Posts by reneeisorym

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New here....Tired of pain

by Momma of 2 in

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i don't have a lot of time to post at the momment.

i am a new mother of twin boys...when i get an update picture of both of them together i will use it as my icon..til then you just see jimmy.

here is a link to my story, it was posted on another wonderful board.. http://p196.ezboard.com/fexjehovahswitnessforumfrm14.showmessage?topicid=377.topic.

Help

by sexyk in

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not sure where to begin with this paragraph, im just a little dazed & confused.

i was in the jw religion for 20 years of my life, baptized, almost ms, i recently left, i am 20 right now.

living with my girlfriend.

I understand how you are feeling. I left when I was 23. (I am 25 now) Its hard not feeling like you fit in anywhere. I think over time I've grown into feeling accepted though. I realized that even though I had an unusual experience, everyone else has had their share of life experiences too. A lot of people who have lost people in death seem to understand how I feel. And I did find a group of friends that helped me not to feel alone. I have a close ex-jw couple who are older and they have helped me from feeling like an orphan.

Its not easy but I know you can and will recover. There are so many here who understand how you feel and I hope we can encourage you and make you feel not so alone.

Also I tried counseling and that helped me so much. Just a suggestion.

Stay around and post a while :)

Renee

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If you could ask an elder your questions

by Heather in

what question do you want to ask or have you asked that would stump or have stumped an elder?

i'm in the position where my mom wants me to come back and wants me to have my questions answered (even though she has dodged most of mine) so that i will once again see its the truth and want to return.

so i'm going to set a meeting with an elder to see if he would be willing to attempt to answer some of my questions to prove to me beyond a doubt that i'm in the wrong.

reneeisorym

Why was it ok for Jesus to disobey the sabbath law to save the life of an animal but it was not ok for us to disobey the blood law to save a human life?

Why don't we worship Jesus? Phil 2:10 .. and stephen prayed to Jesus Acts 7:59 . Heb 1:6.. After their explination say "But if I was reading the Bible without the Society I would assume it was ok to worship Jesus after reading these scriptures. So how can Jehovah make it so confusing and then judge us for it? Why didn't Jesus chastize people for bowing down to him but yet the angel fussed at John for worshipping him? Rev 19:10 Col 2:18

Where in Revelation does it say that they great crowd is going to be on earth? It does say that they will be in heaven (Rev 19:1) They will say "the 144,000 is going to rule over the earth and Rev 19:1 is talking about another great crowd." So you say "But if I were to read those passages without your explination, I would take it that the great crowd would be in heaven. So are you telling me that I should believe the Society over the Bible?" (This stumped an elder and he told me "Either you believe this is God's organization or you do not and if you do not, you are an apostate and are going to die at armageddon)

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How to Get Rid of JWs - You Tube

by Scully in

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6jtzwlkwue.

heh heh heh .

reneeisorym

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My Update

by R.F. in

hello all.. as some of you know recently i've realized the importance of really examining the jws yet i'm still a part of it(ms, reg pioneer).

well i have as of late put alot more time into bible reading(with different translation) with a more open mind without the watchtower blinders and it has been very refreshing to me.

the more i read about first century christianity and the message they preached the more i realize just how off the the wt really is.

reneeisorym

I am so happy to see that you are reading the Bible for the first time without blinders on. It was an amazing experience the first time I did that. John and Romans were my favorite. And it was incredible that I used to tell people that the NWT and their Bible were basically the same thing. When I actually read theirs, it shocked the socks off of me. I too couldn't understand how a religion could believe how they do and claim that the Bible is their first authority.

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Ex- witness of Jehovah from Mexico

by [email protected] in

been born in mexico, witness of convinced jehovah they even preached when he was very young, memory to me the visit, without knowing what hoped, serious prisoner to a sectarian totalitarian system.

use a translator, i do not speak much english, but it interests to me to talk and to concer people who understand well that she is to be under oppression of human projects.

expelled by revolt for almost 3 years, in spite of to have had good behavior, it has been participating in two dramas in assemblies, regular precursor by 9 long years, graduated as university ( luckyly it studies ), of it not to have made in a under employment very common in the witnesses of latin america.

reneeisorym

Welcome ! I hope you find the help you need here. Certainly someone speaks Spanish here and they can communicate with him to see if he is a troll. (in open forum)

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Small Town Witness Needs Our Help

by horrible life in

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you big city people, have your big, high class newspapers.

you small town uppity people have your little local goody-two shoe articles, in your papers.

but my town, has heart.

reneeisorym

I just want to tell him: "Its not Jehovah's Witnesses you need. You need freedom from guilt and a relationship with God (not religion)"

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What odd things do you keep?

by JH in

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i keep calendars of the previous years.

sometimes, i take a calendar of a previous year out, and i read the daily notes that i put on them.. .

ok, i must be bored when i do that......

reneeisorym

EEWWW -- Crocs I am the least pack-ratted person I know. About the only thing I have trouble parting with is worn out shoes.

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Condominium Sales Kick Off at Former Watchtower Shipping Complex

by DannyHaszard in

watchtower land lord condominium sales kick off at former watchtower shipping complex.

brooklyn daily eagle, ny -46 minutes ago.

by brooklyn eagle ([email protected]), published online 05-15-2007. brooklyn heights said to be the largest residential conversion in brooklyns ... said to be largest brooklyn conversion ever.

reneeisorym

Making more money so they can spread the good news ........ *cough* I would just love to see where this money is actually going. Most non-profit orgs diclose that sort of thing. I have never seen a budject and a details explination of where all the money goes.

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Witchcraft - Would you use it?

by Sirona in

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would you ever use witchcraft?.

do you think witchcraft is dangerous?.

do you think witchcraft is just a set of delusions based on ancient superstition?.

reneeisorym

I talked to a psychic once and everything she said came true. Funny thing was that I didn't even believe what she was telling me at the time. In '05 She said that I was going to get married in '07 and I remember thinking, "there's no way it can be later than '06! We are already so serious now! ... and here I am. Now I've got a few more years until that family comes along that she promised me .. LOL

I still stay away from that stuff. It has something to do with the upbringing. I had to try it once though.