Maybe an excuse to DA you? I left when I was 15, too. Never baptized. Wasn't speaking out other than to tell elders I wasn't going to progress any further. Maybe a sibling wants you officially cut out so they will inherit without having to share? They know you won't hold back, right? Crazier things happen.
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Knock on the Door
by Jason Melita inhey everyone.
so a few weeks back i getva knock at the door, i could tell they were jw immediately, its always obvious.
i think its just a regular door knock but at 5.30pm i did think it weird.
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Why Finding the One True Religion is Impossible
by Simon injws like to think they have found the one true religion.
but like so many other religious people, it's usually the religion they were born into, the only religion they know because it's the first one they found or, at the most, one of two or three (typically the second one after they left their first / born-in faith).. the trouble is, there simply isn't enough time to explore and investigate each and everyone of the many thousands of belief systems, religions and sects around the world.. think of it this way: which is the best neighbourhood to live in where you would be most happy and most successful?
not just in the city or even the country you are in, but the entire world.. how would you ever know?
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JWdaughter
I think that the years of telling ourselves that we HAD it made some of us convinced that even knowing the WT was wrong about so many things, that we should still be seeking out that "one true religion". That's really the first idea that we were told we needed to recognize in the studies. They lead you down the path they want you to follow, seeking after the elusive "True religion", telling us that if we find it, all will be right in the world. This is the precept we first need to drop, but it is often the last one, and the one that we are often still trying to fill, years later. That is the ? JWs always use, "well, if the organization isn't right, then who IS? Aiyiyi!
I am saying this as a person of faith (hold off the bitter and derogatory attacks on my intelligence, please, I already read my quota for one day), and as a person who has recognized that that particular fallacy IS a fallacy rather late in life. It was grown into us like saying please and thank you. Like "I before e, except after c" etc.
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I haven't checked in here in at least 5 years
by Dinah2 inthis place is great and it helped me.
for anyone i used to interact with, i think about you often.
i just wanted to read and catch up..
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JWdaughter
Howdy!
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Crisis of Conscience: December 12, 2015 - 50 weeks later
by Jehalapeno inon december 12, 2015 this statement was made by the copyright holder:.
i am presently considering three different routes to publishing crisis of conscience.
i hope to make a decision within days and plan to publish within weeks.. it has now been 50 weeks since that statement.. has the book been published yet?
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JWdaughter
Jehalapeno,
Rude crack.
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Crisis of Conscience: December 12, 2015 - 50 weeks later
by Jehalapeno inon december 12, 2015 this statement was made by the copyright holder:.
i am presently considering three different routes to publishing crisis of conscience.
i hope to make a decision within days and plan to publish within weeks.. it has now been 50 weeks since that statement.. has the book been published yet?
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JWdaughter
Traditional publishing is not speedy. I have some confidence that this is being dealt with honestly.
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black dog comes to visit
by zeb indear friends,.
once again my depression has got the better of me and i must bow out for a time.. "the angels sang glory to god in the highest and on earth peace unto men of goodwill'.
so if that means at this special time of the year then have a happy and safe christmas time all of you.. hugs.
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JWdaughter
I'm so clueless. . .I thought the thread was about another forum participant coming to visit. I have experienced depression though. I hope you get the care you need, whatever it might be. Winter will pass.
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Preaching work already done - not for now
by stockholm_Syndrome incompare what happened during the apostolic period -col 1:23:provided, of course, that you continue in the faith, established on the foundation and steadfast, not being shifted away from the hope of that good news that you heard and that was preached in all creation under heaven.+ of this good news i, paul, became a minister.rom 16:26but has now been made manifest* and has been made known through the prophetic scriptures among all the nations according to the command of the everlasting god to promote obedience by faith;who was the preaching commission, or coming forward as a witness given to?
remembering context, audience and purpose….john 15:27;and you, in turn, are to bear witness,+ because you have been with me from the beginning.hmmm i personally wasn't with jesus from the beginning ---were you ?matt 11:1when jesus had finished giving instructions to his 12 disciples, he set out from there to teach and preach in their cities.i wasn't one of his original 12 disciples ---where you?matthew 28:16-20however, the 11 disciples went to galʹi·lee to the mountain where jesus had arranged for them to meet.
17 when they saw him, they did obeisance, but some doubted.18 jesus approached and spoke to them, saying: “all authority has been given me in heaven and on the earth.
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JWdaughter
I remember when in this forum we could discuss the bible as it related to WT teachings. Since JWS are usually coming from a place that doesn't reject belief, it isn't a bad idea, IMO, to allow these discussions without rancor. We are all at different places in the journey.
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Update to: As a Matter of Conscience, I Am Resigning from the Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses
by Sail Away ini just had a two-hour doctor's appointment (treatment for branch retinal vein occlusion) that requires screenings, scans, dilation, anesthetic and injection, etc.
this makes it necessary to spend a lot of time in the waiting room..
my former p.o., book study conductor and later field service overseer was there and greeted me in a friendly way.
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JWdaughter
Glad you had a pleasant catch up with a former associate. I hope all your procedures go well. I hope he and his family are being freed mentally at least.
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Why Is The Governing Body Moving Corporation Headquarters Out In The Boonies Away From Public Veiw?
by Brokeback Watchtower ini think the decision to move to a more secluded place was probably started taking shape right after silentlambs march at headquarters in clear public view of their neighbors.
i mean how do you respectively live something like this down in front of all those neighbors close by?
that's why i think they are heading for the boonies because deep down they know that their public reputation will only go from bad to worse at this late date of the faithful & discreet slave of god con game.
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JWdaughter
Property is relatively cheap upstate. I don't see that area booming anytime in foreseeable future, but they saved tons with the flip, regardless. They didn't need to be in a pricey area. For visiting JWs it will be cheaper and safer to visit, so it's not horrible, other than the extreme cheapness of putting a bunch of folks on a toxic waste site. but most folks are temporary, right?
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Florida, Groveland: KH Dedication VIDEO
by darkspilver inthis must be one of the last old-style/traditional kingdom halls to be built?
seems it was built during august/september last year, but was actually only dedicated fairly recently.. 15919 villa city road, groveland fl 34736https://goo.gl/maps/gfrrxa42jo42.
two dedication programmes - one in english and another in spanish - same bilingual bethel brother gives the main talk in english and spanish.
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JWdaughter
I've seen the new style and it was built at least 2years ago, in tacoma was on Hosmer. Wonder why they bother with old style after all the build up?