Since I was raised in the JWs I didn't get a 'gut reaction' for entering. I did however at the age of 7-13 have questions that I couldn't shake or shrug off. When I tried to get answers the response given was never satisfactory. My gut feeling was.. "hey, that doesn't seem right" . But being so young you are told you don't understand everything yet and will when you are older. I just ignored my gut feeling and kept plugging along with what my parents made me to.
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Your gut feeling.
by kwintestal indo you follow it, or ignore it?
what experiences do you have following, or not following it?.
every now and then, someone posts something that exposes their gut reaction to something, which could be completely opposite to a position previously taken, or taken immediately after posting it.
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LOST-- "Are you Him?
by Rayvin inwhat was the question that he asked loc?..
what is your take on the situation?
what was the korean guy yelling when he was running from the woods?
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What was the question that he asked Loc?.. What is your take on the situation? Who is 'HIM?
What was the Korean guy yelling when he was running from the woods??
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When my daughter is trying to get on my good side and out of the blue says " mom, I love you" And I can think 2 things at the same time..' What did you do and .. I LOVE YOU TOO!!!'
When my 11month old son is in my arms and archs backwards trusting me to hold onto him and he laughs while hanging upside down..
When my husband points out so proud and happy that his son (insert any small milestone a baby does a hundred times before hard working dad gets to see it).. and all I say is.. " oh wow.. thats great!!!!"
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Welcome to the board!!!! Its fun and scary thinking for yourself , isn't it!!!
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I am not JW but i have a q uestion for you guys and gals
by LostSouls ink theres this girl at my school, i absolutely fell in love with her, i'm serious to, it's not just a fling....it's love, her eyes, her smile, her personality, i truely love her, and recently she told me she couldn't go out with me because of her religion,(jw), she crushed my heart, .
now plzzzzz tell me.......when would she ever be allowed to date...cause this feeling for her will never die......i love her.
why would i get a feeling as important as this, if it could never be
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I can only hope that -lostsouls- continues to read....
Since you truly want to be with this girl .. here is my simple ideas.
Don't try to 'date' her since she is so 'IN' the religion. Try and become a very good,nice "acquaintance". The only asscociation that is barely okay outside the WTS. Just talk to her and let her talk to you. Get her comfortable with you enough to share her thoughts and fears. No matter what you should become good friends from this and because you are there for her she wont be able to completely deny your friendship. Study about the WTS extensivly(on your own)Find small little details that are lies within the WTS. Eventually you can bring it up casually with her. Ask her out of "curiosity" and get her to research the answers on her own 'for you'. Don't push it. Later on you can ask her about another 'issue' you have. Have her research that as well. Eventually she will start to see a trend of questions with no answers from the WTS that make any sense and her doubt will be seeded. .........
Since this in itself may take a long while I can't feel the need to post anymore about it untill this has or hasn't come to happen.
JMO-- Hope things go well for you no matter the outcome.
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My daughter and her grandparents
by kwintestal insince i talked to my father after my disfellowshipping and he hung up on me, i haven't talked to my mom or dad.
last month when we were in ontario i talked to my uncle and aunts about how my parents are treating us (shunning) and we got a lot of support from them, and they can't understand why my mom and dad would treat us like that.
anyway, my 7 year old daughter overheard the conversations, even though i was trying to keep the situation away from her as i don't think a child really needs to know all the details of the situation.. on the drive home out of the blue my daughter says she wants to call my parents, so we ask why?
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From what I understand.. family is allowed to speak w/ df'd ones if they HAVE to as long as they don't discuss religion. So if the grandparents wanted to visit thier grandchild they can but the conversation between themselves and the df'd one needs to be brief.. ex " Hello.. we are here to have a visit w/ our grandchild.. may we take her to the park for an hour or two?". They seem to be taking a different idea on how it works or how to behave. ==clarification: this isn't how I think it should be.. i am just stating how I understood it to be while under the mind control of the WTS.
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My daughter and her grandparents
by kwintestal insince i talked to my father after my disfellowshipping and he hung up on me, i haven't talked to my mom or dad.
last month when we were in ontario i talked to my uncle and aunts about how my parents are treating us (shunning) and we got a lot of support from them, and they can't understand why my mom and dad would treat us like that.
anyway, my 7 year old daughter overheard the conversations, even though i was trying to keep the situation away from her as i don't think a child really needs to know all the details of the situation.. on the drive home out of the blue my daughter says she wants to call my parents, so we ask why?
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My bad, .. I read her comment of "dont let them get you depressed" as her talking about how his parents were acting ....
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Sunday meeting was canceled??
by Rayvin inmy mother got a call sunday evening from her friend.
she told her that the meeting sunday was canceled because they were expecting the storm??!!
also that since it was canceled for sunday they had the meeting on saturday??!!!
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AAAAhhh.... my brother actually acknowleges me......
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Sunday meeting was canceled??
by Rayvin inmy mother got a call sunday evening from her friend.
she told her that the meeting sunday was canceled because they were expecting the storm??!!
also that since it was canceled for sunday they had the meeting on saturday??!!!
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AAhhh... you outed us.. And I was already in the planning for talking to you about a big thread of getting people to guess!!!!!
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Hey! Watchtower.org site is getting more honest!
by AlmostAtheist in.
i think their site is starting to reflect what they really stand for, agree?
http://www.watchtower.org.
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