Pete Zahut

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  How bad do the JWs need to be doing financially

  by cognac in

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  before they just go ahead and file chapter 7 or 11?

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  With 8 million members there's no way they're going bankrupt. Each member could donate $1 each month and it would tide them over.

  All I want is for my family and former friends to see things for what they are. I don't care if they still want to be JW's....just admit that it's a hoax or at least that God's not going to kill everyone who's not a JW.

  It's hard to imagine that anyone seeing the things that are going on lately wouldn't feel at least a little freer to entertain their own doubts and check into things more than they have in the past. Especially since so much information is available to them these days.
  
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  Hello everyone!

  by Planetsmashers in

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  ive been lurking for a while and finally got around to registering.

  about me: i was essentially born in & indoctrinated from youth.

  i was always a borderline "bad association" type because i always did the minimum and always disagreed with much of what was taught; even when i was a child.. luckily for me my father was never a jw so i never had to endure the male head pressure.

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  "I voluntarily df'd and left it all behind. Started a new life and COULD NOT BE HAPPIER! Suicidal thoughts and depression are now gone but anxiety still plagues me. I have always had social anxiety issues thanks to being raised as a dub."

  Funny how it is that after you stop attending weekly funeral services (ie meetings), suddenly life seems a whole lot brighter. As for the residual anxiety, remember you've been systematically trained since childhood to see things through doom and gloom - end of world filters. It will take time to undo that nasty habit but it can be done if you work at it. Read up, on retraining your thinking patterns with positive thoughts and affirmations. Like a lot of guys, I thought it was a lot of hooey at first, until it worked !

  I know of quite a few JW's who have left but still carried around for decades their JW induced guilt and worry because they still think it could somehow be the truth. Glad you got out early and have discovered this place. The more you learn about the other side of the JW story, the courage of your own conviction on the matter will be a comfort to you.
  
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  What is Your Favorite JW YouTube Video?

  by cognac in

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  2. friends

  maybe it's shocking, funny, a good story, etc.. i was just watching the one below... i was shocked!

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  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e7qmypu7mxo.

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfL8Q9TCo4I
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  Pioneer Service School Videos

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  first, i'd like to give a big thank you to the anonymous person who provided me the files.

  second, if you have the rest of the english videos, or anything else you would like to leak, please pm me.. download links in the descriptions and here.

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  In the first video with Tony Morris at 0:58 he says he wouldn't be surprised if Brother Knorr looked in on the pioneer school classes from his heavenly position.

  So Brother Knorr spent his entire adult life at Bethel. Does this mean that even after he died of Cancer back around 1977, he still has to keep an eye on things at Bethel?

  If he can look in on the Pioneer School classes, what's to stop him from checking to see who's gettin' frisky in their rooms?
  
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  What would you do if the Society Declares Bankruptcy

  by Quarterback in

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  special pioneers let go.

  bethel workers laid off.

  construction halts, what's next?

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  I'd call my Witness relatives on meeting night and say "Sooo....whatcha' doin' tonight ?"
  
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  INSPIRED ERROR: new phrase among JW CO

  by wannaexit in

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  there is no end to their madness.

  the co gave a talk on inspired error.

  i have never heard of it.

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  1. The MEDIA: articles in the newspaper about Jw's are not truth, what they say on the internet about jw is not the truth. These are inspired expressions of error. Stay away from newspapers and news on the internet. Unless you read something flattering about JW's .....then what the media says, is true.
  

  2. HIGHER EDUCATION: Some associated to congregations feel that if you want to be successful you need higher education-Inspired error because you are not putting the kingdom first. You will have to study and miss meetings therefore this is an inspired error to be avoided at all cost. However, if you have a higher education, you will be more likely to be given a special assignment at Bethel instead of cleaning toilets.
  

  3. IF YOU SAY: the end is coming but not in my lifetime---inspired error. Can't say that because the end can come at any moment. Yes, the end could come one day but the rest of the time, it doesn't.
  

  
  
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  Have you ever had your oven door explode?

  by Ucantnome in

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  2. experiences

  the other day the glass in my oven door exploded and sent glass into the next room, fortunately i wasn't peering in at the time.

  about a year go the previous oven door shattered one morning.

  the oven was cold.

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  That only happened once when I used Gun Powder instead of Baking Powder.

  Seriously though, I'd Google the make and model of your oven or look at the manufacturers website to see if there's been some kind of problem with your stove or maybe a recall. That could have ruined your whole day !
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  Should I be mad?

  by kairos in

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  i've been df'd for about six weeks now.no one has broken the obligation to "honor the disfellowshipping decree".that's the way notorious co paul kohler describes the "loving arrangement" that is jw shunning.

  ( just "serving" napa ).

  so, my wife's family has been "loving me" ( barf ) when out of nowhere, one of them sends home homemade soup for me.... well, i got super pissed.

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  Wasn't the edict not to so much as "break bread" with an unbeliever? I'm guessing that was meant to include slurping soup as well.

  Seems like they are trying to communicate with you in the form of gifts of food. It sends a mixed message. "You're to evil to talk to but we'll be nice and send you some soup and you should be grateful about it "
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  Daniel 12:4 Knowledge shall increase in the End Times

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i don't recall in jw land they use this verse to prove the end is near.. my question, what is this knowledge?.

  it's a great verse to cover their butts, the light is getting brighter.

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  What if the increased knowledge leads you to realize that you've been scammed?
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  Tough Day & wanting to escape

  by Olivia Wilde in

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  so today after my workout at the gym, i was driving away from the parking lot, notice 2 witnesses on the sidewalk with their witness cart, one older man with a young female, related?

  not sure but as i drove away it finally hit me, all this buildup & staying strong since my awakening finally hit me .... just crying & saw my life flashing before my eyes just couldn't keep myself strong anymore, especially thinking of my child & other things happening in my life currently, which are hitting reality...... i came home & had a conversation with my son about our weekly mtgs, we have missed the ms mtgs for a few times/days in a row now, does anyone check on us?

  ... anyway i finally told him that for the time being mommy needs to figure out some things with god & jesus first & for the time being won't be making the ms mtgs & will be doing our bible study at home... thankfully he understands & just told him that god understands how i feel & is ok with it.... it's difficult to feel alone in this, i feel broken with the other things happening in my life, not wt or jw related, & just want to escape & run away, i don't have many friends & my non jw family is not a close family, we were never close, & i feel like i don't have anyone to talk to.... people that know me & interact with me have no clue the turmoil i'm going thru inside, i pretend like nothing is wrong with my life .

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  That's OK Olivia, it's a process. The road from where you were and to where you want to be, isn't a straight one. You're bound to hit a few bumps and unexpected curves now and then.

  The things that bother us are often only as bothersome as we let them be. When I'm having a tough day, I remember the acronym H.A.L.T. it stands for Hungry Angry Lonely Tired. If I am any one of those 4 things, I try to ignore (Halt) any negative thoughts and emotions I may be experiencing and put off thinking about my problems until I've taken care of myself.

  I'm glad to hear you are a gym goer. Exercise is often the best thing we can do when we are experiencing a rough patch. Meetings, studying and all the rest of it are meant to build us up rather than weigh us down. You know instinctively when someone else's version of "enough" is too much for you.

  Take it easy....your life isn't an emergency and tomorrow is a new day.