Mandrake

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  Mass Shooting at Kingdom Hall in Hamburg, Germany

  by EdenOne in

  1. social
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  mass shooting at a kingdom hall in hamburg, germany this evening.

  at least 6 or 7 killed, dozens injured.

  single shooter on the run, police doesn't rule out more shooters.

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  Mandrake

  I really feel for the children/teens that might attended, when I was about 10 it was one of my worst fears that something like this happens at some point when "the world" would turn against us. I think the perpetrator might be someone involved with that congo, only time will tell.

  Another sad thing aside from the "blood dylemma", possible happening now, is the upcoming propaganda derived from this, it's hard to think of the JWs as one any other group like or religion that may suffer from this kind of acts when you are in.
  
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  10 years on and I’m still indoctrinated

  by joe134cd in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this experience highlights the level of my indoctrination, after 10 years of been a pomo.

  a few months back my gf was hinting to me about what we could do for my birthday.

  to be honest i just had no idea, that i even had a birthday.

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  Same here, ten years since I left, and its a little bit puzzling for my college-era friends and for my girlfriend (we've been together 9 years and counting). The days before my birthday I go from full "birthday negationism" to enjoy my cake at the end hahaha.

  But what hurt me most, I that my mom is not a born in, so after she left the Borg, automatically restored her ways around holidays and birthdays and sometimes get mad at me for "forgetting her birthday", but it's like, "Hey, YOU RAISED ME LIKE THIS! I have no clue to my extended family dates anyway...
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  Did becoming a JW influence you to give up something you enjoyed ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  when i was a teenager a younger fellow workmate was involved in the sport of judo.i got interested and went along to a number of sessions and took to it like a sponge to water ,and as a sport i was happy participating in.. not that much longer another workmate was getting re-activated in the religion of jw`s.

  which i had never heard o before and then got interested in that .. conflict : was judo a sport that was compatible with j.w beliefs?

  sadly i decided it was not and stopped any further involvement.. to this day i resent that decision i made back then .and i`m 82 years old now.. it was a sport i was comfortable doing and i enjoyed it.and i gave it up because of the religion .who knows what i may have achieved had i continued with it.

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  I was ready and had the grades for Med school, but instead chose dentistry because I was so scared about being "on the other side of the blood dilemma", turned out I like being a dentist but I know that deep deep inside I lacked freedom of choice at the time and the pressure from the congregation impacted heavily on my career decision.
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  What's Wrong with the Watchtower?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  not sure who wrote this list a while back but i think it is worth a repeat....to be added to or subtracted from or modified...whatever.. what's wrong with the watchtower.

  "overlapping generations" - this teaching makes no sense.

  the word used by jesus is in the singular, not plural form.. .

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  NO COLORFUL SOCKS ARE A THING NOW?????

  I used sponge bob socks on asemblies HAHAHAHA

  Now I understand how wicked I was... Good LORD THANK YOU FOR BEING D.A.
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  2020 Convention- Worse fear-mongering propaganda video

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://youtu.be/p7jx8sbghck .

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  This is circulating heavily in Latin America over whatsapp, specially from fathers to D.A o D.F children and some are getting to think that coming back is a good idea, mostly the ones disfellowshipped because of "sins" or "inmorality", most faders and DA's are kind of inmune to this blackmailing...
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  Hello!

  by Caedus in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  been reading here for a few years.. 4th gen jw, born and raised, served for a few years which was the catalyst for me.

  the politics, backstabbing, slandering and coercive tactics in particular caused a constant internal struggle.

  i started researching and focused only on the stories of ex-elders/servants to see if i was the only one - i wasn't.. the rest is history..

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  I have just realized that I'm also a 4th generation hahaha

  Welcome Caedus! I also only read in here for about 3 years before finally getting the courage to post :)
  
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  Your worst convention experience.

  by zeb in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  by a split second rescuing our handicapped son from being pushed down the stairs by a flood of sisters rushing out to see as the drama had started.. the main offender being a special pioneer..

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  @nathan+natas that was the best way to EVADE all the program... I always volunteered in everything!
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  When did WT lose the spirit?

  by Smiles in

  1. watchtower
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  at what time would you say that the watch tower schema lost the spirit?.

  like the ancient nation of israel which struggled maintaining divine blessing due to a long series of grave errors that eventually culminated in definitive loss... how and when did watch tower lose the spirit?.

  can we pinpoint a time or event?.

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  THEY NEVER HAD IT
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  Did you enjoy some of these back then?

  by Mandrake in

  1. social
  2. humour

  i was bored to death this sunday, and suddenly i remembered that it could be worse if having to attend the public meeting on a sunday, even worse, not being assigned to the sound department, accomodating, being the mic guy, or reading the wt at the platform... then i realized that i hated just "attending" and sitting at meetings, those "privileges" were the only thing i enjoyed and made my last months inside bearable.... did you enjoy these assignments?

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  I was bored to death this Sunday, and suddenly I remembered that it could be worse if having to attend the public meeting on a Sunday, even worse, not being assigned to the sound department, accomodating, being the mic guy, or reading the WT at the platform... Then I realized that I hated just "attending" and sitting at meetings, those "privileges" were the only thing I enjoyed and made my last months inside bearable.... Did you enjoy these assignments?
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  3 ExJWs in the News

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  getting the truth out efficiently via news report.

  https://youtu.be/pjoor9e77g8.

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  The thumbnail says JWs wanted to launch ballistic missles toward te U.S. pacific territories?!

  Beside the joke, I hope this reach a lot of people!!! I love the North Korea similarities and the fact that the guys interviewed have beards!