebody's birthday. I had to think to myself, 'I'm only eating a doughnut, there's nothing wrong with that.' And now I have the chance to reason and I see that a lot of the things that they say just don't make any sense. I'm getting to see now what it's like to be a normal kid.

  Mami, do you think they were lying to us? That everything they taught us were lies?"

  I started tearing up. I told her that once she is older we can get into some of the reasons why I decided to not go back to the meetings and do some research together.

  My daughter is open to the opportunity to be a normal kid (whereas before she resisted so much), and she is finally enjoying it all. She has let go of the Watchtower world. I am so happy.
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  Over 7yrs as a JW and I just found out I'm not supposed to buy Girl Scout Cookies?

  by Maat13 in

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  i'm still in the matrix(the truth), but 'morpheus' and his team are valiantly working on a way to get me out.

  in the meantime, everyday i am discovering so much about being a jw i never knew, like don't buy girl scout cookies, that i keep asking myself "what have i got myself into".. maat.

  really lame for a first post, but i figure i should start some where.

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  Never knew it was even a problem. I always bought them, and still do. I always thought it was nice to support little ladies in reaching their cookie-selling goal!
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  Pot...Meet Kettle. Kettle...Pot

  by undercover in

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  from a new wt article (may, i think) about predicting the future.

  and i quote:.

  religious leaders sometimes predict tragic worldwide events to warn mankind and gather followers.

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  Scientists, professional analysts, business leaders, and ancient sources are grouped together as "charlatans."

  And yet somehow JWs faithful and discreet slave (here called the "faithful and wise servant"... wassup with thatchange WT?) are a separate class?

  This is the sort of name-calling stemming from arrogance that completely made me sick while in. So happyI'm out and no longer expose my children to this garbage!
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  June Study WT Up and Bashing Uni Again

  by konceptual99 in

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  rehashed format but same ole' shite.. hypocritical article on viewing "weak" ones compassionately usign the example of a single mum arriving late yet the may km has a whole article on how rude it is not to be punctual.. read it and weep....

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  So I guess she was a cruel unkind unloving vindictive person before she was a JW?

  I don't get comments like that. She puts hersef down and exalts Jehovah only. "No need to feel good or proud of your accomplishmentsbc theyre nothing ccompared to what Jehovah can do . "

  I ALWAYS hated that reasoning. I.could not understand what was so bad about who I was. Yes, as a jw I learned to perfect long-suffering ... but to my detriment.

  Thisarticle is BS. There are so many ways to contribute positively to soceity. Why do I need to wait on Jehovah to bring Paradise? Am I that lazy that incompetent? Being a jdub invites irresponsibility towards oneself amd others. Such a selfish mentality! Im so happy Im out.
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  Is this the New Elders book

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  the last release in 2010 was entitled "shepherd the flock of god'.

  code named ks10 .. .

  this would be the ks11.

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  losingit

  So happy i don't look at their deluded pics or share them with my children anymore
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  Why is it so hard to deconvert the JDubs?

  by alonein321 in

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  2. beliefs

  i was watching this q & a by peter boghossian (autor of the book a manual for creating atheists) on youtube:.

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

  around 17:15 min, he explains that there are difficulty levels when it comes to religions in aplying these techniques.

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  losingit

  Right on, villagegirl!