Thank you everyone who has posted. So far I have been encouraged to read a lot more on this site and was up until extremely late finding stuff out. There truley is a wealth of knowledge here. I am going to read CoC today and continue to read past threads. The newbie thread was VERY helpful in finding info. I am sad to see that the link for scanned WT lit. is not good anymore. If anyone knows of another I would like to know about it. Thanks again.
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by Shawn inhere is my situation: i am in the sacramento area of california.
i have a good friend of mine that is a jw.
she has recently not been attending meeting and not reading her watchtower.
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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 4-10-05 WT Study (Marriage--March 1)
by blondie incomments you will not hear at the 4-10-05 wt study (march 1, 2005 issue)
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Does anyone know if this really is the topic of Study today?
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ALPHA Group
by Shawn inanyone familiar with this?
any personal experiances?
i am interested in going.
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Anyone familiar with this? Any personal experiances? I am interested in going.
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I NEED HELP
by Shawn inhere is my situation: i am in the sacramento area of california.
i have a good friend of mine that is a jw.
she has recently not been attending meeting and not reading her watchtower.
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What should I read in the archives inparticular? any suggestions? I am scanning thread topics now.
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I NEED HELP
by Shawn inhere is my situation: i am in the sacramento area of california.
i have a good friend of mine that is a jw.
she has recently not been attending meeting and not reading her watchtower.
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I am aware that the trinity issue is closed and not to be spoken of. She said that the sense of "family" is what she missed and I suspect that is the "love bomb" that is often spoke of. She stopped going because she felt restricted and wanted more space. From what I know the Memorial is an observance of Christ's death and that The Last Supper is reinacted? to a degree. Am I right? There isn't much on the web about their rituals(sorry to use the term but couldn't think of a better one).
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I NEED HELP
by Shawn inhere is my situation: i am in the sacramento area of california.
i have a good friend of mine that is a jw.
she has recently not been attending meeting and not reading her watchtower.
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Wow, I am surprised that I am not getting that much support. I understand that I need to be there for my friend. I always have been there and always will. I know that I cannot approach her the way that it seems I would based on my posts. I know that knowledge will help me and that I need to learn more. I know that only by Christ can you be saved. As for my religion being better, I never said that. I never implied that I had a "religion". I have faith in Christ and want her to truly place her faith there not in an orginization. Am I wrong for this? I thought that we were supposed to help our neighbors. I know that since I have never been a JW I cannot understand their mentality. That is why I am asking for help. If I can help even just my friend then I have helped someone. I never said I wanted to be a "saviour" I never implied that I was one. I am reading the postings here and I was incouraged by what I read and thought that people having been there would want to see the same done for others. I am doing this to save someone I care about from feeling shame for being my friend and feeling like she cannot rely on anyone outside of the JWs. I want her to be truly happy and know that there are people who are not JWs that are good. I do feel like God wants me to do this and maybe by saying mission I was a little arrogant sounding. I just want to help someone I care about and maybe help others if I can. It seems like from the responses I have been getting maybe I am wrong and there is nothing I can do. If so that is a shame, good people are feeling like they have no other choice. Check out this site: http://www.starcantdead.com/sketches/kissinghanksass.html
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I NEED HELP
by Shawn inhere is my situation: i am in the sacramento area of california.
i have a good friend of mine that is a jw.
she has recently not been attending meeting and not reading her watchtower.
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Thank you Brummie. I realize I cannot save anyone. I appologize for wording that wrong. I only want to show JWs that there is a Truth and that Jesus truly does love them. I have never been a JW so I know that I am looking in from the outside. That is why I am posting here. I need to know what I CAN do and HOW I should do it. I am not as naive as I sound. I realize that this is a huge undertaking and that I am not likely to feel success any time soon. I am just tired of hearing people say to give up JWs and reading that it is a lost cause. Christ loves us all and I want to spread that message to people who have been told that acts and obiediance are the ONLY way to get everlasting life. We are all welcome in Heaven, right? We should all at least have that choice.
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I NEED HELP
by Shawn inhere is my situation: i am in the sacramento area of california.
i have a good friend of mine that is a jw.
she has recently not been attending meeting and not reading her watchtower.
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The thing that gets me is JWs believe they are Christians. Most of them want to be Christians. I know I am not going to bring the Watchtower down nor will I probably save many people but I cannot simply sit there and look the other way as good people are misled. Salvation is for all people I want to share that with JWs.
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I NEED HELP
by Shawn inhere is my situation: i am in the sacramento area of california.
i have a good friend of mine that is a jw.
she has recently not been attending meeting and not reading her watchtower.
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I believe as a Christian that it is my responsibilty to share my beliefs and save those I love. As a Christian we are supposed to love everyone right. Please, this is not a post about whether or not I am "right". I feel I need to do this. I don't think I need to explain myself as to why and if you don't agree than just don't post.
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I NEED HELP
by Shawn inhere is my situation: i am in the sacramento area of california.
i have a good friend of mine that is a jw.
she has recently not been attending meeting and not reading her watchtower.
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Here is my situation: I am in the Sacramento area of California. I have a good friend of mine that is a JW. She has recently not been attending Meeting and not reading her Watchtower. She went to Memorial and told me that it was the first time in a long time that she has felt truly happy. I had no experiance with the JWs before her and since I have read about them I am very afraid for her. No one in her family is a JW but a lot of her friends are and her "adopted" family, her ex's family. We are not a couple, though we were in the past.
After reading about the JWs I have prayed hard and read a lot. I feel that I have a calling and that calling is to try and save JWs. Even if I cannot save her I feel I can save others. They truly want to be Christians and believe they are already. I need help in this. I have help from a few people but more advice and experiance is always needed. I am going to read CoC tomorrow and have read books be Ron Rhodes and others already. I understand the methodology they use and know that a discussion on doctrine will not work all the time. I would like to hear stories from exJWs and find out what it was that help take the "lens" away. Please any help would be appreciated. You can email me directly at [email protected] if you want.
I implore you, even if it is to just tell your story please help me. Pray for me and this mission I feel is God comanded. Thank you and God Bless.