Don't agree at all!
Contrary to that opinion, I'd say that it takes serious guts and determination to reorganize your life to be totally different than mainstream society.
DY
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"Weak People Become Jehovah's Witnesses"
by minimus insomebody recently expressed that point of view to me.
do you agree with that??
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What is the purpose of life?
by fearnotruth22 inthings were different when you were active in the org.
meetings, talks, service, assemblies, elders meetings, congrgational duties, busy with the hope of a reward of living forever and serving god with eternity in view.
all of your efforts and goals related to being a jw, your thinking, your views, your life, your future all revolved aroung the org.. with all that aside, what are you doing now?
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Still somewhat in good standing from the Organization's poin of view. However, I've stopped a long time ago making my life revolve around the religion.
When I have time and if I feel like it I make some of the meetings and fit in a couple of field service hours per month for now.
I have a few friends outside of the organization, and get along beautifully with my co-workers.
All things considered, I have a pretty good balance going. The problem is that the organization wants more and more. I keep them at bay 'til the right time to exit completely.
DY
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A question for all women that were raised in the "truth"
by codeblue in.
do you feel like you have low self esteem because of being raised as a jw?.
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Doubtfully Yours
Born and raised JW, and, nope! No self-esteem issues here.
Although, I think 'self-esteem' is nothing but part of the 90s buzz words vocabulary. Highly overrated, rather silly, really.
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When you were a dub.....did you ever fall asleep when you prayed in bed?
by gumby inwell i did .....all the time.
it always bothered me that i couldn't even stay awake to thank my god.
i found out later many did the same.
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I often find myself dozing off during the prayer when I attend meetings.
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The Biggest Scandal In Your Congregation
by Hunyadi ini attended a notorious congregation as a child, the infamous winter gardens congregation!
my cousin and his best friend, both named joe, were elders, my cousin was the po and the other joe was a total loser suck up who wanted to be just like my cousin, joe.
what was even funnier, as i get off point a bit, is that "suck up" joe's wife, cathy, did everything she could do to get her pudgy lil self to dress, look, walk, and talk like my cousin joe's wife, clementine.
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The biggest scandal, if only for a month or so, is going to be when out of the clear blue sky I stop all JW activities. Right now I get along with everyone and go through the motions just fine, as if nothing adverse was going through my mind.
Little do they know if just to get along with my parents (fanatic JWs themselves), and husband.
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Praying In Restaurants
by Englishman inwhen you were a jw, how did you manage to say your "thank you's" before eating in a public place?.
or didn't you bother?.
englishman.
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All,
In the meetings I must attend these days, while doing my slow fade you know, many times I find myself dozing off during the prayer. Isn't that just awful? Where has my spirituality gone?
That's it, I'm going straight to hell in a hand basket!
DY
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Praying In Restaurants
by Englishman inwhen you were a jw, how did you manage to say your "thank you's" before eating in a public place?.
or didn't you bother?.
englishman.
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Englishman,
Perhaps a couple of times I did in the past. These days I don't even bother, and find it quite silly when I see people do this. I guess I've lost most of my spirituality that way.
I give a sincere general prayer each morning when I get up and that covers all events to take place for the day. In my heart, I think this is enough.
DY
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you know what
by U.2.K. Tha Greate$t injust sitting here thinking it's possible that the end could infact come in our life time.
serious now i have had many dreams from god or jesus christ where i did infact survive the time & hour of armageddon and it was good.
what yall think, are you giving up hope or are you praying that it would come?
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I believe there are good people in every walk of life. JWs are wrong about them being the only ones.
DY
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Check this book review out.....
by caligirl inbelow is a review left on barnes & noble about diane wilson's book.
i, too, am one of jehovah's witnesses.
but jehovah's witnesses do no do that.
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Doubtfully Yours
Or she must be the fanatic type that will never ever see the real truth about the WTBTS. I should know because my parents and husband are some of those too.
And, yes, the WTBTS is quite secretive indeed. Take for example the reporting of abusers of any type to the local authorities. Never ever has any member been told, or has any elder taken the lead in actually reporting these awful people to the authorities.
The reading of the letter indicating that reporting it is the right course of action was nothing more than a legality to cover their butts; but in actuality nobody dares report a thing because it might "bring dishonor to God's name", as they put it.
Members are always counseled to pray and leave matters in Jehovah's hands and in time he'll correct the situation. This my friends is the real truth about the WTBST.
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Check this book review out.....
by caligirl inbelow is a review left on barnes & noble about diane wilson's book.
i, too, am one of jehovah's witnesses.
but jehovah's witnesses do no do that.
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I dare say that if she's critiquing the book then it's because she's read it. And, if she's read it, then there's a conflict within her already.
DY