Topics Started by The Scotsman

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I think I made up my mind
by paradiseseeker in
1. jw
2. friends
a month ago i travelled alone to italy for three days and i had the opportunity to visit the beautiful florence and re-visit many parts of rome.. but most importantly, i had the opportunity to stay alone and think about my situation and to make up my mind.. i've had very clear for almost 5 years that i will eventually leave the religion, but i couldn't decide when.. but now i know : i will leave on april 20th, the day after the memorial.. that day i will talk to my parents (this is by far the hardest thing to do) and soon afterwards i will talk to my closest friends, then i will send my disassociation letter.

i know that i will let them down, i will hurt them, most probably some of them will cry... but i need to live coherently for the first time in my life.

i'm sure that living in this contradiction is affecting and will affect my mental health and it's time for me to help myself instead of others.
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SKE, and other acronymic crap
by MTSman in
1. jw
2. friends
so, i was sort of forced to spend time with my uber-in parents.

they went on gushing about the website, and the new business cards they have to give out to busy people.

business cards?
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Since leaving the JW Organization, who is believing?
by Issa in
1. jw
2. friends
i left the jw organization last year during summer.

maybe some of you can relate.

who of you are agnostic or an atheist?
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UK - please post names of congregations being disbanded/merged
by truthseeker in
1. jw
2. friends
i will soon be done with my jw charity analysis project.

can we make this an official thread for uk congregations being merged/disbanded so i can update the list.

i will post the results when finished.. truthseeker.
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Hello from Scotland - it has been ages....
by The Scotsman in
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2. friends
well how the devil is everyone?

i have not been here for a long time........totally lost track of what is going on in jw land, apart from the little bits i hear from family members still in.

(they say everything is swell and that armageddon is just round the corner).... :).was hearing that anniesland congregation in glasgow has been (or is about to be) disbanded.
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Evolution is a Fact #31 - Ten Questions for Creationists
by cofty in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i thought this would be a good time to pose some questions based on the series so far.. if creationism is true these should be easy.

answers that don't involve copy-paste would be really interesting to read.. ... .

1. since some proteins can be assembled in more ways than there are atoms in the universe why do the sequences of amino acids and bases vary between species in exactly the way evolution predicts?
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Do you still believe in God?
by FormerlySandL in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i never thought i would admit it, but i don't.

i might superstitiously have some kind of doubt but digging a bit deeper in my heart i really don't believe in god.

as a human i could never just sit and watch people be tortured, live years of abuse, suffer from illness and disabilities and all the other awful things people have to endure day after day without doing something about it.
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I am leaving the JW's . I am alone and scared. Advice and help needed please
by scared and lonely in
1. jw
2. experiences
i am sorry that on my first post i am asking for help and advice but i am at my wits end.

i have been brought up a witness all my life and it is all i know.

i am an ex-elder and pioneer and i don't know anybody outside of the congregation.. i have been unhappy for so long and wanted to leave.
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What Happens To You When You Die?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
are our dead loved ones watching over us at all or are they really just gone now?
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How did you feel when you found out "the truth about the truth"?
by stuckinarut2 in
1. jw
2. friends
so when you first found out specific facts about the organisation, how did you feel??.

the un membership.

the way 1914 was calculated from pyramid measurements.