Posts by digderidoo

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It´s me Philosopher

by philosopher in

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thanks you all for the great info you posted for me yesterday.

it has been very helpful.

i will not talk to my parents right now.

digderidoo

Hi philosopher its not to late for you to turn your life around at all.

I left the JWs in my mid twenties, but due to circumstance, divorce, etc. i started partying too hard. Mainly because i could, i felt no one is now going to tell me what to do and wanted to relive my youth i felt i'd lost. I may sound like an old man for saying this, but don't fall into that trap. Eventually i realised i had a problem with drink and drugs, so decided to do something about it and turn my life around.

At the age of 38 i have decided to go to university, i dropped out in my twenties due to the partying, so now feel that i've now took another step forwards. Its never too late and if your in your twenties you have a lot of living to do.

Feel free to PM me anytime.

Paul

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Diary of a thinking to return ex-Jw

by reniaa in

i thought long and hard about posting this but the mis-information on this site finally persuaded me, i already accept many may not accept what i say on face value and get their appologist pens ready for making sure no pro-witness propaganda slips through the net on this site but here goes....... i've been on this forum for a few months my first post was about how i was thinking of returning to jw's and at my sisters recommendation to look at this site for both sides of the story before taking that step.. i faded from jw's 10/11 years ago now i left my hubby at the time divorced him to going on to have more relationships and kids, i was definately given the impression after asking on this site and with what i read that if i tried to return i might face df or at least a jc but definately a couple of elders questioning me over what i've been upto these last few years - none of these have happened.

i talked with an old jw friend (yes i do have then and she never shunned me quite happily accepted an offer of coffee from me and my asking for a chat) i told her i was interested in going back and was very frank about what i done in the last 10 years but not sure how returning was done now, she quite happily said she go ask for me to find out.. result!

she came back this week and said "all i had to do was goto meetings again" and an offer of a study was there for me if i wanted it to explore the open doubts that i had expressed i now had.. not quite the fire and brimstone welcome this site led me to believe would happen.. i will keep you posted with further updates if i feel the need to put them in future.. .

digderidoo

Do you know i was thinking myself as to why she hadn't responded to any of my comments.

Paul

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Diary of a thinking to return ex-Jw

by reniaa in

i thought long and hard about posting this but the mis-information on this site finally persuaded me, i already accept many may not accept what i say on face value and get their appologist pens ready for making sure no pro-witness propaganda slips through the net on this site but here goes....... i've been on this forum for a few months my first post was about how i was thinking of returning to jw's and at my sisters recommendation to look at this site for both sides of the story before taking that step.. i faded from jw's 10/11 years ago now i left my hubby at the time divorced him to going on to have more relationships and kids, i was definately given the impression after asking on this site and with what i read that if i tried to return i might face df or at least a jc but definately a couple of elders questioning me over what i've been upto these last few years - none of these have happened.

i talked with an old jw friend (yes i do have then and she never shunned me quite happily accepted an offer of coffee from me and my asking for a chat) i told her i was interested in going back and was very frank about what i done in the last 10 years but not sure how returning was done now, she quite happily said she go ask for me to find out.. result!

she came back this week and said "all i had to do was goto meetings again" and an offer of a study was there for me if i wanted it to explore the open doubts that i had expressed i now had.. not quite the fire and brimstone welcome this site led me to believe would happen.. i will keep you posted with further updates if i feel the need to put them in future.. .

digderidoo

I don't know if you've read Raymond Franz -Crisis of Conscience. It should be found in your main town library.

I would suggest you do if you haven't, then you will see the workings of the society and how they come up with their beliefs. However, if you have read it, i do not understand why you would want to go back.

Paul

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Diary of a thinking to return ex-Jw

by reniaa in

i thought long and hard about posting this but the mis-information on this site finally persuaded me, i already accept many may not accept what i say on face value and get their appologist pens ready for making sure no pro-witness propaganda slips through the net on this site but here goes....... i've been on this forum for a few months my first post was about how i was thinking of returning to jw's and at my sisters recommendation to look at this site for both sides of the story before taking that step.. i faded from jw's 10/11 years ago now i left my hubby at the time divorced him to going on to have more relationships and kids, i was definately given the impression after asking on this site and with what i read that if i tried to return i might face df or at least a jc but definately a couple of elders questioning me over what i've been upto these last few years - none of these have happened.

