remember getting the sense that when armageddon final comes everyone will "have to know" that it was jehovah?.
the big "told you so".
probably on christmas to boot.... .
Desperately hoping something is true, does not true, make it.
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Honestly, who would want to go through the WT's version of Armageddon or the Great Tribulation.
Why did we always secretly hope it would come during the prayer on Sunday afternoon's convention?
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So sad.
# 3 newbie post.
first of all, the newbies have set a record here!.
have you ever seen a 4pg post where 21 new members reply!
Happy to be here.
The site helps a ton after wasting 25 years.
anybody remember hearing this?.
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is that comment in print anywhere?.
So don't include 25 years of WT magazine reading on my resume, then?
anybody remember hearing this?.
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is that comment in print anywhere?.
Anybody remember hearing this?
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Is that comment in print anywhere?
remember getting the sense that when armageddon final comes everyone will "have to know" that it was jehovah?.
the big "told you so".
probably on christmas to boot.... .
Remember getting the sense that when Armageddon final comes everyone will "have to know" that it was Jehovah?
The big "told you so". Probably on Christmas to boot...
we talk here about the importance of being mentally and physically out to be really free.. what about being emotionally free?.
i realized for me, i had to be emotionally awake first.
i had been yo-young back and forth for years.
There are several congregations in my area.
After tolerating the crazy personalities, cliques and internal power struggles, I eventually cycled through all of the local congregation over a period of 25 years.
It got to the point where I was dragging myself to the meetings, hating everything about them, doing the pre-meeting greetings and token handshakes with people that pretend they are listening to you or remotely interested in what you are saying.
Finally, I was either leaving early or immediately after the closing song/prayer on the verge of tears.
My problem now is "how could I have not noticed" the FACT that I had been wasting my life.
I find myself wondering how I believed the nonsense as truth and worried about the "authority" of the elders
It is emotionally taxing when you have invested so much time with so many people and you are treated like you never existed to show for it.
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I must be mentally diseased.
that was the comment a family member made to me (one of those period comments trying to get you to come back, etc).
they claim to be of the annointed.
i replied, so does that mean there are only 900 years left of his reign?
100 years of Jesus ruling over JW's.
So cool.
At least, that's what THEY think.
my wife and i decided that today would be the day that we would let go of the past.
we collected all of our watchtower published books and brochures and threw them out.
it was honestly bitter sweet to toss our old pioneer books, marked up insight books, and notes from 25 years of conventions.
I have 25 years of memories, mostly.
The lost years is where the pain is.
Small library and a bunch of ties I wil rarely use.
I had no idea it was going to be like starting a whole new life.
once again for the 3rd time in 5 years my favorite baseball team the s.f.
giants are headed to the world series !
so who do you think will win this years series and your reasons for your predictions ?
Giants vs. Royals...
Nephilim vs. Annointed?
been going back in forth with my mom (who is a longtime pioneer and dyed-in-the-wool jw) about the term apostate.
she has labeled me one because of my fading and because i stopped attending meetings a few years ago.
i told her that i refuse to accept the term apostate because its a lazy way for the wts to not deal with dissenters and address why people are leaving this organization in droves.
I like reflecting on the fact that witnesses are thrilled if you openly become an apostate from your former church to join theirs...
