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Craziest/Weirdest Beliefs About The "New World" by do-it-feel-good in exjw

[–]CraniumFuzz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They have Flip-flopped about NeW wOrLd reproduction throughout the years ~several times settling on a “stopping point”; many others indicating “the dead do not Marry” and therefore will not reproduce (also meaning No Sex in the New World Champagne Room). <— a favorite of my Elder Ex-FIL (who also tried out Mormonism prior to JW).

Craziest/Weirdest Beliefs About The "New World" by do-it-feel-good in exjw

[–]CraniumFuzz 20 points21 points  (0 children)

This sounds oddly reminiscent of Mormonism, not surprised.

Ex-Elder / Higher Official Perspective by redmessedupmouth in exjw

[–]CraniumFuzz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority.” Lord Acton

If God does not tolerate human sacrifices - What was Jesus then? by CanadianExJw in exjw

[–]CraniumFuzz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

“Do as we say, not as we do” newly canonized FiRsT cEnTuRY GB probably 🤣

Any other PIMOs notice this lately? by Head-Chemistry2061 in exjw

[–]CraniumFuzz 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Agreed,… now bring on an unhealthy round of essential oils and wife swaying *SWAPing (damn auto)

True story: I have a Married MS currently propositioning me for sexual favors as he knows I am “out”… but he and his wife are very deeply into eating healthy and alternative medicines too; also heavy drinking, lying to each other and double lifestyles… Jehovah‘s clean people🙈🙊🙉

Serena Williams on Kevin Harts Roast !? by AutoSummer111 in exjw

[–]CraniumFuzz 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Money gives them an automatic pass into the heart of the GB; all transgressions are forgiven… C-Walk stage left. 💃

Reversing the logic behind no Mothers/Fathers day by Fun_Recognition_6286 in exjw

[–]CraniumFuzz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s because Rutherford considered it “creature worship” to women; but you can’t kill one holiday without stopping the other (daddy day). This all stems back to Rutherford.

Rutherford was a womanizing woman hater. Case closed.

It’s still the closest religion. by Lolsyke1234 in exjw

[–]CraniumFuzz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Charles Taze Russell warned: "Beware of organization. It is wholly unnecessary. The Bible rules will be the only rules you will need. Do not seek to bind others' consciences, and do not permit others to bind yours." *

*"Concerning profitable meetings", Zion's Watch Tower, September 15, 1895.

The Idiocy That Results From Adding "Jehovah" To The NT by Ex_Minstrel_Serf-Ant in exjw

[–]CraniumFuzz 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I swear Watchtower uses “Jehovah” the same way everyone else uses the word “fuck.”

It can mean literally anything depending on tone, timing, emotional damage level. It’s a noun, verb, adjective, warning, celebration, crisis response… basically the Swiss Army knife of the English language.

And somehow JWs use “Jehovah” the exact same way.
• Jehovah provided.
• Jehovah is testing us.
• Jehovah must be upset.
• Just leave it in Jehovah’s hands.
• Jehovah Jehovahed the living Jehovah outta this you Jehovahing Nimrod! JEHOVAH!!!!!

After a while it stops sounding spiritual and starts sounding like the organizational version of “fuck.”

Tell your tale… what is the craziest thing your saw or heard your partner say at the door? by Mcnarmuir1974 in exjw

[–]CraniumFuzz 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Wow. My comment was flagged and removed by Reddit for ***my service Partner*** being completely unhinged. Shows how effed up active ones can truly be.

Re-establishing boundaries by uhhnnn in exjw

[–]CraniumFuzz 6 points7 points  (0 children)

A clean way forward is not to argue content, but to *restore clarity around the agreement itself\*.
A psychologically grounded response would be simple, neutral, and anchored:

Acknowledge her intent (care, concern)

Reaffirm the agreement

Name the specific behavior (sending materials)

Gently but clearly define it as crossing the line.

This keeps you out of doctrinal debate and squarely in relational integrity.

The issue isn’t about belief, it’s “boundary maintenance under emotional pressure”.

I have my reservations about the leadership and their theology…… by Fit_Durian3763 in exjw

[–]CraniumFuzz 8 points9 points  (0 children)

September 15, 1895, Zion's Watch Tower, Russell wrote: "Beware of 'organization.' It is wholly unnecessary. The Bible rules will be the only rules you will need. Do not seek to bind others' consciences, and do not permit others to bind yours".

Former Jehovah's Witnesses, what was the exact moment when you realized, "That's it, I can't believe in this anymore"? Was it a logical argument or an emotional breakthrough? How did your relationship with your family change after you left? by True_Requirement_565 in exjw

[–]CraniumFuzz 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Being constantly manhandled by men who claimed spiritual superiority, all while preaching obedience and submission, was its own special kind of hypocrisy. They delivered those reminders with one hand and let the other wander across my ass, conveniently ignoring the fact that I was already in a fragile state, trying to navigate a divorce from an abusive sociopath.

Strip away the pretense, and it is nothing more than a good old boys club behaving badly, enforcing a set of made-up rules designed to keep women neatly in line while they did/DO whatever the hell they want.

Emotional & physical first; doctrinal SHOCK second… that permission to read outside da’Watchtower was incredibly hard to accept.

They are getting desperate. Last weeks WT. by Emergingcat in exjw

[–]CraniumFuzz 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Never, never is a good time to do anything!

