Relax. This is a nice forum for opinion and venting. Nothing else. All kinds here. Take a deep breath, then exhale.
Feel better now.
DY🌞
Doubtfully Yours
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I would rather be in the JW cult than the ex-jw cult
by questioningmyfaith ini have posted one other time on this website.
just for the mere fact that i wasn't anger and bitter and ready to declare the gb the sociopathic criminals that so many here ascribe to, my initial question digressed to bickering over ad hominem attacks against the gb and not my beliefs that i'm questioning.
some did give me some help on my questions.
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If there is NO guarantee of a reward, then why do JWs even have the Memorial?
by Atlantis inwell, the other sheep can not partake of the emblems and the 144,000 have no guarantee for a heavenly reward either.
if there is no guarantee of a heavenly reward, then why have the memorial at all?.
.. 2016 watchtower, march study edition, pg.23 states: .
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Doubtfully Yours
The Memorial, assemblies, meetings, all things JW are nothing more than the makings of 'community', an association of like-minded individuals in this journey we call life.
Take for example last night. There we were all listening to the same old speech about things that we humans cannot really comprehend, lots of eyes just glazed over with boredom; who really cares though? What we get really happy about is the conversation, laughter, picture moments, future fun plans being made right then and there, joyful human interactions. This is what many a JW only cares about. Who cares about stupid particulars opened to interpretation like the very biblical text? I sure do not, and the more time I spend among this Spanish JW group, the more I understand that other JWs do not care either.
Hanging out happily together was the only game in town we cared about, and last night it all turned out very nice.😉
DY
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2016-3-18-BOE-Discontinuing Feature Length DVD and Audio CD Production!
by Atlantis in2016-3-18-boe.. re: discontinuing feature-length dvd and audio cd production.
.. http://we.tl/cpevenkiz2.
.. .. petra!.
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Doubtfully Yours
All these savings just encourage me to continue NOT giving to the Org. Keep those savings coming!
DY
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2016 Memorial Done & Dusted
by steve2 inwell on this side of the planet, the southern hemisphere/ new zealand, the 2016 memorial service in local kingdom halls will be over for another year.
another great big anticlimax.
some family and relatives will have gone - but unless i ask my sister, i generally have no idea about attendance and partaker numbers.
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Will be attending this evening.
"Blah, blah, blah, same every year crap", then, nice meal and drinks with lovely people at some restaurant close by. It will be a nice evening.
DY
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Money....
by The Rebel ini believe all our worst nightmare are believing money will make our life's complete.
i am not talking about money providing life's comforts, but i am mortified that contentment and happiness always requires " more money"..ummm i need a window cleaner, a flashy car and a 50inch t.v screen to be happy.
money...well in my opinion we need money integrity to be happy, but it seems such a waste of life to search for the making of money more than ....well what i mean "hey" most of us have more money than most, and would the making or having more money really make you happier?.
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Doubtfully Yours
Biblical quotes that are for real when it comes to money (some may get lost in Spanish to English translation):
- For the money lover, there will not exist enough money to satisfy him (Ecclesiastes 5:10).
- Love of money is th root of evil (1 Tim 6:9,10).
- The rich thinks his money and possessions are a stronghold but only in his mind (Proverbs 18:11).
Sooooooo real!!!
DY
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Memorial mixed emotions...
by Tornintwo indoes anyone else feel 'pulled back in' at this time of year?.
i still consider myself to a believer, believe in god and jesus christ, on the whole i think he taught tolerance, love, acceptance and i think we can benefit from following his example.
i love ray franzs book in search of christian freedom.
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Doubtfully Yours
I like the Memorial. It is only 1 hr, everyone looks so pretty and in really good spirits, then we go out to eat and drink at some nice restaurant. Yeah, I enjoy the Memorial.
DY😀
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Am l the only one.?The older l become the more hostile l become towards god.
by atomant inthey say you mellow out with age.maybe so but not in my case.l feel its an insult and degrading to us humans to have to live the way we do if there is a god.deep down l guess l do believe theres a god but lm having great difficulty trying to understand why things are the way they are.l dont need a bible bashing from anyone l just feel frustrated and helpless.l just battle on like everyone else but l get the feeling theres a whole lot more to our existence.
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Doubtfully Yours
Same attitude here. I find myself verbally insulting him under my breath often.
I could not agree anymore with Sam Harris' view in his utube video 'Morality and the Christian God'. Check it out.
DY
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Blood Transfusion and Eating
by dugout ini get highly irritated when this subject comes up.
this idiot gave a talk in my hall recently and said that transfusion of blood and eating blood was the same thing.
my wife accepts this reasoning.
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Doubtfully Yours
Indoctrination runs deep. Definitely, upholding the JW blood stance is not for the faint of heart.
Stop the hating.
DY
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Finding love as a witness
by RawrSaysTheLion inhi i'm new.. i'm going on 2yrs as a baptized witness although i've just received a reproval on the grounds of living with a wordly man unmarried for 6 months.
long story short it ended messy and i ran straight back to the witnesses because i do love jehovah and i missed my family.
my issues were only with the actual organization.. i desperately want to find someone to share my world with but i feel like i'm too tainted to be loved by anyone worthy in the truth and my morals are to high to love another boy from the world.
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Doubtfully Yours
Hi,
You'll need a large amount of luck. No, no, no, not even that will help you.
You moved in with a 'wordly' guy and it wasn't even a good one because how you expressed it ended up. Now, the JW world has you marked as not only 'unspiritual' but also a 'Suzy floozy slut'.
Forget it. Even you find a JW in name only, it'll be a rotten one; your rep will never go away among JWs now. If you decide to switch congs, a nice little letter will follow you, detailing your wrong doings.
To make matters even worse, there are like 30 available females for every 'good' catch JW and that fact makes many an available male JW quite a jerk because they're so 'valuable'. I would absolutely hate to be of dating age among JWs these days; it's an impossible proposition for so many sisters. Sad.
Tough place you're in. Sorry.
DY
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Blood Transfusion and Eating
by dugout ini get highly irritated when this subject comes up.
this idiot gave a talk in my hall recently and said that transfusion of blood and eating blood was the same thing.
my wife accepts this reasoning.
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Doubtfully Yours
Booyakasha!!! (Like Ali G would say; big laugh)
When it comes to blood issues, forget about it. The little amendments made to it is as far as the WTBTS will go; and I'm even surprised they've given in that much on the matter.
You all do your thing, and let JWs do their thing; eat it, transfuse it, bathe in it, whatever, and let JWs be with their interpretation and reasoning of the text. This keeps coming up every so often; boring.
Blood is part of the deep indoctrination I can't and don't want to get rid off; don't give it to anyone, don't want it from anyone. As old as I am, have never or any member of my extended/immediate family has ever needed health treatment that could not be satisfied without the use of blood. The issue is highly hyped and overrated by the anti-JW crowd.
Give it up already. Peace out!
DY