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  No Part of The World Circuit Assembly Highlights

  by DavinciCodeBreaker in

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  well this past weekend was pretty much as predicted, the demonstrations were probably the worst i have ever seen.

  you know the ones i mentioned on a post last week where in the middle the participant has a sudden epiphany!

  here is a sampling of just a few.. .

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  The PR about JW families being all loved up & happy is quite a laugh to me. I knew families where fights among elders/elders sons are common place.

  JW's - The happiest people on earth?.................

  
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  Pre assembly blues

  by AnonJW in

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  well, im off to the circuit assembly tomorrow.

  two days of sheer joy and missed sports!

  !two days of the same twenty or so brothers giving talks(it's who you know so i am told) and demonstrations, reminding us of how much they enjoy god bothering people on a saturday.

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  Assemblies were shit. Made me miss watching my beloved football club & generally ruined my weekend.

  Oh, and PS - watching all the ass kissing of the Edinburgh elders & jokeying for position? Do me a ****ing favour.
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  See how Jehovah is blessing us with increase (in material things)

  by jambon1 in

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  this always really, really pissed me off when i was a jw.. they actually had the audacity to claim that the god who created the universe was somehow involved in the increase of 'kingdom interests' - property in flourishing lands.. now, as i see it, the world has really suffered since the wts started out in it's seedy americanisation of what religion should be:.

  wwiwwiithe untold suffering of the holocausteuropean civil warsthe list goes on.............yet, i was told that jehovah god was furthering & advancing the watchtower bible & tract societys 'talents.'.

  this generally involved the building/expansion of wts property.. so, let me get this straight; god was getting all excited about his people expanding the property/printing presses of a corporate organisation, while turning a blind eye to the holocaust, paedophilia, warfare, tsunamis/earthquakes.. not the god i would want to worship personally.. yet it shows just how much the jw's have their heads firmly implanted right up their own arses.. do me a favour.. if god exsisted or was interested in humanity, there are bigger matters for him to deal with than the expansion of the wts.. .

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  This always really, really pissed me off when I was a JW.

  They actually had the audacity to claim that the god who created the universe was somehow involved in the increase of 'kingdom interests' - property in flourishing lands.

  Now, as I see it, the world has really suffered since the WTS started out in it's seedy Americanisation of what religion should be:

  • WWI
  • WWII
  • The untold suffering of the holocaust
  • European civil wars
  • The list goes on.............

  Yet, I was told that Jehovah god was furthering & advancing the Watchtower Bible & Tract Societys 'talents.'

  This generally involved the building/expansion of WTS property.

  So, let me get this straight; god was getting all excited about his people expanding the property/printing presses of a corporate organisation, while turning a blind eye to the holocaust, paedophilia, warfare, tsunamis/earthquakes.

  Not the god I would want to worship personally.

  Yet it shows just how much the JW's have their heads firmly implanted right up their own arses.

  Do me a favour.

  If God exsisted or was interested in humanity, there are bigger matters for him to deal with than the expansion of the WTS.
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  The Pressure Is On to Pioneer in April

  by dontplaceliterature in

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  2. friends

  i know there have already been a couple of threads posted about this, but i thought it made since to bring it up again.

  i hadn't really heard any "oh my what a blessing, are you pioneering in april?

  " talk right after the big announcement last month.

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  Oh, and peoples calls who look like this, turning up to the memorial just to do something different for a night..........

  
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  The Pressure Is On to Pioneer in April

  by dontplaceliterature in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know there have already been a couple of threads posted about this, but i thought it made since to bring it up again.

  i hadn't really heard any "oh my what a blessing, are you pioneering in april?

  " talk right after the big announcement last month.

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  Pioneering in the springtime, during the memorial season

  Making the month of April a 'banner month'

  Elders judging one another as to who is doing more 'extra time'

  Publishers ran ragged between full time employment & ten hour ministry days on the weekend (and acting like they are so happy to do it)

  
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  I dedicate this song to all of Jehovah's Witnesses who know that the religion is cruel & unloving

  by jambon1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i realise that you are between a rock & a hard place.

  but i strongly urge you to take stock of your situation & leave the watchtower religion behind if you really do disagree with it's policies.. you see, i and many others have been in that place.

  attending meetings, preparing talks & going out in field service while knowing all the time that the religion wasn't right.. the watchtower religion fulfills prophecy when you see how jehovah's witnesses show 'no natural affection' in the following circumstances:.

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  I realise that you are between a rock & a hard place. But I strongly urge you to take stock of your situation & leave the Watchtower religion behind if you really do disagree with it's policies.

  You see, I and many others have been in that place. Attending meetings, preparing talks & going out in field service while knowing all the time that the religion wasn't right.

