"Stop letting lingering doubts concern you"
If a JW ever says this to you, just ask, "is that the same advice you would give a catholic, or a mormon that is having doubts?"
Jw's really hate it when you apply their "special" rules to everyone else.
aSphereisnotaCircle
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Circuit assembly tid bit
by Iwonder17 inanother way of saying this would be...stop thinking and listen to us.
this is something that i am having a really tough time with and have spoken to the elders about several times.
it would seem to make sense that i would be able to get reasonable answers to some questions, and if not they could at least be honest and say "i don't know".
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"Autobiography of a Died-Again Christian"
by leavingwt ini enjoyed a number of the points in this essay.
dr. jaco gericke's deconversion story: "autobiography of a 'died-again' christian<snippets>.
it was a little late in the day, however, when i realised that studying theology can be a downright dangerous business for any believer.
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aSphereisnotaCircle
It really is quite rude and belittling of the others intelligence to assume that their faith was never "genuine"
It's easy for you to say this when you refuse tell anyone what you do or did believe.
Sorry, still dont' feel the need to spill my guts, on demand. How about you take a few hours, and go into detail about what you believe and how it came about, type it all out for me, post it here.
Then the rest of us will decide if your faith is genuine or not, .......is that what your sugesting I do?
The truth is you know very little about what I believe or how I feel.
The truth is, I know pretty much nothing about you, other then you claim to be a christian, and you don't appear to be the warm fuzzy kind.
You made a statement about how you feel about your faith, I stated that I have felt the same way, I was agreeing with you.
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"Autobiography of a Died-Again Christian"
by leavingwt ini enjoyed a number of the points in this essay.
dr. jaco gericke's deconversion story: "autobiography of a 'died-again' christian<snippets>.
it was a little late in the day, however, when i realised that studying theology can be a downright dangerous business for any believer.
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aSphereisnotaCircle
It kind of bugs me that some say a person was never a christian to begin with , if they left. Reminds me of the jws who were shocked after 22 years that I would ever leave, then have them say " She was never one of us" I don't claim to understand it all, thats just my humble opinion.
Thank you Littlebird.
It really is quite rude and belittling of the others intelligence to assume that their faith was never "genuine"
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"Autobiography of a Died-Again Christian"
by leavingwt ini enjoyed a number of the points in this essay.
dr. jaco gericke's deconversion story: "autobiography of a 'died-again' christian<snippets>.
it was a little late in the day, however, when i realised that studying theology can be a downright dangerous business for any believer.
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aSphereisnotaCircle
Its not a word game, it really isn't and I don't want to make it seem that way.
Its just that wanting is one thing, being able to is another.
Dude, I've spent most of my life believing just that,
It's probably no doubt the reason why I WANT to believe it.
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"Autobiography of a Died-Again Christian"
by leavingwt ini enjoyed a number of the points in this essay.
dr. jaco gericke's deconversion story: "autobiography of a 'died-again' christian<snippets>.
it was a little late in the day, however, when i realised that studying theology can be a downright dangerous business for any believer.
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aSphereisnotaCircle
I "can" believe things which are true. I can't believe things that aren't true, no matter how much I may "want" to. We all have any number of things that we "want" to believe. We'd all like to believe that death isn't the end, that wish-granting fairies are waiting in enchanted forests and that Ryan Seacrest doesn't suck. But in the absence of any sort of empirical evidence, most of us dismiss all these things that we "want" to believe as fantasy. Others dismiss *most* things that fall into that category, but make special exceptions and allowances for things which they deem "holy".
There doesn't appear to be any point in believing in things that aren't true simply because we "want" to.
AMEN!
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"Autobiography of a Died-Again Christian"
by leavingwt ini enjoyed a number of the points in this essay.
dr. jaco gericke's deconversion story: "autobiography of a 'died-again' christian<snippets>.
it was a little late in the day, however, when i realised that studying theology can be a downright dangerous business for any believer.
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aSphereisnotaCircle
I see you want to believe that, but do you think you can?
I'm not into word games.
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How Did You Discover JWD/JWN ?
by minimus ini always read h2o, randy's site and anything that might stay current.
i think it was h2o that said they were closing there but another site was opening and it was this one.. i'm curious how you got to find this place..
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aSphereisnotaCircle
Completely by accident. I was an exited beleiver.
I didn't need no stinkin apostate BS.
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"Autobiography of a Died-Again Christian"
by leavingwt ini enjoyed a number of the points in this essay.
dr. jaco gericke's deconversion story: "autobiography of a 'died-again' christian<snippets>.
it was a little late in the day, however, when i realised that studying theology can be a downright dangerous business for any believer.
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aSphereisnotaCircle
I want to beleive that there is a loving omnipotent being that ultimately has things under control.
And I want to believe that children that live short miserable tortured lives go to a "better Place" after there dead.
For a start
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"Autobiography of a Died-Again Christian"
by leavingwt ini enjoyed a number of the points in this essay.
dr. jaco gericke's deconversion story: "autobiography of a 'died-again' christian<snippets>.
it was a little late in the day, however, when i realised that studying theology can be a downright dangerous business for any believer.
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aSphereisnotaCircle
The case that no JW "knows exactly how it feels", to be a Christian.
Sure looks like you made that assumption right here.
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"Autobiography of a Died-Again Christian"
by leavingwt ini enjoyed a number of the points in this essay.
dr. jaco gericke's deconversion story: "autobiography of a 'died-again' christian<snippets>.
it was a little late in the day, however, when i realised that studying theology can be a downright dangerous business for any believer.
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aSphereisnotaCircle
The case that no JW "knows exactly how it feels", to be a Christian.
You've made the huge assumption that the JW's is the only christianity I have known.
My heart is open,
I want to believe
How do I do it?