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  What did JW teaching do to your view of God?

  by thom in

  1. watchtower
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  during the last few years that i was a jw i formed an opinion more and more of how i thought god was cruel and didn't understand or care about how his actions affect people.

  i started to believe that we humans were just his little play toys and like a mean kid, he'd just kill off some now and then for whatever reason without any concern for his "toys".

  in wondering how he could justify killing so many at armageddon, killing so many in the time before jesus came to earth, judging people who are in an imperfect state just because they happen to live at the time of armageddon but everyone else being judged in a perfect state without satan's influence i started thinking that he really had no concern for people and maybe even enjoyed the thought of those who would be "weeping and gnashing their teeth" right before they die forever.

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  I have drawn closer to God. Before being a Witness I had no idea of who God was. Now I know him pretty good. He is the God i want to worship.
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  eating disorders in JWs

  by girl_interrupted in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  what would the jehovah's witnesses have to say about eating disorders?

  presumably any kind of mental illness is frowned upon and put down to weakness of the spirit.....i know when i was in it, one sister was severely chastised for having depression....she was told to have more faith in jehovah and presumably when she did, her husband would stop beating her and sexually abusing their kids which was understandably the source of her depression!

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  Presumably any kind of mental illness is frowned upon and put down to weakness of the spirit....

  Thats not true. Some of the LATESTWatchtowers an Awakes condone seeking medical help if needed.
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  Is this shunning?

  by Ellie in

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  its a long story but basically i was having a bible study with my half sister, i hadn't had a lot to do with her during my childhood so studying was for me an excuse to get to know her, and she was lovely, she couldn't do enough to help me, until i stopped going to the meetings and told her i didn't want to study anymore, then she dropped me like a brick and now refuses to speak to me at all.. shortly after this happened our younger brother started to study with her son, my brother needed somewhere to stay so they offered for him to move in with them which he did.. he became quite engrossed in his studies, they encouraged him to stop associating with his worldly friends which he did, he became an unbaptized publisher, but still they didnt really associate much with him, even my sisters 2 sons who live in the same house as him and are the same age group didn't bother much with him, so my brother found himself quite isolated, and ofcourse i'm bad association so he was always told not to visit me.. anyway, due to all this hes missed a few meetings recently, not many but just enough for them to tell him that hes got till september 7th to leave, giving the reason that hes not making enough of an effort to serve jehovah.. what do you all think?.

  is this typical behaviour of jehovahs witnesses, or are my family really messed up??

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  If that is true(which im not saying it is not) but if it is, I think that is sad
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  a question of conscience

  by KAYTEE in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  dear lurkers/trolls or whatever you consider yourselves to be,.

  how can you read all of the info on this forum regarding un scandal, alleged paedophilia, failed prophecies, u-turn on blood etc.

  and not have your conscience affected before jehovah.

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  I wont argue with people who ask leading ? just for the sake of arguing. I am not stupid.
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  long years of brainwashing finally come to an end.....

  by girl_interrupted in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi everyone, i'm new here......basically, i found this website a couple of weeks ago when i was in dire need of some like-minded souls who had felt screwed up about the jw's.

  from about the age of four/five, my parents and i were involved in the organisation, and all three of us are stil messed up because of it.....we are no longer involved in it, but it took quite a few years before my parents found the strength to leave.

  to begin with, i was quite a zealous jw, was baptised at twelve and disfellowshipped at fourteen, because as i got older i began to grow ''weak in the truth'' as people so kindly described me!

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  I was quite a zealous JW, was baptised at;twelve and disfellowshipped at fourteen,
  

  
  Thats puzzeling?

  Many things prompted me to start thinking, really thinking about the true nature of the organisation,

  You had such deeps thoughts at such a young age
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  a question of conscience

  by KAYTEE in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  dear lurkers/trolls or whatever you consider yourselves to be,.

  how can you read all of the info on this forum regarding un scandal, alleged paedophilia, failed prophecies, u-turn on blood etc.

  and not have your conscience affected before jehovah.

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  I agree with Peggy, here, actually. Hm, I think some of the people here (myself included, actually), should be a bit more friendly to the JW-visitors (except from Scholar and DefD, they suck!). After all, coming to websites like this is a first step out ;of insanity. Hey I am a celebrity
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  Do you secretly wish for a demon attack - serious question

  by stillajwexelder in

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  i am not trying to compete with fmz as he has a supernatural thread going already but - do you secretlyt wish for a demon attack - serious question - the reason i ask this is because - if i had a demon attack it would mean there was a satan the devil and if there was a satan it would mean there was god.

  what i am trying to say in a nutshell is "a demon attack would actually strengthen my faith" where at the moment it is non-existent almost

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  WHO in their RIGHT mind would want to be attacked by a Demon? Remember Job? He was attacked by a demon. Would anyone want to go through what he did? Anyway All of us here ARE under attack by the demons right now! The bible says we ALL have a fight......a spiritual one against the demons. If ANYONE knows this is should be stillaexelder
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  THEY'RE HUNTING ME DOWN!!!!!

  by Evanescence in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  from this conversation i had, http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/95367/1.ashx.

  well i didn't get them at my door.

  but one of my friends did who lives in the same town as me!

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  danny

  If she is 15 as she claims, that tells the whole story. I think personally she likes drama.
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  What do you all think?

  by DazedAndConfused in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i would like to write a book on the experiences of people who have left jw's.

  this is my plan.

  i would like to be able to quote people's experiences (under their own names or online names).

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  Will anyone get any kick back from the MONEY you'll make?
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  THEY'RE HUNTING ME DOWN!!!!!

  by Evanescence in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  from this conversation i had, http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/95367/1.ashx.

  well i didn't get them at my door.

  but one of my friends did who lives in the same town as me!

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  Evan...

  I think that if you would quite trying to harass them you wouldnt be having this problem. How many times have you been kicked off of the E-Watchman site? You are complaining of them hunting you down. but in reality YOU have hunted them down. You even called the Hall. Leave them alone and they will leave you alone.

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