Posts by OnTheWayOut

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I love it That JW`s Worship A God Named by The Catholics ,And Follow The Bible Of the protestants .

by smiddy3 in

the tetagrammaton 4 hebrew letters representing gods name in the hebrew scriptures as jhvh or more likely yhwh .. the name jehovah was unheard of before the 13th century simply because no one beforehand had added vowels to those four hebrew consonants representing gods name .. and then comes along a spanish catholic monk of the 13th century that adds vowels to those 4 hebrew consonants and he comes up with the name jehovah.. a name that the catholic church has used in and on churches since the 13th century throughout europe and elsewhere in the world.. and lo and behold the g.b.of jehovah`s witnesses in their wisdom stated in the first edition of the "aid to bible understanding" that they chose the name jehovah as the correct pronunciation of gods name because it was the most popular name in use in the world ?

logically by christendom `s religions ,who else ?.

then their is the bible cannon that all of the major christian religions have different books that they feel should make up the bible.. protestant religions .

OnTheWayOut

I love it That JW`s Worship A God Named by The Catholics ,And Follow The Bible Of the protestants .

And, if you are a worshiper of the God of the Bible and not accepting the Trinity, you are technically a Unitarian.
So, they are Unitarians who worship a Catholic God with their Protestant Bibles.

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Any ideas about what the ‘special’ talk is on Memorial Day?

by Bubbles001 in

the family are very excited because there’s a special interruption happening this friday which has supposedly only happened once before when rutherford announced jesus’ ruling in heaven.

requires tuning into jw.org.

meant to be this coming friday before the memorial.

OnTheWayOut

there’s a special interruption happening this Friday which has supposedly only happened once before when Rutherford announced Jesus’ ruling in heaven. Requires tuning into jw.org. Meant to be this coming Friday before the memorial.

So what was it?????

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Enjoyed the Memorial

by ScottyRex in

probably not a popular opinion on here....and haven't been actively attending meetings since 1988....(i know i know a submarine attender) however thoroughly enjoyed attending this evening...was good to see lots of people i remember whilst growing up in this faith, they were genuine and the whole atmosphere was one of love.

sure if i suddenly wanted to become active again and didn't change my lifestyle they would drop me like a bomb.....however i haven't and won't and they didn't and don't.

this works for me.. i cannot demonize the witnesses on what i have seen tonight.

OnTheWayOut

That old apostate 'love bombing'......please.

Oh, I said it is genuine in a way. It can be from the heart. They genuinely miss you and genuinely want you to abandon all else and come back, but might think it's too pushy to say all that so they hope just the "We miss you" part is sufficient.

Love bombing is an attempt to influence a person by demonstrations of attention and affection. With already close people, it can further be defined as an intense atmosphere of affection and adoration designed to disarm an individual's natural guardedness. You can't be mad at them if they are going out of their way to show love. There's no reason it cannot be from people who really care about you. But see if they, now that they saw you, call to invite you to that lunch.

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Enjoyed the Memorial

by ScottyRex in

probably not a popular opinion on here....and haven't been actively attending meetings since 1988....(i know i know a submarine attender) however thoroughly enjoyed attending this evening...was good to see lots of people i remember whilst growing up in this faith, they were genuine and the whole atmosphere was one of love.

sure if i suddenly wanted to become active again and didn't change my lifestyle they would drop me like a bomb.....however i haven't and won't and they didn't and don't.

this works for me.. i cannot demonize the witnesses on what i have seen tonight.

OnTheWayOut

I am glad you enjoyed your love-bombing. It is genuine in a way. They really do wish you would abandon all else and come back to their self-imposed prison. I am confident I would get the same treatment if I went.

I also don't hold anything against them when they cannot attempt to "love" me by inviting me out to coffee or lunch if they miss me so much. They are in a cult. It's in their reprogramming.

Glad you enjoyed seeing some old friends.

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If the meetings are so enjoyable and serving the big J is such a privilege...

by HiddenPimo in

why is it that all of the friends show happiness and excitement when a meeting is cancelled?.

no meetings week of memorial "what a blessing from jah!".

bad weather - oh it's so nice to have a night off.

OnTheWayOut

It's a cult.
The Governing Body arranges so much for you- "What a blessing from Jah!"
The local elders cancel the meeting for a snowy evening- "What a blessing from Jah!"
Lower the recruiting hours requirement so more can pioneer- "What a blessing from Jah!"
Building new KH's, selling KH's, combining congregations- "What a blessing from Jah!"

Bad news about the Watchtower- "Its persecution from Satan's World."
I could go on and on with either one. The blessings and the persecution.

Bottom line- It's a cult.

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My JW boyfriend broke up with me

by DrunkinLove in

i am so crushed right now.

i have been dating a witness for over a year now.

we love each other so much.

OnTheWayOut

So sorry to read of your loss, but you say "Now we have no choice but to stop..."

So not true. He has plenty of other choices. But now you know that the religion is firmly in first place in his mind right now.

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Any ideas about what the ‘special’ talk is on Memorial Day?

by Bubbles001 in

the family are very excited because there’s a special interruption happening this friday which has supposedly only happened once before when rutherford announced jesus’ ruling in heaven.

requires tuning into jw.org.

meant to be this coming friday before the memorial.

OnTheWayOut

I have no idea, but a total guess is that it has something to do with money or with counting the anointed partakers.

I would bet it's something to highly discourage partakers.

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Is there no Mid Week Meeting, April 15 -21, this week because of the Memorial?

by Acluetofindtheuser in

pimo here.. i must have missed an announcement or something because there is no workbook online for this week.

are they cancelling the mid week meetings between april 15 - 21 because of the friday memorial?.

i don't want to text anyone that i know so i'll ask you guys.

OnTheWayOut

Yes, there is NO MIDWEEK MEETING this week. My wife's Wednesday meeting is cancelled for that reason.

I know, in the past they didn't cancel meetings on other nights, but apparently this is a thing now, maybe for a couple/few years.

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Unky Punky just wanted ...

by punkofnice in

jw
friends

...to drop by and say, 'ayup, mates', to you all, my old friends.. i am so totally over the jobo thing i have surprised myself.. if anyone asks, 'what do you think of the jobos?

' my reply would be, 'i don't think of them.'.

all my rage, anger and sadness have dissipated over time.

OnTheWayOut

Unky Punky, I can often go days or even weeks sometimes without posting here. I will always have more of a connection to ex-JW's because I have so many JW's still in my life- my wife, her family, my mother.

But otherwise, all things JW have started to dilute themselves in my life. I am really forgetting all the doctrine and scriptures- good riddance. The more I forget them, the more I realize it's all the same old story anyway. I am going to visit Flipper's Lake Tahoe Fest again this year. That's like 8 or 9 in a row, I lost count.

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What woke you up?

by HappyBlessedFree in

i’m fairly new so i don’t know everyone’s backstory.

how did you realize the organization was false?.

OnTheWayOut

It's a long story, available for free:

http://watchtowerdocuments.org/alan-miller-shares-his-story/