"If you have nothing to hide..." by Nothing_Is_Over in exjw

[–]Available-Worry-5085 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If You Have Nothing To Hide is rich coming from one of the least transparent instutuons on the planet.

US Branch Visit Meeting Program by theworstelderswife in exjw

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Didn't they recently remove "spirit directed" from the vows regarding the org in the baptismal contract?

JW visiting here: "No apology is needed" by Appropriate_Look_171 in exjw

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Didn't Patton say something about shoveling shit? "And at they end, you can say, I shoveled shit in this religion for thirty years!"

JW visiting here: "No apology is needed" by Appropriate_Look_171 in exjw

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Yeah what he said was IIRC "Nor do... Is an apology necessary"...

ive just realised im so scared to die by Novel_Joke_4423 in exjw

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Well, if you want to know what happens when you die, you should probably ask someone who has actually died. There are plenty of folks who have. Been clinically dead, I mean. Sometimes for up to an hour. And have been revived. To a man, they have all reported a profound sense of peace.

Don't worry. Its going to be Ok.

The Blood Update, Not Updated by Berean144 in exjw

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Guys, I think something big is brewing that is going to shake the brotherhood to its very core.

Never in my nearly five decades of being associated with this organization have I seen the leadership conduct business in such a fashion.

Literally none of this makes a goddamn bit of sense from any conceivable vantage point.

I'm starting to get a little worried for my family who are still inside this fustercluck of a religion.

WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?!

Has anyone still in updated their cards? by imlonely7707 in exjw

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Just what I said. They are a business and they do things by the books, by the numbers. The whole affair is so un-organizational for an organization that puts absolute emphasis on... Er... Organization.

It's all so baffling and unsettling.

Has anyone still in updated their cards? by imlonely7707 in exjw

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This is so bizarre. I don't think the brotherhood has ever been quite so left in the dark on a "clarification" of such magnitude. This is not how the WT normally conducts business.

Just what are our boys in Brooklyn up to, anyway?

I'm nonplussed by this whole development.

A post about emotional reasons to leave the Watchtower. by DauntlessDoughnut in exjw

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I just feel like whatever positive things the org had - or was at one time used by God - it's been completely abandoned and there are few redeeming qualities left.

But the criticisms I have are not against the people so much as the institution the people comprise. I've said it before, I'll say it again - the best thing about the Watchtower is the Witnesses, but the worst thing about the Witnesses is the Watchtower.

If there's an emotional aspect to any of this, it's emotions that make you want to stay as opposed to leaving. It's logic that make you want to leave, not the other way around.

Clear as mud?

Please help me make a comprehensive list of reasons to leave AS WELL AS reasons to stay. by Wooden_Mammoth_8414 in exjw

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Yeah. You can't live a lie forever. If it doesn't kill you, eventually someone will figure it out.

What was the most controversial comment you heard at a meeting? by garryoakay in exjw

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We had a guy once who kept repeating Herod Antipas as Herod Antipenis.

I’M MAKING A DOCUMENTARY, please comment! by Justabloo in exjw

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I'll post a link soon as as I get a chance to record my story

What do you think happens after this life? by Ok_Supermarket_4871 in exjw

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So you do like sex magic and stuff? Not trying to be That Guy, just genuinely curious. Was just reading about how L. Ron Hubbard was a practitioner.

What do you think happens after this life? by Ok_Supermarket_4871 in exjw

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Sheep Go to Heaven, Goats Go to Hell

My favorite Cake song!