Exit, I know exactly how you feel. I lost every single friend and family member I ever had when I left. My children, too. I reach out to them over and over taking many different approaches, but I am not even worthy of any sort of reply and it makes me physically, mentally, and emotionally ill almost to the point of not being able to function. I am nearly 50 and should be looking forward to retirement in a few years, but I have had to not just build new friendships and relationships, but I have also had to figure out what my (hidden and dormant) strengths and talents are the WTBTS had me repress so that I can start new businesses and plan for my REAL future. I am doing it, though, and it feels good. Much love to you.
SnarlingRaven
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Feeling sad over a wasted life in watchtower
by wannaexit init's been 12 years since i first read ray franz's books and the scales came off my eyes.
by that time i was in my forties.. since 2002 i went back to school and have worked with 3 very professional organizations.
but my biological clock is ticking away and while my peers are looking forward to retirement, i am only beginning.
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How Do You Answer Someone Who Says JWs Are Not False Prophets?
by minimus init used to bother me that people would say that about my well meaning religion.
how do you prove that witnesses are indeed, false prophets?.
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Anyone who claims to have knowledge of a god, who claims to know the mind, intentions, feelings, and beliefs and purpose of a god . . . is a false prophet.
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Why do self-righteous hypocritical people ...
by hoser inwhy is it that people who display self-righteous hypocritical behaviour are so blind as not to see what kind of people they really are?.
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oh, and as for self-righteous hypocritical people who are NOT blind to what they really are . . . ? We call those folks "sociopaths".
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Dammit Jim, I'm a psychopath not an all loving God!
by Coded Logic inwhen did you discover that the god of bible - and the loving god that you had worshiped your entire life - were not the same?
how did it affect you?.
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SnarlingRaven
The difference between moral human beings and the god of the Bible is that if you, as a loving, responsible, moral human being were to walk into a room and find a man molesting a child, you would (I hope) intervene and do everything in your power to either prevent or stop the molestation. God, on the other hand, says, "hey, you go ahead and rape that child, and when you are finished, I am going to punish you . . . ".
You, as a compassionate, empathetic, just, and moral human know with every fiber of your being that owning another human being as property, i.e., a slave, is wrong under any circumstance. The god of the Bible not only sanctioned slavery, but also provided laws and guidelines for the buying, the owning, the treatment of, and selling of other human beings as property, the most common of which were historically women. It was neither God, nor His son, nor any apostle, nor any Christian who ever corrected or retracted this grave immoral concept written down in Holy Scripture, but it was humanists, secularists, and atheists who stepped up to finally assert the gross immorality of slavery and proceeded to abolish it. In spite of how impossible it is for God to lie, no matter how perfect and righteous He is, and no matter how every utterance that comes forth from Jehovah's mouth will not return without results, there is not one country or nation left in this world who thinks He got it right, and has therefore corrected his fuckup.
The god of the Bible is psychopath, a liar, a jealous petty hypocritical tantrum throwing dick who couldn't get over the fact that he fucked up when designed the earth and mankind, set them up to fail from the beginning, and all he has done since the garden of Eden is make matters worse. He is a racist, genocidal, thieving, child sacrificing sadist who is too weak and too feckless to so much as even prove his existence.
What else did Assholeva get wrong?
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Why do "Apostates/exjws" always go into "Watchtower-bashing" when you show them inconsistencies in the Bible?
by booker-t ini have noticed with "apostates/exjws" they always resort to "watchtower-bashing" whenever you show them inconsistencies of the bible.
we could be talking about contradictions, such as where did cain get his wife if adam,eve, abel, and cain were the only ones on earth?
the usual answer when they cannot answer will be "well the wt gave false prophecies in 1975".
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your question is a dihonest one, booker, in the way it was framed.
DO ALL xJW's do the ridulous thing you accuse ALL of them of? Well . . . ?
Now, I know many JW's and many xJW's alike have a hard time staying within the context of anything and run off into left field when they don't have a valid answer or agument, and JW's are conditioned to do that because truth and honesty has been murdered by a very loose everchanging time sensative interpretation of Scripture but if you were honest and not lumping EVERYONE into a presupposition, you'd get a more respectful and precise answer. Most people who commented, it would seem, are merely rejecting your premise, as am I. Most of us here can discuss the Bible itself without bashing the WTBTS. But, let's say, your Bible topic is an old WTBTS assertion or premise, letting the air out of your already balding tires and bashing the WTBTS for it's interpretwistion is the only way to go. You leave a thinking person with no choice. specifics would be nice, otherwise, you're issue is moot.
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Why do "Apostates/exjws" always go into "Watchtower-bashing" when you show them inconsistencies in the Bible?
by booker-t ini have noticed with "apostates/exjws" they always resort to "watchtower-bashing" whenever you show them inconsistencies of the bible.
we could be talking about contradictions, such as where did cain get his wife if adam,eve, abel, and cain were the only ones on earth?
the usual answer when they cannot answer will be "well the wt gave false prophecies in 1975".
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Do Apostates/exjws" ALWAYS go into "Watchtower-bashing" when you show them inconsistencies in the Bible?
Why do poor communicators ALWAYS use Universal statements/questions that are actually expressions that generalize a person’s character or behavior in a negative way?
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Watchtower Library On CD . . . ?
by SnarlingRaven incan anyone please direct me to a download of the watchtower library on cd?.
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Can anyone please direct me to a download of the Watchtower Library on CD?
Thanks,
Matty
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Millions now Living Will Never Die
by skin inthis is the title of a watchtower book published 95 years ago in 1920 by j f rutherford.
it still gets an occasional mention at meetings about how it was a turning point in the history of the watchtower.
but how many witnessess today can answer this question.who are these millions of people alive in 1920 that would never die?
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I'm pretty sure those millions then living are now forever dead.
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We Now See Hard Proof That God Does Not Guide This Religion
by metatron inonce upon a time, there was a small, controversial religion that got into trouble because of child sexual abuse.
there were lawsuits and nasty headlines and bad press and concerns about what other sort of sexual misdeeds might be covered up.. then, in a breathtaking moment of hubris, the apparent 'boss' of this religion gave a widely reported speech in which he revealed his obsession with homosexuals and young men wearing tight pants..
this is not "meat in due season".
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deaf masturbating video on jw.org?
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A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION to those on J.W.NET...
by new hope and happiness inwhat is important to you and why?.
maybe i should begin with a few suggestions:-.
love,.
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SnarlingRaven
It's important that I never ever shun another human being for irrational reasons that are merely a means by which to coerce them into doing what I want them to do, think what I want them to think, and believe what I want them to believe.
But yes, sex is very important to me. So is Love.
It is important that I not just pretend love is just an emotion I feel, but that I am accountable to those I love by demonstration my love and appreciation for them on a consistent daily basis.
