Posts by Zoos

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Don't know if I'm hearing things.

by Bigdummy in

i went to the hall with my wife on sunday.

i try to be there for my wife at some meetings.

because she is still neck deep in the beliefs and she understands my fading and doesn't.

Zoos

I want you to research the Jehovah's Witnesses
for yourself. Be like the Bereans and don't just accept something that somebody tells you.

By this, the speaker means, "Scour the jw.org website that only has literature dating back 10 years, and then you will have all the proof you need that this is the trooof." - - In JDub land, "research" does not mean the inclusion of literature dating back to the beginning of the Watchtower religious bowel movement and CERTAINLY does not include outside information.

What, are you crazy?

18

The UN Files - Print Out And Keep For Your Next JW Visitor

by pale.emperor in

i've been researching the wt and the un involvement.

when i was still in and i first seen the un letter online, my cognitive dissonance kicked and i told myself it'll be a fake.

an apostate lie.. and seeing as no jw i've spoken to has ever heard of it, and flatly deny any involvement "no, they wouldn't do that", i decided to do a little "personal study" of my own.

Zoos

I have, at one time or another, seen every one of those documents and heard every line of reasoning. But you laid them out brilliantly for anyone just learning about this.

Nicely done.

26

Rank & file are seeing the money-grubbing

by Zoos in

spoke with a fellow apostate from my own area.

she and i bailed out about the same time and kept in touch.. she used to do secular work with one of the local elders in his cleaning business until she got dfed.

this same elder was one of the more profound dickheads on my reinstatement committee, before i turned around two years later and daed.. business required her to contact the elder on behalf of an old client.

Zoos

James Jack

... there is a trend toward less giving in our Hall (I'm the Account Servant).
Our Accounts went from $6000 a year ago and now around the $1000 mark.

This HAS TO BE a world-wide trend.

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Rank & file are seeing the money-grubbing

by Zoos in

spoke with a fellow apostate from my own area.

she and i bailed out about the same time and kept in touch.. she used to do secular work with one of the local elders in his cleaning business until she got dfed.

this same elder was one of the more profound dickheads on my reinstatement committee, before i turned around two years later and daed.. business required her to contact the elder on behalf of an old client.

Zoos

Spoke with a fellow apostate from my own area. She and I bailed out about the same time and kept in touch.

She used to do secular work with one of the local elders in his cleaning business until she got DFed. This same elder was one of the more profound dickheads on my reinstatement committee, before I turned around two years later and DAed.

Business required her to contact the elder on behalf of an old client. A conversation started between them and he related that he was fed up with a lot of what was happening. His wife has walked away from the org. He says he sees all the BS and has long since stopped donating money - calling what the GB is doing as "money grubbing". He claimed he used to be one of the biggest contributors in the congregation and now gives nothing. He still thinks there's truth there so he hangs on, but he's sick of it.

I listened to my friend relate this story and wondered how common it is.

21

Hello from the other side

by Theburstbubble in

well it's been 18 months since i left the witnesses.

my goodness what can i say?

well let's start from the beginning.... 1) i am happy, yes i am (i know im not meant to be as the jw's would like to believe).

Zoos

Stan is an asshole.

127

Racial Insensitivity

by Coded Logic in

"blue" lives matter!

- sheriff david clarke at the rnc.

this bs really makes my blood boil.

Zoos

marked

21

Hello from the other side

by Theburstbubble in

well it's been 18 months since i left the witnesses.

my goodness what can i say?

well let's start from the beginning.... 1) i am happy, yes i am (i know im not meant to be as the jw's would like to believe).

Zoos

I went through the entire range of emotions; rage-as I was leaving, calm-after I read CoC, curiosity-as I explored my new life, resentment-as I contemplated what WT stole from me, depression, elation, contentment... in no particular order.

I guess we call that a roller coaster.

Now, 5 years out (wow, I guess almost 6 now) I feel at peace with things but still find myself surprised as layers of old beliefs, patterns of thought, fall away, lightening my load, making life more and more pleasant every day.

Great to hear you're doing well. Just don't be surprised or disheartened if you hit a few more snags along the way.

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Canada RC Baptism Numbers

by berrygerry in

from a redditor.

abbotsford bc.

forgot to post this from last weekend!.

Zoos

The harvest is speeding up.

22

Yoga. Evil practice?

by Darkknight757 in

as our fade continues, the wife and i have decided to take up "the forbidden practice of.......yoga"!!!!😱.

i was quite skeptical at first but so far it has really de-stressed our life in quite a spectacular way!!

not to mention the physical benefits.. anyone else try yoga or a similar discipline?

Zoos

I just said that.

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Yoga. Evil practice?

by Darkknight757 in

as our fade continues, the wife and i have decided to take up "the forbidden practice of.......yoga"!!!!😱.

i was quite skeptical at first but so far it has really de-stressed our life in quite a spectacular way!!

not to mention the physical benefits.. anyone else try yoga or a similar discipline?

Zoos

Yoga causes homosexuality.

"Ohmmm!"