Posts by william wallace

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Do You Know Of Malcontent ExJWs That Bitch About Life Because.....?

by minimus in

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they were jws and blame everything on their jw past???

i know of people that never tried to get ahead or prosper themselves because they were witnesses.

never bought a house or a brand new car because they would rather rent and drive around in a jalopy that would break down.

william wallace

Speaking from personal experience ( and observing some others) I can say that I believed I was in "The Truth" because I WANTED to believe it and wanted to believe the things taught. I'd made a real mess of my life and believed that being a JW was the way out of the mess and to solve all the problems in my life. So, you could say that my motivation was not to serve God but rather to get out of life what I wanted. Selfish, huh?

And so I guess God let me believe what I wanted to believe - including the lies, or to be more charitable the untruths. (I don't think the GB or others within the org set out deliberately to tell lies).

I'd also like to say that it seems to me that many former JW's have totally abandoned belief in God and faith in the ransom of Christ because of finding out the truth about "the truth." This in my opinion - no it's more than just that - it's based on the truth in the Bible - is a huge error. God still exists even thought the GB have got many things wrong - and Jesus Christ is the only way by which someone can be saved.

Finally, although the GB are proven scripturally to be wrong I personally made some good friends during my time as a JW - and did learn some valuable spiritual truths. And I try every day to grow closer to God whom I now know to be according to 1 Timothy 3 v 15, 16 as Jehovah who came in the flesh as Jesus Christ.

May God Bless all

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My Testimony

by snakeizz in

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okay you guys here is my story.....it might be a lil' long winded, but please bear with me....it's interesting.... well i have been away for 8 years...i stopped when i was 17 and i'm 25 now.

it all started when i became a non baptized publisher at age 14. i was a very good speaker/reader.

the elders were waiting for me to get baptized and encouraged me to do so.

william wallace

Hi Undecided,

I'm a former Pioneer and when I left I went through a real bad time trying to figure things out. Part of the problem is that the WT programmes followers to see things in black and white; all or nothing type thinking. Anyway, I eventually got free from the mindbending and can tell you that althougth I don't have all the answers I've found contentment - not 100% but to a very large degree. Look at Job. He really was a righteous man but when things went badly for him he started falling apart, partly, because of his insistence that he was blameless and ENTITLED to get answers from God. But when God started questioning Job about creation and nature Job had to admit that he knew very little or nothing at all about things.

May I suggest please that you visit the following websites ( they won't directly answer your question but I believe will help you to focus on something vital) www.blueletterbible.org/Comm/charles_spurgeon/sermons/0020.html www.spurgeon.org/misc/abio011.htm

The sermons are quite lengthy but I believe you'll find them beneficial and I hope they have the same effect on you as they had on me.

Best wishes

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The Awake magazine: In A Realm Beyond Dumb?

by metatron in

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i hold in my hand a typical awake magazine (jan. 8, 2005) - entitled "can planet earth be.

saved?".

of course, it trots out the usual formula of half truths that has brought the watchtower.

william wallace

Hi Metatron,

I'm an ex JW and left when I unravelled much of the WTBTS false doctrines. So, please understand that I'm no apologist for the Society. However, it seems to me (maybe I'm wrong) that you are of the opinion that the Society have got EVERYTHING wrong including their belief that God will ensure that the earth remains forever. It's like saying : one thing wrong, everything wrong. If someone applies that belief in all matters it means they end up disbelieving everything.

Much of what the Society says has proven to be wrong. But some of what they say also happens to be correct. And doesn't the Bible, in several places, say that the Earth will remain forever? Don't you think it's more advantageous to sift the truth from the errors rather than simply having a blanket belief that because they have some things wrong they have everything wrong? It's a bit like eating fish. You eat the flesh and spit out the bones.

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How many went to heaven in the first century?

by truthseeker in

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if william josephus estimated that by the end of the first century, there were about 1,000,000 christians, and paul wrote that the good news .

had been preached "in under all creation", then why did john say in revelation that only 144,000 would go to heaven?.

why were those who numbered more than 144,000 christians prior to john's revelation in 96ad not informed that there hope was invalid?

william wallace

Okay, so we know that the GB has interpreted Jesus's words about "I have other sheep ... and they shall become one flock...." to mean the 144,000 with the heavenly hope and the "other sheep" to mean those with the earthly hope.

But bearing in mind the time at which Jesus said this and the audience to whom He was speaking, namely, the Jews - is it not possible that what Jesus actually had in mind was that the "other sheep" referred to the Gentiles (see also Romans 11:25) and therefore at a future time the Jews and the Gentiles would become "one flock" ?