Welcome just2sheep!
And oh yeah... welcome to the forum.
jojochan.
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Question for JWs still on the "inside":
by Hellrider injust a question: if you are still jws (for any reason, many just can`t leave because their entire families are wrapped around it, etc), but don`t believe in it, and lead a "double life", how do you cope with going door to door?
i just can`t imagine how it must feel like to go out there and try to tell people at the doors or in the streets things you know are just bs!
how do you deal with that?
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Question for JWs still on the "inside":
by Hellrider injust a question: if you are still jws (for any reason, many just can`t leave because their entire families are wrapped around it, etc), but don`t believe in it, and lead a "double life", how do you cope with going door to door?
i just can`t imagine how it must feel like to go out there and try to tell people at the doors or in the streets things you know are just bs!
how do you deal with that?
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jojochan
It's pretty simple...I don't go out. My folks know it and just thinks I work all the time, which I do. In the beginning though, I would purposly work on saturdays all the time. And since I worked 13 hours a day it worked out, plus I had extra cash to burn. Then it progressed to tuesdays and thursdays that I would find a way to escape the collective gatherings. Before long I dissapeared...but in my slow fade process I would show up once, maybe twice a month on a sunday. Then it all hits me as to why I MUST escape.
jojochan.. the prisoner.
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HOW MANY ARE REALLY TRUE TO ORGANIZATION TEACHINGS???
by chuckyy inmy experience since leaving the jw's, knowing certain ones who still have contact, is that many jw's in good standing have done, or are doing things that could merit expulsion.
celebrating new year.
agreeing to blood transfusion.
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jojochan
And that added to my frustration. Seeing them talking out the side of their neck on the platform, then outside some will backstab, lie and cheat. I knew of plent that took my dad's kindness for a weakness, too many times, but he could'nt sue due to them being brothers in the faith. I wish one day he could realize what B.S it is.
jojochan.
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Where is the Passion now?
by sammielee24 injust a question.
many of us were passionate about the 'truth'.
our lives were the watchtower.
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jojochan
To answer your question; I really don't know. My passion?...I focus it on my art, my writings and to read and study in improving my spiritual awareness in my life. To be able to answer my question that has stumped me for years which is "What is truth?" Is it from a certain point of view? What makes them think that it is the truth? Because of wt propaganda? Or what? I personally feel that I'm becoming something, someone that is different from the man that I once was. It scares me a little.
who knows where this will take me.
jojochan.
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Beginning the road out.
by wozadummy inyes i'm new to this forum and i have been searching the net and reading with interest peoples comments here and on other sites.
as most know reaching out as a faithfull jw to others outside of the congregation is difficult at first ,as i guess we think anyone outside the congregation is wordly etc.
and we can't open up easily to "strangers" as jehovah would not approve.
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jojochan
Welcome to the forum!
jojochan.
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Underworld Evolution? Aeon Flux? Anyone seen these yet?
by gaiagirl ini'm looking for reviews or recommendations from those who have seen underworld evolution or aeon flux.
the online reviews i've read have been quite mixed for these.
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jojochan
Undeworld evol. is worth seeing only if you've seen the director's cut of the film. But if oyu did'nt, it's a wild ride, I liked it.
Aeon flux however....wait for the video. The animation was much more better. But give the film a try when it comes to dvd.
jojochan.
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Can DaVinci Code make Witnesses think?
by Lilycurly ini've just finished reading the book...and i know most of it is fiction, but some of you might have read it too.
as an ex-jw, it really made me think...the author has an excellent way to make one think outside the box without making it look like he wants to ram his ideas into your head...you know, it's kind of subtle, amongst all the action and enigmas.
my father loves to read...i really want him to read that book.
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jojochan
I read the book as well loved it, and can't wait for movie to come out,I also told others about it. The funny thing is certain dubs are wary of the book. "Does it promote false teaching?" Was the response that my mom gave. I ended up telling her, "It's a BOOK."
What gave me that spark was indeed " the village " How the village elders created a whole society away from reality. Then at the end they were nothing more than people hurt and distraught from the world outside. It hit too close to home for me. But with my folks it went WAY over their heads, or so I think. I wonder what one would think of the Ann Rice novel about Jesus? I just started reading that one.
jojochan.
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JW husband destroyed my life
by Chimene inpost 1 of 1. since 30-jan-06.
newbie.
oh my goodness, could i tell you some things..... i could write a book.
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jojochan
HI and welcome to the forum! Stick around.
jojochan.
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What proportion of JW kids stay Witnesses? How about in your cong?
by jwfacts inthe wts is currently growing at about 1.3 % which is similar to the global propulation growth rate.
if all the jw kids stayed as jws then the religion could grow as quickly as it is now without any door knocking.. if in 2005 1.2 billion hours witnessing resulted in the religion only growing at the rate it should be naturally it suggests a lot a kids are leaving, or doorknocking is not having very good results.. of about 100 people born into the wts that i can remember in my congregations in australia about 3/4 of them have left.
is that the same in your congregation?
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jojochan
In the hall that my parent attend, the youths there are really young, the oldest being 21. And there not that many of them, and when they get my age 80% of them actually moved out of state or the city, and just fade away.
Good health to them.
jojochan.