Posts by Momofmany

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What do you miss most about being in the truth ?

by prophecor in

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every once in a while, i'll drive thru the blocks of our old territory, remebering the friends, how we would share time in the ministry.

reminiscing about those i left.

every so often, i'll pull out the old photographs.

Momofmany

I miss the cong. picnics, and the talent shows we did every year. I miss the people, not the religion.

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Longtime JWs: Can you recall the path of JW doubts throughout your life?

by ithinkisee in

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have any of you who were ever "raised in the truth" really traced your doubts back to as early as you remember?

i would be interested in hearing what they were.. i started tracing my path of doubts.

doubts as a child:.

Momofmany

I'm jealous. Wish I had a Bob. My one biggest regret is I stayed as long as I did. I hope eveyone gets their own Bob.

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Longtime JWs: Can you recall the path of JW doubts throughout your life?

by ithinkisee in

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have any of you who were ever "raised in the truth" really traced your doubts back to as early as you remember?

i would be interested in hearing what they were.. i started tracing my path of doubts.

doubts as a child:.

Momofmany

Then he would read Ecclesiastes 12:12 "To the making of many books there is no end, and much devotion to them is wearisome to the flesh." I would try to explain that we were not devoted to the books, they were just tools. He would say, "Why do you need a whole library full of books to explain just one book, the Bible? Read your Bible, that's all I'm saying."

I have to say, I really like that.

Bob sounds like a really great guy. I'd love to meet him myself.

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Longtime JWs: Can you recall the path of JW doubts throughout your life?

by ithinkisee in

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have any of you who were ever "raised in the truth" really traced your doubts back to as early as you remember?

i would be interested in hearing what they were.. i started tracing my path of doubts.

doubts as a child:.

Momofmany

Generation change in 1995,1996. This is the main thing that HAD kept me going in the truth - based on the Awake! masthead - a promise from Jehovah. A prophesy from the Society in Jehovah's name. Once they admitted they were wrong on this - I thought to myself - they could be wrong on everything

This is one thing I've talked to with my Mom. She said, she doesn't remember there being a change. She said she never heard it, and even if they say that now, she doesn't believe it. Sometimes she gives me glimmers of hope, that she wont stay, but then reality hits, and knows she'll never leave.

Truth be told, I heard about the change second hand. I don't remember anything being said. A pioneer told me.

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Longtime JWs: Can you recall the path of JW doubts throughout your life?

by ithinkisee in

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have any of you who were ever "raised in the truth" really traced your doubts back to as early as you remember?

i would be interested in hearing what they were.. i started tracing my path of doubts.

doubts as a child:.

Momofmany

Oh, lets see.

The nicest girl in the whole world, had a husband who was an elder. He was a mean drunk, and everyone knew it. She came to the meetings with black eyes, and people would look down on her, while they looked up to him.

When my mom started studying, I was 14. My mom took me to the meeting. Four boys had my backed to a wall talking to me, and I was told it was my fault.

When my brother was 12, and was getting baptized, and they said, hope you make a better witness than your sister and mom.

Having to go hungry, because we had no food, and it was wrong to go to food banks, because they were held in the basement of a church.

Helped my mom when her garage burnt down, dad had his leg amputated two months prior to that, and none of us kids lived close to help.

When my Dad died, not one person brought my mom a covered dish,

When my mom got baptized, they kept on asking her if dad had done anything scriptural for a divorce. Since they were unevenly yoked.

Guess it all boils down to lack of love and sharp tongues.

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JW blackmailing

by greendawn in

can you recall instances where your jw family or friends tried to blackmail you in one way or other to stay in the witchtower after you decided to leave it?

Momofmany

Can you recall instances where your jw family or friends tried to blackmail you in one way or other to stay in the witchtower after you decided to leave it?
Yeah they kept saying that I would never see my grandmother again if i didnt stay a JW...they also told me that I was going to die if I didnt go to the meetings...if that isnt blackmail I dont know what is.

I was told, my daughter would never be resurected, and I not only condemed myself to death, but all of my children. Even if I don't want to live forever, how could I choose to kill my children.

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One more Gilead goodie...pick out your post-Armageddon home now!

by sir82 in

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and one more nice little snippet from our current gilead student, unaware of what a star he has become.... ...in 2 chron 20 jehoshaphat represents jesus, moab the big business .

elements, ammon the political elements, and edom or seir is christendom.

in verses 22 - 26 we have a prophetic drama with the political elements .

Momofmany

When we moved this year, we bought a bigger house. We looked for a five bedroom house. One for my mom, one for me, one for my only daughter, and two for the boys to split. (three in one, two in another) My Mom was asked if she was putting her hopes in this system, and wouldn't it be better to wait on Jehovah. In the new system she could get the house she wants, and wont have to put herself in debt to get it. We moved anyway. (she didn't have much say in the matter, but she was on my side for this one.)

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