Londo111

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  Have you ever looked back at your early posts on here?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. friends

  no doubt we are all overjoyed at how we have progressed since breaking the shackles of the society!.

  for those that have been here on this forum for some time, have you ever looked back at the version of "you" that first started posting here, and compared yourself with where you are at now?.

  i am overjoyed at how much i have grown as a person!.

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  Londo111

  Sometimes I accidentally have read an old posting, smile in agreement, and then look to see who posted it, only to realize it was me. That is not meant as conceited as it sounds.
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  I left the organization

  by Issa in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i left the organization.

  my awakening was this month of july, the first week of july.

  i couldn't answer my own questions about the organization or the doctrines, i couldn't understand the prophecies, i couldn't figure quite well what i was feeling.

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  Londo111

  Congrats. The difference between you and those who have not left is you did research. Many JWs couldn't explain or even understand their own beliefs, it goes over their head, and they don't examine it. And many times they are too too afraid to.

  I would encourage you to wait on your decision to DA. Continue to quietly research, work toward fading if you can. After the emotions calm down, then you could be in a better position where the DA route is best for you.
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  Do You Ever Think Of ALL The Wasted Time Because You Were a JW?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the longer you are out the more you see how a cult steals all your time, resources and energy.

  we wasted so much because we were witnesses!

  👎.

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  Londo111

  All the time.
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  UN Association

  by Jules Saturn in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so this happened awhile back ago, i was talking to this bethelite that i respect, i consider him to be very sincere.

  this was during the time i had discovered the un association the society had as an ngo.

  i already knew the answer, but to see his response, i asked him "was the society ever part of the united nations?

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  Londo111

  Those who can't...end up places like here.
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  Who Is The Most Unlike-Able Member Of The Governing Body?

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  vote here: https://goo.gl/hynuaz.

  results will be here: https://goo.gl/xsxm2j.

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  Londo111

  I'm sure in those brief moments when their authentic self surfaces over the cult identity, they can be likable.

  But this is going by how likable as public figures they are.
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  Meeting attendance for elders

  by dkztcequ in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what is the minimum meeting attendace for someone, who is of good health, has not children doesn't work in a job that requires travel and lives about 3 miles from the kh?

  is 50% for clam and 75% for watchtower acceptable?.

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  Yep. 100% attendance is expected of all JWs, unless they have health issues. Otherwise, there is no excuse and they are doomed to eternal destruction. I was never an elder, only made it to ministerial servant, but even ministerial servant have to go above and beyond the average publisher, an elders beyond that.
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  The REAL Reason I Stopped Going to Meetings

  by NoviceLocs14 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  to sum it up in all one word...pride.. i've always kind of attributed my subconscious "fade" to shame for living a double life by dating my non-jw boyfriend (now husband) while serving as a pioneer in the foreign language field.

  but i was actually pretty regular for awhile.. my pioneer hours did start to dwindle, however.

  i had always struggled with the hourly requirement, but i was really struggling now.

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  Londo111

  Not wanting to be humiliated is not pride.
  

  There's a difference between pride and healthy self-esteem that this cult robs people of. These men crossed personal and private boundaries.
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  The old "Book Study Group"

  by The Fall Guy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in the june 2004 kingdom ministry, the self-appointed "faithful slave" published this spiritual exhortation as a q&a item - "the congregation book study—why we need it.

  three years later, in 2007 - in the august kingdom ministry - the same "slave" issued this reminder - "how the congregation book study arrangement helps us.

  but surprise, surprise - within a few short months the "slave" decided that jehovah had had a change of heart, and now decided that the book study in homes - with all of its alleged benefits - was superfluous: .

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  Londo111

  Of course, technically the book study is still there. It has been merged with the other meetings.
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  UN Association

  by Jules Saturn in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so this happened awhile back ago, i was talking to this bethelite that i respect, i consider him to be very sincere.

  this was during the time i had discovered the un association the society had as an ngo.

  i already knew the answer, but to see his response, i asked him "was the society ever part of the united nations?

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  Londo111

  Are they currently a NGO?

  Not of the UN anymore, but are they not an NGO with OSCE?
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  Who Is The Most Unlike-Able Member Of The Governing Body?

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  vote here: https://goo.gl/hynuaz.

  results will be here: https://goo.gl/xsxm2j.

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  Londo111

  I think this one is going to be a landslide...