i talked with an old jw friend (yes i do have then and she never shunned me quite happily accepted an offer of coffee from me and my asking for a chat) i told her i was interested in going back and was very frank about what i done in the last 10 years but not sure how returning was done now, she quite happily said she go ask for me to find out.. result!

she came back this week and said "all i had to do was goto meetings again" and an offer of a study was there for me if i wanted it to explore the open doubts that i had expressed i now had.. not quite the fire and brimstone welcome this site led me to believe would happen.. i will keep you posted with further updates if i feel the need to put them in future.. .

digderidoo

Following on from my point. I will never forget a CO saying from the platform of a CA that if the society says black was white i would have to believe them. He went on to say that at first he may have a problem with it but he would have to believe it because the Faithful and Discreet slave said it. A few years later my mom said exactly the same thing, i challenged her on it but she would have none of it.

This for me is the fundemental flaw with the JW's. YOU ARE TOLD WHAT TO BELIEVE. Then if that belief changes, you then have to change your belief system the line up with the WBTS.

Paul

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Diary of a thinking to return ex-Jw

by reniaa in

i thought long and hard about posting this but the mis-information on this site finally persuaded me, i already accept many may not accept what i say on face value and get their appologist pens ready for making sure no pro-witness propaganda slips through the net on this site but here goes....... i've been on this forum for a few months my first post was about how i was thinking of returning to jw's and at my sisters recommendation to look at this site for both sides of the story before taking that step.. i faded from jw's 10/11 years ago now i left my hubby at the time divorced him to going on to have more relationships and kids, i was definately given the impression after asking on this site and with what i read that if i tried to return i might face df or at least a jc but definately a couple of elders questioning me over what i've been upto these last few years - none of these have happened.

i talked with an old jw friend (yes i do have then and she never shunned me quite happily accepted an offer of coffee from me and my asking for a chat) i told her i was interested in going back and was very frank about what i done in the last 10 years but not sure how returning was done now, she quite happily said she go ask for me to find out.. result!

she came back this week and said "all i had to do was goto meetings again" and an offer of a study was there for me if i wanted it to explore the open doubts that i had expressed i now had.. not quite the fire and brimstone welcome this site led me to believe would happen.. i will keep you posted with further updates if i feel the need to put them in future.. .

digderidoo

is hard for me because of not being a JW for so long i'm rusty on it,

Its as though you need the JW's to tell you what to believe. Can't you make up your own mind based on intellect and reason?

You must have doubts about going back otherwise you wouldn't have posted this thread. You don't need any organisation or society to make up your beliefs for you which is what that statement implies.

Paul

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Certain Expressions That Are Silly

by minimus in

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what expressions get you going?.

i like "it's all good!!!

".

digderidoo

HAPPY DAYS

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My Story-A Sioux Indian in the Watchtower Organisation

by ExjwSiouxChief in

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my name is chief waneta ('the charger') of the sioux nation.

since the leaving of the seven falcons when i was a child, my family joined the jw cult.

chief waneta wanted to do a rain dance.

digderidoo

Do you know Tonto?

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Whats happening to prices in the USA?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by Fisherman in

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in january i posted about what is going on to cost of things in america.

now, gasoline is almost 4.00/gal and food items continue to soar?

what is going on?!!!!!!!!.

digderidoo

Your gas prices are 4 dollars a gallon! Ours petrol forecourts have just topped 5 pounds stirling!

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Am i being too harsh with my girlfriend?

by digderidoo in

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ok heres the scenario.. i met this girl about 12 months ago, we dated for around 6 months then split up (another story).

we have started seeing each other again for around 3 months now.. the problem is, if i can call it a problem, she has two kids, whereas i have three that i see on thursdays and saturdays.

her ex has her kids every other saturday.

digderidoo

It sounds like she wants something different from this relationship than you do

The truth is that i don't know what i want from it, which is why i haven't involved my kids. After we split and it was me doing the splitting, she was the one doing all the chasing, so it kind of made me feel that she wanted it more. I agree we need a heart to heart talk, but she doesn't see the problem. Blames it on the kid situation and also logistics as we live in different towns.

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i screwed up

by seeking help in

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hey y'all,.

1st post.

i ran across this site.

digderidoo

even one GB member was into it

Who was that? Has anyone got any links i can read about that?

Paul