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  If the Governing Body Told You They Love You All Very Much, What Would Your Reply Be?

  by steve2 in

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  in a letter in the 2013 yearbook of jehovah's witnesses, the governing body sign off with the words, "we love you all very much".

  these words were later echoed by one of the governing body in an address to french jehovah's witnesses in july this year.

  these words sound so marvellously compelling and heartfelt - goosebump inducing, even.. imagine the governing body wrote these words to you or expressed them to you in person- yes to you reading these very words.

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  "How exactly do you mean that?"
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  inactive ones going back...

  by monis1 in

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  i have quite a big group of friends who were all in the cong together when we were teens.

  about 75% of them stopped going or were df'd right after high school.

  it is a varied group; a couple are staunch apostates, some dont care one way or another, and another handfull are fully "worldly", but still believe it is the truth.

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  I remember quite a few returning after the Sept 11 hysteria...but they left fairly quickly when armageddon didn't materialize. Sadly a few stayed on.

  Steve2's alcoholic analogy is quite apt, as it can take multiple attempts before "sobriety" becomes a more permanent state. This quote from Heather King struck me as the summation of jw-life: “I once heard a sober alcoholic say that drinking never made him happy, but it made him feel like he was going to be happy in about fifteen minutes." Jdubs stick to the cult NOT because it brings them happiness, but because it promises to do so in the future. They totally miss the point that they can be truly happy NOW! But not when stuck in that soul-killing state of Waiting For Happiness In Paradise.

  Here's wishing Sobriety From the WT Cult for all those still-in. Get out of her, you people!
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  "We Love You All Very Much"

  by Apognophos in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm not sure if this has been discussed before.

  you guys might recall that when the 2013 yearbook came out, the letter from the governing body ended a bit unusually:.

  we love you all very much.

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  Actions speak louder than words.........

  local jws would bump into me and say they missed me, yet not a phone call, a card, an e-mail, a letter....

  or worse yet they would tell a family to tell me that they missed me, often......but never contact me

  Blondie, you are so right...I'm sure most of us have experienced this "caring" attitude.

  A few years ago I was quite ill. I didn't have the energy to attend meetings (not that I wanted to) or to have visitors, but told the eldubs to please share my email address so the friends could keep in touch. My adult child would come from meetings and tell me this one and that one said to say "hi". And how many emails did I receive over the course of a few months? One, from one eldub who never asked how I was feeling, but told me I was obviously in need of a shepherding call and I needed to make arrangements with them.

  Guess he's still waiting on me to answer...
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  Are JEhovah's Witnesses reaching out to the Gay community ?

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  apostate & ex-jehovalarious meme collection.

  https://www.facebook.com/groups/jwmeme/.

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  WTFree, thanks for the laughs on this lovely Sunday morning!
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  New Bethel Facility - Fort Lauderdale Remote Translation Office (RTO)

  by daniel-p in

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  2. friends

  hey all, it's been a long time since i've posted anything here.

  this may be of interest to some people, or not.

  and i'm not sure if this has been announced in the congregations, even, because thankfully i have not attended any meetings in quite some time.

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  Yes, and now the Sign Language Idols brothers will be closer to their large adoring sign language congs. Everyone knows the names and details of the ones who perform on the sign language videos. You should see the way the dubs crowd around them at conventions...if they could, the dubs would be taking selfies with them and getting autographs. No lie. It's a bizarro world in jdub sign language. Just sayin...

  Oh, wait! You've seen the masturbation video. Never mind.
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  Why Do Witnesses Promote A Unhealthy Lifestyle, My COBE weighs 340lbs (5ft 7in).

  by BucketShopBill in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  please don't take this the wrong way if your battling weight problems, that's not what this thread is meant to talk about.

  i am asking this question because jehovah's witnesses claim they have "the best way of life", "god's blessing", "the truth" and are trying to change the habits of healthy people by turning them in to their own makings.

  i watched people who were great athletes turn all their muscle in to fat because we would get a elder or circuit overseer make remarks they were spending too much time "working out" and "bodily training is beneficial for little".

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  They want the co's to be healthy so none of their Precious Money is "wasted" on health care.

  They want the dubs unhealthy so they view paradise (coming soon to a banquet table near you) as their only hope for the future. Used to be, they'd mention Gluttony but I think they've taken it off the table.
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  Fresh Newcomer

  by Yondaime in

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  hi guys, my name is yondaime,.

  my will to remain in this relgious sect is fading, i'm about to be a freshman(just turned 18) in college.

  , i have seen so many terrible things happen to good people in this cult and i'm sick of it!

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  So happy you've made the right choice to pursue a happy life, and kudos to your dad. Be sure to tell him he's your hero! Looking forward to many more of your posts.
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  Are we nitpicking???

  by jam in

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  jw's walk like this, they eat this way, they look like this,.

  they have sex this way (lol), they talk this way and etc.. are we excessively concerned with or critical of inconsequential.

  details??.

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  Not necessarily nitpicking...more like microbursts of venting. I think at some point we all run out of steam because they're just not that interesting anymore. But everyone vents at their own pace, so enjoy!

  And you have to admit, so much of the behavior is just nutty that it's still hard to believe We Did That!
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  Questions From Readers 1957 watchtower : Guess who was Armageddon in 1957?

  by raymond frantz in

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  2. beliefs

  don't be confused .when i say who i mean who because back in 1957 jehovah's witnesses didn't believe that armageddon was just the gathering of the kings of the earth to battle with the invisible armies of jesus' angels.no ,armageddon was more than that and it did fit bible account far more than it does today .. read the post below which contains a 1957 question from readers (please let me know if the page is displaying correctly on your browser).

  is armageddon a place ?.

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  Interesting!
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  Them thinking that pioneering is equal to my full time job!

  by LongHairGal in

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  this was a topic that annoyed me and i got into a bit of an argument years ago over this.. some sister (who never worked a day in her life i might add) with the cushy life, affluent husband thought that because she pioneered it was equal to me having a full time secular job.

  there were others there who naively thought the same thing.

  somehow i gave them an inferiority complex because i worked so they had to dream this up to make themselves feel better.. while i agree that someone who pioneers may be physically tired at the end of the day, there is no comparison to what i have to deal with in going to and from and being on a full time job.

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  The talks and comments about how dubs working full-time were somehow less spiritual and needed to examine their circumstances to find more time to pioneer used to make me cringe. I worked full time supporting my family while pioneering yet was chastised by the trust-fund crowd for working so much. Easy to say when you've never had the sole responsibility to provide for your family, when you've always had money or when your hubby brings it all home to you.

  It's not about hours....it's their attitude. Smug, self-righteous, and the last ones to lend you a hand should you need it.

  Nice to no longer hear those conversations on a regular basis!!!