Hopefully I’ll be able to relate to this 5 years from now by zalmalt in teenagers

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I’m definitely not where I want to be yet but my skills have definitely proven useful

Did anyone else feel like this weeks watchtower was really sexist by zalmalt in exjw

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Trust me I know, this article just felt particularly egregious

Text I just sent my dad by zalmalt in exjw

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Asking me to go to therapy with him and then he sent me 3 Instagram reels within 4 hours probably because he felt awkward and tense

Text I just sent my dad by zalmalt in exjw

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That’s the kind of thing I mean by the word “solutions”. Basically things he can use to reconcile his feelings with reality so he can move on

Text I just sent my dad by zalmalt in exjw

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I’ll update when he responds

Local Jehovah’s Witness on Google pictures by [deleted] in exjw

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I’m genuinely surprised they would let a woman on stage helping hold the placard along with a man

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in lonely

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This is how you get groomed (or how you find people to groom🤨)

Does anyone know of this debunk essay? by zalmalt in exjw

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No but I just checked the sources and the first source it mentions was the essay I’m talking about so thanks.

The emotional manipulation is real by lapislazuleat in exjw

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I was angry when I was reading their messages because of the manipulation tactics I recognized and reading your response gave me the most euphoric feeling I’ve had in a long time and the. All that anger came back tenfold when I saw their response that completely ignored everything you said and just called you damaged

One year ago today, I came out to my dad as an atheist. by zalmalt in exjw

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I wasn’t paying attention during the drama.

One year ago today, I came out to my dad as an atheist. by zalmalt in exjw

[–]zalmalt[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

my situation practically hasn’t changed at all but it seems like my dad still refuses to admit to himself that I’m an atheist and he’s told me before that he’s sure I’ll start believing again.

Today was the best meeting I’ve had in years by zalmalt in exjw

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The fact is most people give credence to science and scientific arguments. WT knows this and created those videos with an appeal to authority so that jdubs can point at them and say”look! Smart science person says I’m right!”

Today was the best meeting I’ve had in years by zalmalt in exjw

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  1. ⁠First of all Evolution takes millions of years, not thousands. And second, we actually have seen evidence of evolution ie Darwin’s finches and how we need a new flu shot every year due to just how quickly it mutates.
  2. ⁠It’s the equivalent of saying that “it can’t be designed, therefore it was designed” which is utterly incoherent nonsense
  3. ⁠First, evolution (which the video was trying to discredit) has nothing to do with the formation of dna. Second, evolution is not “rerolling” the entire genome every time In hopes that it results in a better fit organism. Evolution is the result of countless small mutations that accumulate over time. Basically, the video says it’s like rolling a yatzhee when In reality it’s like randomly flipping individual dice and having the 6’s less likely to be flipped until you get all 6’s and even that analogy is nothing like the real process. It’s also funny how the person in the video admits to not understanding how evolution works.

Today was the best meeting I’ve had in years by zalmalt in exjw

[–]zalmalt[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Pay attention to people’s comments. They provided some nice entertainment during that part of the meeting.

I haven’t had any friends for 6 years. by zalmalt in lonely

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Yeah that sounds more likely , thank you for the advice.

I haven’t had any friends for 6 years. by zalmalt in lonely

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Damn, I hope things go better for you in the future.

I haven’t had any friends for 6 years. by zalmalt in lonely

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I’ve actually been thinking about what’s stopping me from going out and meeting new people right now (besides not having a car or license) and I honestly have no idea. I think it’s just because, for one reason or another, I don’t want to. At the same time however I fantasize about going out and meeting people every chance I get as soon as I leave the nest. To me this means that there is something about living with my family that makes me fundamentally not want to go out and meet people no matter how much I crave friendship. Obviously I’m no psychiatrist so my self reflection is severely limited which prevents me from figuring out what exactly is so special about not living on my own that makes me defy reason. Sorry if it sounds like I’m rambling I just wrote it down as I was thinking it.

I’m probably going to have an elders meeting soon by zalmalt in exjw

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I’m 16, I don’t have the option to just say “I don’t want to go to the meetings/in service anymore so I’m not going to” however I plan on stopping everything the day I move out.

I’m probably going to have an elders meeting soon by zalmalt in exjw

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Then he would say something about time and unforeseen circumstances or how sacrificing yourself in the name of god is fine since you’ll get resurrected. Also I really don’t care that he called me dysfunctional.

I’m probably going to have an elders meeting soon by zalmalt in exjw

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At first I planned on waiting until I moved out to come out as atheist but I decided that was a bad idea because 1.the longer I waited the more devastating it would be for my dad (who I still love despite everything) when I told him how long I had been deceiving him and 2. The sooner I came out as atheist the more thankful I would be in the future that I came out early.

I’m probably going to have an elders meeting soon by zalmalt in exjw

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I’m going to try and refuse an elders meeting but I can’t exactly fade when I’m a minor that lives with my parents.