Posts by Ron.W.

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FDS 1919 Declaration Date

by NotFormer in

did rutherford have any "prophetic" justification for 1919 as the date that jesus declared him (ahem, the wt organisation) the fds?

such as some calculation attached to 1914?

that in 1919, jesus would come looking for his true organisation?.

Ron.W.

Great post Phizzy.👍👍

For anyone that hasn't read C O Jonson's letters beginning 1977/78 mentioned above, you can read/download them along with other letters here

https://avoidjw.org/letters/

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It’s started 🤦‍♀️

by MissDaSilva in

jw
friends

i already have a friend who is trying to tell me that my mental health is causing my disillusionment with the jehovah’s witnesses.

funny that a mental health therapist has told me my mental health issues are caused by being a jehovah’s witness.

i’m still not going back.

Ron.W.

Whenever any jw tries to help you/lead you back into the cult just politely say 'Thank you very much for your help/advice."

It means nothing. They feel as if you are taking their advice and also stops any further attempts to coerce you.

If they do persist, just say "Once again, thank you very much for your advice."

When they report back and the elders ask what your attitude was like, they will have to say, "A good attitude, they even thanked me for my advice."

This hopefully will stop the elders beginning a full scale witch hunt against you, buying you more time to fade away..

(Just my advice on what has helped me totally fade without much bother for many years now.)

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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars (continued)

by Simon in

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friends

uh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.

Hip replacement on Monday. Wish me luck.

by GrreatTeacher in

as the title says i'm having a total hip replacement on monday.

the pain has grown over the years and now i'm using a cane to walk.

after steroid injections and physical therapy, it was decided that a total hip replacement is appropriate.

Ron.W.

Sorry to hear you are in pain GreatTeacher and I really hope the operation is a success.

Haven't had the op, but a few clients in work have over the last few years.

They've all come out of their ops well.

Two guys I see very regularly aged 69 and 78 are now back playing golf regularly and say the op was well worth it.

Best Wishes

Ron.

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Where is everyone? 😆

by MissDaSilva in

jw
friends

i had a day off today and needed to get some errands done in my local town.

2 carts have allocated here but i never ever see anyone out, even on very nice days.

70% of the congregation don’t work.

Ron.W.

I ponder that too. When I was in I constantly met people everywhere from the congregations/ circuits/districts I knew.

Now I see nobody - perhaps they see me first and avoid me....😢😢😢😂

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Holiday Humor

by GLTirebiter in

has this ever really happened?

it's in the bee, so you never know!.

Holiday Humor

by GLTirebiter in

has this ever really happened?

it's in the bee, so you never know!.

Ron.W.

Many thanks -👍👍

On the subject of holiday humour I received a very unexpected Christmas card today..

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if you once were fully pimi and truly believed jw doctrine to the core like i once did, when you come to the reality that it is not the truth at all it can be extremely devastating.. i think only other ex jws could ever understand.

i wasted my entire life i thought the real life was yet to come to wasted the best years knocking on doors.

now i’m so angry.. i can understand why so many top themselves when they realise it was all lies..

Ron.W.

A lifelong friend confided almost word for word to me the original post quite a few years ago.

Then, surprisingly after a few life altering events, and doing 'research' they went back into the borg. I suppose as long as they are happy that's the main thing I tell myself...

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