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  Are there any ex-missionaries here??

  by fulano in

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  2. experiences

  i have been a missionary in the dominican republic for almost 10 years and i was wondering if there were any ex-missionaries on this forum.. i am back in my country now for 3 years and totally inactive.. what i noticed in those missionary-years was the lack of spiritual interest among the missionaries.. discussions were about rooms, cars and greater responsibilities, the bad territory.

  and the local c.o.s and d.os.. was this only in the dr or are there other experiences??.

  ere other experiences?

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  Londo111

  After reading this, no wonder they repurposed Gilead.
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  How Far Up The Ladder Did You Go In JW Land?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i pretty much did it all.

  vacation pioneered as a youngster and became a regular pioneer out of school.

  i became a ms then an elder.....the organization pushes you to be somebody within the confines of their realm.

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  Londo111

  I was a ministerial servant from 1990 to 1995. Then again 2000-2001.

  I regular pioneered out of high school in 1990.
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  2017 Convention Video Remember The Wife Of Lot

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0qpoelk2r4.

  the dad in this is a total douche.

  i dont know if the videos have become more judgemental and culty in the year since i left - or maybe im just noticing it more?.

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  Londo111

  This is so over the top, I almost wonder if some of those involved in this video are awake.
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  Are Jehovah's Witnesses Mind Numbingly Boring To You?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i honestly think they are the most boring people on earth!

  even when they produce their so called "new light", there's no excitement.

  jws just do their thing and refuse to think about their useless lives.

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  Londo111

  Being a JW, participating in JW activities, was mind numbingly boring.

  But on the outside, I find the cult endlessly fascinating. It's like one slow motion train wreck.
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  Did you ever have a discussion with an apostate that helped your journey out.

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there seems to be a number of different ways that apostates try to get jehovah's witnesses realise they do not have the truth, ranging from subtle comments to aggressive attacks.

  do you have any that looking back helped you finally leave.

  some of the methods include:.

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  Londo111

  If I understand correctly, Watchtower had to pick up his medical bills.

  He also disapproved of makeup and called women with makeup walking by "hussies".
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  "Privileges"

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  within the organization, jehovah's witnesses know that they must be dutiful and set an example for "worldly ones" as well as for their own brotherhood.

  if a witness fails in setting the proper example, they may lose some 'privileges"..... what privileges did you look to have and what privileges did you lose?

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  Londo111

  A few years before I left, I became a low hour publisher. Field service was getting harder and harder for me in terms of anxiety. The elders took away “microphone privileges” to “encourage” me to pick up my hours. At the time, I found it more discouraging and did not help my anxiety or hours.
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  What was the craziest sight you brothers seen running mikes ?

  by Chook in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  eg ,babies jump where they shouldn't, those hairy old sisters.....

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  A fellow mike-carrier tripped over a big bookbag that was in the aisle.

  Another time, in a congregation with pole mikes, I accidentally hit a lady in the mouth and got lipstick on them mike.
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  Did you ever have a discussion with an apostate that helped your journey out.

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there seems to be a number of different ways that apostates try to get jehovah's witnesses realise they do not have the truth, ranging from subtle comments to aggressive attacks.

  do you have any that looking back helped you finally leave.

  some of the methods include:.

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  Londo111

  In 1990, when visiting Bethel, a whole crowd of apostates were in front protesting, holding up signs about Jesus being their mediator too, ect… None of that helped, it frightened me. Then later I saw Mr. Coffee, which cemented into my head what apostates were.

  A person in my congregation in the late 90’s who I befriended said things that in retrospect were seeds to try to help me wake up. For instance, he mentioned about early JWs teaching that Jehovah lived around a star. I considered that hogwash.

  Later, I discovered he looked at both a video of Ray Franz and gay porn on my computer. Therefore, I with another friend decided to approach him first to report himself to the elders. Poor guy was shaking like a leaf. I don’t think we ever pursued matters to the point of reporting him. Needless to say, the little things he said didn’t help me think, because he didn’t really present documented proof.

  Over the years I accidently stumbled upon crazy looking websites with lots of ranting, like Danny Hazzard or Rick Fearon, and they came across exactly like the angry, bitter apostates Watchtower talked about. That didn’t help me.

  I remember a forum I accidently stumbled across with post from the “Liberal Elder”, and a post where a woman said she was a pioneer and just discovered 607 BC was wrong. I considered these places traps. I didn’t believe for a moment that the poster was a pioneer, but rather an apostate pretending to be one.

  Years later, when I first started to research 607 BC as a litmus test, looking for neutral sources, I did inevitably come across “apostate” sites, like this one or JWfacts. However, I basically assumed that I would have to weed through the lies, half-truths, and misrepresentations, with a kernel of truth here and there. However, over many months, I began to realize that sites like JWfacts were in fact 100% factual, whereas Watchtower were the ones being deceitful.
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  Watchtower Library Won't Run

  by sfbayarea in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have 4 computers that are all running windows 10 version 1703.. 1. laptop that came with windows 10 was updated to version 1703 - watchtower library runs fine.

  2. laptop that came with windows 8 was updated to windows 10 for free - watchtower library runs fine.

  3. laptop that came with windows 7 64 home was updated to windows 10 for free - watchtower library does not run.

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  Londo111

  Modern computers know how to reject garbage, screen for viruses, ect...

  Looks like all your machines are operating as they should.
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  Window Cleaners?

  by nicolaou in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  like a lot of others here, i gave higher education a miss when i left school (1980).

  under the encouragement of the society i pioneered for three years instead!.

  now i clean windows for a living.

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  Londo111

  In my area, JWs become painters.