i'm just curious at how many others might spend time on this website hoping to make sense of it all, despite being brought up or converted to jw after leaving.
i can't seem to fill the hole of my existential crisis after fading out.
the spectrum of atheism to beliving still doesn't fill the gap.
ziddina, whathapened, DarioKehl, & transhuman,
Thanks for responding. I can't disagree with anything you've shared...I'm so glad ya'all have found peace around all this.
It shouldn't really matter whether there is a God or not... life is still a valuable thing. And who knows- you might be a goddess yourself.
Transhuman, I had to laugh at that. Thanks for the smile. Yah, who knows?
i'm just curious at how many others might spend time on this website hoping to make sense of it all, despite being brought up or converted to jw after leaving.
i can't seem to fill the hole of my existential crisis after fading out.
the spectrum of atheism to beliving still doesn't fill the gap.
I'm just curious at how many others might spend time on this Website hoping to make sense of it all, despite being brought up or converted to JW after leaving. I can't seem to fill the hole of my existential crisis after fading out. The spectrum of atheism to beliving still doesn't fill the gap. Are you at the end of your rope hanging on to the knot just like me? Does anything change your mind to keep on keeping on despite the futileness of existing just to die in old age?
The god thing doesn't make enough sense to keep fighting for, and the atheistic thing just confirms why bother
What are your thoughts?
alias
the latest december 15th study edition of the watchtower opens with an intriguing article entitled "beware of superstitious use of the bible".. as an example of what constitutes "superstitious use" of the bible, it has this to say.... .
"perhaps a more common misuse of the bible is the practice of bibliomancy.
it refers to opening at random a book, often the bible, and reading the text that first meets the eye in the belief that those words will provide needed guidance.
constantly changing, that WTBTS. it's no wonder us born-ins are F-U!
here are a few examples of what i overlooked for so long:.
1. the watchtower often praised rutherford's 1918 talk "millions now living will never die.
" however, everyone who had ever heard that talk was dead.. 2. the governing body urges the placement of the watchtower's "bible" literature with strangers.
Raised in . . .
The awarness of questioning didn't arrive until my 20s, and thankfully was generously faciliated by the information superhighway and kind former JWs in the mid-90s.
alias
this is a test to see how retro you are.. do you remember?.
doc bob.
watchtower observer.
Ros,
I set up an e-mail nearly 15 years ago to join one of your group lists. It was a 'lifesaver' to me at the time, when H2O was the wild west and this site didn't exist yet. I was falling out during my Witnet years and you provided a safety net for me at a critical time. Thank you.
alias
remember obves, with all his complicated formulas forecasting that the end was coming in 2011?
virtually everything was about 2011, and there were formulas that "proved(??
)" that the god-inspired end was coming in 2011 for sure.
...can't go back only forward...
and if it's all gonna end at some point, there's not a durn thing I can do about it.
Happy 2012!
there is a whole lot of nasty stuff on forum*.. me too, i am guilty.. so then, maybe balance is a good thing and more balance is something to seek.. is it so hard to be nice once in a while?.
when someone is nice, some posters cry groupy.
(is that a word?).
Awww, cantleave, that picture's adorable!
some of you may or may not know but i came out before my husband.
he has not been to the meetings in 4 years but still acted like a witness.
i know it has been hard on him as he was raised a witness and i was not.
In short I compromised and we had a family day the week after Christmas with an origami tree.
Happy news about your hubby! What did the origami tree look like?
alias
first off, if you are in a safe place inside your head, merry christmas.
i was fortunate to have had childhood christmases in my home growing up.
many born-ins are probably never going to know what they missed.. also.... i am thinking about all the nice, friendly, happy things i've given up for jehovah and it saddens me.
Who we are NOW is more important than what we WERE.
Yep
when i was a single male jw i knew between age 22-25 that i had major concerns with the religion.
this had a big effect on my interaction with opp sex in the org.
whenever i got close to someone i would consider the inevitable time that i would have to face my concerns.
s&r,
Your thought is appreciated. This is a sticky time of the year.
alias
