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  A new step in my exit from the WT

  by Skepsis in

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  2. friends

  if you remember, i've been posting here my subsequent steps from a regular pioneer and ms at the beginning of this year to a rank-and-file publisher after stepping down as ms two months ago.. during these months, i've been through a difficult way.

  but after every step, i could feel freer and better.

  i've met a person outside the wt that has changed my life forever and i have experienced a freedom of thought and an inner peace like never before.. however, i knew that staying in my hometown would make my fading very difficult.

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  I understand. I think you are doing it the correct way. Go to a few meetings. Do not however give them your cel phone, or address just yet. Just explain you will be getting a new one soon, or that you will be moving intoa new place blah blah. Then once your cards are there.......boom. Fade. Be patient. If you do it right, you will not regret it.
  
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  Once you've proved the truth to yourself you don't need to keep trying to disprove it...

  by cognisonance in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was told this during my judicial committee (some five years ago) when i brought up concerns i had with the "truth.

  " in addition one of the elders (who was an engineer) said once you've accepted a proof of pythagorus' theorem you don't later start doubting that theorem.

  i thought that argument was a weak analogy then.

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  problemaddict 2

  Well its a silly analogy because comparing a mathematical formula, with a religious "proof" are simply not in the same universe.

  Math can be proven. Religious studies are related to culture, bias, upbringing, pre-concieved ideas, geography, and in the case of JW's, a very specific narrative. Its not apples and oranges, its comparing apples and Subarus.

  Also....I recall the bible disagreeing with them?

  2 Cor 13:5

  James 1:3

  1 Thes 5:21
  
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  My Mothers Ultimate Rejection

  by What Now? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i went into my mother's office to leave her a small note to say that we love and miss her and would love to get together.

  i found this on her desk.

  this is jehovah's witnesses.

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  problemaddict 2

  Ugh. How horrific. Right when you were leaving a note for her wanting to get together. Sheesh. I am so sorry. Here is the issue I run into. If my mother was to shun me, I don't think I could allow the grandchildren to visit her. First for obvious indoctrination reasons. 2nd, I feel as though i am tacitly teaching them that sort of behavior is ok and excusable on some level......which it is not.

  Yet.....I would hate for my little ones to grow up without access to their only grandparents. In the end, I feel like myself and my immediate family are a package deal. I need to teach my kids that loyalty to your blood matters.

  Am i reading it right that she is doing this partially on behalf of your sisters? You guys have a bad relationship?
  
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  Return of the Dub (plus surprise guest)

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  return of the dub (plus surprise guest)dealing with just one frisky, bright-eyed jehovah’s witness is a handful.one on one is manageable.

  two jw’s is more like juggling chainsaws or french kissing alligators.i had a return visit the other day and now, the jw was returning the 2nd time, but with another dub.what would my strategy be?

  that’s how the day was spent.

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  problemaddict 2

  I enjoyed reading these. I instinctively understand the exhaustion, and the feeling of tenseness in those circumstances. My guess is that Earl would like to hang out again, but that the big dig he brought with him might convince him you are "not rightly disposed".
  
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  Mexico Earthquake - Tsunami Alert

  by cofty in

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  2. current

  a magnitude 8.1 earthquake has struck off the pacific coast of mexico triggering tsunami alerts.. mexico is also threatened by hurricane katia with winds of 90mph which is expected to hit the east coast later today.. earthquakes, hurricanes, solar flares, nuclear threats - our jw relatives are going to be so excited..

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  I already have JW's filling up FB with

  "I hope our brothers are ok" - 15 people died so far but.....F em....they weren't JW's

  "We are privileged to know exactly what is happening here" - It was an earthquake.

  "So exciting!" - People getting excited for what they hope is the end of the world is so cute......and horrific.

  "earthquakes in one place after another" - *Ahem* Earthquakes are no more common than ever before in history. Our ability to measure them has incresed quite a bit, and the destruction they cause is greater because of our population boom.

  Its driving me nuts. No empathy for their fellowman. Just concern for the brothers and "excitement" for everyone to die.
  
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  Does anyone under the age of 25 know what KFC stands for? (What about WT or JW?)

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as we have seen, the society has so smoothly rolled out the rebranding of the organization in just a few short years!.

  (in fact, i remember a thread post here a few years back, where it was mentioned that all halls are going to get the jw.org signs on them.

  it was initially laughed off and doubted) https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/279409/jw-org-signs-put-on-all-kingdom-halls-new-directive.

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  Korean Fried Chicken.........and its delicious.
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  JWs Among the Least Educated in the US

  by jp1692 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  september 6th, 2017: a just released research survey shows once again that jehovah's witnesses are among the least educated people in the united states: .

  america’s changing religious identity.

  it is also interesting to note how jws rank in the categories of: income, insurance coverage and homeownership.

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  The only real consistency in their beliefs are that going to college is a waste of time. Its held truer than multiple doctrines considered "core".
  
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  Judge orders Jehovah’s Witness to release molestation files

  by cobweb in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2017/aug/30/citylights-judge-orders-jehovahs-witness-release/#.

  judge orders jehovah’s witness to release molestation files.

  eighteen years of horror in linda vista.

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  This is dragging on. Sheesh. Imagine having to relive this for so long as a victim, and then to be questioned by JW attorneys. Its ugly.
  
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  Just A Thought Regarding The Bunker Video

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as ridiculous as the bunker video was, a few things popped into my consciousness as i was riding the train today.

  firstly, why did they go to all the expense and effort to not only create a bunker, but to furnish it like a living room complete with coffee table, armchair, shelves etc?

  i mean, a bunker should be a bunker... boxes of tinned food, tools, medical supplies, emergency gear etc.

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  problemaddict 2

  Everyone wants to feel special I suppose. JW's lap this stuff up. I did as well as many of us here. i sometimes ask myself why in hindsight. I think its just that it was exciting, and I felt special. I don't know.

  Of course the amount of questions a thinking person would ask themselves while watching this is a long list indeed. But if you do that......you are just "FAULT FINDING". Big independent thinking red flag that is.
  
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  Why a young father left the JW's

  by darkspilver in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  three part story in germany's der tagesspiegel (26 july 2017).

  why a young father left the jehovah's witnesses (part one)he believed.

  to the end of the world, the mission, the community.

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  problemaddict 2

  Great read. Happening in a lot of places all over the world. We need to keep getting information out there in peoples primary languages.