Posts by eyeuse2badub

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13 year anniversary

by gerry in

today marks 13 years since my wife and i have stepped inside a kingdom hall.

after 29 years full on being a jw and a number of years serving as an elder then as the presiding overseer we pulled the plug.

yes 13 years ago coming home from the first day of a circuit assembly i said to my wife “that’s it i am not going back”.

My story is similar to yours except I was a jw for over 50 years before I moved over to "the dark side"! One of the hardest things for me to now accept is how long it took me me to finally take a unadulterated look at the wtbts. It still bothers me that they had that much control over my thinking.

Quoting otwo;

"Make sure you walk under a ladder and let a black cat cross your path. Maybe break a mirror on the next Friday the 13th (January).

I am always finding another milestone to celebrate. "

Yea today I'm voting (first time ever) in the California primary for Bernie! 15 years ago I would have wondered if jehober would send a lighting bolt to strike me if I went into a voting booth! LOL How could an adult mind ever accept some of the fear mongering sh*t they fed us? I'm embarrassed quite frankly!

just saying!

eyeuse2badub

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Is it Time to Declare that The Great Tribulation Has Started ?

by OnTheWayOut in

i don't really engage in doctrinal discussions about jw's anymore.

they seem to say some pretty crazy stuff.

but i have read some threads discussing doctrinal changes and how watchtower is really out of ideas and money at the same time.

eyeuse2badub

The only "great tribulation" I see is the one within the wt organization! Yes there is much tribulation with the dubs today and the wt organization's "end is near", I hope!

just saying!

eyeuse2badub

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Reverse "witnessing at every opportunity"

by eyeuse2badub in

i'm one of those who "would never grow old in this system of things".

i was promised that back in 1969-right!

i was 22 then and now i'm a few months short of 70!.

eyeuse2badub

I'm one of those who "would never grow old in this system of things". I was promised that back in 1969-right! I was 22 then and now I'm a few months short of 70!

That being said, my wife and I along with many, many of our long time jw friends and family have "grown old in this system". That means that we all visit the doctors offices much, much more these days. Many of these doctors visits require us to have a blood test done prior to our appointments.

This is where I reverse "witness at every opportunity"! Every time I hear someone say that they are going in to have a blood test, I say,

"Oh, your going to have to violate god's law regarding the sanctity of blood you know"

Or when my wife or I have to go have blood drawn, I remind her: "Well let's go violate god's law on blood today."

Needless to say, my "witnessing" in not well received but as we are so often reminded, sometimes "the truth hurts".

just saying!

eyeuse2badub

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Attendances & Baptisms at Summer Conventions

by steve2 in

there have been very informative threads on presentations and audience reactions ("thrilled", "emotional") at this summer's regional conventions (formerly district conventions) but little on actual attendance numbers and numbers baptized.

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or could i be directed to current threads discussing these aspects - i searched but found nothing.

eyeuse2badub

Just got back from the RC in Long Beach , California. Had to take my 89 year old mom. 7,400 in attendance on Saturday, 39 baptized. Percentage baptized is a whopping .52%. Get the hell out of the way, that (make believe) chariot is really moving fast!

just saying!

eyeuse2badub

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Article: Witnesses Portfolio ‘Better Maintained Than The White House.’

by AndersonsInfo in

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https://www.bisnow.com/new-york/news/commercial-real-estate/what-makes-the-jehovahs-witnesses-portfolio-special-and-what-the-latest-property-to-hit-the-market-could-become-60632 .

“i’ve never seen any properties kept in better shape,” tim says.

“anyone who buys them will be happy that they did and they won’t need to spend a dime on upgrades to infrastructure.” tim, who tells us he attended a breakfast at the white house about a decade ago, goes as far as to say the buildings are better maintained than the presidential residence..

eyeuse2badub

With the end "just around the corner" you have to wonder why all those jw volunteer slaves aren't out preaching, trying to save lives instead of "building up treasures on earth"?

Maybe the gb talked to jehober and he told them to gather "gold and silver" before the "great and fear inspiring day of jehober"

Building bunkers will be the next project for the displaced RBC slaves!

just saying!

eyeuse2badub

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My thoughts on the shunning part at the convention

by stuckinamovement in

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the wts has gone off the rails and is "unrepentantly" hateful.

they are blatantly requiring mothers and fathers to disown/hate their own children that they have loved and cared for since birth simply because they don't comply with the orgs demands.

how is this love?

eyeuse2badub

"None of these families and couples seem to be happy. They have their badges on their clothing as directed. They all seem to be tired, and going through the motions."

You are so right in your observation of how jw's "go through the motions" at convention time. I tend to think of them as dub-bots.

jw conventions are a stressful, expensive event.

just saying!

eyeuse2badub

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Feeling Sad After Uncovering TTATT

by pale.emperor in

my initial pangs of unease and doubt led me to research some things.

well, a lot of things really.

i've never felt comfortable using the bible to try to calculate dates (1914).

eyeuse2badub

Yep, it takes some time to unwind from the cocoon of jw-ism. It's very much like a divorce or the death of a loved one. Hang in there because it definitely is worth the pain and agony to receive freedom at the end of the ordeal. I know, I was a dub for 58 years! It's amazing what lies ahead!

just saying!

eyeuse2badub

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It's now okay to applaud when someone is reinstated?

by eyeuse2badub in

anyone else notice that in the video where the sister was reinstated after many years of freedom, that the congregation applauded at the announcement of her reinstatement?

it been a few years since i was an elder, but when i was, we were instructed by the co that it was "not appropriate" to applaud when the announcement of a reinstatement is made from the platform.

his words, "because the one being reinstated is only doing what they should be doing!".

eyeuse2badub

Anyone else notice that in the video where the sister was reinstated after many years of freedom, that the congregation applauded at the announcement of her reinstatement? It been a few years since I was an elder, but when I was, we were instructed by the CO that it was "not appropriate" to applaud when the announcement of a reinstatement is made from the platform. Why not?

His words, "because the one being reinstated is only doing what they should be doing!"

God I love this organization! NOT

just saying!

eyeuse2badub

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Banned Publications in Russia

by Maryo in

does anyone know exactly what publications are on the "list" as banned in russia and what the objectionable language is?.

eyeuse2badub

The Russian government probably objects to any publication that talks glowingly about abolishing their government, even if it is a book of fairy tales!

just saying!

eyeuse2badub

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If Jehovah hates magic, why is it ok to go to Magic theme parks such as Disneyland the Magic Kingdom and not be disfellowshipped for it?

by Greybeard in

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if jehovah hates magic, why is it ok to go to magic theme parks such as disney land the magic kingdom?

i grew up a jw and we all went to disney land and magic mountain.

if jehovah hates magic then why are these places not forbidden?

eyeuse2badub

Same reason he hates birthdays, mother's day, father's day, but he loves wedding anniversary parties, graduation parties, and baptism parties. Do not the later celebrations exalt humans and not god?

just saying!

eyeuse2badub