It might have been because I didn't want to think that my parents could be that stupid, even though stuff was said that indicated that they were. Enough doubt was placed in me by some of the nonsense from my parents and various new and old articles from the WT, that I didn't have the balls to get baptised, because I knew that if they were wrong and I wanted to get out, that there was no recant option that didn't mean being ostracised by the entire extended family.
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Why Did You Stay In The JW Religion As Long As You Did?
by minimus inwere you so indoctrinated that you just couldn’t leave?
was it due to family pressure?
was it your friendships that you didn’t want to lose?
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Shall I disassociate myself too? I’m the only one left now.
by Theonlyoneleft inplease bear with me as this might be a long one,.
the question above has been circulating my mind for a while and i’ve been wondering if there’s anyone that thought the same or done it.. we normally associate shunning and disassociation with jehovah’s witnesses that are normally baptised, but my situation is a reversed one.. i was a bible student that left a long time ago on my own free will, never shunned never ostracised by my jw’s siblings and their families.
the years have passed and situations have arisen that has made me uncomfortable of the knowledge of particular outcomes within my siblings and families.. i’ve been thinking to stay away from my family( living in a different country ), as i don’t want to be preached on or feel out of touch and segregated by their opinions of me and my family.
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Once you have identified yourself as Satan's Minion, your chances of having sensible conversations with them are finished, It's much better to go with the flow and keep your opinions to yourself and ask the occasional awkward question that makes them think without being too pushy about it and demanding they answer.
I still have a relationship with most of my JW family members. It is dysfunctional because I never got baptized, but that is better than being an 'out there' big scary Apostate that must be avoided at all costs.
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What is "whiskey gate" and Anthony Morris? Have any governing body members died?
by Witness 007 ini've been away for a year just wondering what i missed.
who of the slave class has died etc.
what's new..
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"b) ...of the exact same stuff (so it's doubtful he was shopping for anyone but himself and his wife, and he admits as much in the footage... greed or raging alcoholism, you decide)..."
You are just guessing that it's only for him & her.
There is so much good quality evidence around that the GB aren't who they claim they are, that this sort of nonsense is probably nothing more than a welcome distraction for them.
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Where is Talesin?
by truthlover123 inused to be a regular on board.
enjoyed the comments.
anyone know ?.
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"She popped into FB a few weeks ago."
Thanks for that Dagney. I do wonder how she is getting on. Say hi from me if you get the chance.
Cheers
Chris
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What is "whiskey gate" and Anthony Morris? Have any governing body members died?
by Witness 007 ini've been away for a year just wondering what i missed.
who of the slave class has died etc.
what's new..
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All he was doing was buying likker, the same as Rutherford did during the prohibition except that now it's legal.
It's not like he's an SDA or a Mormon, so what's the big deal?
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Why Aren`t The G.B Members Representive Of All Nations ? and not just America ?
by smiddy3 inare all of the governing .body .members american citizens ?
shouldn`t they at least represent a greater proportion of nations in light of jesus being a saviour of all the world ?.
god loved the world of mankind right ?
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Where is Geoffrey Jackson from?
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INSANE last days speculation in 10/2019 WT
by neat blue dog inthe october 2019 study edition, speaking of the last days after the governments destroy all religion except jws:.
at some point, the people whose re-ligions were destroyed may resent thefact that jehovah’s witnesses keep prac-ticing their religion.
we can only imag-ine the uproar that this might create, in-cluding on social media.
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Black Sheep
Nothing's changed. It's the same rhetoric I was made to listen to when I was a kid and a tape of Charles Sinutko's "Stay alive till 75" assembly talk was played in New Zealand KHs.
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Kids being disfellowshipped
by Nikki collins inso some ex-jws and i were at dinner last night talking about how some of the ones baptized this year were so young.
a few under the age of 10!!
can you imagine if a kid got dfd at that age.... would the congregation shun them?
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Smuggling
by lastmanstanding inthe international assemblies are on... and the missionaries are coming home... and leaving richer.. i have, in all seriousness, been told by a co that the missionaries going home have large sums of money hidden in their luggage as they go back to their assignments.
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he related how one couple was almost caught with the undeclared cash as they passed through customs.. this has been going on for quite some time, the watchtower using missionaries are mules.. i bet with all the kingdumb hall sales the pace has picked up..
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Many cults have tricks like this and probably copied from each other's success stories. I'd be surprised if it wasn't true.
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Repercussions over Whiskygate?
by eyeslice2 inanyone any idea if there have been any repercussions over whiskygate and if anthony morris was ushered into the backroom after a meeting?
i am pretty sure if this had been a member of the r&f and the video was all over the internet, something would have been said about being careful not to bring jah's organization into disrepute.
i am sure the local elders in the congregation he is assigned to wouldn't have the balls to do it and there would have to be a mole pretty high up to find out if the gb got involved.. we can but speculate i guess..
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I have no idea why this got any traction at all. It's not like he's a Mormon or an SDA and is breaking the church's rules. Search for images of Rutherford happily on the booze with his companions. Harping on about it this just gives Apostates a bad name as nit pickers, etc..