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  Just dropped the bomb

  by Powermetal4ever in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after a long struggle with myself, i did send a sms to my mother this morning, telling her i didn't want to go to the meeting, and that i no longer believe in the organisation, don't really believe in god any more either but i put that out.

  i wrote about three things that i thought are obvious, the overlapping generation that doesn't make sense, the flood an the animals in australia- how they came there.

  and jw tv that makes them look as any other religion.

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  Update!

  My mum phoned me ant we spoke for a whole hour about different stuff. It turned out she has doubt about certain things and especially the overlapping generation-thing. It also sounded like she understood me. She said that its different for me that has never been in the "world" and haven´t been able to explore other religions like she did before choosing this one. She was crying a bit, must have been a chock for her to realise I don't believe anymore. On the other hand, I thought she would be angry, and I really dreaded what her reaction would be like.

  I hope your mom comes around and actually recognizes the validity of your argument.

  Yes I got the feeling that she actually did that, but time will tell how it works out. I guess it depends on how much she speaks about this with others and so.

  It is indeed quite the internal struggle between being true to yourself and not, but I believe you made the right choice in being honest.
  Nothing may come of it, so don't sweat it, you'll cross that bridge if and when etc etc.
  Don't let anyone shame you for being honest.

  This must be the best I have read for a long time :) This is exactly how I feel, I need to be true to myself...I can't do the fade, like others. It might work good for some, but I felt I just couldn't do that.
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  Top three reason for it to be cult and/or not the true religion.

  by Powermetal4ever in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  alright, i want everyone to list your top three reasons for jw to be cult and/or not the true religion.

  1.you can't look, or wear whatever you want.. 2. blah.

  3. blah.

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  Alright, I want everyone to list your top three reasons for JW to be cult and/or not the true religion. Like this:

  1.You can't look, or wear whatever you want.

  2. Blah

  3. Blah

  Bad example I know, but you get the point.
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  Just dropped the bomb

  by Powermetal4ever in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after a long struggle with myself, i did send a sms to my mother this morning, telling her i didn't want to go to the meeting, and that i no longer believe in the organisation, don't really believe in god any more either but i put that out.

  i wrote about three things that i thought are obvious, the overlapping generation that doesn't make sense, the flood an the animals in australia- how they came there.

  and jw tv that makes them look as any other religion.

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  Powermetal4ever

  How long has your mum been in?

  Since before I was born, 30+ years.
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  Just dropped the bomb

  by Powermetal4ever in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after a long struggle with myself, i did send a sms to my mother this morning, telling her i didn't want to go to the meeting, and that i no longer believe in the organisation, don't really believe in god any more either but i put that out.

  i wrote about three things that i thought are obvious, the overlapping generation that doesn't make sense, the flood an the animals in australia- how they came there.

  and jw tv that makes them look as any other religion.

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  Powermetal4ever

  After a long struggle with myself, I did send a SMS to my mother this morning, telling her I didn't want to go to the meeting, and that I no longer believe in the organisation, don't really believe in god any more either but I put that out. I wrote about three things that I thought are obvious, the overlapping generation that doesn't make sense, the flood an the animals in Australia- how they came there. And JW TV that makes them look as any other religion.

  Got a SMS back telling how much she loves me and so on and that we must talk about this. Kind of surprising, I thought it would be more of a rumble. Anywat its only the beginning, maybe it will get worse, sending elder after me. Update will come.
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  Name Things You Can't Do If You Are JW...or not supposed to do

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  witnesses are not supposed to stand for the national anthem but can stand for a flag salute.. you can't say bless you if someone sneezes, good luck!, or " you too" if someone says, happy holidays.. it is a religion of cannot dos.

  everything is pagan and worldly.. what are things that are unacceptable to jehovah's witnesses that really are no big deal to everyone else?

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  Powermetal4ever

  Listen to metal
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  Largest amount of refugees since WW2 in Europe

  by Powermetal4ever in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i had a discussion with my mother about this, and she claims that because of this that: "we are surely living in the last days right now" while i must admit myself that the situation seem chaotic, i don't want to believe that it is the last days.

  so question is, how do i face an opinion like that?

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  No I am not fond of Islam , but one thing in all of this make me somewhat happy. And that is when I read about the help those refugees actually receives from usual people. For instance in my country there has been a big fundraising recently. And I think that disproves the JW teaching that there is no love in the world.
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  Largest amount of refugees since WW2 in Europe

  by Powermetal4ever in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i had a discussion with my mother about this, and she claims that because of this that: "we are surely living in the last days right now" while i must admit myself that the situation seem chaotic, i don't want to believe that it is the last days.

  so question is, how do i face an opinion like that?

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  Powermetal4ever

  Wow this thread has grown since my first post.And apart from my original question, I find it an interesting subject as a whole. Reading most of it , and thanks for all advices!
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  Largest amount of refugees since WW2 in Europe

  by Powermetal4ever in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i had a discussion with my mother about this, and she claims that because of this that: "we are surely living in the last days right now" while i must admit myself that the situation seem chaotic, i don't want to believe that it is the last days.

  so question is, how do i face an opinion like that?

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  Powermetal4ever

  So I had a discussion with my mother about this, and she claims that because of this that: "We are surely living in the last days right now" While I must admit myself that the situation seem chaotic, I don't want to believe that it is the last days. So question is, how do I face an opinion like that?
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  Regional Conventiona Stockholm

  by InquiryMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  close to 400 got baptized at the regional convention in stockholm attended by more than 50,000 witnesses from norway, sweden, denmark, iceland as well as greenland and faroe islands..

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  Powermetal4ever

  I am glad I only attended half of the sunday.
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  Flashy convention site

  by Powermetal4ever in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  dont know if anyone already have shown this, but there's a big convention this summer in stockholm with people from all northern european countries ( i believe it was).

  and this is the site: https://www.sammankomst.org/#/ .

  never seen such a site, it even got a countdown on it.

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  Powermetal4ever

  So anyone going?....