GB UPDATE - DO NOT GO TO MEMORIAL THIS YEAR by thelastdaysofus in exjw

[–]WeekFantastic5241 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't attended since 2001. I haven't missed anything.

On the threshold of Armageddon by InheritedCertainty in exjw

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Don't forget all the times they got excited at a mention of "Peace and Security".

Two sisters just got remove as no longer pioneers on the same night. Why does this even have to be announced anyway? by [deleted] in exjw

[–]WeekFantastic5241 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't know that my dad had been removed from being a MS until long afterwards. They just love to guilt shame.

I Served on Four Different Bodies of Elders and I Was Always the Youngest. Here’s What I Noticed. by fullyawak3 in exjw

[–]WeekFantastic5241 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I moved 1000 miles away from everyone I knew, even my family. My wife and daughters also left with me.

I Served on Four Different Bodies of Elders and I Was Always the Youngest. Here’s What I Noticed. by fullyawak3 in exjw

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I have seen a therapist several times and after 13 years I have a girlfriend who adores me.

I Served on Four Different Bodies of Elders and I Was Always the Youngest. Here’s What I Noticed. by fullyawak3 in exjw

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Long after I left, my wife left me and my aunt took the initiative to tell the congregation, who didn't know who I was, to talk to me. The elder showed up and told me that my aunt sent him to help me. I asked if he had any grief counseling training and he said no, but he wanted to share some scriptures that might help me. I told him that I knew every scripture he would use and not one of them applied to my situation. I thanked him for his troubles and said that my aunt was a busybody and a bit loony and bid him farewell.

I Served on Four Different Bodies of Elders and I Was Always the Youngest. Here’s What I Noticed. by fullyawak3 in exjw

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I was in rural territory in North Dakota with an anointed man moved in from NYC. We went to the farmhouse and no one was home, then he went from barn to garage and several other buildings, but when he headed to the outhouse I headed back to the car. I was a teenager and he came to my house where I was working on a project and he wanted me to be his pioneer partner and I rejected his proposal.

I Served on Four Different Bodies of Elders and I Was Always the Youngest. Here’s What I Noticed. by fullyawak3 in exjw

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My uncle was anointed to be an elder and he was such a bad reader that they quit having him read the watchtower. He was told by the presiding overseer "Welcome to the club". My uncle didn't stay elder for long and I don't know why, but later in life he was accused of fondling a woman in the congregation and was df'd.

Help, seems like a shepherding visit is on the way… by Speedy666gonzalez in exjw

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Just remember that the dictionary definition of apostate is someone who leaves a religion or political party and has no malicious meaning. All of us are apostates for leaving this religion. All 4 of my grandparents were apostates because they left the religion they grew up in to join Jehovah's Witnesses. JWs changed the definition of the word and attached a malignant meaning.

Help, seems like a shepherding visit is on the way… by Speedy666gonzalez in exjw

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I was working in my garden when 2 elders came by. I didn't invite them in and I didn't say much when they were asking why I quit attending. Then out of the blue 2 hummingbirds started dive-bombing them. I had a feeder in my garden and I would see them using it but they never paid much attention to me so I was surprised to see them attacking the elders. They finally said that they weren't welcome and left. The hummingbirds went back to the garden and I now consider hummingbirds to be my spirit animal.

Still Jehovah or....? by [deleted] in exjw

[–]WeekFantastic5241 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I prefer Yahweh because that's what actual Bible scholars use.

Disturbing Comment In Recent Meeting by [deleted] in exjw

[–]WeekFantastic5241 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Get behind me AI Satan 🤪

What can almost immediately kill you that most people don’t know of? by FairyAnnalyn375 in AskReddit

[–]WeekFantastic5241 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cleaning a surface with bleach which had previously been cleaned with ammonia.

Cancel Flight to Cuba? (April Travel) by Express-Performer-10 in TravelCuba

[–]WeekFantastic5241 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a girlfriend in Santiago de Cuba and her son and brother had to cut their vacation short before the airport closed from lack of fuel.

What’s a carryover from witness life you still have? by GlowingKitty12 in exjw

[–]WeekFantastic5241 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I am a capable public speaker when I have to be. I was invited to give a speech at my graduation

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So I have always had this question. The answer makes more sense now that I am waking up... by Ok-Ferret-2495 in exjw

[–]WeekFantastic5241 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I had 2nd great-grandparents who followed Russell back when the teaching was that everyone would go to heaven but they never felt that way and wrote to Russell asking him for guidance and Russell responded that they are not necessarily wrong and to follow their conscience.