JH, yes, I still believe that only one God created the universe. The order and consistancy lends credence to the Bible's teaching of only one true creator.
I believe that Jesus was from God.
I still hope the paradise will come. I dont even care when it will come. I dont care if it will come in my lifetime.
I still dont believe in hell fire torment after death.
I believe death is just sleeping or unconsciousness.
I believe God plans for a resurrection to life.
I believe there will be a judgement day on earth.
Come to think of it there is alot I still believe.
But this forum is not a safe place to openly discuss these beliefs.
T.S. will read this and jump all over me for believing what he calls garbage.
pm me if you want to discuss this more JH.
Or anyone who wants to talk about returning, please click on my name and write to me.
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23Is there anything that "only the JW's preach" you still believe in?
by JH in.
i don't know what to answer to my own question.... i guess that i still believe in a paradise earth where humans could live forever.
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Dear T.S., I have met three people since my dfing who truly believe God speaks to them. And thats only my experience. There must be thousands of persons who feel they are Gods instruments. They are hearing voices or getting intuitions. They are obviously influenced by religion. By the way, in all three cases I know of the messages are all vengeful messages, retribution messages. (One gal, if you cross her, always gets a message from God about your demise and eventual payback for crossing her.)
These people are frustrated and ignored and need alot of attention and reassurance. They are getting attention by these dire warnings.
The scripture that says "there is nothing new under the sun" sure does apply to human beings.
Human nature has been studied and discussed for thousands of years.
I'm sure there is a syndrome named after this very anti-social behaviour.
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Good Morning???
by stevenyc ingood morning (of sorts?
) everyone.. i have an oooold friend from london visiting, and last night i show him a great brooklyn experience.
very good!
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To have an oooooooold friend must be nice. Glad you both had a great time!
What places did you visit in Brooklyn? I have never been there. Where would you take a person?
Maybe when you get back from breakfast you can continue your thread and share where you went.
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Look out T.S., Kenneson is comin ta get ya!
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your conversion into the Troof--what "did it" for you?
by M.J. inthose of us who never signed on often find it extremely hard to truly understand how one could come to believe in the message from wts as fact.
what attracted you?
what sealed the deal?
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I was a very unhappy teen. Very disillusioned by the world at that time.....the late 60s and early 70s.
I was a good catholic girl who once entertained the idea of joining a convent. I immersed myself in the symphony as a way of hiding from the world. But even there amidst outstanding violinists and singers there was drugs and immorality and degradation. I prayed and prayed at 17 to find the true God and his people.
In no time at all I met a young woman at my new high school who introduced herself to me as a JW. She had spent her summer praying for a Bible Study so she could pioneer while a senior.
To learn of an end of unhappiness on the earth and a return to paradisaic conditions was a real draw for me. To learn God had a name was wonderful. I enjoyed the extra Bible Study knowledge we got on Tuesday nights and Thursday nights. I was thirsty for all the little details of Bible knowledge. In my spare time I read the Aid To Bible Understanding. I enjoyed the calm and peace at the meetings at the kingdom hall.
I went through alot of family hatred to become a witness. I got kicked out of my home and disinherited at 18.
I went to live with witnesses who got me a job and I pioneered.
I was very happy to be one of Jehovahs Witnesses.
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Letter to my JW ex-wife
by Fatfreek inmy first marriage of 19 years ended as i left the jw's.
i was (their word) apostate.. i heard that her mother, also a jw, died yesterday.
she'd been senile for several years.. it's been some 27 years since our divorce but i couldn't stop thinking about her mother last night.
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Yes, Fatfreek, "a word at the right time is oh how good!"
And words of condolence are always appropriate and appreciated.
You are a very loving person to write after all these years.
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My Journey
by Andrea Wideman inmy journey to find a religion i could believe in wholeheartedly started as a young adult.
i was raised as a catholic but couldn't say for certain that i believed all that i was taught..
i had a mother who was a catholic and a father who was a divorced protestant.
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Welcome Andrea! What a good story. I look forward to your viewpoints and perspective here. So you and Joel are husband and wife on here together? There are a few other marriages here as well.
Welcome to you both.
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Breast Cancer
by simplesally inlumpectomy or mastectomy???.
outnfree and i chose differently.
i know the doctors gave me the survival rates................the same.
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Simple Sally, if I had a beautiful 4 year old daughter I would do exactly as you have. Choose to live!!!
Do everything you can to be there in the future!!! So much happiness awaits you!!!
Love and well wishes for a happy healing!!!
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(((((((Brooke)))))))) - send whyamihere your well wishes
by devinsmom ini dont know if someone has started a thread about this yet but screw it, if so here's another one.
my cousin, brooke's husband, just called me and told me that brooke is not doing good, she has to have another surgery on her leg next week and she's in a lot of pain and i know once she is feeling better she will appreciate reading everyones thoughts and well wishes so lets give them to her!!!
((((((((((((((((((((brooke))))))))))))))get better soon!!!
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Wow, look what z sent you!!!
Take care little one.
Get well soon.
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Elders wives, are they more submissive?
by JH ini know an elder (hermann) who is so fat and out of shape that his wife has to mow the lawn and shovel the entrance.
she also works hard inside to make his food and keep everything clean.
he is 73 and she is 70.. i wonder what verse he uses to make her do so much?
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She obviously takes her worship very seriously and her care of her husband is part of her worship to God.
Funny thing, even at 70 she is seen to be a desirable woman by her conduct.
Men miss this devotion in today's modern brides.
My mom was no guide, but I am grateful I have known many witness wives who set wonderful examples of how a woman should care for her husband and family and home. I still draw on their conduct to imitate.