mariarybrests

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  Hello everyone

  by zerimar in

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  i'm not sure if this is the right place to introduce oneself, but i just, well, wanted to introduce myself!

  i'm 29, raised in the truth.

  i'm an ex-ms. my dad is still an elder .

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  mariarybrests

  I too grew up much like you. My entire family, including most of my extended family are Jehovah's Witnesses. I got baptized when I was almost 14, but for wrong reasons. I slowly drifted until I was 18 and I moved out of town to be closer to the college I was attending. I quit going to meetings (etc.) I ended up in jail several times due to drug use and wreckless behavior in the first 2 years on my own. My parents, both Jehovah's Witnesses, never abandoned me during all my troubles. This is why I respect them so much. Even though I know they were disappointed with my behavior and rebellion, they realized I'm imperfect just like they are. Now a little wiser with a wife and young son, I know that I won't be happy until I start doing the things I grew up doing. I can't lie to my son, or my wife. I know what's right. No matter how many little things you find to complain about with Jehovah's Witnesses, the truth out weighs it all! I really appreciate what I used to have when I see how disgusting and scummy the world has become. I'm still struggling to make it back to meetings regularly and get reinstated.
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  Another question about JW

  by Shazard in

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  as i never been jw i can't understand why some of you bother writing some letters.

  if being in wt is not legaly binding (as i understood that baptism is not legaly binding), then who cares about writing.

  just stop going to kh and that's all.

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  mariarybrests

  What do you mean "writing letters"? Are you talking about disassociating oneself?
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  When do you think WTBS became a cult?

  by lighthouse1956 in

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  most believe it was rutherford took over, any ideas?

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  mariarybrests

  If becoming a "cult" means trying to follow Christian standards set forth in the the Holy Bible as closely as humanly possible, then I would say right from the very beginning as Bible Students in Pennsylvania. I think the word "cult" is being used too liberally on this chat. Let's all look up the word in Funk and Wagnall's.