Posts by wannaexit

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OMG, I’m gonna get Old and Die.

by John Aquila in

when it finally clicked,.

and you realized there was no 1914, there was no generation that would see the end of a wicked system, there was no paradise around the corner, .

what went through you mind?.

wannaexit

I went through a grieving process that lasted a number of years , and now i've accepted it.

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i am currently in a discussion with a jw about the governing body.. i have read alot of articles regarding it, however whenever i bring up what i have read, i am refuted with scripture, such as acts 15, where they say there was a governing body, who sent out elders and men etc.. does anyone have a website that i may not know of, that has answers to what they refute with?

or any help here or good thought provoking questions to respond with would be much appreciated.. thank you kindly.

wannaexit

@JakeM2012 this is a very accurate understanding of the so called governing body men in Jerusalem. Well put !!

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Are You "Technically" Still A Jehovah's Witness?

by minimus in

jw
friends

even if you don't regard yourself as a practicing jw, some may view you simply as inactive, a lost sheep, etc.. if you were baptized but not disfellowshipped or disassociated, you may still be a jw---right?

your thoughts please..

wannaexit

Still in- for appearances. But missing many many meetings

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Noticing a pattern in Simons new posting graph with suspected trolls or WT sympathizers

by nonjwspouse in

has anyone else looked at these graphs a little closer?

i see one trend of marked decrease in december then immediate marked increase on jan 1, almost like an exact time.

this is recent and brief observation of a few of those i have heard being called trolls or sympathizers.

wannaexit

must be an invisible graph like the invisible presence

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California Supreme Court Case - S226656

by Gayle in

jw
friends

http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov/search/case/maincasescreen.cfm?dist=0&doc_id=2109889&doc_no=s226656&search=party&start=1&query_partylastnameororg=watchtower bible and tract.

started 5/27/2015.

wannaexit

Haaaaaaa Jonathan Kendrick it may be. Anybody look at fisherman's bio.?

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Street Witnessing - did you ever do it?

by Muddy Waters in

i remember in our congregation, there were a few older pioneer sisters who would start counting their time early - even before the service arrangement - by standing at a street corner and holding the magazines up in front of them and hoping that any passersby might stop to take one on their way to work or whatever.

as a fresh, new dub, i had heard about this "street-witnessing" work, but there was only one time i ever actually saw one of these older sisters doing this.

and even then i was shocked and embarrassed for her.... because this poor old sister was standing there, all by herself, holding up the watchtower & awake magazines, yet looking as sad and depressed as she could possibly ever look, her whole mouth was turned down just totally sad as she stood there, observing all the "dead" people walking around, hurrying to catch buses, get kids to school, get to work, etc.

wannaexit

Yes! I did street witnessing regularly during my 20 years of pioneering . It was an easy way to plump up the hourly quota. We used to stand in a farmers market . There were generally a few good spots like the fresh flower area. Generally this area was taken by this pompous ass brother. I would end up standing close to the meat area. I can still feel nausea when I think back to the smells :( . I would start street work at 5 am and be at work for 9 am.

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Teddy Hero Worship Continues -- Sept 15 Study Edition Bio on Melita Jaracz

by LostGeneration in

very weird article, you can read it here if you can tolerate such nonsense:.

http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20150915/melita-jaracz-blessing-in-life/.

basically teddy was a super, duper spiritual giant who went undercover behind the iron curtain, sorta james bond like.

wannaexit

She talks about a "much needed vacation in Sweden". Life couldn't have been that bad when they were jetsetting to any vacation spot.-----Pompous ass

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New Watchtower-- the End is coming in our lifetime again now??

by FusionTheism in

they just posted the simplified august study watchtower on jw.org.. paragraph 11 of the "expectation!

" article says this:.

"so even if we feel that we have been waiting a long time, this does not mean that the end is far away or that it is not coming in our lifetime.".

wannaexit

"Stay alive to 75", unless you were in a circuit with CO Joe Scaglione. Then the end was supposed to come before 75.

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New Watchtower-- the End is coming in our lifetime again now??

by FusionTheism in

they just posted the simplified august study watchtower on jw.org.. paragraph 11 of the "expectation!

" article says this:.

"so even if we feel that we have been waiting a long time, this does not mean that the end is far away or that it is not coming in our lifetime.".

wannaexit

First, it was on the horizon, then around the corner; now in our lifetime . Seems to me this end business is getting further away

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Some common words that are applicable in practical use with the Jehovah's Witnesses Organization

by Finkelstein in

i'll start the ball rolling .... .

coercive.

pretentious.

wannaexit

narcisistic

smug

irresponsible

conceited

busy bodies