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  Today's Text

  by snugglebunny in

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  kairos

  That phrase angers me.
  
  They have the softer version, too:
  Listen , obey and be blessed.
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  I'm not so sure a bigger awakening is going to happen anymore

  by bradford in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when i left in march officially i started reading the forums here.

  i had this excitement that more people would be leaving soon because of the crazy broadcasts, the crazy "new light" that the gb was dishing out, and more recently the australian royal commission lighting up geoffrey.

  this past saturday i had an elder stop by to chat for the first time since i left.

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  kairos

  I think there will be snowball effect. TTATT will not stay a "secret",

  The bottom will fall out.
  Think about this: The 25-55 crowd are watching the very ones that "taught them the truth" die before there eyes. Parents, grandparents and older friends.

  They all know that none of these people "were supposed to die".
  I think this one component will get people sniffing around the internet and the forums.
  When millions that were living, have now died, some will accept reality for what it is.

  The internet genie is out of the bottle, so to to speak, so asking the JWs to stop using the internet is impossible with all of the JW,ORG hype.

  There must be a rather large percentage of JWS that must be just be too scared or confused to act. On the other hand, if you are used to "waiting on Jehovah" all your life, why would any of this shake you now?

  I'm hoping mass exodus

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/109520001/we-going-see-mass-awakening
  
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  JW "charity" during wildfire crisis

  by RedPillPopper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i live in the area of the 'valley' wildfire in northern california.

  i just returned home after 3 days evacuated.

  there is a family who run a fitness center and had opened their doors in disaster relief to affected people with beds, food, clothing and shelter.

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  kairos

  "It might cost us money..."

  Love of neighbor, my "Apostate ASS"?!?
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  JW "charity" during wildfire crisis

  by RedPillPopper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i live in the area of the 'valley' wildfire in northern california.

  i just returned home after 3 days evacuated.

  there is a family who run a fitness center and had opened their doors in disaster relief to affected people with beds, food, clothing and shelter.

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  kairos

  This is so sad.

  I mentioned the fact that JWs are not a charity regarding this fire.

  I was told the local BOEs called to make sure the JWs were accounted for.
  How is that charity?

  That's just what "friends" should do when they know there is a need.
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  Today I got a review that left me scratching my head - what do you make of it?

  by Brock Talon in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  as a published author on amazon, i'm used to getting negative reviews from time to time.

  it goes with the territory and i'm ok with it.

  writing is an art form, so no art is liked by everyone.

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  kairos

  She sounds just like the basket case with three very difficult children my wife studies with...
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  Going Nuclear - Marriage

  by Sofia Lose in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  has anyone here gone nuclear on their spouse and, all of a sudden, came out in the open as a jw opposer?.

  by this i mean, sitting them down and saying: i no longer want to be a jw anymore, do not want to go to meetings or preaching anymore!

  and, what has happened in the relationship after that?.

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  kairos

  My wife and I are still together.

  I went nuclear.

  Admitted apostasy and DF'd in absentia.
  Yet, we are still together.

  She attends all the meetings and prepares her lessons.
  I will never set foot in a KH again.

  It's not easy, but marriage is hard work.
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  I'm sick of...

  by freemindfade in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm sick of.... ...having an elder i barely know invite himself over to my house, and bring another asshole elder with him, you know, to "see how i'm doing" f-ck them.

  ...having same elder with all insincerity approach me at the beeting and before inviting himself over, ask, "how are you doing?

  " then when i say everything is great, go ahead and invite them selves over anyway.

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  kairos

  This is a topic that no doubt rattle around in many of our minds.

  I didn't want to DA, either.
  I didn't attend any J/C's or appeal their decision to DF me.

  It's only been a few days since the announcement and this is shaping up to be the best week in my life!

  That being said, admitting apostasy and getting DF'd in absentia might be the best hope of waking up others that have known you for decades.
  Shock the hell out of them!

  Making them DF you is by far the better course than DA'ing, in my opinion...
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  Exposing one's identity. When?

  by kairos in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been toying with the idea of just coming out and posting my name and location as an attempt to be available to locals that secretly browse the forum that have known me for up to 25 years.

  ( "reaching out", so to speak ).

  i'm not da'd or df'd, so this most certainly could end in a dramatic confrontation.

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  kairos

  They made their little announcement last night.

  I realized this morning that I can now go on with my life free from JW distractions.

  
  

  I actually feel pretty good.
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  I've decided to make a difference that REALLY matters

  by Mrs. Eden in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hello friends!today is a sad day for me, as seven months have gone by since my mother passed away after a decades-long fight with breast cancer..

  because the witnessing/preaching/teaching work doesn't make any sense to me anymore; because it's not about any "truth"; and because it's basically useless, i've decided to quit doing it.

  instead, i've decided to do something that actually can make a real difference in other people's lives.

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  kairos

  Good decision!
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  Need clarification from someone who speaks JW: What is an "apostate" ...or... an "apostate website?"

  by Faithful Witness in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jul/27/jehovahs-witnesses-destroyed-notes-about-child-sex-abuse-inquiry-told.

  http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/27/us-australia-religion-sexcrimes-iduskcn0q10ih20150727.

  http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2015/07/28/australia-jehovah-witness-sex-abuse-hannigan-lklv.cnn.

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  kairos

  I'm an apostate...

  In the land that JWs dwell, I have , overnight, for some of them become scarier than Satan. Why? You can SEE me. I EXIST and may pop out from behind any random bush, shopping cart or trash pile.

  Satan, eh?. He never shows up to anything.

  As for web sites. Anything that is not directly coming from the "approved channel of communication"® is likely from an apostate source. ( unless it's FB, Google, Yahoo, Angry Birds, personal e-mail, etc and you are able to have enough "self control" not to type "jehovah" in a search window or you sit in your living room when using your computer ).

  People in my town are going to SHIT when I engage them as if we are still friends.
  I'll say, "I'm what?"

  "You're no longer one of JWs"

  "I haven't been for years and you spoke with me until Sept 10th, though?"

  "I mean you're a DF'd apostate"...

  "I missed that announcement"...

  <hilarity ensues>