Posts by reneeisorym

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IT IS TIME FOR A___CONFESSION!

by Terry in

there is an old-fashioned definition of the word "confession" which is the public expression of one's deepest faith and belief.. take a deep breath and give a one or two paragraph summary of your deepest belief.. i'll go first.. from the time i was a small child i had a deep and abiding reverence for god as a father.

(my own father i never even met until i searched and found him when i was 25 years old.

) my grandmother had been raised in a catholic convent.

reneeisorym

There's something about leaving the JWs that make you doubt. I think that we are just so afraid that we will be caught believe a lie once again.

I find it hard to believe. I struggle with doubt quite often. And now Jesus is real to me. It only happed because I decided to act like a Christain even if I didn't feel like one. And it worked. I started reading the Bible for hours each day. 5-10 hours a day in fact. I prayed and prayed. It scared me to try this even though it was the advice of others because it felt like brainwashing. But the truth is that I made a real clear headed logical decision based on the facts that I believed Jesus existed and was our Savior. It was that feeling of love and comfort (feeling connected) from God that was hard to accept.

How did I make a choice to believe in God/Jesus? This was my reasoning: If I took something out of my pocket, held it in my hand, and told you it was a quarter, your best chance on being right was to agree. You know that I have never lied to you in the past. If I didn't agree, I could pick a paperclip, or a penny, or NOTHING but all of those choices were more likely to be wrong. A quarter is my best bet.

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Maybe I should go back and be a good little dubbie again!!

by AK - Jeff in

i believe that i am experiencing a profound change in my personality, and those changes are at a stage where i have honestly contemplated this recently.

honestly.. i don't think i could ever do it - anyone who has followed me on the boards here know that i am neither suicidal nor an apologist for that lot.

yet, having been off work for a few weeks now with surgical recovery, i have had time to make assessment of my future.

reneeisorym

I was actually crying about this same thing last night. I have friends but none that are just close enough to call and tell EVERYTHING to. I know how you feel and I hope it gets better for the both of us.

Sometimes I think that when we were a JW, we had people who thought exactly like us. We went to assemblies with people who were so brainwashed that we knew just how they thought after having hardly met them. Its different now because people are all different and it takes time to learn what kind of person they are.

What to do, I don't know because I feel the same way many nights. It isn't aquaintences we are missing, its close friends we can share our intimate feelings with. I hope knowing you aren't alone helps.

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What are the love names you call your pets?

by restrangled in

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friends

since we have heard many bad names for humans lately in the media, i thought it would be fun to hear what we call our pets..... i have two large male (one in tact) dobermans and they are called an answer to: lovies, darlings, gooies, babies and bad boy loves.. what do you call your pets?.

r..

reneeisorym

I have a blue russian cat and her name is officially Sasha. I don't think we've ever called her by it a dozen times!

My Kevin calls her "kitty meow meow"

I call her "squirt" or when she's sleepy its "darlin'"

About 2 months ago, this was her picture. She's grown about twice/three times the size.

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Beware of a Jehovah's Witnesses With No Life!!!

by minimus in

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friends

if a jw has absolutely no "worldly" contacts, works for himself and has only witnesses working for him-----stay away from them!

if someone has been "homeschooled" from infancy----stay away!.

jws who know nothing but being a jw are the worst types!

reneeisorym

Watch out for the third and fourth generation Jehovah's Witnesses.
Their DNA contains over 100 years of fase prophecies, changed doctrines and Theocratic Warfare techniques.

I was a 5th generation JW .. What about me?

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What preoccupied your mind today?

by greendawn in

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friends

so what was one thing that significantly preoccupied your mind today or part of today something you thought a lot about?

for me it was handing over some work on a deadline which comes up next week.

i can't go over even by one day so i better be on time.

reneeisorym

Whether or not JW's are able to engage in oral sex with a clean conscience.

See if it says to YOU when you read the Bible that it is wrong. If you can't see it in Scripture alone, it must be OK.

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Questioning Armageddon. How can wife hang onto the Bible? (If she wants to)

by Open mind in

jehovah wiping out 99.99% of humanity, babies included, is a "problem" or "question" that i think can be very powerful to use with jw family.

especially when presented from a "i just really have a problem with this idea at a gut level" standpoint.. but i haven't used it with my wife (yet) because i see it as a slippery slope that leads to "jesus believed the whole flood story" so i guess we need to throw out the whole bible.

