by Alfred 23 Replies latest jw friends
It will be 7 years on June 12th that I've been posting, but I've never been a j.w. I have a daughter involved in it, and still can't break her and her hubby free. I keep trying, though. So welcome, and congratulations, Alfred. Looks like you are progressing well. Hubert
Join me in a beer.
Congratulations! How good is it not to be wasting time, or choosing to waste your own time how you please?
We have been out for 6 years now..... yay for us too!
Congratulations, Alfred! I'm coming up on two years of freedom, so hooray for us!
Hi Alfred,
You may be thanking some of us and that's fine -- but we need to be thanking you for that volume of Studies in the Scriptures that you expertly picked apart with a 50 item checklist. It gave many of us an insight as to what was really being taught in those early years. Thanks to Google, folks will be able to have access to that thread for many years to come.
As a reminder to others, the thread was entitled, " Finished Mystery (1917)... The book that Jesus approved.."
Len Miller
It will be 2 years for me in September & I know I would still be scared and lost without the advise and support from JWN!
Cheers everyone
CHG
Len, thanks for bringing Alfred's post back up .... that was one I neglected to mark!
clarity
Thanks everyone for your kind words. The good thing about sites like this one is that you can make an informed decsion on what books to read 1st, 2nd, etc... (by the way, my wife just pointed out that I actually read COC and Gentile Times BEFORE my last meeting, so I stand corrected).
LittleMac asked: Just curious, what made you finally delve into the 'apostate' world?
I can't really put my finger on it, but the April 15, 2010 Watchtower with the "Overlapping Generations" was a BIG part of it. After reading that article, I knew it was time to put my fear aside and start looking behind the curtain.
Len Miller: Thanks for the compliments. The Finished Mystery was a really hard pill to swallow. I remember becoming extremely angry half through the book and I even threw it against the wall towards the end. I remember thinking: "How could Jesus have chosen the Watchtower as God's "earthly organization" in 1918 when we were peddling this 600-page book filled with deliberate lies and false predictions?"
It took a lot longer than I expected, but the shock, anger and dissapointment are all gone now.
Thanks again to everyone for all your help!
Alfred . . . you are a scholar and a gentleman . . . I raise my glass to you and your dear wife.
I've just passed my 7th "birth"day
never to late to celebrate leaving the dumbdom hall
Congrats to you Alfred! I just recently celebrated my 1 year anniversary too. Feels great doesn't it? Cheers!
