I've been away doing other stuff today, just now getting on. I so totally agree with the OP. I haven't watched the A&E program because I don't get A&E on tv. As soon as Hulu gets it, I'm really hoping to at that time. After hearing all the conversations about this. I know it took them a lot of bravery to just get in front of the camera for all to see and to tell their stories. I've decided to not hide behind an avatar, and proudly show who I am. In the picture is me and my husband at our son's Christmas wedding. We both left the Watchtower together almost 18 years ago.
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Absolute Love For All The Courageous Souls That Are Here
by new boy inthere are amazing people that are here and this site.
people with their incredible stories of religious abuse.
these people like the courageous people who were on the a&e show this last week have showed me and thousands of others the power of how just one person or even a small group of people can effect many.. the power of just one person standing up and saying "this is not right" has changed history.
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Animals
by unsure inif humans have to suffer to have free will and to disprove satan's challenge to god as mentioned in the bible...then why the f*ck do animals have to suffer as well?
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satan's challenge involved humans and not poor animals.. i'm looking for an honest explanation from believers.. at this point, the older i get, the less i believe in a god who is "love"..
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I could never understand all the things I was taught about an animal's place. Not to get into any philosophical discussion, but I always thought that if we humans have souls, why not the animals. Oh, I know what the JWs think about it because I would always get an ear full from my mom about this.
I have had a lot of pets over the years, and some were more special to me than other. They all had their own personalities, some were very nice and loving, while others were total butts, just like people. lol
I just lost my snuggle bunny this past summer. I called him that because he loved to snuggle up when we went to sleep. He was so full of personality, and yes if he didn't like someone, they better have watch out. Fortunately, there were not too many people on his crap list.
Even the wild creatures are full of emotion, this little guy was absolutely petrified.
I had rescued him from my other cat who's one serious hunter. My snuggle bunny
wouldn't even know what to do with this little guy.
My dog (who has since passed away) knew when he did something wrong. He would
always give us this expression, we never had the heart to get onto him after this.
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For those who are athest, or non-christian, how did you come to this decision?
by Tameria2001 ini'm not asking this question to cause an argument or accuse, but i am honestly just wondering?
for those of you who are now atheist or non-christian, how did you come to this decision?
i hadn't given this much thought until about a year ago.
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I'm not asking this question to cause an argument or accuse, but I am honestly just wondering? For those of you who are now atheist or non-christian, how did you come to this decision? I hadn't given this much thought until about a year ago. My daughter in law is an atheist, she grew up as a Baptist. The point in my life I am at the moment is right after leaving the JWs, I did attend a few churches for a while, but something about it was off-putting. I'm not saying I regret going, because there were a couple of pastors who helped me in getting past quite a bit of the JW nonsense. I have been watching a few videos over at YouTube, and people seem to have a very valid point in how they came to their decision.
I have been attempting to look up more information on the internet about things that are nonchristian, and mostly I'm just coming up with Christian Fundamental websites. I'm hoping if you don't mind sharing how you came to your decision, it might help me in what I'm trying to learn.
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Reminder:Leah Remini Expose on J.W.'s airs Tuesday Nov.13 on A&E channel.
by StoneWall inthought i'd post this since the date is almost upon us for those who want to see it as it premieres.hope it turns out really good and that she can help many to see the watchtower for what it really is like she did about the scientologists.here's a link to a small preview of it:https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/video/leah-remini-scientology-aftermath-jehovah-s-witnesses-special-event-trailer-1153594
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I wished I could see it.
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It feels really odd
by Tameria2001 ini was searching through the net and i came across something i was not expecting to see.
i just found out that my cousin passed away at the age of 34, in 2014, and no one even bothered to tell me this news.
https://www.ashevillemortuaryservices.com/notices/raymond-pringle.
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@StoneWall Throughout all the 1980's, and 90's they were still in Wisconsin. Part of his extended family did move to Tennesse in the 90's though. They were tired of those cold winters of the north, except for his dad, he loved the cold. He moved to NC in 2002.
