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  Would you go back if...

  by 24k in

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  what if the watchtower announced that they are not god's sole channel of spiritual truth?

  along with this admission, would come an apology for all of the misleading and damaging predictions and past teachings.

  what if they also dumped the disfellowshipping arrangement, as currently practiced, and allowed for respectful disagreement and disent, on issues such as blood transfusions and military service?

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  Skeptik

  Nope, I could never, ever, go back. I am also still trying to clean up the wreckage and fix myself after growing up in the JWs. There is no way in hell I would ever go back.
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  all letters from the Watchtower to the body of elders up

  by Dogpatch in

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  passing this on:

  hi randy,.

  i just wanted to give you a heads up (unless of course youre spearheading this operation) that all letters from the watchtower to the body of elders of worldwide kingdom halls has been posted at this link:.

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  Skeptik

  That is awesome! Thanks for the tip! =)
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  Scandal of December 2005 km

  by IT Support in

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  the december canadian kingdom ministry has an article "could your child make a mature decision.

  " it instructs parents to indoctrinate their kids to refuse blood and make themselves a martyr.

  this, to me, was one of the most chilling sentences in the article (paragraph 3):

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  Skeptik

  By the way its sooo funny ...an elder told us last week that he missed our kids in KH. He heard of our friends daughter, who is 14 y/o now. Her parents let het make her own decision to visit KH or not. What did the elder tell us:

  "Of course it can't be possible that children of 13 or 14 years old decide for themselves wether they visit the meetings or not..."

  So let me summarise :

  8 years old, a child can make decision to be baptized into an organisation for life.

  12 years old, a child can make a decision about health items, and say NO to blood. (or yes...but they don't want to hear that one, of course)

  14 years old and a child is NOT supposed to have a personal opinion about meetings in the KH. ???!!! Where's the sense in that?
  
  
  
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  How stressed were you as a JW?

  by JH in

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  i don't know about you guys, but it stressed me alot to be a jw.. i never did like talking in public, in front of a group, or going door to door.. gee, i hated the tms meeting.

  the moment i knew that i had a talk, i became nervous and often i had a hard time sleeping.

  just knowing that i had to talk for 5 minutes in front of the whole congrgation got me nervous weeks ahead of time.

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  Skeptik

  I was very stressed my entire time as a JW. I grew up as a stressed child, because only my mother was JW. My dad was "worldly", so of course there were always issues there. I was also the oldest child, so it was on my shoulders to be the example for my siblings. My mother was never really "strong" in the JW faith, so once I started studying with a sister in the KH and really starting "making the truth my own", I felt stressed, because I felt like it was up to me to study with my siblings, take them in service, take them to the meetings, etc. I felt like I had to be the mother. Plus, going door-to-door and speaking in front of the congregation always made me extremely nervous. I was very shy, and didn't really talk much, so getting up and speaking in front of people just killed me. I would get up there, and my mind would go COMPLETELY blank, my knees would start shaking, and I would get really light-headed and nauseated. But I kept doing it, so that I could be the "good little girl". Then at the end, the stress of trying to be someone that I wasn't just got to me. Plus, all that time, all the effort I put into it, and to only have the thought that "maybe" I would be saved at Armageddon? Nothing is worth that. They definitely taught me how to increase my stress levels, that's for sure.
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  Stop following others!

  by hibiscusfire in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for this new year it would be nice to do some soul searching.

  do you follow others just to "fit in" the in group?

  it's time to stop playing games with yourself and accept who you are and build on being a better person inside out.

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  Skeptik

  I have been a people-pleaser for almost all of my life, but finally made the decision to find out what is right for me. I still struggle with the people-pleasing thing, but at least I no longer believe other people's beliefs just to make them happy. I wouldn't really call myself a god-pleaser either. I am more focused on myself, and finding what is right for me, what works for me. I keep focusing on myself, improving myself, loving myself, and isn't that what God would want us to do? So maybe in a way I am a god-pleaser...