Posts by freedomfighter82

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Faith beyond beliefs

by Narkissos in

to make a long story short, i'm an xjw from france: born and baptized as a catholic, i became a jw in 1972 at the age of 13 with part of my family; then a pioneer and a bethel member, before being disfellowshipped for "apostasy" in 1986. afterwards, involved in theology and bible edition with the mainstream protestant churches, slowly drifting from the evangelical to the liberal wing and finally out of all religious groups and beliefs.

the "atheologist" label, i guess, would suit fairly enough by now.. the question i'd like to ask my fellow xjw "brothers and sisters" (and there seems to be plenty of them around .

the question is especially directed to those of you who would not easily term themselves "christians", and who have not sticked to any recognized "creed".

freedomfighter82

Hello Everyone! I'm so excited we have a chance to discuss this without being punished or cast out- freedom of thought and expression, who would have thought? Anyway, after I left the WTS, I had no beliefs in God at all, I was a complete aethiest and a total party animal to boot. I had no morals, no values, no faith, I was a mess and much of it was because the WTS had formed me into a complete failure as a human being. After much drug use, sex, the list goes on, I decided something had to be done because I was so lost and miserable. I prayed and prayed that if God exist, he find me and make my heart over. I would say to him, "I don't believe the JW's are right, but I want to believe in something. Please answer my prayers, help me attend meetings and to believe or if they're not right, help me find those who are." So, I started going back to meetings with my mom and brother. It was even worse this time around- going back only confirmed they were all crazy and no way could this be right. After I stopped attending again, and after several more months of prayer and my best friend who was a born-again Christian called me and said she'd been praying for me too, it happened: I found Jesus, and it was a miracle. I have never been lost again- I have my conscience back! I know the difference between right and wrong and have a relationship with God, not with some organization. The term "Found Jesus" probably sounds forein and incorrect to most of you, trust me I didn't know what the heck it meant until it happened to me. The Lord loves you all and wants you to be saved. The WTS is ran by Satan and it will fall one day very soon, but the Lord is honest and true and if you pray enough, he will come into your hearts as well. I'll pray for you all too of course! Don't be callased towards God because something as horrible as the WTS consumed your life for a while, if you're here you're on the right track to spiritual freedom, you will find it!

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Please help me out here...

by freedomfighter82 in

i'm confused- i've been looking for a jw forum to commit some "messageboard terrorism" on, (well, not really, i just want to speak the truth about that horrible cult) but it seems every forum i go to is an ex-jm forum.

is this one too?

there sure do seem to be a lot of people against jw's on here... i especially like the topics about the washington state cases & all the cover-ups throughout the years, good to see you guys have done your research... i guess maybe the work here is already done, huh?

freedomfighter82

I'm confused- I've been looking for a JW forum to commit some "messageboard terrorism" on, (well, not really, I just want to speak the TRUTH about that horrible cult) but it seems every forum I go to is an ex-JM forum. Is this one too? There sure do seem to be a lot of people against jw's on here... I especially like the topics about the Washington state cases & all the cover-ups throughout the years, good to see you guys have done your research... I guess maybe the work here is already done, huh?