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  Did becoming a JW influence you to give up something you enjoyed ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  when i was a teenager a younger fellow workmate was involved in the sport of judo.i got interested and went along to a number of sessions and took to it like a sponge to water ,and as a sport i was happy participating in.. not that much longer another workmate was getting re-activated in the religion of jw`s.

  which i had never heard o before and then got interested in that .. conflict : was judo a sport that was compatible with j.w beliefs?

  sadly i decided it was not and stopped any further involvement.. to this day i resent that decision i made back then .and i`m 82 years old now.. it was a sport i was comfortable doing and i enjoyed it.and i gave it up because of the religion .who knows what i may have achieved had i continued with it.

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  I sometimes wonder why I bother carrying on. They won

  Punk : I`m sorry that they destroyed your family and your life ,but they didn`t win ,your out of the religion,the only ones that they won with are the JW`s who are still in the religion .

  Don`t give up Bro. you have friends here.While theirs life theirs hope.

  .I`m 83 years old and i`m not giving in to the bastards so why would you or anyone else.

  Now I'm out, I'm making up for lost time

  Keep doing that and enjoy what time you have left.
  
  

  Take care.
  
  
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  Canada : Baby of Jehovah's Witness parents may receive blood transfusions

  by yalbmert99 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  canada, province of québec : baby of jehovah's witness parents may receive blood transfusions.

  in french, use google translate for english.

  https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1907941/temoin-jehovah-transfusion-sang-anemie.

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  smiddy3

  I just wonder if past parents who were JW`s and then came to a knowledge of TTATT ever regretted what they had done.

  If there are any out there.

  I shudder to think I may have done this when I was a believer.
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  WHEN is the Kingdom of God coming?

  by Fisherman in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when is the kingdom of god coming?.

  on being asked by the pharisees when the kingdom of god was coming, he answered them: “the kingdom of god is not coming with paratherisis; 21 nor will people say, ‘see here!’ or, ‘there!’ for look!

  the kingdom of god is in your midst.” —lu 17:20,21. .

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  smiddy3

  Many years ago I vaguely remember the Borg saying something along the line that since Jesus was enthroned as King in 1914 Jesus and the faithful who have been resurrected since then would/could have been told By Jehovah when the GT and the big A will occur .

  But I can`t remember if it was in print or just spoken about by the GB.?

  Anybody else have a recollection of this ?
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  10 years on and I’m still indoctrinated

  by joe134cd in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this experience highlights the level of my indoctrination, after 10 years of been a pomo.

  a few months back my gf was hinting to me about what we could do for my birthday.

  to be honest i just had no idea, that i even had a birthday.

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  I can understand born ins having more trouble shaking off the indoctrination , as a convert as a 19yo I didn`t have much trouble resuming a more balanced way of life.

  And I must admit the religion did help me to curb some of my more bad habits I had .like excessive drinking and smoking as a teenager.
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  11/2022 WT, not-so-encouraging experiences

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  here's some 'spiritual gems' from the latest wt, 11/22.

  first up, a bethelite who was kicked out, er, "reassigned":.

  "she was reassigned to the field after serving at bethel for more than 23 years.

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  I would say that the first half of these so called experiences could be true but the second half of these experiences are just made up lies.
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  Knocking on schoolmates doors

  by BettyHumpter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i left the jw's shortly after i graduated high school.

  but when i was still at home i'd get dragged into door to door every saturday morning without fail unless it was pissing rain.

  i can remember always being anxious to know what territory my group was assigned.

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  I regret taking my young sons D2D with me now and coming face to face with their school mates ,what an asshole dad I was .

  How would I have liked that if my dad had been a JW ? I cringe when I think of it.

  Sorry boys.
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  Should laws be passed compelling the church to report crimes?

  by Fisherman in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if laws were passed compelling the church to report crimes to government authorities and there was no legal way around it and the church was forced to comply and did comply, nobody would confess their sins.

  it wouldn’t stop people from committing crimes, they just wouldn’t tell their church about it.

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  I`m confused with this post ?

  Is Smiles actually agreeing with Fisherman`s post ? Yet challenging him ?

  Am I missing something here ?
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  Another Bad Egg

  by jonahstourguide in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  hi folks.. just another case to prove that the tower organisation has creeps that other organisations do.. they are not special or chosen by god.

  i wonder if it will make mainstream new here in oz.

  i will paste some of the article in a few minutes.. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahukewi1qogytuv5ahutsmwghv69ab0qfnoecaoqaq&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.portstephensexaminer.com.au%2fstory%2f7880595%2fqld-parishioner-charged-with-rape-torture%2f%3fcs%3d7&usg=aovvaw3yd9rimx8sarai1vnbehev.

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  Thanks for posting this JTG,

  Many years ago after leaving the religion I got a letter to serve on the jury while i was still employed.

  The case I was assigned to had to deal with a JW in the Brisbane Magistrates Court who was from the Atherton Tablelands area ? who was charged with sexually abusing his daughter / step daughter ? a charge brought on by the girls mother .

  Of course I was interested ,but the female judge who was to preside over the case made it very clear to us juro`rs that she didn`t want a mis-trial for any reason whatsoever as that is a waste of time and money for the courts .In the lead up to the case their were some names as witnesses to the case that I was familiar with John Wilson a CO ? And I thought being in Brisbane I was known in a few congregations and if any visitors sitting in the court pointed me out sitting on the jury , I could be a reason for a mis-trial ,so I approached the bench and explained to the judge that I was a former member of JW`s and she excused me from this case .

  I had to wait around just in case I was called to sit on another case ,but as it happened it didn`t eventuate.

  I would have loved to have been on that case or even as an observer to see what the outcome was.

  In fairness to the accused I do believe that some women do bring this false charge against a man to win their case ,whether it was so or not in this case I do not know.

  smiddy3

  I can`t see any of those links.
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  Did becoming a JW influence you to give up something you enjoyed ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  when i was a teenager a younger fellow workmate was involved in the sport of judo.i got interested and went along to a number of sessions and took to it like a sponge to water ,and as a sport i was happy participating in.. not that much longer another workmate was getting re-activated in the religion of jw`s.

  which i had never heard o before and then got interested in that .. conflict : was judo a sport that was compatible with j.w beliefs?

  sadly i decided it was not and stopped any further involvement.. to this day i resent that decision i made back then .and i`m 82 years old now.. it was a sport i was comfortable doing and i enjoyed it.and i gave it up because of the religion .who knows what i may have achieved had i continued with it.

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  smiddy3

  When I was a teenager a younger fellow workmate was involved in the sport of judo.I got interested and went along to a number of sessions and took to it like a sponge to water ,and as a sport I was happy participating in.

  Not that much longer another workmate was getting re-activated in the religion of JW`s. which I had never heard o before and then got interested in that .

  Conflict : Was judo a sport that was compatible with J.W beliefs? sadly I decided it was not and stopped any further involvement.

  To this day I resent that decision I made back then .and i`m 82 years old now.

  It was a sport I was comfortable doing and I enjoyed it.And I gave it up because of the religion .Who knows what I may have achieved had I continued with it. Or not.

  What about you ,your experiences ?
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  Does Religion have any place in the modern world?

  by Fisherman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ceremoneys, costumes, spending time in church listenning the same thing again and again, forced to believe in things that cannot be proven.

  code or mindset that seperates you from others, wars, violence,....

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  smiddy3

  what a person does on a Sunday is their own business, and nobody else’s.And also a Saturday thank you.For our SDA friends,LOL

  Maybe we should also put in a plug for the non christian community