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  Am I the only "witness here besides the admins?

  by TheOnlyRealWittnessHere in

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  2. friends

  with all the negativity here i was wondering if i am the only one here that's a witness.

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  the topic pretty much says everything..

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  paradisebeauty

  @ introvert 2

  I would love to hear a talk like that!
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  (Not)Preaching advice

  by paradisebeauty in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  having recently had an "awakening" - not from reading awake .... i realize i can not preach doctrines i do not believe anymore .

  but i do not want the elders to start following my every move, because i also have plans to check other christian denominations.. so i am thinking, should i chat for an hour or two with an old visit and report the hours, should i tell the elders i have some doubts and i do not want to preach for now or should i just stop reporting and avoid the elders attempts to talk to me?

  what do you think is the best sollution to get away with this?

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  paradisebeauty

  Thank you so much everyone for the advice, it is deeply appreciated!

  There are so many things I am seeing now, and sometimes I feel like telling them the real truth ... but I know it is better to keep it silent for now.

  I'll try to do my best to fade quietly for now... Your support and advice is of so much help.
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  (Not)Preaching advice

  by paradisebeauty in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  having recently had an "awakening" - not from reading awake .... i realize i can not preach doctrines i do not believe anymore .

  but i do not want the elders to start following my every move, because i also have plans to check other christian denominations.. so i am thinking, should i chat for an hour or two with an old visit and report the hours, should i tell the elders i have some doubts and i do not want to preach for now or should i just stop reporting and avoid the elders attempts to talk to me?

  what do you think is the best sollution to get away with this?

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  paradisebeauty

  Faye Dunaway, I do not have family, nor trye friends here (maybe one). But almost all my aquintances are jw's.

  I did all my holidays/travels in the last 5 years with jw's.

  I think I barely know 2 people from outside in the town where I live.

  I am not sure I can go through the emotional torment of being so isolated and shutt off by so many people right now.

  Plus ... I think I want to drop a line now and then about what the Bible really says about some issues. I need time to study (the Bible this time, not the publications) and to be clear myself on some doctrines.

  Right now I am clear that partaking at commemoration is not just for a class of people, they have a sort of hidden doctrine that they do not speak in very many publications (I found just 2 quotes by now) but this false doctrine is reflected in the fact that only annointed ones are partaking at comemoration: they say that Jesus is not the mediator between God and all humankind but only between God and the anointed ones!!!

  If someone have told me this while I studied I would not have joined the organization.

  anointed in greek is "christos" so they pretend to be "christos" and mediators between Jesus and other people ...
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  (Not)Preaching advice

  by paradisebeauty in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  having recently had an "awakening" - not from reading awake .... i realize i can not preach doctrines i do not believe anymore .

  but i do not want the elders to start following my every move, because i also have plans to check other christian denominations.. so i am thinking, should i chat for an hour or two with an old visit and report the hours, should i tell the elders i have some doubts and i do not want to preach for now or should i just stop reporting and avoid the elders attempts to talk to me?

  what do you think is the best sollution to get away with this?

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  paradisebeauty

  Having recently had an "awakening" - not from reading awake ...

  I realize I can not preach doctrines I do not believe anymore

  But I do not want the elders to start following my every move, because I also have plans to check other christian denominations.

  So I am thinking, should I chat for an hour or two with an old visit and report the hours, should I tell the elders I have some doubts and I do not want to preach for now or should I just stop reporting and avoid the elders attempts to talk to me?

  What do you think is the best sollution to get away with this? In a "smoothly" way ...

  And if there are people with responsibility here, is becoming inactive very alarming to them?

  Thank you for the input
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  Am I the only "witness here besides the admins?

  by TheOnlyRealWittnessHere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  with all the negativity here i was wondering if i am the only one here that's a witness.

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  the topic pretty much says everything..

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  paradisebeauty

  Does anyone read the context of the verses about the faithful and discreet slave?

  Jesus asks a question

  Describes two possible courses of action -those of a f&d slave and those of a wicked slave

  Jesus says at the second coming it will be proved if the slave was faithful or wicked, or it will be proven who was wicked and who was faithful
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  Am I the only "witness here besides the admins?

  by TheOnlyRealWittnessHere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  with all the negativity here i was wondering if i am the only one here that's a witness.

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  the topic pretty much says everything..

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  paradisebeauty

  @a watcher

  the problem is, it looks like the GB is not learning anything from their mistakes.

  It looks to me as they are more proud lately, not more humble ...
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  Am I the only "witness here besides the admins?

  by TheOnlyRealWittnessHere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  with all the negativity here i was wondering if i am the only one here that's a witness.

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  the topic pretty much says everything..

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  paradisebeauty

  I am a witness, too.

  only recently had a wake up call, I'll wait a while, see how I can handle still being a witness but not believing their main doctrines / rules: 1914, 144000 anointed, not every believer partaking at commemoration, reporting hours, shunning people, not celebrating b-days etc.
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  Why JW marriage is a huge problem for the organization.

  by kneehighmiah in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the difficulty of finding a marriage mate is well known for sisters.

  but i would say it's hard for brothers also.

  i was talking to a jw last night.

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  paradisebeauty

  The problem in the org is that those who want to get married are not looking to find true love.

  They are looking for "materialistic" things: position in organization, physical appearance, material posessions, earning potential, etc.

  Does chosing a partner based on those things has anything to do with spirituality?

  How do you preach about the love of God, if you go home and wake up every day next to a person who you do not truly love ...
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  Separated from a loveless Marriage

  by PLAYGROUND in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i don't know where to start.

  i got married a year and half ago.

  some months into the marriage things where discovered.

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  paradisebeauty

  Hi Playground,

  I am sorry to hear you are in this trouble. I know it is difficult and I am probably not the best person to advice you as I have never been married.

  But I grew up in a family where there was physical and verbal abuse between my parents. And my advice is run for your life. If this started the way you describe it, in time things will get worse not better. Don't listen to those who want to force you to stay in an abusive relationship, they will not live your life. You will. Every day and hour of it. Do what you feel and want. God understands and He wants us to be happy.

  I hope you will take the best decision for yourself.

  But I have a curiosity about people like the person you are married to.

  Before you married him, did you see any sign he might be like the way he shows he is now? Did you suspect anything but decided to go on and hope for the best after the marriage?

  Wish you all the best.
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  The shift: from follower to wanting to leave

  by paradisebeauty in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this week has been the week when my whole way of thinking shifted.

  i still cannot believe how this can happen so fast.

  over a period of seven days i went from not even imagining that i could ever not be a witness to wanting to get out of this organisation.. .

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  paradisebeauty

  @ FayeDunaway,

  I would love to be your friend in real life, too, but I live far away - as in central europe. But feel free to pm me any time. I would be happy to talk to you.