Posts by love2Bworldly

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What made YOU drop Christianity?

by GetBusyLiving in

after i read coc and left the dubs for a short while i considered myself christian.

the way franz explained it, all that is required is to have faith in jesus and to love your neighbor as yourself and then you will be 'saved'.

the more i started pealing away at the onion though the dumber the premise of someone dying for my 'sins' seemed, and i just lost faith in it altogether.

love2Bworldly

I'm not sure what I believe anymore. One minute I think I'm a Christian and all that (non-denominational), the next minute I'm not so sure. I have met very few people that give Christianity a good name. My husband is very into the 'end of the world' stuff, but he really didn't talk about it much when we were dating so I didn't know he was very religious until after we were married. Sometimes I think I'm trying to be a 'Christian' just to please him, which I know isn't right. He reads all those Christian fiction books about the Anti-Christ and believes the Anti-Christ is now growing up in some other country. He thinks one day Christ will snatch all the Christians up to heaven, leaving empty cars--people just disappearing into thin air. I somehow can't buy into that stuff.

I just don't know what I believe. I hope hellfire isn't real.

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Any types of books, authors, etc. you enjoy now that you didn't as a JW?

by littlerockguy in

i always loved to collect books.

if any jw came and looked at my bookshelf now they would turn probably turn white.

love2Bworldly

I love scary books! I never read them as a JW, but now I love sci-fi, Stephen King, Dean Koonz etc.

I also enjoyed reading all kinds of books to my kids without any guilt--like The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, fairy tales, etc. etc.

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Letter to my Elder Uncle

by Lehaa in

this is the letter i just recently sent to my uncle.

he replied

its not hypocritical.

love2Bworldly

Sorry for the pain your uncle is putting you through. Amazing how he is on the one hand inviting you to the Memorial, but telling you he can't talk to you if you come. Very sad and shows the JW's true colors--they do not show forgiveness. Even if you were reinstated like I was once, you would be forever marked. When I was reinstated none of the people I had known for years and thought were my friends, treated me like their equal; they were 'cordial' but did not make an effort to really welcome me back or invite me for anything on a social basis. It's funny, they were so excited when I was reinstated, but like I said did not make me feel included when I came back.

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List options for my escape here.

by tsunami_rid3r in

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friends

problem: .

want a normal life of going to college, freedom.

in return will get kicked out of the house.

love2Bworldly

Wanted to wish you good luck on the outcome. Also want to give you advice on being careful on who you stay with. I would be a little leary of a single male teacher that is offering you a room, only because often growing up as JW's we live in a semi-sheltered environment. Just some motherly advice--I was very naive when I was a JW.

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wtbs participating in city round table discussion of diversity.

by candidlynuts in

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friends

love2Bworldly

I wonder if they can count their service time every time the show is aired again?

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Seeker4 Invited to a Committee Meeting Tonight

by Seeker4 in

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friends

yup, they are going ahead with it.

i spent most of yesterday, sunday, writing what turned out to be a 10 page letter to the body of elders about why i feel they are out of line in seeking to disfellowship me (for those new to this situation, i've been seperated from my wife and living with another woman for the past six months.

i've not been an active witness for a decade.).

love2Bworldly

Wish you much luck! Think of it as closure. I think writing an article about it is an awesome idea! A great anti-witness.

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Hi, I'm new

by JE1234 in

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friends

hi iv'e been lurking around for a few weeks.

getting the nerve to post something..i'm from ny.

iv'e been inactive for 8 years.

love2Bworldly

Welcome! I pretty new at this also, and it's the first time I've ever been involved in a sort of 'chat room' or whatever you want to call it.

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Were You a Little Prude JW?

by minimus in

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friends

were you a prude as a jw?

are you still one?

prudes, (especially jws) are so judgmental.

love2Bworldly

Unfortunately, yes. I was an arrogant, self-righteous, judgemental Bitch! Probably because I didn't get any until I was 21. At 21 (the year I got disfellowshipped) I made up for all that prudishness. I went to an office Christmas party, got totally smashed on champagne for the first time in my life, danced for the first time in my life, kissed a guy from the office, barfed in the bathroom, and then my friend's boyfriend carried me up the stairs of my apartment because I was so smashed.

Boy what a party! Was disfellowshipped a week later, and lost my virginity shortly thereafter. Best year of my life. LOL

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To Bronzfist--I can't open email

by love2Bworldly in

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friends

to bronzfist--i see you left me a message last week but i can't access it.

just wanted to let you know.

love2Bworldly

To Bronzfist--I see you left me a message last week but I can't access it. Just wanted to let you know.

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Did You Ever Think You'd No Longer Be A Witness?

by minimus in

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friends

did you ever dream that you'd be posting here too?

love2Bworldly

No I thought in the back of my mind that I would return eventually, until I found out the real truth about the 'truth'.

I remember one of the last talks I heard at an assembly in the late 80's, the speaker said we should stay single and live like the angels do. I got so sick of the BS about not getting married and having children, etc. My own family was extremely dysfunctional so I wanted to be close to a family of my own and be with someone who loved me. Because my parents were not JW's and I was not married to a JW, I was always on the outskirts socially and never included in social activities. But you were not to associate with worldly people either. What a f---ing lonely existence--that was enough for me.