(which, btw, is the very slope i have gone down.

reneeisorym

What's wrong with saying -- "Maybe its just people who love and believe in Jehovah and Jesus are the ones that are going to be saved in armageddon. The ones who choose not to love God will be annialated. Maybe its not about being a JW that saves you. Maybe its just loving and believing in God. That would make more sense."

I think this would break her away from the crazy idea that everyone but JWs will die thing if she accepted it.

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The elder who convicted me has lukemia.

by reneeisorym in

now i find out today that the elder who started the digging and suspecting me for apostacy has lukemia.

i did have some hard feelings towards this guy but i actually quickly got over them.

i always really liked him and thought he was the best elder we had until he attacked me.

reneeisorym

Some of the elders were always hateful and mean to me so that wouldn't affect me quite like this.

This guy was always the guy who would stick up for you when the rest of them were being pig-headed. In the end, he got frustrated with me and told me that I was an apostate and going to killed at armageddon. (His answer when he couldn't answer my questions.)

But I still kinda like him in a way even though he did corner me and get me to finally DA. I certainly hate this for his family.

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EMERGENCY! Need some ideas

by Satans little helper in

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friends

so tomorrow is mrs slh's birthday and i need an imaginative idea for a present around $50.

she loves neckalces, handgabs and shoes so i've bought her loads of those.

i'm looking for something a bit more imaginative and i am stacked out at work today so don't have the time to trawl the net for ideas.

reneeisorym

Here's a heart pendant for a necklace. Its platnum over sterling with diamond accents.

http://www.amazon.com/Diamond-Platinum-sterling-silver-Pendant/dp/B000KGOWIK/ref=sr_1_6/104-0475315-3552724?ie=UTF8&s=jewelry&qid=1176486283&sr=1-6

Go to a gormet chocolates place and get her a dozen fancy chocolates.

A night out doing exactly the things she likes to do but don't let her choose. You plan a date night and plan one you know she would love.

If lingerie is not going to work, go get her a gown that covers well and is very comfy. (sexy but covers everything -- like a floor length one)

This is 80 bucks but I like it: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000C06G1U/ref=cm_gift_gg_ann_B000C06G1U/104-0475315-3552724?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=1X8S7WSKZZPT9616KCCZ&pf_rd_t=1001&pf_rd_p=267376201&pf_rd_i=gift-guides-RQLUS1YV55N1

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The elder who convicted me has lukemia.

by reneeisorym in

now i find out today that the elder who started the digging and suspecting me for apostacy has lukemia.

i did have some hard feelings towards this guy but i actually quickly got over them.

i always really liked him and thought he was the best elder we had until he attacked me.

reneeisorym

Hugs Crumpet!!

No, I didn't think of that myself. I read it somewhere and I liked it because it was so simple so I filed it away in my brain somewhere. I can get them to read like 2 sentences but they aren't going to read very much apostate stuff so I have to plug it in when I can.

I am going to have to chill on all of that for a while though. She's getting frustrated with me. She sent me this:

I WILL KNOW LONGER SHARE ANY NEWS WITH YOU, GOODBYE.

I guess he's going to have to go on a diet now -- J/K Did you notice my typo?

This means the chances of him dieting are pretty good.

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The elder who convicted me has lukemia.

by reneeisorym in

now i find out today that the elder who started the digging and suspecting me for apostacy has lukemia.

i did have some hard feelings towards this guy but i actually quickly got over them.

i always really liked him and thought he was the best elder we had until he attacked me.

reneeisorym

Now I find out today that the elder who started the digging and suspecting me for apostacy has lukemia. I did have some hard feelings towards this guy but I actually quickly got over them. I always really liked him and thought he was the best elder we had until he attacked me. It kinds hurts to know this . . . I feel for his family.

Now I know people in the past who have battled lukemia. They always had blood drives to help them live. They have had to have pint after pint of blood.

We know that being a JW, he'll probably die. This is always hard for them because the Society has them believing that blood doesn't save lives. They all feel like the blood thing doesn't really matter because they are substitutes to blood -- but not the case with lukemia for sure.

My mom sent me an e-mail to tell me this. She won't tell me when my own aunt dies (see previous posts for that story), but she tells me when this elder has lukemia. I sent this to her: (I seriously need to quit with the attitude with her but she irritates the devil out of me)

He can't have a transplant as a JW. This means the chances of him dieting are pretty good. This just breaks my heat. How is xxxxxx going to cope? (son) and (daughter) are so close to him. They are taking him somewhere besides Laurel aren't they? Do you remember when Jesus broke the law of the Sabbath to save the life of someone (heal them) and also to save the life of an animal? Why can't we break the blood law to save lives like Jesus did?