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  This years memorial defeated me and I didn't even go

  by Ghiagirl in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have not posted in a very long time here.

  i would say about a year.

  i was part of an ex jw chat that was very helpful, but a few months ago stopped being apart of it.

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  truth_b_known

  One of my favorite supervisors at work likes to use this phrase:

  "We need to either fish or cut bait, but we need to stop trying to do both."

  What helped my family and I was to just get completely out. There are 7 million Witnesses. There are 7 billion people on Earth. Your chances are statistically higher finding true friendship outside the organization than within.

  I haven't spoken to my biological family who are Witnesses in years. I am actually happier being completely free of the Witnesses than being active or inactive.
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  Was it just me or was something different about the memorial last night?

  by kpop in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this was the first memorial that i declined to do any work for the memorial.

  i was assigned as a parking attendant after getting downgraded from doing the sound and had no intention of doing either task but i had to attend for my family and continuation of my fade.

  i sat there last night listening to the talk and couldn't help but shake my head as my brain attempted to process the bs.

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  There's nothing like showing up to a party in which the guest of honor doesn't show.

  "We attend to show our respect for the arrangement."

  Seriously - If you know ahead of time that not one partaker is going to be present, why hold the event? It's like preparing a massive dinner party and then everyone shows up, stands up against a wall, and watches a table where no one is seating with food no one is going to eat.

  Why not just have the speaker ask: "Is anyone here tonight going to partake of these emblems?" If no one responds, call it a night.
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  What on earth is happening to Arsenal?

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. current

  it turns out arsenal were soundly beaten 3-0 yesterday by crystal palace.

  apparently, the score-line flattered arsenal, not palace.. arsenal have conceded 3 goals in each of their last 3 away games and lost those games.

  a few weeks ago, they lost 10-2 over two legs to bayern munich.

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  truth_b_known

  They're still the greatest team the world has ever seen...
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  To those taking a stand and not attending the Memorial tonight

  by doubtfull1799 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i salute you.

  many of you, like me, are probably under enormous emotional pressure, whether from a lingering false sense of guilt from your indoctrination, whether from "invitations," and assumptions that you'll naturally be coming, or whether from outright emotional blackmail, even begging and pleading.

  i am thinking of you whoever you are, all of you, even though i don't know you in person.

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  truth_b_known

  Redpilltwice -

  You just dropped a bomb on me! I never thought about the fact that the 1914 prophecy is based on our modern calendar and not the Jewish lunar calendar used at the time the prophecy was written. Good catch!
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  Animals, Blood, Food, and JW Beliefs

  by dubstepped in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm just thinking aloud here.

  i watched a show yesterday and they were talking about how the largest mammals of the sea (whales) fed on such small creatures (plankton) rather than eating some other large creatures.

  anyway, it got me thinking about how as jws we thought that in paradise animals would all be herbivores, that they would no longer eat other animals.

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  truth_b_known

  I had an elder's wife once tell me that the t-rex used its teeth to rip bark off of trees it ate.
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  1986- U.S. bombs libya!

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  reagan orders bombing of libyia target's kadaffi.

  i vividly remember calling my pioneer buddy "ok this is it get ready for ww3!

  " guess what nothing happened.

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  truth_b_known

  I remember being in high school when the first Gulf War started. I was sitting at the dinner table with my family and my dad told us that Armageddon was about to begin. A year later I graduated from high school.

  Now, my oldest graduated high school 5 years ago. My next son is in high school.

  Where's Armageddon?
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  Proof they are not a cult??

  by lriddle80 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the following is from a facebook post and..maybe i am missing something, but none of these items disprove them being in a cult.

  jehovah's witnesses are often mistaken to be something else.

  some say it a secret cult while others believe something else.......i'm very proud to tell you my readers that i'm one of jehovah's witnesses.. below are 17 facts that shows jehovah's witness is not a cult..... 1. there are currently about 8 million jehovah's witnesses around the world.. 2. an average of over 800 people become jehovah's witnesses daily.. 3. we keep coming to your doors even though we have regular jobs and family like you because we are admonished to do so by jesus christ.. 4. we do not participate in wars and for this reason more than 1600 jehovah's witnesses were killed by hitler.. 5. there are currently over 300 jehovah's witnesses in prison in south korea and egypt because they refused to stop preaching or enlist in the military.. 6. we don't salute the flag or say national anthems because we pledge our allegiance only to god.. 7. yes we have fun and party too so don't get that twisted.. 8. not many of us know the name of the president of our headquarters because we do not pay any reference to him he is a fellow servant of god just like the rest of us are.. 9. you earn the privilege of becoming a jehovah's witness.

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  That's not "proof". It's just a list of statistics.
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  Santa Ana, California: Jehovah's Witness Accused Of Child Molestation Claims 'False Allegations'

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://patch.com/california/fountainvalley/jehovahs-witness-accused-child-molestation-claims-false-allegations.

  jehovah's witness accused of child molestation claims 'false allegations' .

  he is charged with 9 felony counts of lewd/lascivious acts with a minor younger than 14 and 1 count felony kidnapping for child molesting.

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  It happens more than you know. I can't tell you how many Witnesses I have arrested for serious felony offenses, mostly for child molestation or child abuse.
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  so much for babylon the great falling in 1919

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  suposedly babylon the great lost her power and influence over the people and government rulers back in 1919. flash forward to today the russian orthodox church is behind the banning of witnesses in russia.

  yet another failed prophecy!

  have these guys gotten anything right?!

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  truth_b_known

  That is an excellent point, nowwhat?
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  Protest against Jehovah's Witness organization in Poland on March 26th, 2017, covered by a local news TV

  by WTS Archive in

  1. social
  2. current

  watch it here: .

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8koav8xzck .

  the protest was organized by a former jw elder and pioneer couple - alex and iza.

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  truth_b_known

  I love how at the end they say they are doing a "warning work" to educate the public about what will happen if you join and then decide to leave. I also think it's great that they have professionally produced printed materials. They could set up a cart next to the Watchtower cart.