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  First Proper Chat With the JWs in Almost 11 Years

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  since disassociating in october 2008, i've had little to no direct contact with the jws, apart from immediate family members (ie my parents).

  i've lived in my rented flat since may 2014 and haven't had a knock on the door in that whole time.

  until saturday morning.

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  Life Update 2019

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  it's been a while since i was anywhere close to being active here, or on any other ex-jw forum or facebook group.

  i rarely think about the religion and have little-to-no interest in it.. however, i do, very occasionally pop in here.

  hence this update, 3 years on since my last one - https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5720228449222656/update-on-my-journey-8-years-after-end-watchtower-control.

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  Interview with an Apostate - Passwordprotected

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  father was raised catholic and converted to the jws in the late '60s.

  my dad's side of the family are still catholics and are very nice to me.

  my mum's side are all jws and they shun me (boo hoo).. were you a born in or a convert?.

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  What to Expect When You Leave JW.Org - Life After the Witnesses

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  the old-timers here will know me and my journey from born-in jehovah's witness, pioneer and - latterly - elder.

  i've also written a couple of updates over the last 2 years or so, covering how i went from the jws to a frantic need to hold onto the idea of an all-powerful abrahamic god to a sceptic to an atheist.. however, i wanted to cover a couple of things to expect when you leave the watchtower religion and its tentacle-like control over your life.. birthdays and xmas.

  if you've got kids, do it.

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  Update on My Journey: 8 Years After the End of Watchtower Control

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  i last updated you guys almost 2 years ago here.. i thought i'd post an update.. the peace i discovered having decided to let the angst, worry and fear over what to believe is as strong as ever, although i am keeping more abreast of what jw.org (formerly known as wtbts) is up to, and i never cease to be shocked and surprised.. as my last post mentioned, i split from the jw girl i married in 1993 and both of us have moved on with new partners that better fit who we are as grown adults, rather than the children we were 23 years ago.. my partner has no religious background whatsoever, although her children are being raised as catholics by their father.

  hearing her kids openly doubt, question and even ridicule the religion is heartwarming and exactly the way it should be.. as for my children, they continue to be a never-ending stream of joy and pride.. my oldest son is now 16, having been only 8 years old when we left the watchtower.

  he had big anxiety problems for a while afterwards, worrying about armageddon etc.

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  Confidentiality. Confidentiality. Confidentiality. RC Hearing Day 5

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  confidentiality.

  how many times does ron de rooy state the importance of jehovah's witnesses being confidential?.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qucn5azi5gk&index=17&list=plpq6kz-aghvqbadlzmqn26dvmpzddxlui.

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  Jehovah's Witness meets a Born Again Christian on a Train. Oh and a Muslim

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  a couple of saturdays ago i and my girlfriend (who happens to be baptised into the greek orthodox religion, but practises greek catholic...no, she's not greek) were on the virgin train from glasgow to london.. we had reserved seats on the quiet zone of the train, because y'know, a 5 hour train journey shouldn't be sullied by mobile phones ringing and noisy conversations.. somewhere around the lake district a very tall woman sits at the table across the carriage from us, a table already occupied by a very chatty, bearded man in his late 50s, along with his wife.

  this man was directing people where to stow their luggage and asking random travellers questions about their journey to the point where i sent my girlfriend a text message (easier to communicate that way without others overhearing us) asking if he was the "train boss".. he struck up a conversation with this new passenger about his travels, but i wasn't really paying attention as i was watching a movie on my ipad, wearing noise cancelling headphones.

  after a little while i noticed they'd stopped chatting and the woman was now reading.

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  TV.JW.Org - Streamed to KHs via the New Projectors

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  i read here recently that the khs are being instructed to buy and install projector systems.. now that we've seen the launch of of tv.jw.org we can fully expect public talks to - on a monthly basis at least - be replaced by content streamed from the site to the screens in khs.. .

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  TV.JW.org - Purpose?

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  there's an interest point raised by stephen letts at around the 7 minute mark of the intro video;.

  much of the equipment used to build the studio was made available by donation.

  he twice mentions (once at the start of the video) the need for "support", which we can assume means donations.

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  TV.JW.Org - Expense?

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  there's no doubt that the wtbts isn't sparing the hard-earned donations from the r&f on its latest trial of jw broadcasting.. this screenshot i took from the "behind-the-scenes" is just one of many examples of top-end tech gear being used in this endeavour.. .

  why does this guy need harmankardon speakers when he's using cad software...and note the iphone.

  this guy's a bethelite?.

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