Harvard Illiterate 411

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  Faith and Lies.

  by sparrowdown in

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  if you were hooked up to a polygraph machine when you were still an asleep, kool-aid drinking dub and asked if you agree 100% with every single wt teaching (asked as individual questions and collectively), would you have "passed" with no signs of deception?.

  i know, i definitely would not have "passed" such an interegation.

  i would have tripped up on questions about blood, dfing and non jws being marked for destruction just to name a few.

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  Yes and you make a very good point. It really is a cult.
  
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  what buzz word from the jw's do you hate & why?

  by Sabin in

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  2. friends

  so my hubby has been on a bit of a roll about the jdubs, we were talking a lot about them & he said the buzz word he hate's the most is "worldly" why?

  because he say's "with that one word they have condemned (according to their believes) a person as being worthy of nothing but death.

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  Brotherly Love.

  Governing Body.

  Service.

  Privileges.

  All of those words makes me laugh when I hear them now especially the brotherly love.
  
  Anyone who is a witness knows this love goes as deep as the rules that allow them to associate with you. Which is as shallow as the entry to a kiddie pool.
  
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  Partaking of emblems

  by sloppyjoe2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this year will be my first for by going to the memorial.

  i will get asked by my parents how i can deny jesus even if i don't believe the end is close.

  my thoughts on this are as follows, bear in mind saying it's all make believe is not an option.. i think that jesus intended for everyone to eat the bread and drink the wine.

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  I don't want to change your belief system but the more research I do, the more convinced I become that Jesus was a man like any other while alive and turned into God's son after his death for political reasons. In short, it doesn't matter if you drank the whole bottle of wine at the memorial, nobody is going to heaven.
  
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  Only a few days ago I was entirely lost and without hope the rug was pulled out from under me

  by elderess in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  only a few days ago i was walking around the house in a mindless wander thinking if i needed to seek professional help.

  then i got the courage to seek the comfort of complete strangers on the internet and found a world of support here on this website.

  thank you simon and whoever else has made this website possible.

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  I know this is elderess thread but I feel like I have benefited as well. So many awesome replies and there is so much to learn about the JW history. I just got finished reading Barbara Anderson's short essay and it literally blew me away, reminding me of the unsavory things I knew took place in Bethel but I dismissed as "imperfect men" and minor problems compared to the whole organization. Was I ever wrong about that! Big mistake!

  http://freeminds.org/women/barbdiscovery.htm
  
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  It is 5am and I still can't sleep. Contemplating life, doing research on religion, world history, science...

  by Stepford Wife in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my husband is still asleep but he will get up in about an hour for work so i'm going to quickly tell you my inconclusive conclusion.

  i don't know if i can believe in god anymore.

  i have come to the simple conclusion that he is either dead or evil but he is definitely not loving.

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  Hi Stepfordwife I always enjoy your threads. Really. Please keep posting.
  
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  Government turning on religion - or - I how I learned to stop worrying and love Drumpf

  by undercover in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  where, exactly, does the bible say that government(s) will turn on religion?

  i mean, other than interpreting some crazy visions/dreams from revelation as such?.

  with one megalomaniac leading the gop race for nomination to vie for president of the usa, i've noticed that paranoia has ratcheted up a notch or three.

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  You do realize that Mitten Mitt Romney Mr Right Wing Religio-nut himself has basically told everyone not to vote for Trump. The whole GOP establishment is against Trump. That should say something, nuh?
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  Gay ex-Bethelite

  by Chip Williamson in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just now finding this web site and have enjoyed reading the comments.

  i've never written down my story and it could be a jerry springer episode but here goes.

  i was raised as a jehovah's witness from as early as i can remember.

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  Hello sweetheart! I am so happy for you both actually and glad you are living your life! F**k the haters! I'll drink to that.
  
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  William Ellison, Slave owner

  by James Mixon in

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  i be damn, the guy an ex slave.

  south carolina, a free black man and former slave.

  he owned.

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  I'm surprised you didn't know that already. Do you know who Anthony Johnson was? Did you know that less than 6% of all slaves that were shipped from Africa ended in America? Lots of facts they don't teach you in school.
  
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  Hello everyone. New here looking for info and friends

  by Harvard Illiterate 411 in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  i sometimes was redirected to this page from reddit or another ex-jw site but never bothered to sign up.

  i wanted to stay off the radar but since i'm getting dis-fellowshipped anyways and have no plans to come back what the hell.

  been 22 years in the truth........... ahhhh i hate to use that expression...... bad habit but you know what i mean.

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  I enjoy smoking some weed sometimes cigs and drinking more than eating now. Lost already 20lbs. Another reason to leave the cult.
  
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  Hello everyone. New here looking for info and friends

  by Harvard Illiterate 411 in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  i sometimes was redirected to this page from reddit or another ex-jw site but never bothered to sign up.

  i wanted to stay off the radar but since i'm getting dis-fellowshipped anyways and have no plans to come back what the hell.

  been 22 years in the truth........... ahhhh i hate to use that expression...... bad habit but you know what i mean.

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  Ok gonna keep my eye out for him.