I know when I first left the WT I too felt guilty -Until I found out every thing I had been taught was untrue. Guilt is a most destuctive force. Dont feel Guilty God gave you a brain to USE... I welcome you here & since I am the GRANNY on board 78 years old. Was a JW for 25 years made 10 people JW'S ... I can assure you -This place is filled with UN conditional love!!!! You DONT have any conditions on here JUST be what God meant you to be YOURSELF (((HUGS)) Welcome
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by jambon 43 Replies latest jw friends
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Es
welcome to the board....give it some time and take it slow
enjoy yours stay
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watch the tower
We know who you are and where you are from. We will have to schedule a judicial committee meeting to discuss your apostate tendencies.
Signed,
You elder body
Welcome! No guilt here.
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Legolas
Welcome to the board!
Don't feel guilty...I did too at first...Then I found out the truth about the 'Truth'!
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AK - Jeff
Welcome to the board.
Guilt free thinking out-loud is allowed here.
Jeff
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toby888
Welcome!! You feel quilty for a number of reasons: fear and guilt are used on you through the Watchtower publications to discourage you from "independent thinking" which really means rational thought. When you read the publications, note how they use subtle means to implant fear (life outside the org is bad, you will die at armaggeddon, you will degenerate into an amoral hedonist, etc) . Anyway you are here, feel free to look at our posts and see what we have been through. You can whine, cry, share your ups and downs, we are all here for you.
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GetBusyLiving
Welcome to the board man. Hope you like it .
sincerely,
the anti-typical GBL
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joannadandy
Welcome...
I was worried about posting here at first too...those scary apostates and all - I maybe wasn't going to meetings but I was no apostate!!
(Guess I was wrong!)
Happy posting!
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Nellie
Why DO you feel guilty? Because you choose to engage the "God-given" brain that God gave you? Remember that "free-moral agent" stuff we learned about? They were right, and as long as you remained chained to their "rules", it was all good. Once you start expressing that "god given, free-moral agent" abilitiy to question what the WT says, then you're wrong. God gave you a brain, and reasoning ability, so that you could engage your mind in reasonable thinking. If it doesn't seem reasonable to you, God gives you the right to question it and then CHOOSE not to believe or follow blindly.
Welcome to the Board. You are truly welcome here.
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Bryan
why do i feel guilty??????????????
It's the mind conditioning. It will take a while, but you will soon realize you need not feel this way. Welcome! Take care, Bryan Have You Seen My Mother