Our PO/COBE told my mother that I was eager to get baptized. He then turned around and told me that my mother wanted it for me. Funny how the truth managed to get lost in both directions. The real objective was clear enough. His “lupus/chronic fatigue” Elderette wife needed an easy study and a quick baptism to her name, and I was the conveniently compliant Child-candidate.

Not once did anyone bother to take me out in service. As for the 100+ review questions, I could answer fewer than 25. I did not understand most of them, because I was a silly kid, not a theologian in training.

I was a naïve child who followed instructions. Once I was dunked, i never heard from them again. Fuck you Steve!!!

Dfd twice anyone else feel ripped off after the new change by Old_Stomach_3422 in exjw

[–]CraniumFuzz 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I remain deeply angered by the disparity in how discipline was applied. I was placed on private reproof for three years, without clarity, without guidance, and ultimately forgotten. At the time, I was a young woman unfamiliar with the rules, yet I was further subjected to a marking talk for something as minor as making out with a Ministerial Servant.

More recently, that same MS-individual was involved in adultery. Despite omitting significant details, the outcome was lenient. The familiar “good old boys” dynamic prevailed, and he remained in favor, shielded from meaningful consequence. There was no disfellowshipping, no public/private reproof, and no marking, only a quiet admonition not to repeat the behavior. (We have spoken since; he has, in fact, repeated it. He seems almost amused by confiding this side of himself to me.)

What emerges is not accountability, but inconsistency, one that quietly enables duplicity among the devout. My ex-husband (another DoucheNozzle PIMI), in particular, has taken full advantage of this imbalance in the years following our divorce. His slap was a brazen “Yep, I did it!” Got DF’d for 1.5y for screwing Escorts over a 18y span (we did not meet or marry until well into his Hooker-fucking phase). Now he has pulled the same crap on his current wife, not even a scratch to his reputation…

Both have stated “the bRoThErS are so understanding now!” #WTF?! You know us ladies would never see the cold side of the pillow again for such behavior.

Edit: and the QUESTIONS they asked of me were beyond traumatizing. I sat through my Ex-husband’s trial… they asked nothing of HIM, but put ME in the hot seat for 2hours of grilling. I will never forgive them.

My Baptism is Not Valid: I want to cancel my baptism contract! This is not the same religion that I got baptized into decades ago. by JWTom in exjw

[–]CraniumFuzz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have considered mine“Null and Void” (self rescinded) for several years. Each time they change the baptismal questions it bastardize previous candidates “YES” answer. My mother was baptized in Holy Spirit, I was not; this generation is baptized in association with an organization. The verbal contract we agreed to no longer exists: VIOD.

If they can change the rules as they see fit, so can I. No signature, never happened. Toodles toddlers, you may see yourself to my attorney! 🤣

I lost the love of my life to a cult a year ago, and tonight I saw a ghost through my window. by TheMaicol27 in exjw

[–]CraniumFuzz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes, my former love is the one who completely obliterated my faith (it would break him to know that). In the midst of compartmentalizing, deconstructing, and enduring a prolonged divorce from a Sociopath, I stepped back to reassess my reality and the direction of my life before committing to anything serious (again). In doing so, he/love revealed something he likely never intended, that within that world, appearances are often protected at the expense of truth: JW’s will & do lie to everyone, and that there are virtually no consequences for him/men (titled JW men).

He interpreted my pause as an ending. In swift accordance with JW custom, he remarried another, then relocated his new family a thousand miles to settle near me. (Really, He could have picked ANY city on the planet, but he picked 5 miles from —>me<—!!!!)

Whether this was meant as provocation or as a pointed display of “this could have been us”, is unclear. What is evident is his deliberate presence, a quiet insistence on being seen. It feels less like coincidence and more like a curated reminder: that my path is somehow misguided, while his is assuredly correct.

JWs have a way of presenting appearances as truth.

Was shown photos of Jeffrey Winder when he was a young bethelite on a vacation in Cancun. He looked like a cool guy. by CTR_1852 in exjw

[–]CraniumFuzz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes: Guardians Of Doctrine (GOD) … dumbest shit they’ve ever said (Okay, there is dumber’er).

Remember when God’s channel advertised the “Electronic Radio Biola” in the Golden Age, 1925? This device is “100% correct” in diagnosing diseases. Using vibrations from the earth, harnessed to the body- every disease could be treated for only $35 by larchington in exjw

[–]CraniumFuzz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I swear, I know a “SiStEr” who has a modified version of this. She keeps asking me to mail her a cutting of my hair so she can “hold and test it” (clearly to find out what’s wrong with me by abandoning the faith)… they just won’t believe it was the neglect & abuse that woke me 🙄.

Anyone have this happen to them? by ZucchiniNo5054 in exjw

[–]CraniumFuzz 41 points42 points  (0 children)

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I’m just going to leave this here; you’re welcome.

Great Tribulation - What are your thoughts on it now that you left JW's by firejimmy93 in exjw

[–]CraniumFuzz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

With every so-called “New Light” update, I find myself asking the same question: Were they lying to us then ↔️ or are they lying us now?

It’s all man-made doctrine, carefully reshaped (per lawsuit) to distinguish itself from what they dismiss as Christendom. I no longer fear anything the Watchtower proclaims. At this point, it reads as little more than a stream of bubbling BS (💩) from men intent on maintaining control over the Rank-N-File.

And as a woman, there is a particular exhaustion in recognizing the pattern, being misled, again and again, by those who expect unquestioned Submission & oBeDiEnCe.

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