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Mentally diseased ANOINTED!
by Normalfulla inmy aunt is a super uber jw, albeit a little more delusional than the standard issue jw.
she has 4 kids all who are out and never baptised, she's a widow now and sold the family home and has bought a new place and has plenty of cash in the bank.
my cousins are all very concerned because their mum has a new friend whos "anointed" and says jehovah has spoken to her and she will survive armageddon and so will her kids if she sticks close.. she has been paying out for holidays and vehicle repairs for this anointed sister and her extended family and my cousins are alarmed at whats going on and can see the situation for what it is.
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I don't know if it was looney or not, but I did have a friend who said she was of the anointed, and she was an older sister. I actually enjoyed her company because she had a wonderful sense of humor. One thing she loved to say was if we knew how close we were to Jehovah's day of judgment, we would just die from a heart attack. Don't ask me why she said it like that. This was back in the early 90's. lol
About 3 years after she and I became friends I met her grandson. We too became friends, because we worked at the same kingdom hall projects. When I got married, he came and helped out at my wedding.
Then one day I noticed that when I went over to her home all her pictures of her grandson was gone, and she stopped talking about him. I decided to ask her what happened to him. In my mind, he must have died or something. But no, he didn't die, but he woke up about the organization and left.
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It feels really odd
by Tameria2001 ini was searching through the net and i came across something i was not expecting to see.
i just found out that my cousin passed away at the age of 34, in 2014, and no one even bothered to tell me this news.
https://www.ashevillemortuaryservices.com/notices/raymond-pringle.
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Crazyguy, I'm not, but I did dissociate from the organization. In case you are wondering, I did nothing wrong, just came to a disagreement with their teachings, and felt I could no longer belong to something I disagreed with.
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It feels really odd
by Tameria2001 ini was searching through the net and i came across something i was not expecting to see.
i just found out that my cousin passed away at the age of 34, in 2014, and no one even bothered to tell me this news.
https://www.ashevillemortuaryservices.com/notices/raymond-pringle.
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I was searching through the net and I came across something I was not expecting to see. I just found out that my cousin passed away at the age of 34, in 2014, and no one even bothered to tell me this news.
https://www.ashevillemortuaryservices.com/notices/Raymond-Pringle
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Door-to-door preaching as surveillance
by john.prestor ini wanted to share some thoughts about jehovah's witnesses and their door-to-door preaching.
door-to-door preaching is supposedly about gathering converts, but in fact, as we frequently discuss, doesn't actually bring that many "sheep-like ones" in.
i want to suggest that a second meaning (what we call the latent meaning in academia) is facilitating surveillance of the congregants who attend some congregation.
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They are a nosey bunch, aren't they? I remembered something that happened to when I was engaged to my husband. Before we were married, I made a few trips to his home, we lived 2 hours from each other. Each of these trips resulted in me bringing down a carload of my stuff (mostly books) to his place. At the time he didn't live to close to any of the other JWs, but this one day they came knocking at his door. I was putting up a bookshelf and putting away a whole bunch of books. I had books dating from the early 1950's all the way through to 1993 (that's when we were married). Years earlier an older sister had given me most of those earlier books. I'm so glad I don't have them anymore, it's a real pain lugging those things around.
Back to what happened, I was putting the books away, and my future husband was in the bathroom taking a shower. At the time he worked at a poultry processing plant, and let's just say he did not smell very nice after his shift. I heard a knock at the door, so I quickly knocked on the bathroom door, and told him he had a visitor. I hid in the bathroom, while he went to see who it was. All he had on was a bath towel wrapped around lower part of his body, It was a JW, and a ministerial servant, who came and stopped by when he saw my car in the driveway. He asked where I was at, and my future hubby told him that I had gone for a walk, while he was in the shower. I can't even believe the number of hoops that we had to jump through.
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Role Call!
by new boy inhow many here have been active here on this site in the the last seven days?.
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