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  How do I tell my husband?

  by dissonance_resolved in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm a born in, baptized as a young teenager, whole family is jw.

  i just recently woke up after the new understanding of the fds was announced and it seemed to me to smack of power-grabbing.

  i started looking at all the websites we're not supposed to, and now i know why.

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  lrkr

  Start to develop a social circle outside of the organization. Have people over who are not witnesses- neighbors, work associates, relatives etc. You have to have a social safety net before you can feel comfortable leaving.

  I agree with what everyone else has said- go slow. Read up on the paranoia, loaded language, and social pressure that keeps a person in the cult. Being an irregular meeting attender helps- it gives a person a few extra days to not be drilled with JW doctrine.

  Good luck to you.
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  Were/Are you and Elder, MS, CO, Bethelite, etc.? (Please check in here)

  by El_Guapo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm sure alot of you have noticed, the influx of new jwn members with "postitions within the cong" this is amazing, i myself am still an m.s.

  working to get removed.

  lol my wife (who has been really supportive throughout my fade) asked my why i am doing i decided to fade?.

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  lrkr

  Former bethelite, former elder, former MS, former pioneer.

  Now- enjoying the unbelievable lightness of freedom. I occassionally remember the heaviness of slavery- but try not to dwell on it. My wife and son came with. Still have parents and siblings in who are very conflicted over how to treat me though.

  Welcome to those of you who made the leap- you will never regret it. Those who are still "fading" good luck to you- the sooner you make the break, the sooner the healing can start.
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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 01-06-2013 WT Review (HUMILITY)

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  jesus set the pattern of humility.

  on earth, jehovah god exalted his.

  pattern of humility?

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  lrkr

  You can feel the second punch of the 1-2 coming. Jesus was humble....... therefore.....wait for it......

  We should be humbly obedient to the appointed slave!!! Now lets pound that into our heads for the next 2 weeks.
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  2 Days until possibly an Ex-JW is elected to political office

  by Momma-Tossed-Me in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  things are looking good for me and my campaign.

  so we will see..

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  lrkr

  Congratulations on your courage and your success. I hope to follow in your footsteps one day.
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  New MS - Looking for the "better" job

  by nochoice in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  long, long time lurker and great fan of the site - first time poster.

  i am not sure if i am truly a lurker since that implies i am apostate-curious.

  in fact, i have been mentally out completely for a long time, but still physically in like many of you.

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  lrkr

  No way- Sound and attendant was the best. Relieved the boredom of being at the meeting.
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  Silentlambs says Watchtower's Assets frozen only for a very short time

  by chichimama_2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  found here.

  https://www.facebook.com/williamh.bowen.

  highlights mine.

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  They would typically have to post collateral for a bond in the amount of 1.5 x the value requested. I would guess that a few of their buildings in Brooklyn should cover that. The actual cost for the bond is closer to 2-3%
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  300 Mormons March in Utah Gay Pride Parade, Implications for Closet Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Scott77 in

  1. social
  2. current

  what are implication from this article for the watchtower jehovah's witnesses lgbt members who are still in closet?.

  june 3, 2012 9:31 pmprint text 300 mormons march in utah gay pride parademormons building bridges marches in the annual gay pride parade through downtown salt lake city, sunday, june 3, 2012.

  (ap photo/the salt lake tribune, scott sommerdorf).

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  lrkr

  Mormons are not JWs. Mormons participate in their government, go to college, run for office, accept blood, celebrate holidays, etc, etc. I dont think what Mormons do/tolerate is a predictor of what JWs will do. However, it is interesting that they are a cult that is maybe 75 years older than the JWs. Maybe with another 75 years of maturity, the JWs will also moderate and begin to enter the main stream.

  I am not defending Mormons- they are just a different brand of crazy than JWs.
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  Watchtower's Billion Dollars of Property Cannot Be Sold until Outcome of Conti Appeal

  by Dogpatch in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  30 minutes ago i just got off the phone with some important players in this case, and some things were relayed to me concerning a lot of details of the outcome of the last two days of court.

  i am passing this on.

  cynthia hampton, one of the main players in the candace conti case (and a close friend of 28 years), just informed me of a further, far more powerful move by the state of california against the watch tower bible and tract society of new york, inc.. by order of the superior court of the state of california - county of alameda (see documents below), until the watch tower's appeal, which won't begin until august 13th and will take up to two years to settle due to due process of law, has forbidden the watch tower to sell any more of its $1 billion in assets in the borough of brooklyn until the appeals case is finished, to assure they won't shelter their monies in the light of this most huge and devastating sexual abuse scandal ever to hit the watch tower society, and perhaps any other single-victim lawsuit.

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  They would be absolutely insane to let this sit. All they have to do is purchase a bond in the full amount of the judgement. Just a couple of their buildings should serve as sufficient collateral.
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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 05-13-2012 WT Study (URGENCY)

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  maintain your sense of.

  how can we maintain our sense.

  urgent now than ever?.

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  Belief in evolution is an apostate religion!! Nice! Tie accepted science to the fear mongoring they do every week about apostasy. By the way- gravity, mass, physics, biology, chemistry- also "secular religions" People believe in them sooooo much!!!! (must be the Debil!!!)
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  Could you 'Wake Up Happy' if you were an active Witness, knowing what you know now? (A 2012 Convention invitation)

  by ScenicViewer in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a convention invitation.

  i came home the other day and found an invitation to the upcoming district convention in my door.

  i don't believe these are left in the doors of the general public, so a well-meaning witness must have been thinking of me, even though i have not been to the kh in about 7 years.. the leading question on the front immediately got my attention, and made my jaw drop a bit.. i thought i would ask the forum, .

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  Sounds like an invitation to be brainwashed and hypnotized. And the picture of the mindless drones sitting listening without reaction to the program just adds to the message.

  Really looks culty to me.