I don't wonder any more. I did 2 years of solid research before leaving. It all boils down to this:
Truth doesn't change. If it has to change, it wasn't true to begin with....and if it wasn't true to begin with, it didn't come from God.
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anyone ever wonder whether IT could be the TRUTH?
by Cordelia ini cant believe im posting this either!.
but ive got a huge decision to make wont go thru it all again its on my last thread, and i have decided that i am stopping going to the meetings completly (ive been dfed 7 months and because i didnt want to hurt my family even more i continued going to all the meetings and hid my boyfriend, wno was wonderful about it, put a letter of reinstatement in which they refused but relised by the way i paniked when i thought they might reinstate me that it is not what i want!).
i love my bf and want to be with him without any secrecy but i also want my family to accept him and still speak to me but i know that will not happen, so i have two choices either get reinstated and then leave (and risk losing mybf) or tell them now i dont want it and stop the meetings altogether before i go insane.. thing is to be free of the meetings and be with my bf, i will lose my family they are all so strong in the 'truth' they will not have any contact with me and my husband is divorcing me so ill lose finacially and my house and have to share time with my daughter, not to mention all my old friends who are wanting me back, and if i stop now all those months of trying to be reinstated will be wasted id be set right back,.
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Dr. Vs. JW Mom on TLC "Real Stories of the ER" Last Night
by LDH inwell there was a show on tv last night--and i am a real tlc fan.. anyhow, you know the routine, 16 year old kid comes in, massive trauma, jw mom does not consent to blood.
as precious time is ticking away the dr. decides to try to get a court order.. bottom line, she is successful and saves the kid.
she goes into the hallway to apologize to the jw mom, who tells her something along the lines of "thank you so much for saving my son.
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coffee_black
I saw the episode too.... typical jw scenario... made me really frustrated. Hope you get to have lunch with the Dr. Great idea!
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Do You Still *Look* Like A Jehovah's Witness?
by minimus inwould someone still mistake you for a witness?
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coffee_black
I don't own many skirts/dresses. In think the last time I wore a dress was for apostinator's wedding. For work mostly slacks & blazer or a suit...have to look very professional... slacks/jeans on my own time. I love color, so drab will not do.
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WHAT IS POPULAR RIGHT NOW THAT YOU CAN'T STAND?
by stillAwitness inwhat's real popular right now that you just cannot stand.
1. desperate housewives-no offense but a bunch of middle aged women running around having sex?
2. beyonce!
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It's a speach pattern that is everywhere from commercials to sitcoms. The tone sounds beligerant and bored at the same time.... The intonation is flat...especially the last sylables of each sentence... drives me nuts!
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How many of you shunned others when you were a JW?
by Lady Lee ini know i did.. we had a young fellow who used to live at my grandmother's place.
in may ways he was like family.
after he moved out of my grandmother's place i saw him frequently.
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I shunned a couple who left the organization for "apostacy". I felt terrible about it. Years later, when I left myself, they were the first ones to help me. Wonderful people.
I didn't shun my best friend and her husband when they drifted away. She is still my best friend today.
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what do you think about.................................
by defd inbeards!
in my congregation it is frowned apon.
a male can have one but he wouldnt get any privilidges and would probably be labeled the black sheep.
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It's all about the image that the watchtower sales organization is trying to create. Many companies have dress codes that will ensure that their sales people are representing the company in a professional manner. Dress is just one aspect of that. For example, Disney doesn't allow facial hair for men or large jewelry for women among other rules.
It's not scriptural.... Men wore facial hair in Biblical times.
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so what are the "anointed" you know/knew like?
by nowisee inthere were two quite old females in my congregation.
sweet.
but then they died.. i met several members of gb.
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My grandmother....who came into the organization about 1910. My grandfather didn't claim to be. My grandmother definitely wore the pants in the family. She was a good person, but not particularly spiritual looking back... very strong personality.... She went in service, but never joined the ministry school...
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Where are you on the map? New Maps
by Lady Lee inok there are so many americans on the map now i had to split you all in half.. valis was kind enough to let me place the maps on his website until i found a new home for them.. photobucket seems to be a good option - at least for now.
so i have uploaded the new maps which have been updated to include everyone who has asked.. so if you were wondering where we are from.
or how close you are to other jwd posters in your area just take a look.
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Boston, MA
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Bryan's inteview with MAN COW!
by Bryan ini have just been booked to be interviewed with man cow tomorrow morning.
he's syndicated and in 20 markets!
for those of you who don't know him, he's a crazy wacky kinda' guy.
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YES!!!!!!! I wish we had him here.... but sometimes he's on Fox & Friends, which I watch from time to time. He's great! Best of luck!!!!!!!
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Its has been................
by defd inslow here lately.
i like the old days when there was alot of activity.
i didnt like all the nastyness but i didnt mind all the going back and forth.
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coffee_black
"I believe that the Faithful ones will." Faithful to whom, dfed...Jehovah or a human organization? Some here have left the organizaion (myself included) because their loyaty to God superceded their loyalty to a human organization. Coffee