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  JW's came to my door 6 weeks ago. I told them I was inactive.......

  by Alchemist in

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  6 weeks ago some jws came to my door.

  i've been inactive for 8 years.

  after they gave their presentation i told them i was inactive.

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  John Aquila

  Why would you want to return????
  
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  What Can Circuit Overseers Who Come To Know The Truth About The Truth Do To Cripple The Delusional Watchtower Corporation?

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  2. scandals

  well it is only natural to assume that a modest number of cos&wives, bethelites, and other people are becoming enlightened shall we say as to the real sinister nature of these sociopaths called the faithful and discreet governing body slave bull shit artist.. so what besides making secret documents public can these do to get some type of satisfactional revenge for being used by them in such a cruel way or like a smuck who they don't even give one shit about.

  what can these ladies and men do?

  how can they get some form of pay back for all the years they wasted slaving for these no good greedy bastards called the governing fucking body?

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  If anyone high up in the latter could do anything, it was none other than Ray Franz – Member of the Governing Body. But religion is protected by the government and its laws. That is why the thousands of members who have lost children, husbands, wives, and parents because of the blood doctrine are not able to do anything. The government assumes that people in general are smart enough to know what they are doing when they join a membership in any religion. And smart enough to get out when they discover it is not right for them.

  Circuit Overseers or full time workers for the WT and who have given most of their life to serve the WT are at their mercy to provide for them in their old age. If they mess up in any way, they are disfellowshipped like Ray Franz and become homeless. No one will help them including their family because you can’t talk to or help a disfellowship person.

  The WT has all their bases covered.
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  That’s What Happens When You Leave the Truth.

  by John Aquila in

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  2. experiences

  it never failed, when someone got disfellowshipped or left the organization, their life became shambles.

  if married, a divorce ensued.

  if the person had a great job, the company would lay-off or close.

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  jerryminor

  a little part of me insisted on having a career in the public eye so I could be a constant beacon to expose the lie that a persons life would crumble if leaving the org. I saw nothing but the opposite

  I'm beginning to see that it is important that when a person leaves the WT, that person needs to get busy and starts building up a good life. Not only is it good for that person to heal but it might help others see the ridiculousness of pursuing goals like pioneering, Bethel, Circuit Overseer, Missionary.
  
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  That’s What Happens When You Leave the Truth.

  by John Aquila in

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  it never failed, when someone got disfellowshipped or left the organization, their life became shambles.

  if married, a divorce ensued.

  if the person had a great job, the company would lay-off or close.

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  It never failed, when someone got disfellowshipped or left the organization, their life became shambles. If married, a divorce ensued. If the person had a great job, the company would lay-off or close. If the person was healthy, they would get cancer or a serious ailment.

  And you could see it with your own eyes, so you would crawl back into the cave.

  But things are changing. This week I ran into a sister that I hadn’t seen for about 25-28 years. She was a pioneer who made just one mistake-- with this brother who convinced her to have sex and she felt so guilty that she went to the body of elders and confessed that same night. They formed a committee that same night and she got disfellowshipped. She worked hard to get reinstated. It took her close to 3 years of writing letters, sitting in the back of the hall, and putting up with everyone ignoring her.

  Finally she got reinstated but it was never the same. The friends treated her with contempt and would limit their association with her because she gave in to sex.

  She met this young man who was not a JW and started dating him. Immediately when the sisters found out, they reported her and she was counseled and was reproved and put on restriction. (Just for dating a non-jw)

  I could tell she was totally depressed. Then she disappeared. Stopped coming to the hall, changed her phone number and moved to a new address. A few years later we heard she got married to this young Non-JW. Some of the Elders would say; OOOh is she going to pay for leaving the truth. We’ll get her when she comes back crawling.

  Well I saw her at the store this week. Visiting for the holiday. About 25-28 years have passed. It’s still freaks me out what some 25 years can do to a person. She was a young (20+) year old girl when I last saw her, and now she is a (50) year old lady. It turns out that the young man she married went on to become a doctor, she has 4 children the oldest one in his 20s and almost done with College. She lives in an area that the JWs don’t like to work in the door to door because of its affluence. When they do knock on her door she sees them on her monitor and won’t give them the time of the day.

  She did say something interesting. She said, “That when they walk away, she wonders about them. How can they be so blind and not see that they are being manipulated. I can understand young people being manipulated, but adults!!!”

  I was real curious so I asked her straight out if she knew TTATT?

  She replied, “What’s that”

  I started explaining and she had no idea of 607 BC, no idea of the lawsuits, no idea of all the new light, she knows zilts, nada, nothing of the Watchtower.

  She’s been busy raising her kids, traveling with her husband to Africa, China, Japan, and other places just for vacation. She does a lot of interesting things with her friends, many who are wives of other doctors, lawyers, and entrepreneurs.

  While she is telling me this, I am beginning to see that I have missed out on a lot in life. I was really trapped like a slave and didn’t realized that great possibilities were taken away from us when we become one of Jehovah’ Witness. It’s not just about wasting your time in the door to door, conventions, etc. It’s about stealing your identity, stealing your potential, stealing people that could have been good friends of yours that would stick to you through thick or thin. Friends that would add and not take away from your happiness.

