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  What woke you up?

  by Israel Ricky Gonzales in

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  in march of 2014, i was a very active jw, a ministerial servant, gave a public talk, was an attendant for the memorial, and one of 4 cleaning captains for an international convention of 40,000+ attendees.

  so what woke me up?

  an innocent comment from a co-worker about the candice conti court case rang a bell that could not be unrung.

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  Question_Mans_interpretation

  What woke me up or actually helped me start the critical thinking and questioning was the 2011 October and November watchtowers with the two part series articles on the 587 vs 607 destruction of Jerusalem. Thank you Watchtower for publishing something so eye opening and completely unsupported. From there it was learning about the whole 1874 vs 1914 christ invisible presence and then the nail in the coffin was Ray Franz's books. Cult mind eliminated
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  Getting the Urge!

  by Theburstbubble in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  evening folks, so as some of you may know we have recently decided to leave the witnesses and can see it for the man made organisation it is.

  so, why do i get the urge to go back and feel guilty for not being there!

  it's like my mind is telling me to be logical about it all but then something keeps pulling me back.. don't get me wrong i really want to break free from it all and i'm resisting the urge to go back as i have been miserable in the truth for a long time as i've known it's not right and want to do the best by my daughter.

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  Question_Mans_interpretation

  For me I think the urge to go back and attend meetings was not as bad as the urge to defend them when someone was putting them down. I hated that feeling like I needed to defend them. I knew they had done so much wrong in my family but I couldn't take it when people put them in a bad light. It was a frustrating feeling of contradiction. Ray Franz's books finally cured me of that. It severed my cult brain mentality.
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  Need to Vent: Well this weekend is a wash, 3 days of my life i will not get back and wife is slipping in to cult mode

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yep, the cult fest is upon us....3 days of my life i will not get back....ughhhhhhhh.

  and my wife has been slipping in to cult mode the last 2 days.....you know the look.

  almost like a glazed over look with a side of guilt and a side of narrow mindedness.

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  Question_Mans_interpretation

  Convention weekend, and you're going, right? My condolences on your time lost. This will be my second year of non attendance. It's funny but of all the boring meetings and endless"works" I had to endure growing up JW, conventions were actually exciting and I have good memories of them but I don't think I could ever endure them now in my awake state unless I was doing research and could use my time to turn what they were saying into some way to wake them up(maybe something you could do to help keep your sanity even if you cant or wont ever get the chance to share it with the wife).
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  JWism retaking control of wife's family

  by The JHWH in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  a situation regarding this religion has developed which i fear might have negative implications on me and wifes lives, and i'm looking for thoughts and advice in how to approach the situation.

  i'll start with some background information to enlighten the situation.. i'm a male in mid-twenties, raised secularly, married to an ex-jw woman (on paper still a jw though), who's been raised in the jw religion, although somewhat untheocratically shall i say.

  for instance her mother has 5 children with 3 different men, all non-jws, and has had many other relationships as well.

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  Question_Mans_interpretation

  Intervene, intervene, intervene and intervene now. If the sister and her boyfriend get involved it will be harder to talk to them later once the religion gets more of a firm hold and are in their heads. If they end of getting on the band wagon anyways at least then you will have planted some seeds that may grow or come to light down the road that may help them wake up.
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  Catch phrases used by the GB

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i read a comment on another thread that made me think of this topic.. how many catchphrases are used by the gb and organisation in an attempt to control or gain power or prevent questioning?

  feel free to list as many as you can think of!.

  i'll start:.

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  "Bad association spoil useful habbits"

  "We are a happy people"

  "Our service is joyful"

  "God's people are humble"

  (eyeroll)
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  guy says he's not guilty of murder because victim refused blood transfusion that could've saved him

  by Question_Mans_interpretation in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i wonder if the guy will get off the hook for murder since the jw died during surgery that he refused blood for.

  http://www.fresnobee.com/2015/05/15/4526968/did-fresno-shooting-victims-religious.html.

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  Question_Mans_interpretation

  I wonder if the guy will get off the hook for murder since the jw died during surgery that he refused blood for

  http://www.fresnobee.com/2015/05/15/4526968/did-fresno-shooting-victims-religious.html
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  Help, suggestion for Mother Day.

  by James Mixon in

  1. jw
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  ex jw we are not so great in gift giving, we don't have a lot of experience.

  lol.

  mother day always confuse me, why should i give my wife a gift, she is not my.

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  Question_Mans_interpretation

  Flowers are old school. Get her chocolate dipped strawberries or an Edibles Arrangement.
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  I've just been disfellowshipped!

  by maksutov in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  apparently it was announced last night.

  i was not informed (for 'legal reasons'), but they phoned my dad and told him.

  i understand it is due to my apostate book.

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  Question_Mans_interpretation

  So sorry. On a happy note I'm addicted to your book, its very well written. Started reading it soon after you made the post and I'm halfway done.
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  "Your good example is much needed for the young ones the congregation."

  by Yondaime in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hey guys n gals, sorry its been such a long time since i've posted.

  lately i've been very busy balancing between my school work and cult activities.

  since i've been doing pretty well "spiritually"(enough field-circus hours, attending meetings, underlining my literatrash, reading, praying and serving as the mic-master) my coordinator grabbed me to the side after a meeting and talked to me for twenty minutes straight congratulating me about how good i am doing.. then he paused for a good five seconds and got all serious.. then he proceeded to tell me that the young ones in the hall aren't doing too well.

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  Question_Mans_interpretation

  Wow that's amazing you're awake and have them so perfectly fooled. I wonder how they will take it when and if you decide to leave. I'm curious are you getting a promotion? And would you accept it if they did. I wonder if anyone who's ever been awake has actually worked their way through the ranks just to learn more about the inside and be a mole.
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  Guess what I just got in the mail?

  by Question_Mans_interpretation in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i got an invitation from an ex mormon bishop to come learn how to witness to mormons.

  this guy is brave, he even invited the current local mormon bishop to attend.

  here's his website leebaker.4mormon.org.

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  Question_Mans_interpretation

  I think I'm going to go