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  Did you ever feel like you never fit in?

  by Dragonlady76 in

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  when i was growing up in dubland, i always felt like i never "fit" in with the other kids in the cong or their families.

  i always knew deep down that i didn't like being a jw and their had to be more to life than meetings and field service.

  i just wanted to be normal, like the other kids and have sleepovers, birthday parties, after school activities and christmas etc..... my folks were and still are devout dubs and my dad in particular is the nicest man you will ever meet, he would give you the shirt off his back if you needed it, no questions asked.

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  LouBelle

  I was pretty much liked by everyone, was kinda popular, and I got on with most. But I'm naturally like that - easy going, easy to talk too, like having fun......However the thing is that I asked so many questions, thought I was the only one that did and from that point of view I knew I didn't fit in. Everyone else just nodded in agreement. So I had to keep my thoughts pretty much to myself. As I got older the more I saw how wrong they were, the more I started withdrawing myself, this was probably an atempt to make the final 'cutting' less painful.
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  The JW decisively false concept of Armageddon.

  by greendawn in

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  the jws have a certain understanding of armageddon and the immediate period prior to it that is completely false.

  for example there is no reason to believe that they (or anyone else) are doing a pre armageddon preaching separating work but to the contrary given their anti christ behaviour they are clearly not fit for this purpose.

  so the end can't be near.

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  LouBelle

  These days I'm leaning towards something Similar that JamesThomas said. That Armegeddon is an inner thing, an awakening.

  We each experience our own Armegeddons', Our own final battle within ourselves. I mean all of us have gone through the "earthquakes" the shaking up of our beliefs. We were spiritually blind. We've now found our truth and moved on and being free from them is our own blessing/paradise now.
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  Motive of some Posters

  by love2Bworldly in

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  "are you hiding what you truely are?

  are you embarrased for what you have become?

  sure sounds like it to me.

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  LouBelle

  Just by the by - who posted that???? Ag even with something so simple and straight forward as a discussion forum "they" seem to find some hidden agenda.

  I post because I have opinions, whether they be right or wrong. Perhaps on the odd chance I say something useful it can be used to some benefit. And because I get "type chatty"
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  The Watchtower Says 1 In 4 Persons Likely To Have A Mental Illness!

  by minimus in

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  that's on their website....do you believe this?

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  LouBelle

  Those stats are probably all the JWs' going for councilling - you can understan why. All the pressure to "shine". Ones' got to crack at some point.
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  Here's to Evil Force....

  by avishai in

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  one of the most ironically named posters i've ever seen.

  kind, strong, intelligent, patient with those who are intolerant.

  within the few short mo.

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  LouBelle

  oh my gosh - tell me that's your chest...... No wonder I thought I hadn't seen you - you've changed your avatar to something droolerlicious different. I was looking for your big hat or the other one.

  Um yeah I like your posts - I like people that "Tell it like it is" But still do it in a nice way. And I hate that word nice. But I mean it in the nicest way.
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  JWS have a busy schedule!

  by badboy in

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  i understand from a jw who visited me a few weeks ago that jws have a `busy schedule'.

  presumely studying the literature etc.. anyone wish to elaborate

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  LouBelle

  Blondie - I was included in many of those reinactments at the hall - as if the whole family wakes up in a pleasant mood and read it before their coffee fix, toilet, and breakfast. And then everyone comments & lo and behold our "family" even looked up the referenced what-tower?
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  bad people!!!

  by susu812 in

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  why is it that good people are the ones who get treated like crap??

  its like you have to be a jerk, rude, mean just to have good things happen to you.

  if your nice then you get stepped all over.

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  LouBelle

  you get people in this world in all walks of life, that just truly don't give a damn about anyone bar for themselves. They are looking out for numero uno. They are insensitive, rude, nasty and everything else. People with these kind of qualities seem to have it all, seem to be the agressive ones the world applaudes (I know that not all go getters/assertive people are like the above) People aren't patient anymore. Being polite, kind, honest and qualities like these are looked down upon as being weak. It's sad. Very sad.

  I just hold true to myself and not really worry too much about what people think of me.
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  Oh God Why? Tell Me Why??

  by LouBelle in

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  now that i'm totally free of the wt & it's indoctrination, standing alone not sure of my purpose in life, not sure where to turn to.

  i still believe in god but find myself on the verge/or perhaps already questioning him.

  this is quite a sensitve topic & not sure it suitable, but i just need it out there.

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  LouBelle

  
  Now that I'm totally free of the WT & it's indoctrination, standing alone not sure of my purpose in life, not sure where to turn to. I still believe in God but find myself on the verge/or perhaps already questioning Him. This is quite a sensitve topic & not sure it suitable, but I just need it out there. So if you're easily offended or whatever don't carry on reading.

  I was watching a well known talkshow last night and they featured what's happening in the Congo. The Tuitsies (sp???) against the Hoetsies - or something like that. Women are being treated so disgustingly - rapped by 10 or more men at a time, these guerilla soldiers then try get their children to rape them. These people have NO hope. These people have NO future. These people are walking corpses - there is death in their eyes.

  Then there are people that are posing as family memebers of tsunami children victims & then sell them into sex slavery. One man paid $100 000 to have sex with a 5month baby.

  And there I was lying in my bed, safe, warm, fed, clothed, money in the bank.....I know nothing of hardship as these people do.

  I cried literally to God and asked WHY - Why doesn't He do something. Will there ever be a cutting off of the wicked??????? Why did he work so obviously in the days of the Israelites and yet today we don't 'hear' Him. My mind tells me not to question God, then it jumps to the extreme - is there a God & this is just going to carry on to time indifinate & we die and become worm food and so it goes on generation after generation.

  I used to have all the answers before living in my ""everthing will get better"" world. Now I don't have the answers......just questions upon questions, feeling as hopeless as I've ever felt. It's an empty ache & these people .... oh these people suffer.
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  Do you think the WTS will ever seriously start DA'ing faders?

  by AK - Jeff in

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  some have indicated that this might be coming.

  based mostly on the new book - some think maybe the org is positioning itself to remove all possible 'doubters' and 'inside apostates' this way.. i mean - having spent four decades watching the actions of this organization as a witness, i can see something like that happening perhaps.. service meeting announcement;.

  having had six months to renew his association actively with jehovah's witnesses, and having not been to a meeting or out in service for that same time span, we must announce that ____________ has left the organization and shown by his actions that he is no longer one of jehovah's witnesses.. the brothers and sisters need to be reiminded that he should be treated 'as a man of the nations' - full shunning is in effect!.

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  LouBelle

  perhaps they'll start doing that as the BIG A draws ever closer and closer.

  Mecurious - your avatar scares me...looks kinda vampish
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  Can I get Reproved or Disfellowshipped for not...

  by Smoky in

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  preaching (door to door), commenting, or giving talks?.

  i am currently fading away, but i occasionaly go to the meetings, just to show my face from time to time, basically to maintain my relationships with friends and family.

  i guess leaving everything, is a jump i am not ready for, just yet.

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  LouBelle

  You would be labelled inactive - but if you still show your face occassionally they can't disfellowship or reprove you. They can't announce anything. You're just fading - they may want to know why you aren't doing more in the service....