by Franklin Massey 19 Replies latest jw friends
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/206514/3/Wow-This-is-Getting-Tougher
After the last comment from SweetBabyCheezits, the thread disappears with no place to continue posting. I went to page one and added a comment to the thread but I can't see it.
Suggestions? Help?
I just added a comment as a test but can't see it either. I'm using IE. I wonder if this is an issue for Firefox users too.
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Even as a moderator here this is a bit baffling to me Franklin. The thread does not appear locked, but I also am unable to comment on it.
I have seen this happen before. I am changing the name of THIS thread to WOW. This is getting tougher II. Hopefully others will see it and continue the thread here. Hope that's ok with you.
Peace
Jeff
I have seen threads come back from this condition when enough new comments are added to span over to the next page of 20.
FM, I can see the missing comments in the other thread using Firefox so I added a link to this new thread.
You started a good discussion. I hope it doesn't die prematurely. Just keep us posted either way.
I finally got done reading the first thread. Although I come from a completely different JW path, I was a born-in and held the concept of it being "The Truth" deep in my subconscious for a very long time even after I never got baptized and left it behind in my late teens. I was so caught up in making decisions quickly because the end was right around the corner. I made some bad decisions because of that. All I can hope to add to this discussion is the fact that this might have more to do with your need to find the solution quickly than you realize - all on a subconscious level. I totally understand your impatience in the matter, but try to take a deep breath and really think through all of your options and their possible outcomes. My mother recently enough went back to the cult and I was hasty to try to keep her from going back. I doubt that I'll really be able to plant any seeds now and always run the risk that she'll consider me an apostate and shun me because she knows just how I feel about the cult. When finally decided to research the JWs when my mother announced that she was going back, it really opened my eyes. Even though it was a slow process, my subconscious finally stopped thinking as if the end could be tomorrow and I've been able to look forward to doing things with my future years from now.
I also understand your thought process when it comes to God. Some days I feel like God is really there. Other days I just don't know. I have found great comfort in the concept that it can be okay to not know the answers, and to just enjoy the journey. Whatever your journey ends up being, I wish you the best. Even though, knowing the truth about "the truth" comes with some pain, I'm so glad that you are no longer imprisoned by their mind control!
Beware, thank you for joining in the discussion. Good points about finding solutions. This stood out:
it can be okay to not know the answers
I wish JWs were "allowed" to feel this way. Bible students aren't even allowed to feel that way. How many times have you heard of a study who has been through multiple books, knows the local friends, attends some meetings, lives a good life, but never takes the dip because of some small hangup on a JW doctrinal issue. I shouldn't even call it a hang up. They have every right to their viewpoints. But not to JWs they don't. If someone disagreess with a JW, then that person is wrong because if the Society says it's true, it's true. A JW is at risk even admitting that they maybe just aren't convinced by the current printed explanation of a doctrine. If you don't believe something JWs teach, then the problem is with YOU, not with them. That is unfair, dishonest, and a big part of why I'm struggling with having to dispense this stuff on a regular basis.
This thread has been very helpful to me as it has made me realize that I can't go on like this for the rest of my life. If I don't change something, the best parts of my life will begin to suffer. What that change is and when it will happen is yet to be determined. I sincerely thank everyone who has read and/or posted on this thread.
Not being convinced of every little detail was exactly why I never took the dip. I felt like something was wrong with me for years as a kid. I begged for a sign that it was "The Truth" and never got one, so I decided that I shouldn't be dedicating my whole life to something I secretly had majorly bad feelings about.