Manchester UK, Saddleworth
Posts by KW13
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Help! Leaving the WT and realizing I'm a social misfit!
by 2pink inso, i'm 30-something and have been a lifelong jw, born and raised.
(yeah, i know double points against me on the social scale!).
i'm on my way out (and moving at a fast pace with that, lol) and um, am now realizing that outside of the kingdom hall, i am a bit of a social retard!
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KW13
I have been there myself, and its not easy to deal with. You spend a lot of time trying to find your feet, hoping to engage in conversation and want to enjoy socialising with others. However, it is a skill that those who are raised outside the Witnesses take for granted.
It takes time, it will happen just don't be too hard on yourself.
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Pity for Angel Eyes
by KW13 inwell, not just angel eyes but also for those like her.
i genuinely had no issue with her, and it seemed she was starting to realise just what the watchtower was, but backed out due to fear of the unknown.
'tis sad, she almost got her life back!.
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i only read a few of 'her/his' posts and i got the impression we were dealing with a genuine case. now however, i feel like a complete nipple lol
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ethical consequences of faking reinstatement...
by drew sagan ini know that there are enough of you out there who can add good points to this discussion, and i await your opinions.
however, please be aware that i wish for you to take great care in your posts.
i am not interested in haphazard responses.. so as to not give away too many details, i'll simply say that recent events have caused my in-laws to strongly desire my wife to fake a reinstatement.
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KW13
You have posted here for a good while, and i've come to respect you and i hope that, for this post at least you will give careful consideration to what i have to say.
You're not behind the door, you and your wife both know what the Watchtower Society is and what a life under its reign has to offer which is nothing but grief. Quite simply, avoid the huge strains it will put on your marriage, because if the Society says jump and your wife fails to do so, her sister will be one of the first in the queue to say, i thought you were loyal to Jehovah and his Organization. Don't you think that your husband is a bad influence on you, weakening your faith? e.t.c
Your wife being open to the influences of that cult once more could potentially be catastrophic, for both of you. And if things don't go to plan, as you say she then risks losing what relationship she has with her parents too.
This is a convoluted form of blackmail. You run the risk of you both being subject to unreasonable demands.
As hard as it is, you and your wife need to make the most of the life you have, forget the Witnesses and their spin. Her sister is unwilling to make any kind of sacrifice, yet your wife must literally change everything about her liife for a conversation? this is not love.
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Pity for Angel Eyes
by KW13 inwell, not just angel eyes but also for those like her.
i genuinely had no issue with her, and it seemed she was starting to realise just what the watchtower was, but backed out due to fear of the unknown.
'tis sad, she almost got her life back!.
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Well, not just Angel Eyes but also for those like her. I genuinely had no issue with her, and it seemed she was starting to realise just what the Watchtower was, but backed out due to fear of the unknown. 'tis sad, she almost got her life back!
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Think ive changed...can see it quite a bit laterly.PLEASE!!
by angel eyes inputting this out there.....going back 12months ago i was completely different to how i am now.
i am still loyal to jah and dont go against the scriptures, but even though ive recently returned to pioneering (only aux pio at present) i see im a little more laid back.. i think this has come through having to endure hell and back without any help, except jehovah, which im not complaining, im so glad his been there for me, for us both.
but i really believe that due to things that have badly and wrongly been allowed to take place etc its moulded me a little different to how i was.
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angel eyes, you need to step outside of your comfort zone. rather than be afraid to examine things fairly, hoping to remain a witness just so life can remain familiar isn't honest, or really doing the God you believe in any justice is it?
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Layin' some heavy stuff on ya'
by AK - Jeff inthree days ago i became aware that my daughter was arrested.
again.. here's a little history.
we adopted this child when she was 2 months old.
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i'll be honest, with your daughter being resentful toward authority, the whole JW thing was probably unhelpful, but i'd be more inclined to blame it on a whole host of other things.
Firstly, whether she was given up for adoption or had been taken away by social services, its possible her biological parents were unsavoury characters too, her mother may have drank heavily and taken drugs during pregnancy which can do a lot of damage, resulting in behavioural problems and mental illness at best.
Secondly, despite your best efforts you were probably fighting a losing battle in your case at least. Some adopted children can be resentful toward any display of love or affection and taking into account my first point you have a lethal cocktail.
Thirdly, once you become involved with drug dealers and the like you become trapped in a nasty space. One that doesn't easily let go, if you don't wish to try anyway then chances are your only going to spiral deeper.
You and your Wife are not to blame, but from your post that will provide little comfort when your concerned about the safety of your family. I wish you all the best.
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Life can be Fulfilling without the Watchtower
by KW13 inmany who are considering leaving the witnesses are frightened by the thought itself.
at first though you will possibly feel like there is.
before you jump to conclusions that we made an easy and selfish decision, read on.
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Questioning leads to the discovery of answers. It helps us understand everything around us. If you are ever accused of having the wrong motives, turn away and keep on asking. The Bible itself teaches we should ask, and examine our faith.
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Its not the people on here or wherever
by angel eyes ini was talking to a baptised friend, and they dont like the idea of me being on here..i told them that ive mentioned it to an elder and that a few know im here,afterall im heeding the warning .
anyway, i explained to them that we are drawn out by our own desire,its whatever is in our heart....... hmmm did that come across ok???
so what im saying is yes negative thoughts or comments whatever we are warned against can harm us but its up to us what we listen to and if our heart is right we shall remain in gods love.
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AT Jeff why do I get the feeling that you do not want JW's on a JW site? Are you getting paid for being here by some anti-JW Org. Ops, the thought of any of them being in a religious Org. That would be following men...
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You seem a little confused my friend. This site is owned and operated by an Ex-Jehovah's Witness. The Society themselves discourage assocation with others over the internet, whether they claim to be Witnesses or not. That said, the site policy here is that all are welcome, which is true. However, ignorance shouldn't be tolerated.
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Are we following men?
by jookbeard inschipper, you never answered the post's on your previous topic, and you go and open another topic, go back to your previous topic please.
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KW13
By your attacks, shows who has holy spirit and who does not.
By the Watchtower's doing, the holy spirit has become nothing but a tool dispensed only to the so called 'faithful and discreet slave'. The average Witness, at best gets to admire it from afar. You are unable to gain true understanding of God's word the bible without the aid of an Organization and its literature, and in the process the opportunity to have a true relationship with Christ is snatched away.
How do you gain entry into the Kingdom? Not by being submerged in water, to make you a member of a man made organization but instead by Holy Spirit. The flesh, cannot inherit it. Read the Bible without your tinted glasses, you may learn something.