Reefton Jack

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  Did you find worldly people as bad as the JW's made them out to be??

  by karter in

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  as a jw we were always told worldly people were bad always out for what they could get out of you.

  as for me iv'e made some good friends not anything as bad as the jw's said they woul'd be.

  what about you ?????????

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  Reefton Jack

  In a word, no.
  While not born into the religion, I was introduced to "The Truth" at an impressionable age, and consequently relied on the WTS view to form an opinion on most things.
  - and of course, that view was inevitably a distorted one.
  (I always say that I am well qualified to be awarded a Diploma of Idiocy, after having once been such an avid reader of everything the WTS printed!)
  
  Something that continues to impress me is how I am now received by many of the people that knew me before the WT madness took hold.
  As a good JW, I did my best to convert them; and at the time, they must have thought that I had taken leave of my senses.
  This was when the 1975 hype was in full swing, and I did rather give it to them with both barrels (maybe even the whole gun!)
  Now, these same people don't seem to hold that against me.
  Apart from the odd reference about how they wondered why I fell for "that religion", it is like nothing has ever changed.
  That drove home to me that I previously knew a lot of good "Worldly" people - and that they are still there.
  
  
  So,no - the "World is all evil" line is just yet another instance in which the WTS is talking crap.
  
  
  Jack.
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  What positive aspects do you find about being a JW in the past?

  by tooktheredpill in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a couple of days ago, i posted a comment for a newbie like me (http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/145459/2623555/post.ashx#2623555), and i told him this:.

  i try to focus in the few positive aspects of being a jw, and how that can help me to improve myself.

  i like to help people too, and that is something that i really enjoy.

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  Reefton Jack

  There are healthier ways to learn to be a better speaker.
  
  Less costly ways , too!
  
  
  
  
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  What positive aspects do you find about being a JW in the past?

  by tooktheredpill in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a couple of days ago, i posted a comment for a newbie like me (http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/145459/2623555/post.ashx#2623555), and i told him this:.

  i try to focus in the few positive aspects of being a jw, and how that can help me to improve myself.

  i like to help people too, and that is something that i really enjoy.

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  Reefton Jack

  The one and only benefit I gained from the JWs still has a caveat attached to it:
  
  - it did prove to be a bloody expensive course in public speaking!
  
  
  
  
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  How do you fell when you look back at your time as a JW ??

  by karter in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  to me not all bad taught me some good life skills howerever 38 years i could have done alot with that time...............karter

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  Reefton Jack

  Public speaking experience? What, for 5 minutes every 2 months? I didn't learn a thing! I saw plenty of others up there a lot more than that, though.
  
  
  It actually worked for me (believe it or not!)
  
  - just the same, it was experience not worth the 28 years of my life that it ended up costing.
  (No #*@^ing way!)
  
  
  Jack.
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  What Careers, Opportunities Did you Have to Sacrifice - to be a Witness ?

  by flipper in

  1. jw
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  i know this may be an annoying subject .

  but if you did have to give up doing what you wanted in a career or opportunity - what was it ?

  how controlling was the organization over you, and were you counseled by elders or higher ups to not pursue certain jobs, opportunities, college , etc - so that you stayed in the witnesses for awhile ; not doing what you wanted?

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  Reefton Jack

  I was firstly stopped from taking up the offer from a large company to sponsor me through university to do the degree course in electrical engineering.
  A year or two later, the elders succeeded in getting me to abandon my apprenticeship as a telecommunications technician.
  (That is how fanatical many in our part of the world were about the coming "End" in 1975).
  
  I admire those who have picked up the pieces afterwards, and and gone ahead to complete a degree course at university.
  The best time to study for such things, though, is when you are straight out of high school:
  - as I am finding out right now, as I battle my way through the course to obtain an electrical contractors licence!
  
  Jack.
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  Age wise, what are/were the best years of your life?

  by oompa in

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  i'm thinking mid 20's to mid 30's..........although i had a hell of a 15.......................oompa

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  Reefton Jack

  Early to mid teens - just before the Watchtower Madness took hold.
  
  
  Jack.
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  How do you fell when you look back at your time as a JW ??

  by karter in

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  to me not all bad taught me some good life skills howerever 38 years i could have done alot with that time...............karter

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  Reefton Jack

  I feel a lot of things,but very few of them any good.
  
  I still cannot fully explain how I fell for the whole thing in the beginning, and then remained suckered-in for so long afterwards. (Embarrassment features strongly here!)
  
  The only benefit that I came away with (flawed as it may be) is learning how to speak in public.
  But ..... even that was a bloody expensive course in public speaking!
  
  
  Jack.
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  Would YOU Remain A JW If You Thought The Watchtower Could Be Reformed?

  by minimus in

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  personally, i don't think the organization is reformable.

  while i was an elder, i tried to be a more moderate voice and as i grew older any harsher attitudes disappaited from within me.

  as they say, all the good (and smart) elders have left.

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  Reefton Jack

  "Religioned Out" would best describe me.
  
  So, no - I would have no inclination to stay with / return to a reformed Watchtower.
  (Even if there could ever be such a thing).
  
  
  Jack.
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  State A Simple Opinion About Jehovah's Witnesses

  by minimus in

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  i think jehovah's witnesses are extremely judgmental.

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  Reefton Jack

  They fit into one of two categories - either:
  
  (i) Sincere but misguided.
  
  OR ELSE
  
  (ii) Trapped.
  
  
  
  
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  was Rutherford a drunk person ?

  by jose45xyz in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  is there anything to prove that rutherford had the custom to be drunk ?.

  thank you in advance.

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  Reefton Jack

  Certainly, the garbage that he spouted strongly suggests that he was under the influence of something.
  
  
  Jack.