Pete Zahut

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  Caleb and Sofia used to brainwash children

  by shattered_origins in

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  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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  Children are by nature a bit narcissistic and they see things in black and white. The Caleb and Sophia videos feed them with the idea that their every little movement can make the god of the universe happy or make him very sad. This puts tremendous pressure on them to comply with rest of the Watchtower programming that is foisted upon them.

  If you can't tell your Mom outright that you don't want your kid subjected to JW videos, you could tell her that you've heard that it's not wise to use the TV or kids videos as a babysitter even if the videos are supposedly educational.
  
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  I Hate the Sound of the Word Jehovah

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  listening to clips of the latest manipulative video from the watchtower i realised how much i detest that word - jehovah.. sometimes i have thought it would be interesting to observe a meeting or part of a convention.

  every time i heard that word i would be unable to stay in my seat.. i have a visceral reaction every time i hear it.

  it stands for so much that i have contempt for.

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  I don't mind Jehovah and I don't mind God but I cringe (always have) whenever I hear someone use the term Jehovah-God, especially when they run the two words together. "Jehovahgod has truly blessed his people" (gag)
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  We talk a lot about conditional friends on here

  by cappytan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, when people post about being shunned by their friends, i've heard several posters say things like, "their friendship is conditional.

  real friendships aren't conditional.".

  i'm sorry, but that just isn't really true.. if you and i were friends, there are conditions.

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  I agree, pretty much everything is conditional in one way or another.

  When it comes to JW's you not only have the usual conditions that one expects a friend to comply with (honesty, trust, kindness) you also must not disagree with their religious beliefs or even have a honest discussion about your true thoughts on that subject. You can be a true decent honest friend but if you don't hold their particular religious beliefs, you are eliminated from their life or at best, kept at arms length. The irony is, that they view themselves as being persecuted if their non Witness relatives give them a hard time about being JW's, yet they turn around and do the same thing themselves.
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  3 words to describe.....

  by punkofnice in

  1. social
  2. humour

  ..your experience with the watchtower corporation:.

  i'll start...... bully boy elders.

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  Pete Zahut

  I was duped

  One big hoax

  Armageddon didn't come

  Never ending treadmill

  Finally broke free

  Wife left too

  Done with religion

  Started all over

  Have no friends

  Better off now

  Hope they fall

  Not holding breath
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  My first Halloween Party

  by 3rdgen in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  warning!

  long post ahead!.

  i didn't know what to expect but i was really excited to be invited to accompany my daughter and her closest friends to a large (300+) party held at a famous hot spot.

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  Pete Zahut

  in my life-especially my 60 yrs spent believing in Watchtower. She has no empathy for the trauma some experience as they wake up and subsequently leave.

  You were a Witness 60 years but your daughter never was one or did she leave early on?
  
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  My first Halloween Party

  by 3rdgen in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  warning!

  long post ahead!.

  i didn't know what to expect but i was really excited to be invited to accompany my daughter and her closest friends to a large (300+) party held at a famous hot spot.

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  Pete Zahut

  Any chance we could see photos of the Costumes you made etc ???
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  Finding homes for the former 'bethelites' and 'special pioneers'

  by Esse quam videri in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  since the liberal government has been elected in canada, it seems that people are looking to the future with a little more optimism and hope.

  it is only human nature that with change, we would think that the change would be for the better.

  the courts have ruled, in canada, that it is unconstitutional to deny the homeless the right to sleep in parks.

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  Let them eat cake !

  
  
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  Oldest Kingdom Song

  by Bereano in

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  which kingdom song (used today by jw) is the oldest one?

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  Pete Zahut

  Below are some links that might have what you're looking for and also the last link is where you can listen to the old songs.
  

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  Oh man, truthseeker is that the "we're jehovah's witnesses" one? Just shoot me, now it's in my brain!😤 gotta go listen to some Gordon Lightfoot to get that outta my head!! Do they still have the one that sounded like a Hawaiian melody? That always made us want to do the hula

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IS55aJddMc&index=19&list=PLBD52A6D7A02FA684
  
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  Simple, basic manners would be a good start

  by stillin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the witnesses are really challenged socially.

  in their own little world, they seem oblivious to the niceties of saying thank you or that they are sorry for some minor wrong.

  these things help life go more smoothly in the real world, like a social lubricant.. i'm simply appalled at the fact that an elder's son, who was married more than a year ago, has never sent out thank you notes for all of the gifts that the congregation gave him for his wedding.

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  It's partly human nature and partly part of the cult mentality to take friends for granted when you always have a veritable smorgasbord of people available to fill out a crowd, whenever you need one.

  JW's typically have a congregation of people available for whatever event they put on. Many don't realize or maybe have simply forgotten what it is to have seek out and make friends from scratch as well as keep them. That's why they are often so inclined to toss you away if you simply stop attending their meetings. There's always someone else in the crowd to take your place.
  
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  Where are you from?

  by BeautifulMind in

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  2. friends

  i know we are all anonymous for our own personal reasons, so i understand if you would rather not say.

  but if you don't mind sharing that would be cool.

  i currently live in georgia, usa.

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  Pete Zahut

  Wouldn't dream of revealing what City I'm from of course but I will admit to living somewhere in the Pacific Northwest USA