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Does everyone else get this reaction from their JW family when discussing objections to the religion?
by jambon1 inwhen pointing out my objections to the jw religion with my wife, i have noticed a worrying trend which even after 3 or 4 years shows no sign of relenting.. after speaking calmly for an hour or so and logically pointing out my objections, my wife starts to put forward outrageous assertations about my points.
for instance, if i am refering to the fact that disfellowshipping is a form of extreem punishment & i mention the terrible effects that being d/f'd can have on people, she will eventually retort with something like "so what you are saying is that we should tolerate paedophiles, rapists & thieves in the organisation then?".
of course, i've never at any point said anything of the sort.. or if i have been overly critical of the amount of control the society wants over peoples lives, she would reply "so what you are saying is that we should all just go out & do what we want, get drunk & live an immoral life?
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What will the JW religion be like in 2015?
by JimmyPage inover 100 years into the reign of christ and six more years of damage from the internet.
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what do you envision?.
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How do they do it?
by Trevor Scott ini've been out of "the truth"tm for a few years now.
my exit was the direct result of so-called "apostate" information on the internet.
i literally stumbled upon an "apostate" website while googling something and thank god resisted my initial (programmed) response to run for my life.. i spent the next 6 months researching using every website, book, and individual i could get my hands on before finally sending in my da letter; but the fact is, that first website contained the real truth about the watchtower religion and in all honesty, i recognized it almost immediately.. so what i wonder is, how do those "jws" that frequent sites like this do it?
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Are ExJWs That Much Different Than JWs In Their Behavior?
by minimus insometimes i wonder whether or not we're any different than the witnesses we criticize .
we criticize jws for lacking love, temperance and fellow feeling.
no one likes to be judged but it seems we do our share of unfair judging at times.
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Why is the act of stopping meeting attendance so significant?
by dozy inone aspect of the leaving jw process has long puzzled me why can a fading jw become mentally disinterested , miss loads of meetings , become irregular in the ministry , perhaps even become involved in minor worldly conduct without too much concern from relatives or the elders over a period of years , even decades.
yet as soon as they make it become known that they are not going to the meetings anymore, all hell breaks loose.
elders dust down their od books and come calling on shepherding visits , perhaps for the first time for many years.
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Letter sufficient grounds for DFing?
by dozy ina question here mainly for ex-elders etc , though all input would be helpful.. a letter that i wrote some time ago confidentially to an elder regarding the usual issues about the gb etc has come into the hands of a couple of members of the congregation who are regarding it a prime facie evidence that i am an apostate.
though the letter isn't especially incriminating as such , it does flag up several mistakes that the wtbts has made.
the brother has described me as "verging on apostate.".
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How Do You Pronounce ...
by snowbird inthat caffeine-saturated beverage that most people drink very hot first thing in the morning?.
there's a transplanted new yorker here who calls it "kuffy.".
any takers?.
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unusual KH - part 1
by Albert Einstein inthis time from armenia..... if you ever thought, your kh was not comfortable enough, what about this one...?.
in case you dont have a car, you can use a public transport..... .
do you want to sign up?.