Posts by Tameria2001

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Need Help - How do I refute this???

by HappyBlessedFree in

so i was talking with my husband about all the things the organization is doing ie.

hiding pedophiles, lying about what 1914 was etc.

so his response was that the nation of israel had times when they weren’t doing the right thing, but it was still gods chosen organization.. another topic we were talking about was disfellowshipping.

Tameria2001

That "light" that keeps getting brighter and brighter also loves to flip flop around like a fish out of water. At one time in time you can get disfellowshipped for one thing, and then later on it's not a disfellowshipping offense. One of the biggest would be rape that they flipped around over the years on. And this is not the only thing, their history is full of different examples, and also issues where young JWs would go to prison in one location, while in a different location there would be a workaround so as not to go to prison. These are just a few examples, you can find a ton of information dealing with this. Also if a JW teaches stuff that they taught back in the 1980s, they would consider that very same teaching apostasy today.

But yes, they have proven themselves time and time again to be false prophets - Deuteronomy 18:21-22.

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I HATE JW funerals

by jws in

jw
friends

jw funeral last night.

it was about half an hour from start to finish.

they opened with basic facts about the person.

Tameria2001

My son went to a funeral about 6 years back. We left the JWs just before he started Kindergarten, so they never got their chance to brainwash him. When they got to talking about the resurrection of the dead, my son was not thinking of some paradise, but rather a zombie apocalypse, and the rising of the dead. He was about 18 at the time. After I finally explained to him what they meant, he told me that that was the dumbest thing he ever heard. After that, he gave me one of the biggest hugs and thanked me again for not raising him up in that bull, I can't use the actual word he said because it would be censored.

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Is The Watchtower Society Just Copying The Mormon's Model?

by pale.emperor in

when i was a faithful jw i was pretty much obsessed with the mormon religion.

to me it was like lord of the rings.

i knew the characters, the history, the events, the joseph smith stories, the religion's history etc etc etc and i long suspected even then that the watchtower society has been copying certain things from the lds church.. for example, the first thing i noticed was when the book study was dropped and family worship was started.

Tameria2001

About 30 years ago when I was still a JW, and a regular pioneer, I asked a return visit about the Mormons (he was a member of that religion), and I asked him about the Mormons I saw going from door to door as well. He told me that it is a requirement for a young man to do that for only two years, and only if they are going to be a leader of the church, as part of their training. No women do this he said when I asked him about that. He was curious about the JWs and their field ministry activity, so it was a two-way conversation.

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Maybe it could be worse...

by Olig in

so i just watched a documentary on netflix called "the end of the world cult" about some geezer named wayne bent (self proclaimed as michael travesser).

some of the stuff this guy says is absolutely unbelievable, and made me seriously think that there are some god awful cults out there, and made me think my time in the jw's (however boring and restrictive) wasn't all so bad... has anyone else seen this?

does anyone have any recommendations on other documentaries of the like??

Tameria2001

It could be worse, there are some wack cults that have killed its members, such as Jonestown (my dad knew the leader of that group), at least I survived the JWs.

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Maybe it could be worse...

by Olig in

so i just watched a documentary on netflix called "the end of the world cult" about some geezer named wayne bent (self proclaimed as michael travesser).

some of the stuff this guy says is absolutely unbelievable, and made me seriously think that there are some god awful cults out there, and made me think my time in the jw's (however boring and restrictive) wasn't all so bad... has anyone else seen this?

does anyone have any recommendations on other documentaries of the like??

Tameria2001

As much as I dislike the Watchtower, I too am very thankful that my crazy mother decided not to join some other even worse wack job.

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Michael Cohen... sleazebag or patriot?

by Queequeg in

so, what do you think?

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fwiw, i say sleazebag....

Tameria2001

When it comes out that someone is a proven liar, I will never believe another word that persons says, regardless of who they are.

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How do I find local ExJW - Redlands California

by HappyBlessedFree in

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friends

just wondering how to find any local exjw in the inland empire area, i am in redlands california..

Tameria2001

I just want to add to what smiddy3 said, don't divulge too much information. There are some very off people out there. Shortly after I had left the JWs, another former witness was trying to meet up with me. My dad was never a JW, and one thing he taught me growing up is to find out what a person's motives are, what do they really want. Anyways I decided to ask this guy why he was no longer a witness, and he told me that he was disfellowshipped, and I asked him if he didn't mind sharing with me why he was. Not to go into too many details, but he was disfellowshipped because he was involved with NAMBLA. I had no idea what that was, and when I check into it further, I decided there was no way I was going to allow someone like him around my young sons.

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back injury and nightmares.

by zeb in

i have a recurring back injury that has spared me for some time but has returned and the results are nightmares of the 'stephen king' order.

my guess its nerve damage causing 'short circuits'.. am seeing the chiro tomorrow.. anyone else had this?.

Tameria2001

Back pain is no fun and royally sucks big time. This is something I have had issues for a long time myself. Mine was so bad that I ended up having to go in and have back surgery to repair some damage that was done by an epidural. After my back surgery, I became 2 inches shorter.

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Newly Free, Need Advice

by HappyBlessedFree in

i stopped attending meetings about three months ago.

after researching everything i could find on jehovahs witnesses (which is a lot) i can happily say i am awake and free.

i was a baptized witness for over 25 year.

Tameria2001

For everyone who wakes up, there is a certain moment, or incident that causes everything to click. There is nothing one person can do or say that will cause this, at least at that moment. You know where he stands at the moment, don't push the matter, because that could backfire. Most importantly live life, and allow your children to experience a normal childhood. Every child is different in what they want to do in life. Some would be sports, electronics, education, or a whole slew of other things.

My case was different than yours, my husband and I were both brought up in the JW world when we were four years of age. My husband was first in realizing what the JWs really are, while I still was mentally and physically in. He waited on me, and I had that moment of clarity that caused me to realize it as well. He never tried to prove to me that the Watchtower was wrong, and even if he tried I would not have believed him. But when I did finally have that moment, it was like a ton of bricks fell on me.

Earlier when I mentioned electronics and education, the electronics I was referring to was video games. When my boys were younger I was very strict on the types of games they were not allowed to play, and that was no M rated games. Anyways what that led to was my boys (2 years apart in age) had developed a very close relationship, and even to this day, they are best friends and have a lot of the same friends (all good kids). Video games ended up causing my youngest to develop an interest in foreign language. In high school, he took 3 years of French, and now in college, he is in his third and final year in Japanese, this is his minor.

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Allergic to Kingdom Hall

by Cerise in

does anyone else know of a person who has such a sensitive nose or bad allergy that they are allergic to the paint or interior of the kingdom hall somehow and they can’t go inside?

and that person doesn’t even switch halls they “listen on the phone” all the time.

i know of a couple people like that.

Tameria2001

I had a serious issue inside, but I wasn't given the luxury of staying home. My mom forced me to go, at the time I was living at home and had to abide by her rules. Thinking back on it, that's why I traveled so much before I was married.