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  Very Sad ... Another Terrorist Attack here in the USA ... and not enough guns to defend us

  by RubaDub in

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  2. current

  if only there were more people with guns perhaps some lives would have been saved.. it's a sad state of affairs here in the us when enough people aren't armed when there is an attack.. if someone simply had a gun or was wearing a suicide vest to take the perpetrators out, other lives could have been saved.. rub a dub .

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  Daniel1555

  So you want to stop a terrorist with a suicide vest.... LOL

  It's hard to beat that idea.

  Good luck....
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  I couldn't take it anymore, although still in because of my wife, I did this...

  by LevelThePlayingField in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i dressed up in a hoodie, double layer so that the cameras at the kingdom hall couldn't recognize me.

  i looked in the mirror up and down so i knew that the cameras, at least at the angle that i knew couldn't see my face.

  i took this disassociation letter, stuck it in the envelope, labeled it, "(congregation's name...boe" by hand and sealed it.

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  Daniel1555

  Very nice...

  Strange that they have cameras in your hall... never heard of it.
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  CEDARS (Again) Is it really about religious beliefs?

  by Listener in

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  2. friends

  john cedars has posted his latest blog "the trouble with apostates (and why it shouldn't put you off becoming one)".

  i acknowledge that he is entitled to his opionin just as we are ours but i am disappointed in some of his comments.. at this stage i'll try to be objective about it.

  he is defending his own position after all.. what bothers me most is his comments about athiests and christians which he seems to identify as being in conflict with each other.

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  I am so happy, that I am an ex jw and that I am able to freely live according to my conscience.

  I cherish my own spirituality but I would never go and say my views and feelings are the "truth."

  Sadly some ex jws (christian AND atheistic) are still trapped in this JW thinking that their view is the truth.

  I think the most important is to respect each other. Healthy debating is good, but some tend to attack the other views in a way that doesn't show respect.

  I like cedars blog very much. And I like that he is respectful of different views.

  Even if he writes about agnosticism or atheism I am sure he will do that in a respectful way.

  If we ex jws are not respectful, this is not helping any JWs to wake up.
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  Funny grammar error in German Watchtower

  by processor in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  they seem to have laid off their proofreaders.

  in the new 03/2016 study watchtower there is a picture description:a mature young person does not act like a friend of god at the kingdom hall but a friend of the world at school.

  the german issue saysein reifer junger mensch verhalt sich im konigreichssaal nicht wie ein freund jehovas und in der schule wie ein freund der welt.

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  I am a native german speaker.

  It is a clear sentence, translated well and contains no mistake at all.

  I find the meaning of this picture and sentence very questionable.

  It puts a lot of pressure and guilt to JW schoolkids.
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  Dont Give Them More Power Than They Deserve

  by Tech49 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a new montra that was recently adopted by the wife and i is this:.

  dont give them more power than they deserve.. here's why i say that, and i point this to those of you still in the congregation, still trying to decide what you want to do.. recently, our family had a little family reunion gathering of sorts, and we were in the company of some extended family that were either df or da, to varying degrees.

  we made it very clear, to any and all in attendance, that we wanted to be respectful and kind, despite any previous perceptions about our "status".... and that our feelings on a lot of things had "softened", and "changed" over the last 2 years.. i am being purposefully slightly vague, but i think you get the point.

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  "We don't run a police state." (by Geoffrey Jackson).

  Well done...
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  Is it true? Heard a rumor WT postphones Disfellowshipping until further notice!!??

  by Olivia Wilde in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am not sure if it's true but i heard from a good source that wt has given instructions to elders to postponed disfellowshipping members from wrong doing/gross sin until further instructions given by headquarters.

  i heard some jws were just reproved either privately or publically.

  has anyone else heard anything like this recently?

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  Tomorrow it will be announced that i am "no longer a Jehovah's witness."

  So I am disfellowshipped for the "gross sin" of listening to my conscience instead of a mind controlling organisation.

  So I didn't feel anything of that rumour. I felt however that they are very much afraid of "independent thinking."
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  Myth Dispelled! Leaving the Organization is NOT Leaving God

  by LeftMyReligionToFindGod in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it's true, leaving the organization does not mean you leave god.

  as someone who was raised in the "truth" i always heard the messaging that if you leave the organization you leave god and lose his protection.

  after disassociating myself, i even believed that and began on a path of self-destructive behaviour as i was leaving behind every relationship i had ever known and very ill equipped to live in the "real world" growing up, i always felt there was a higher power and our purpose was more than living a few decades.

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  I wish you a lot of joy on your life and personal relationship with god.

  Being out of the WT mind control I also have a deeper personal relationship with god.

  However I would never call my views "the truth."

  With difference to your understanding I don't believe that the bible is god's word and I don't believe in the picture the paints about god.
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  Fighting fire with fire?

  by Crazyguy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have not said much to my youngest two kids about the jw crap ones 10 the other 5 .

  anyway ive become an athiest and have studied alot about ancient religions.

  so the question is should i try to teach my smaller kids that the bible is crap and so is thier god or would that be going to far?

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  What Simon says:

  Buy the book (download ) "Raising Freethinkers - A practical guide for parenting beyond belief."

  This book has such great ideas how to help kids become free thinkers and also to counteract on indoctrination.
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  I miss my family so much. I thought I was over it but I have breakdowns every few months thinking about my family

  by macys in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  as most of you know i have been shunned by my family for 2 years because of a photo posted on facebook of me kissing another girl at a party.

  the matter was not dealt with fairly but it is over now and i am 100% certain that jdub org is a cult.

  but i miss my family so much.

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  Dear Sarah, I can't give you any advice but I feel very much for you.

  Did you try to reach out to your family? Do they really ignore their love for you and are loyal to these evil rules of the org in a strict way?

  You are young, just in the beginning of your adult life. Things in life can change. Also the shunning of your family can change.

  What if you just be especially loving to them and try to reach out to them or try to help them in some ways?

  No matter what happens. You are a very courageous woman, worth to be highly respected and loved. I think your family will eventually realize this. At least they should be proud of you.

  You will also experience a lot of joy and wonderful things in your life, I am sure about that.
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  Caleb and Sofia used to brainwash children

  by shattered_origins in

  1. social
  2. family

  okay, i need to vent.

  as a newly awoken individual, i have yet to "come out" to my hard core jdub parents.

  my plan was to lay low and use my unbelieving husband and baby as an excuse for my "inactivity", it has worked for the last few months.

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  Daniel1555

  I think you have a very "cool" and supportive husband, who told you that you can openly put the blame on him.

  I agree that it would be good not to expose your baby to these cartoons.

  You could tell your mum that you DON'T WANT YOUR BABY TO WATCH ANY MOVIES, CARTOONS OR TV SHOWS (including Caleb and Sofia).

  But then you are just buying time, as the same issue will arise later.

  Why not tell your mum what you think of these cartoons? I know some witnesses with kids who also dislike these cartoons.

  (By the way one Caleb and Sofia video about how to behave at meetings is a guilt trip for children with the meaning if you don't listen at meetings you are going to die.)

  I think for young children it is better anyway not to use TV or videos as a babysitter.