Marrying a non-witness

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  jgnat

  what happened to me last night b/w the circuit overseer's talk and my mothers guilt over the talk i guess..she feels she should tell on me..

  I'd be tempted to tell mom to go ahead and follow her conscience. But she better be prepared to live with the consequences. Leave that hanging in the air....

  Talking to him about all these things, excellent. Talking about everything probably saved my marriage.

  Do you still go to meetings with your hubby?

  I'll go on occassion, but not so often that I give the pioneer biddies any hope.

  Were you ever studying and y'd you stop or start in the first place?

  I was firm in what I believed before I started dating. I would NEVER convert for ANYBODY. Beliefs are so PERSONAL.

  I did study for a time, I think we got to page 3. I admit, my agenda was to show it was not the "truth". But reality, and the deception people put themselves through, is never that "cut and dried". I shocked my study leader, by the way, by admitting I was a Sunday School teacher. Boy, did that make great gossip for the mill! The study leader and I mutually agreed to end it as I wasn't "progressing".

  I was just curious cuz you seem very knowledgable to me!

  I listen and read very carefully. I learned most of the buzzwords from browsing this site. I also help my husband with his studies on occassion. I know it is a bunch of crock, but if I do the highlighting for him, it's two less times he has to read it. And I get more of my husband's natural self to enjoy.
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  jgnat

  Here's the diary of my encounter with a Witness study.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/7/104712/1.ashx
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  reneeisorym

  About the 144000 -- Ever think they might be a number to represent the Jews and the great crowd the gentiles? And have you read Rev 19:1 that says the great crowd is in heaven? Just food for thought. Also notice that all the scriptures used to talk about the paradise are usually in the old testiment and would have been referring to the promised land to the Jews at the time. Most Christians belive that after the 1,000 years is over, new Jerusalem will descend to earth and people will enjoy both the heavens and the earth for eternity.
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  why???

  wow jgnat thats quite a story..it must have been really hard..i think i'll keep a journal too. How are things now are they any better?? Update: my mom told my dad to talk to me about the 'situation" all i told him was that i was trying i dint go into anything else..but he seemed open to talking to me so i decided to ask him about the 144,000 thing that my b/f wanted to know. I asked very innocently How do the brothers know who's in the 144000 today. We go into the whole 12 tribes that i already read up on but i wanted to know since the time Russel began counting how did he know where to start counting from? He said there were some in bible time and that you could probably go through the bible and look for them and then there was the Dark ages when the chritian cong. go corrupted so there was only maybe one or two anointed then. so from Russel until 1935 they were more anointed.....but i asked how did they know for sure and where to count from...he said well i know there must be in the publication if you look it up ...but he didnt attempt to help me look it up he just said to go to the memorial section in the index. Im starting to think that my bf is right and there's no way to really count them if there is no record. He kept telling me to think about it ..think logically how can they count everyone from 33ce till now and so far i've been looking in the articles and didnt find anything yet but I'll keep looking for now....weird..never thought of it before.... My dad also said that its good that i have questions becasue im the only one in my family that asks any. Im cautious to ask anymore. I also told him that i think the talks are repetitive and do not go into anytihing deep on the surface stuff thats why its so boring sometimes.
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  Highlander

  My dad also said that its good that i have questions becasue im the only one in my family that asks any. Im cautious to ask anymore. I also told him that i think the talks are repetitive and do not go into anytihing deep on the surface stuff thats why its so boring sometimes.

  If you want to remain a jw, then I would definitely be cautious about asking questions. Asking the wrong questions can get you 'marked' as weak or even disfellowshipped for apostacy.

  In my opinion, you must choose between being a jw or having a relationship with a worldly™ boyfriend. If you choose both it will be with lots of heartache and difficulties.

  I'm an unbeliever™ married to a jw. I was raised as a witness but after research have concluded that it is a religion based on lies(I did my research using only WT literature)

  My marriage is very difficult and knowing what I know now, I would never have married a jw.
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  jgnat

  Just catching up, why.

  How are things now are they any better??

  Up and down, down and up.