Posts by FeelingFree

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How did the term "The Truth" come about?

by FeelingFree in

i just wondering how this vile term came to be used in constant referral to the org, i really, really hate it!

it's only since coming out that i have realised how much the jdubs use it.

everything is the truth this and the truth that.

FeelingFree

Hmmm all very interesting, thank you for all the comments. It makes sense that it would relate to those scriptures. Being a born in myself I find I actually lack a lot of knowledge on most things JW related. I just coasted along and never really researched or looked into much which I now find highly embarrasing and am quite ashamed by, but think it must explain how I managed to stay in so long.....

Juan Viejo2 I was very interested to read your comment and it's a good point you made about them being members of the "Christian Congregation of JWs" and not actually declaring themselves to be an actual individual Christian.

OneEyedJoe It is just such an arrogant thing to say. I hadn't realised or thought about it being used by other cults but it makes sense.

As I have never had the pleasure (hah) of conducting a study I wonder if it gets refered to as the truth when your bringing a person in? If it was me studying I think I would find that most offputting, arrogant and offensive.

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How did the term "The Truth" come about?

by FeelingFree in

i just wondering how this vile term came to be used in constant referral to the org, i really, really hate it!

it's only since coming out that i have realised how much the jdubs use it.

everything is the truth this and the truth that.

FeelingFree

I just wondering how this vile term came to be used in constant referral to the org, I really, really hate it! It's only since coming out that I have realised how much the Jdubs use it. Everything is the truth this and the truth that. When talking to my JW friend earlier this week I accidentally called it that as she was having a preaching session at me and I had to correct myself. I felt dirty afterwards!

Has it always been used for as long as you can remember? It's so culty (if thats a word?!)

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Question for "apostate" couples.

by 3rdgen in

jw
friends

hi everyone!

today i was reminded that just because both of us left the wtbt$ we are not always on the same page.. .

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FeelingFree

For us we really started off in different places. I was fed up for years and we would have conversations where I would lay down all my issue's with the religion but he, though open to discussion still really believed in it. Then one day this year he came across the NGO crap and that led him down a very intense period of reading and research, something that I had never bothered with as I never felt the need to. He got very angry and kept telling me all these things that he had found out and for some reason that scared me I guess my inner cultist came out!

We had lots of arguments about it and how I felt he should just stop looking at things and leave it alone. At this point we were both going through the motions with the meetings etc and it wasn't until the convention that I said we should just leave and never go back, he agreed and that's exactly what we have done! I think I just couldn't believe how much was really wrong with the organisation I was bought up in, even though I had my issue's they were mainly to do with family experiences within the org.

Now we are both really interested in what's going on and keeping up with things and I think that's mainly as it just confirm's and reassures us that we have made the right decission. Plus it can be used as ammo if needed when relatives bring these things up! I feel that he is definately more angry than me about wasting his life etc. I just think well that's what we chose at the time, we didn't have all the facts and our life wasn't awful. But I understand why he would feel that way.

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Like Button

by Coded Logic in

i read through the suggestion box and haven't seen anyone recomend this yet: is it possilbe to add a "like" button for posts and comments?

maybe something that keeps count of them like on youtube.

i think it would be a great tool to let people know we appreciate their comments.. i know we have the thumbs up icon we can paste in our comments but its hard to "like" someones elses comment when the thread is already 30 comments deep.. (feel free to thumbs up if this is a feature you'd like to see).

FeelingFree

Sounds good!

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Is there ANYTHING Jehovah(TM) doesn't hate??

by punkofnice in

...apart from door knocking, meetings and kingdom melodies?.

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FeelingFree

Who is Andre?

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"You never made Jehovah REAL to you"

by Black Man in

jw
friends

that was a statement from my dyed-in-the-wool jw pioneer mother in trying to analyze why i faded and left the jws.

my answer was to say: "if i have to make something real to me, chances are it wasn't real to begin with.

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FeelingFree

Hehe Phizzy I like your reply!

Black Man - Me and my husband have been told this by his mum too. Also that we don't have faith or we wouldn't be in our current situation. I dont really understand how that applies to us ..... but some of the things people have said to us can be pretty hurtful and I have a hard time trying to let go of such comments, even though I know it just churned out, bog standard, brain wash crap. At the end of the day we are all a lot better off than those suckers still in JW land as we know the REAL TRUTH.

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Meet The Mormons, in Theaters now

by designs in

the lds church has a slick new documentary out now- meet the mormons.

http://meethtemormons.com huffington post etc... huffington post described it as slick, light on doctrine, and presenting a public face that you wouldn't find if you walked into a typical lds church.. i wonder how far behind the new jw.org think tank guys are on developing their own film for theater release.. .

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FeelingFree

We had that shown on T.V over here in the UK. It's really rather good. Me and my husband watched it with my dad and felt a bit awkward as they are just so similar to JW's with a few obvious difference's. Think it made my dad feel a bit uncomfortable though!

If you want to watch it you can get it on channel4.com they have a catch up services called 4OD. Probably only available to watch for UK resisdents though. If you can see get to see it, it's def worth it.

Here is the link - www.channel4.com/programmes/meet-the-mormons/4od

For some reason I cant link it properly because FireFox wont let me.

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Tv.jw.org - Average Jdub reaction? I'm getting NOTHING but Silence!

by 4thgen in

jw
friends

hello all, as you know, when jw tv was announced, our board went wild.

many comments, much speculation and alot of negative feedback on the quality, etc.

well, what has me concerned is that i have not heard a peep from any of my connections left in kingdom-land.

FeelingFree

I asked my dad yesterday if he had seen it. He was playing on his phone at the time and gave a very un-enthusiastic "nope" I was quite suprised really as I thought everyone would had watched at least some of it. So I said I had and that it was pretty funny, at this point he looked quite interested until I said that the GB members trousers were really badly fitting and that his whole manner of speaking was awful. He seemed quite dissapointed and said "so it's not actually funny then?" I said "well no". Somehow I don't think he will be watching it anytime soon.

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For fans of older PC games

by glenster in

for fans of older pc games:.

http://glenster1.webs.com/freepcpinballmodsforlo.htm.

it includes carmageddon 1 and 2.. http://www.carmageddon.com/.

FeelingFree

Ooo love dreamfall! I can't remember if I ever completed the longest journey, im guessing I didn't. Will have to play it again now you have reminded me :)

Wish I had more time to indulge my inner nerd!

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January 15, 2015 watchtower 3 study articles about marriage.

by hoser in

couples having problems and getting divorced must be a problem in the jehovahs witnesses.

the articles are definately an interesting read.

they give plenty of bad advise as usual.

FeelingFree

Oh and don't forget that you have to get married really quickly because you can't control yourself.... You don't get the time to really know the person you are marrying properly because all your time together MUST be chaperoned (in case you have sex) so you never get to be alone until your wedding night with your stranger (preferably virgin) new spouse. Fun times!

Glad me and my husband refused to conform. Took us two years of "courting" until we got married, we went totally against the norm but then another couple in our hall did the same so we set a trend! Glad we waited but still that first year was hell!