  Finally she tells me, “You know, I really don’t care to know anything about the Watchtower. I don’t care if they are a cult, I don’t care if they are the true religion, I just don’t care to know anything about them. I have a great life, I have a great husband, I have great kids, and I don’t care to know anything or want anything from those people. And I’ve already warned my kids about the WT and they promised me they would stay far away from them.

  You don’t have to know TTATT to leave the organization. If you happen to make a good life for yourself, nothing else will matter. I think that’s the key.

  The only bad thing about this experience is that I can’t relate it to all those JWs that made her life miserable. They are still thinking;

  That’s What Happens When You Leave the Truth.
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  I Don't Get It!

  by John Aquila in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  there are literally about thirty young single very good looking sisters in this one kingdom hall under the age of 30. that is just one kingdom hall.

  in the circuit there are literally hundreds of young beautiful jw girls under 30 who are single and anxious to get married.

  about two years ago, this one single good looking brother who is about 30 years old and who is an elder married this plain looking sister who is 59 years old.

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  blondie

  I saw an older anointed brother in Brooklyn Bethel marry a sister 50 years younger than himself and she felt she had a catch.

  That means when he turned 51 she turned 1

  OK blondie you just won 1st prize.
  

  
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  Happiness is....

  by FreeGirl2006 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  having brunch and then getting a massage instead of sitting at the grand poobah session several blocks from my house.

  it always irritated me how the convention was always scheduled for july 4th weekend and now it doesn't matter.

  not trying to rub salt in the wounds of you poor ones who have to be bored or angry by turns at the rc this weekend, as i did decades of drone seat warming.

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  FreeGirl2006

  I don't miss one thing about those conventions now.

  I live next to several families who have their convention today. I woke up early because the pattering sounds of rain woke me up. I made me a drink, put on some shorts and went for a walk in the park. It was great. When I came back home all the families were going crazy packing their vehicles with lunches, cooler boxes, rounding up the kids, and husbands yelling at their wives to hurry up. I can’t believe all the years I lost doing that shi**

  I set up the grill, set up some speakers, got the guitar ready, and had a great morning.

  On a side note--all the sister bashing on here bothers me.

  Don’t let it bother you. It’s just a general statement. There’s a lot of elder bashing on here and I was an elder for many years along with many others, but it’s not intended as a direct hit to us personally, it’s directed at “Who we were” when we were under the spell of the WT. You have to admit, as long as they are under that spell, both men and women can be totally moronic.
  
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  Well isn't this a bunch of BS

  by Doctor Who in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  well, our sister congregation just had their co visit this past week.

  on saturday afternoon, i was talking to a couple of ministerial servants in that congregation and they stated that an unmarried brother is not fulfilling to the max what jehovah wants of us.

  they stated that the co went on a tirade that if you are unmarried you are being selfish and not following what jehovah wanted for mankind since he created eve as a compliment for the man.

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  One CO mentioned to us body of elders that we should try to encourage the young single brothers to marry because it makes it harder to leave the truth. Single brothers can walk away in an instant because they have no connections. But if a brother is married, then he has all kinds of connections that will hold him fast. Wife, in-laws, family, etc.

  What’s funny is he never asked us to encourage the sisters to marry. He said they were good being single and dedicating themselves to the ministry for life.
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  Is the Org Putting Elders in the Firing Line?

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in view of the conti verdict of negligence by the org, are elders who are selected by the c.o.

  now in a precarious position?

  "charity trustees face potential liabilities in a number of ways.

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  Hope so. Elders need to feel what it's like to sit in front of some Judicial review and sweat it out
  
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  Well isn't this a bunch of BS

  by Doctor Who in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  well, our sister congregation just had their co visit this past week.

  on saturday afternoon, i was talking to a couple of ministerial servants in that congregation and they stated that an unmarried brother is not fulfilling to the max what jehovah wants of us.

  they stated that the co went on a tirade that if you are unmarried you are being selfish and not following what jehovah wanted for mankind since he created eve as a compliment for the man.

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  You should ask them if polygamy is OK!
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  
  
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  Should I hit send button as is? Change? Or just hit delete?

  by Lied2NoMore in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so after being deleted because of my comment on her instagram post by my sister-in-law i got a text from her stating she didn't want a debate on instagram and the scripture i posted would not apply to satan, they are worried about me, go see elders, return to jehovah, or else you won't get life, etc etc.... i'm ready to respond with the following reply:.

  so....hit send?

  make changes?

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  Truth will always stand up to scrutiny if it indeed is truth. Lies can only stand if the truth isn't allowed to be revealed.

  It's true that it can be offensive to you SIL and I'm not sure what kind of relationship you have with her and how much you can get away with, I know some that can talk to each other like that and still carry a relationship. You have to decide if you can say all those things or not. But I will say this;
  

  I love it!!!!!

  Man would I wish I could use your words and spurt them out to all my ex-friends and family that are still in.