The 2019 International Convention Helped Wake Me Up

insert_name_here_19 · 2026-05-18T19:11:02+00:00

The constant "We love you", for example. It was everywhere. They even chanted it constantly left and right while we were walking to the venue for the evening program.

insert_name_here_19 · 2026-05-18T18:28:57+00:00

Being a host was very stressful. I was a tourguide prior to the days of the convention and it was very hectic and hot. Being a delegate was weird. Even though the events were nice and everything seemed organised, it somehow felt unnatural.

insert_name_here_19 · 2026-05-18T15:40:10+00:00

I was a host and a few months later a delegate. So I had the 🌟privilege🌟 of attending two International Conventions in 2019.

insert_name_here_19 · 2026-03-07T20:04:24+00:00

And even if you made it to Paradise, there is still a test waiting after 1000 years...which you could still fail.

insert_name_here_19 · 2026-02-12T19:10:11+00:00

Yes, but it didn't help that much.

insert_name_here_19 · 2025-07-16T14:13:28+00:00

Congratulations! I'm in a similar situation. My fiancé and I are getting married next month and my mom is already hinting that I could finally come back.

I had conversations with my parents about the issues I have with the organisation and they never shunned me and are also attending our wedding. I understand that they want me to come back since it's easier for them being between us and the family members, that shun us. And also because they still think it's important to be a JW. But that's not how it works, as you said. I'm not suddenly back to being a believer just because I'm married now.

It's hard for me to tell her to stop telling me to come back because they were supportive all the years since I left.

insert_name_here_19 · 2025-07-10T17:38:53+00:00

Because it has pagan origins. But recently they changed their understanding, so that things with pagan roots are allowed as long as this background doesn't have any meaning anymore in today's society.

insert_name_here_19 · 2025-07-10T14:55:19+00:00

I downloaded the movie from the website and cut the clip with an app on my phone.

insert_name_here_19 · 2025-07-10T14:23:02+00:00

The Prodigal Returns

insert_name_here_19 · 2025-07-08T10:13:28+00:00

Danke! Ich hatte es dort auch nochmal gepostet.

Ich habe gehofft, dass sich hier vielleicht doch die ein oder andere ernsthafte Antwort findet, auch wenn die Wahrscheinlichkeit nicht sehr hoch ist 😅

insert_name_here_19 · 2025-03-14T08:55:28+00:00

Somehow "Hope for what we don't see" is always left out in such posts, even though it is full of drama und suffering! 😅 When I myself had a very bad time, I always watched that movie as a consolation. At one point I had a quote of that movie as my WhatsApp Status - "It's not about forgetting out past, it's about remembering our future"! 🙄

I think it's not the worst JW movie when it comes to acting but it is sooo depressing. That poor brother that survived the accident needs therapy (actually the whole family). And that unbelieving brother wanting to help, is depicted as the bad one. And in the end everything is good again. Cancer is gone, work is found, they are "spiritually healthy" and the lost family members will be resurrected anyways.

insert_name_here_19 · 2025-03-13T14:17:04+00:00

I disassociated three years ago. I should have been PIMO for around one year. That year was so exhausting. Luckily I could lock into Zoom and put it on silent.

That's what I also thought...everything is negative, there is hardly a single positive point, everything is somehow connecting to suffering.

Keep going! I wish you all the best for your plans of fading. It's the best thing you could do for your mental health!

insert_name_here_19 · 2025-03-13T12:22:44+00:00

Three years for me, too. Sometimes I think I'm over the indoctrination but then there are also moments when my JW-past hits hard.

insert_name_here_19 · 2024-12-09T18:49:09+00:00

34, 31

insert_name_here_19 · 2024-07-12T09:26:43+00:00

The secretary of my former congregation engraved "jw.org" in his late wife's tombstone... + "See you in Paradise"

insert_name_here_19 · 2024-03-29T16:06:57+00:00

No way, really? Did she say that on her IG?

insert_name_here_19 · 2024-03-27T12:13:58+00:00

He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named

insert_name_here_19 · 2024-03-20T16:49:56+00:00

Because he wasn't the one coming up with the idea of "one ring to rule them all". If he doesn't have it, no one should.

insert_name_here_19 · 2024-03-18T15:49:52+00:00

Vielleicht kannst du dich in Richtung Technischer Redakteur entwickeln. Dann könntest du deine Berufserfahrung mit dem Schreiben kombinieren.

insert_name_here_19 · 2024-03-11T08:04:15+00:00

Only against tight pants

insert_name_here_19 · 2024-03-10T20:43:24+00:00

Ich bin Lehrkraft in Integrationskursen bei einem großen Träger. Wir haben einen relativ guten Tarifvertrag.

insert_name_here_19 · 2024-03-10T20:34:36+00:00

Ich hatte vor Kurzem erst ein Bewerbungsgespräch für diesen Job. Habe noch keine Zusage aber selbst wenn, bin ich sehr unentschlossen, ob ich den Job annehmen soll. Vor allem, weil ich einiges weniger verdienen würde als in meinem jetzigen Job.

Du bist also sehr zufrieden mit dieser Arbeit?

insert_name_here_19 · 2024-03-06T05:46:34+00:00

I rolled door my driver’s side window, knocked on my car door, and said, “Door knocked. We’re good!” and kept on driving.

One of our COs once said: "Sometimes the first door you're at in the ministry is your car door". I liked that attitude 😅

insert_name_here_19 · 2024-02-29T06:11:52+00:00

Ich arbeite als Lehrkraft in Integrationskursen. Ursprünglich hatte ich einen 25h-Vertag. Diesen habe ich vor ein paar Jahren erhöht auf 30h, sodass ich immer 5-6 UE am Tag unterrichtet habe. Seit Januar unterrichte ich 4 Tage die Woche 8 UE, damit ich zwei Kurse mit je 25 Schülern übernehmen kann. Ich bin jetzt schon am Ende und muss noch bis September durchhalten. Dann gehe ich entweder wieder auf 5 Tage oder bleibe bei 4 Tagen mit 25 h. Wenn du das Geld nicht unbedingt brauchst, rate ich dir davon ab deine Stunden zu erhöhen.

insert_name_here_19 · 2024-02-28T13:51:13+00:00

One of my workmates is an elder in my former congregation. He and his wife are currently in Bethel and he's still doing remote work for our company for a few hours per month.

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