No - not at all. It reached a crescendo when every piece of literature I read made me angry. Every meeeting I atteneded left me emotionally drained because I was having restrain my inner self. Assemblies? Don't go there...... never experienced such a haughty lot of two-faced people ( for the most part).
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Being honest with yourself, could you have reasonably adjusted your attitude and continued on as a JW?
by miseryloveselders ini ask this question in harmony with deedub's swan song thread which i linked below.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/members/private/205902/1/time-to-say-good-bye.
to some degree, i think i understand where she's coming from.
just speaking from my own experiences since stepping into the world of anonymous apostacy, i went through a few different phases of personal outlooks.
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Wow this sucks
by ranmac inmy decision to de-program my mind, about a year ago, has been fairly uneventfull, despite a few intense but very real conversations with my wife and parents.. however in the past couple days my father has pretty much made it clear to me that he will put the gb (not god, although they are pretty much viewed the same) before me.
also tonight the inlaws, who have probly gotten whiff of my inactivity and who never get personal, started to give a lecture on the extreme importance of the family worship arrangement so lovingly arranged for us by the fds, and how if we are not taking advantage of this wonderful provision will not be prepared for armagedon.
i swear blood was gushing from biting my tounge.. im starting to sense that consequences are coming for my sin of independent research and study.
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Im starting to sense that consequences are coming for my sin of independent research and study.
Yep. Freedom and a clean conscience!
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Brace yourself Australia! Added to the Floods
by hotspur injust been reading this...... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12342031.
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Just been reading this...... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12342031
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Discussion involving my Dad & other long timers - Mood is definately different
by Doubting Bro ini've seen several posts relating to the mood among longtime jws here recently.
i thought i would add to that collection and recount a discussion i recently had with my dad and a small group of folks about his age.
quick background on the group:.
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My family on both sides are working on raising generation #5 in this bootleg religion.
No.... you're wrong.... it's just the one generation because they have overlaps!
I agree, the mood is definitley changing but I very much doubt, as a whole, if the house of cards will collapse..... sadly.
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To all you apostates out there - aka failed JW's
by donnye inby opening this post, you are admitting that you are failures - well done!
lol.
i must say, i have had so much fun on this site - some real laugh out loud moments for my friends and i to enjoy.. no need to respond - i am busy pioneering from tomorrow, so will no longer have time on my hands to sit at my pc enjoying laughing at your pathetic comments.
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We've all graduated. We know why we're here..... (nothing to do with failure) more to the point we know we're allowed to be... what's your excuse?
I can reference 26 points of your failure..... oh, hang on, 27 - forgot your need to brown-nose and help screw up others' lifes!
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From The WTBTS Website On Shunning And How They Will Always Win !
by Hairyhegoat inthese comments are from the jw.org website and it's clear from this that they think they are above the law.
the court of appeals acknowledged that even if the woman felt distress because former acquaintances chose not to converse with her, "permitting her to recover for intangible or emotional injuries would unconstitutionally restrict the jehovah's witnesses free exercise of religion .
the constitutional guarantee of the free exercise of religion requires that society tolerate the type of harms suffered by [her] as a price well worth paying to safeguard the right of religious difference that all citizens enjoy.
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You've got to bear in mind Religion receives big protection in the US courtesy of the Constitution and it's Amemndments. I'd like to see it challenged in a less' protected' arena though.
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NEW ELDERS BOOK
by elder-schmelder incan someone email me a link to download the new eldersbook.. .
i need it asap.. .
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What a wonderful place this is. Thank you
Coffee please - white with a little sugar - Ta!
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NEW ELDERS BOOK
by elder-schmelder incan someone email me a link to download the new eldersbook.. .
i need it asap.. .
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Sorry folks.... I missed the link a few weeks back..... any chance of a PM with a means of obtainng this precious secret please?
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BBC news re Nathan Phillips xjw
by Curtains inhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/local/somerset/hi/people_and_places/religion_and_ethics/newsid_9367000/9367220.stm.
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Well Done cantleave..... all the best.
Don't forget to quote their OWN literature
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I'm a very happy witness of Jehovah
by ELPIRO ini kinda figured i would read many negative things concerning jw, i was not disapointed............ i say if you ae not happy not just in the jw, but anywhere, life it too short move on.. .
i myself am a wittness, an anointed witnes .
there is no shame is sharing yr hope and i am varry happy with mine.
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It does not come 4 our benefit
But it is, alledgedly, our Salvation and through it's King - our means to the promises of the future! Can't see that that isn't a benefit, if you believe it.