  The Watchtower religion fulfills prophecy when you see how Jehovah's Witnesses show 'no natural affection' in the following circumstances:

  • Shunning parents/children/lifelong friends because someone leaves or disagrees with the religion
  • Hundreds of individuals commit suicide because of being shunned by their friends/relatives
  • Allowing young mothers to die because of the extreemly flawed & unscriptural blood doctrine

  I dedicate this song to you.

  The lyrics which follow are extreemly poignant:

  "And if there ever comes a time, guns & gates no longer hold you in, and if you're free to make a choice"................
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  The effect of this religion on my children & the action I had to take - Part III

  by jambon1 in

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  2. experiences

  here is parts i & ii.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/experiences/191112/1/the-effect-of-this-religion-on-my-children-the-action-i-had-to-take-part-i.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/experiences/191251/1/the-effect-of-this-religion-on-my-children-the-action-i-had-to-take-part-ii.

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  Shunning - do JW's simply turn a blind eye to the consequences of it?

  by jambon1 in

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  My change (Greek - Metamorpho) since leaving the Jehovah's Witness religion

  by jambon1 in

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  2. friends

  in greek, meaning to 'transform.'.

  i remember giving a talk as a ministerial servant which included this analogy.

  it was supposed to be an illustration of how one changes from the filth of the world to the beauty of being a christian.

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  In Greek, meaning to 'transform.'

  I remember giving a talk as a ministerial servant which included this analogy. It was supposed to be an illustration of how one changes from the filth of the world to the beauty of being a christian. I agree that in certain cases, becoming a christian is a beautiful thing. It wasn't my experience. This is why:

  I was a crazy worldly young lad. Seventeen & full of that selfish arrogance. But I was true. I was caring. I was sensitive. I was kind & loving.

  I remember when Live Aid was on the TV in 1985. I watched this as an 8 year old. In horror that people suffered in the way that was so graphically depicted at the time. My little mind couldn't understand it. I remember at christmas & new year being upset that my family had so much good food and that on the other hand, somewhere, others were starving. I remember crying like a little baby thinking about those poor souls that I had just seen in the summer TV documentaries & news edits.

  And so to the JW's. Offering peace & security to a kid that doesn't quite fit into society. A guy that is sensitive to the problems in the world around. Tailor made for the Jehovah's Witness religion. They had all the answers after all.

  But I had to trade my freedom to find those answers. As I cooperated with the reforming JW religion, I lost all sensitivity. I wasn't true to myself at all. I took those answers & grabbed them at the expense of literally everything around me. I traded it all for the JW religion.

  As I said, my freedom of thought & expression was all gone. I repeated the WTS lines of thought like a mantra. Yet I knew as I progressed up the theocratic ladder that things were not right in the religion.

  I had became estranged from my loving family. I had become obsessed with putting this world down. I had become depressed. I had become anxious. I was deeply unhappy.

  Not quite the 'metamorpho' that I had expected.

  I eventually left the WT religion after allowing it to influence my mind for just over ten whole years. At the point I left, I didn't like who I was. I was often suicidal. I was more often than not depressed. I was dejected. I had been let down. I had let myself down by being sucked into this racket of a religion.

  Having served 5 years outside the religion I can confidently say that my life really has 'morphed.' I began to trust people. I began to see the good in all people. Worldly people were not the sort to be avoided & despised. They offered friendship & reached out the hand of unconditional love. I took it.

  I became unsuspicious of everyone around me. Embracing diversity & enjoying the fact that I need not judge almost everyone around me.

  I regained my confidence & built my business. I gained self respect as I saw that I wasn't just a useless, faithless ministerial servant doomed for death.

  I was a father who provided well for my family, both emtotionally & physically. I even began to pat myself on the back for being such a good person, rather than putting myself down for being an unspiritual doubter of the 'truth.'

  Truely, I have changed. I am able to embrace life & love it. Every second that I spend with my 3 beautiful children makes me feel so happy that I am alive. I am surrounded by love. How lucky I am.

  Toward the end of my time as a JW, I would have happily driven my car into a tree. A twentysomething young lad with a wife & family! I felt like this because of the drip, drip, drip of that religion & it's criminal negativity.

  Now, I have changed.

  I have one life of which I am certain. I am living it.

  Best wishes to you all on your Journey.

  J

  
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  The expression 'need greaters'. Anyone else heard this?

  by jambon1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my wife gets emails from someone who is serving in another country.. he keeps on referring to brothers/sisters who are 'need greaters'.. if they are actually using this expression then i have to say that it is the stupidest 'title' that they have ever dreamed up.

  so full of their own self importance.. need greaters?..............

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  My wife gets emails from someone who is serving in another country.

  He keeps on referring to brothers/sisters who are 'need greaters'.

  If they are actually using this expression then I have to say that it is the stupidest 'title' that they have ever dreamed up. So full of their own self importance.

  Need greaters?.............