I haven't went in 12 years....no big deal.....
But this is the first time my wife didn't go
She asked me to take her away for the weekend,
we just have returned.....and I don't think we missed
much.
MicStroz
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I missed the memorial? Damn.
by Nosferatu ini completely forgot it was yesterday.
i was too busy setting my clocks one hour ahead.
guess i was too involved in worldly things.
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Ever kick the elders off your porch?
by MicStroz inas some of you may know, my wife just left the org a few months ago.
trying to reach her.
it was her ex-po and ex-book study conductor.
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I just did! As some of you may know, my wife just left the org a few months ago. I think they are
trying to reach her. It was her ex-PO and ex-book study conductor. I wouldn't let them in the door
and I didn't want to sit and chat. 27 years of living as a Jw, I know how to play the game......
Just going to keep them in the dark.
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I was not stumbled, they just put a blindfold on my and dug a pit infront of me.....
I FELL RIGHT IN.
Than the elders filled in the hole.
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Would you ever go back to an organized religion after leaving the Witnesses
by MicStroz ini was wondering just what the percentage would be on those who .
have left and at some point turn to another group or church.. i know from my own trials that i will never be a part of any.
organization.
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MicStroz
I was wondering just what the percentage would be on those who
have left and at some point turn to another group or church.
I know from my own trials that I will NEVER be a part of any
organization. But that's just how I feel. I grow up as a JW and
feel I was worked over pretty good by them. Could never trust any
group that much again. I have my own beliefs and feel even more
spiritual than when I was a Witness.
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We were invited to The Memorial......
by Nan inour daughter-in-law (who is a witness) has invited us (via email) to the memorial on april 4. she says it's not just for jws.
is this true??
i thought this gathering was exclusively for witnesses; and to partake....er....not partake of the bread and wine?
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I have to raise my hand and secound that.....
Looking for a BIG headcount.......
My family will be packing our bags a few days before,
we are heading out of town that weekend...I wonder why?
They just can't take no for an answer!
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A thought experiment
by logansrun inhave you ever stopped to consider that the best thing we can do for ourselves as recovering cultists is simply to move on?
i know that is impossible for some, as they have deep connections with the organization due to family.
but for many the best move is simply to refuse to let the jws occupy much of our time and energy -- mental, physical and emotional.
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MicStroz
I have moved way up the street past all of this......... 12 years and counting.........
But I must say this forum has been of great help to my wife, who has just left the org. a few months ago.
I can see much help here for those who have just left or are considering a departure from the JW's.
Good Job Gang,
Keepup the Good Work!
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Shouldn't the "Truth" be easy to find?
by JH in.
with so many religions, and only one bible, why is the truth so hard to find?.
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MicStroz
Didn't someone once say.......
One man's truth is another man's trash.
Oh wait that was ........treasure.
Hm.........could be the same thing
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Shouldn't the "Truth" be easy to find?
by JH in.
with so many religions, and only one bible, why is the truth so hard to find?.
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MicStroz
The "Truth" of the JW's is their paradigm.....it is a model of reality.
Note the word, model, it is not reality.
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Shouldn't the "Truth" be easy to find?
by JH in.
with so many religions, and only one bible, why is the truth so hard to find?.
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I believe that the "Truth" is more simple than you can imagine!
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Shouldn't the "Truth" be easy to find?
by JH in.
with so many religions, and only one bible, why is the truth so hard to find?.
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I read something about truth once.....it went.........
The Sutra of One Hundred Parables tells the story of a young widower who
returned home one day to find his house burned downand his five-year-old son
lost. Near the ruins of his house was the charred corpse of a child that he believed to
be his son, and he wept and wept. After the child's cremation, he kept the ashes in a
bag and carried them with him day and night. But his son had not actually perished in the fire.
He had been taken off by bandits, and one day he escaped and returned to his father's house.
The boy arrived at midnight, when his father was about to go to bed, still carrying the bag of ashes.
The son knocked at the door. "Who are you?" asked the father. "I am your son." "You are lying.
My son died more than three months ago." The father persisted in his belief and would not open
the door. In the end the child had to leave, and the poor father lost his son forever.
"When we believe something to be absolute truth and cling to it,
we cannot be open to new ideas. Even if truth iself is knocking at our
door, we will not let it in." "Truth is not a concept. If we cling to our
concepts, we lose reality"
I found much support in that story and few ideas.