Posts by Black Sheep

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I need some urgent advice, please!!

by alonein321 in

jw
friends

here's my story.

i'm 24 years old and i live in brazil.

i'm a 3rd gen born-in jw and all close relatives in the borg (parents, grandparents, uncles, wife, inlaws) except my little sister (she's 16 and didnt buy jw doctrine).

Husband addressed himself as "Used to be a JW"

by UBM101 in

when asked about his religion & belief, he would tell people that his family are jws, and he used to be one.

but still he is very much against christmas and birthdays.

he seems to have no issue with new year.

Black Sheep

Until such time as he realises that he has been scammed by the WT, he is damaged goods. I hope you two don't have any kids yet.

There are no quick fixes for his condition. He has to confront his demons and he doesn't want to do that, and you probably don't have the skills to make him do it. All I can suggest is to keep asking him questions, then not letting him weasel his way out of answering them honestly and giving him a guilt trip for any bullying, or dishonesty, that he uses on you to fool you into accepting crap answers or diversions.

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Husband addressed himself as "Used to be a JW"

by UBM101 in

when asked about his religion & belief, he would tell people that his family are jws, and he used to be one.

but still he is very much against christmas and birthdays.

he seems to have no issue with new year.

Black Sheep

Guilt mode. STFU mode. Damage control mode.

He is a true believer dealing with the fear, guilt etc., of not being a practicing, preaching witness of Jehovah, which means that Jehovah is going to kill him quite soon ... and then his problems will be over

.... suicide with an imaginary gun.

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Do You Honestly Believe That You Would Have Officially Left The JW Religion If They Didn't Shun You?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i left as an inactive person.

i pretty much have been left alone by the elders and witnesses, as far as being hounded.. i know of many that either disassociated or got disfellowshipped.. i'm wondering if you think you would have remained a jw, in name only, if the religion (cult) didn't shun and penalize as they do..

Black Sheep

Their shunning policy was one of the reasons I never got baptized.

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Some help on the Israel journey of 40 years.

by jam in

jw
friends

at what time did god blind the israelites, (to wonder for.

40 years)?

after crossing the red sea exodus states 15;22.

Black Sheep

A normal walking pace would get a man from Egypt to Canaan in less than a week just walking six hours a day. To take 11-13 months to reach Canaan, they might be travelling only far enough each day to get away from the smell of the ring of excrement from 2 million people that is surrounding last night's camp.

Did the person who told you they were spiritually blinded show you this from a Bible, or were they making it up?

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Some help on the Israel journey of 40 years.

by jam in

jw
friends

at what time did god blind the israelites, (to wonder for.

40 years)?

after crossing the red sea exodus states 15;22.

Black Sheep

I don't recall anything in the story that suggests they were blind

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Some help on the Israel journey of 40 years.

by jam in

jw
friends

at what time did god blind the israelites, (to wonder for.

40 years)?

after crossing the red sea exodus states 15;22.

Black Sheep

Surprised myself by sitting down with a map and a calculater and working out how just big that desert was for a man on foot. Realised that it would have been rediculous to be 'lost' for even a few weeks in such a small area.

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