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  My story, please read

  by fairchild in

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  first of all, thank you very much for taking the time to read this.

  i hope that i am putting this in the right forum.. .

  i studied as much about different religions as i could and read every book available to me.

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  fairchild

  Hi pennycandy,

  Wow, you said that well! Who doesn't know about the guilt? It is true that the requirements are so high, unless you are occupied with serving every waking minute, there is some guilt involved. I never thought about it that way, but my best friend -who is baptized- often talks about guilt, and she is a regular pioneer.

  From what I gather, you still worship? I really would like to hear more about that. Like how do you get rid of your guilt, and in what way do you worship?

  Thank you so much for stopping in.
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  My story, please read

  by fairchild in

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  first of all, thank you very much for taking the time to read this.

  i hope that i am putting this in the right forum.. .

  i studied as much about different religions as i could and read every book available to me.

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  Hi gypsywildone,

  Sigh, I'm afraid to have been disappointed by people too many times to really believe that. But to me, there is much joy in many things that are not related to people perse. I deal with the sad things of this world (deceit, poverty, loss, etc..) in my own way, by writing poetry about it.

  Joy, to me, is seeing my cat playing a new toy, watching the stars at night, or climb up the gravel pit in the woods behind my place and watch the sun go down.
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  My story, please read

  by fairchild in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  first of all, thank you very much for taking the time to read this.

  i hope that i am putting this in the right forum.. .

  i studied as much about different religions as i could and read every book available to me.

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  Hi sixsixsixtynine,

  Your comment really made me think. No, I have not harmed anyone at all. Actually you made me realize that it is not my situation in itself that is against bible princilpes, it is rather the result of that situation which is.

  For example (this is just an example, I don't drink alcohol at all) The bible does not have the slightest thing against the drinking of alcohol, on the contrary. But it would be very wrong to be drunk 24/7. So it wouldn't be the alcohol that's wrong, but the result of drinking alcohol : being drunk. I hope this makes sense, as I don't have any other way of explaining.
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  My story, please read

  by fairchild in

  1. jw
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  first of all, thank you very much for taking the time to read this.

  i hope that i am putting this in the right forum.. .

  i studied as much about different religions as i could and read every book available to me.

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  fairchild

  Frenchbabyface, thanks for the welcome! Smiles to you.
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  My story, please read

  by fairchild in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  first of all, thank you very much for taking the time to read this.

  i hope that i am putting this in the right forum.. .

  i studied as much about different religions as i could and read every book available to me.

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  fairchild

  Hi granny linda,

  Wow, your words sound bitter at times. Personally, I concentrate, not on hating what is wrong, but on loving what is good, and that is not always easy, because it almost feels natural to develop negative feelings.

  IRecently, I read the diary of Anne Frank, and one line in that book particularly struck me. (quote) "In spite of everything, I still believe that people are truly good at heart" (unquote) There is so very much sadness in the relization of what happened to her, and in the fact that she really believed that there was good, even in the people who didn't have a grain of compassion for people like her. it is because of such things that I have to keep concentrating on the good. "Good" is not necessarily in people, it can be in anything, like in the beauty of starry night.
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  My story, please read

  by fairchild in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  first of all, thank you very much for taking the time to read this.

  i hope that i am putting this in the right forum.. .

  i studied as much about different religions as i could and read every book available to me.

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  Hi anuva,

  Thank you for taking the time to reply. I do agree that there is wickedness everywhere, even among JW's. On the other hand, I have also seen much kindness among JW's. For example, there is a 96 year old lady in our hall. She lives in a nursing home now, and everyone helps her out, takes her out for lunch, takes her shopping, etc... Her wall is covered with pictures of the children at the hall. Perhaps I am wrong, but I do believe that there is at least more effort among JW's to be kind to one another.
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  My story, please read

  by fairchild in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  first of all, thank you very much for taking the time to read this.

  i hope that i am putting this in the right forum.. .

  i studied as much about different religions as i could and read every book available to me.

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  Hi country woman,

  So sorry to hear about what happened to you and your daughter. I'm shocked about what you said about Russell, I had no idea. Some day soon when I have more time, I am going to look up everything I can find about him. This can be interesting. You're from the Netherlands? If there is something you have difficutly expressing in English, feel free to do it in Dutch, it is my native tongue and I still write in it at least once a week.

  Good luck to you and your daughter, and thanks for the advice. Don't worry, I will not get baptized any time soon, and if it ever happens, I will be completely sure that this is the thing I want to do.
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  My story, please read

  by fairchild in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  first of all, thank you very much for taking the time to read this.

  i hope that i am putting this in the right forum.. .

  i studied as much about different religions as i could and read every book available to me.

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  Hi Black sheep, Thank you for the hint and I will keep it in mind. perhaps one of my reasons for being on this site is so that I have a chance to hear all voices, positive as well as negative.
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  My story, please read

  by fairchild in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  first of all, thank you very much for taking the time to read this.

  i hope that i am putting this in the right forum.. .

  i studied as much about different religions as i could and read every book available to me.

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  fairchild

  Hi steve,

  The amount of replies to my story is overwhelming me a bit, sorry about the late reply, I had to work today and just got home. Your story is interesting, and I can (we probably all can) relate to the questions you used to ask yourself. The replies here have taught me a lot actually. (sigh, they sure have not strengthened my faith).

  This strange, but today I was talking to one of my customers at work, one thing led to another, and I soon found out that she was an ex JW. What a coincidence. We were talking about 1975, and I thought of you, as I had read your reply before going to work. I won't deny that the 'changing truth' hasn't bothered me in the past. A few years ago, I remember how 'this generation' -born before 1914- somehow got extended to a more vague concept. My sister told me that several people in her hall quit because of that.

  Anyway, I just wanted to say thank you for your own story, which I read with great interest, and will probably reread again withing the next few days. I wish you good luck in everything you undertake.
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  when the end is nigh.. go borrow millions of dollars lol

  by candidlynuts in

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  mormons who banked on doomsday find the debt collector at the door does this sound familiar to any of you who were around in the 70s when jw's borrowed money they didnt think they'd ever have to repay?

  http://news.independent.co.uk/low_res/story.jsp?story=591991&host=3&dir=70by david usborne11 december 2004. if the 9,000 members of a polygamous mormon sect in south-west utah felt comfortable borrowing from their local bank like there was no tomorrow, it was because, in their minds, that was precisely the case.

  the world, they had been told, was coming to an end.. the fundamentalist church of jesus christ of latter-day saints gladly used high-interest funds to finance suspect business ventures.

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  ouch. I was only a kid in 1975, but do remember something about 'the end of the world' and how scared I was. Do you know of any website that gives some information about the 1975 thing?

  Thanks