Last summer when I found out about the UN/ngo thing. Once I researched it I saw the WT for the sham it really is. I was then able to allow all the other nagging doubts I had had to surface.
becca1
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Do you recall your "point of no return"?
by JH inwas there something special that happened, an event or maybe a deception, that triggered your point of no return as a jw.. .
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"It was Jehovah leading me..."
by Fleshybirdfodder inmy best friend and his wife had hired an elder to do some refinishing work in their basement.
they kept their tv and vhs tapes (pre dvd era) down there.
it seems dear brother was a bit of a nosy fella, so he just happened to pop in one of their home movies of a trip they had taken to cuba and found some footage of my friend smoking a cigar.
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becca1
The nerve of him not just playing any video but a personal one at that! And I bet no one told him that invading the privacy of others was a terrible thing. I hope he gets caught doing something like that at a "wordly" person's home. He'll be in deep doodoo.
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Taking a break.......
by fullofdoubtnow in.....not a very long one though.
next weekend is a bit special for trev and i, and we are going off on holiday on sunday (25th) to spend 8 days relaxing on the meditterranean island of sardinia.
we will be staying in villasimius, and there's a bit of info on that and the rest of the island on the link below.. http://www.discover-sardinia.com/regions/villasimius.htm.
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becca1
I'm sooo jealous...
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For Current JW's- Watchtower Society Examined!
by Vinny in" {wt jun 15 1957 370} .
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becca1
You hit the proverbial nail on the head: It's all believable, at least tolerable, IF, you believe they are God's directed organization. You take that away and it all crumbles. And for those of us who were raised to believe this was so, it takes an almost catastrophic event (like the UN/ngo situation) to come to the realization that God cannot be behind this organization (or perhaps any other). Thank you for your post and your research.
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OutKasted ;-P
by SpaWn of MeDusa inhello in there ;-p. wow wow wow.... i never knew such a place existed.... unfortunatly i don't have a lot of time to type right now & believe me i'd need days, perhaps even weeks & i'd probably still feel like i wasn't done.... in short... my name is jodie, i'm from australia, i'm about to turn 32 & i am a jehovah's witness outkast... i wasn't kicked out, i left of my own accord when my parents divorced & i was about 14... my father, my younger brother & me - the 3 black sheep !!
my father was disfellowshipped, he was an elder who also happened to have bi polar... the day ( or technically night ) my father was disfellowshipped was the saddest time of my life - it was more like a death or a funeral, something tragic... when my parents divorced i went to live with dad, i was always closer to my father plus when he left he had nothing... he lived on the river bank in the middle of winter for 6 weeks in a tent ( while his good christian jehovah's witness father & sister slept warm in their beds in the same town... ) dad bought a little caravan & he & i lived in it, eventually he bought some land & built a house & my younger brother joined us.... anyway to cut it all short... i've suffered badly from depression - so badly it's almost killed me & my brother also... the crux of our depression is our mother, our sister's, our grandfather, our aunt's & all of our relatives are jehovah's witnesses - most of them live in the same town as us altho they may as well live on the other side of the world.... you know, sitting here thinking about it all - it all makes perfect sense... how can families be torn apart like this, how do they not realise it is wrong & sad & wicked ??.
i've spent more than half my life trying to have any sort of relationship with the rest of my family.... anyway i have to get going.... hasta la vista .
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becca1
Welcome!!!
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In New York this Saturday.....
by rassillon injust wondering if anyone wanted to say hi and maybe get some coffee, a beer, or dinner.. i am going to go visit my brother who is working there for a few weeks, i will arrive on saturday.
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he is working at night so saturday night i might be free.. i am pretty fun and wouldn't mind meeting some of you evil apostates, lol.. i think he is staying offically in new jersey if that makes a diff.. pm me if you are interested.. oh, by the way i am really really ugly.
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becca1
Go see "Spamalot", if you can get tickets!
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Crisis of Conscience on "ER"!
by becca1 indon't get too exited guys... just tonight's episode of "er" is entitelled: c of c.. oh, and meredith gray is having an out of body experience on gray's anatomy.. sorry, i'm addicted to thursday night tv..
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becca1
Don't get too exited guys... just tonight's episode of "ER" is entitelled: C of C.
Oh, and Meredith Gray is having an out of body experience on Gray's Anatomy.
Sorry, I'm addicted to Thursday night TV.
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thnetopsychism - I have never heard it called that before
by BluesBrother inok , you scholars no doubt are familiar with this term , but please be patient with a laymen like me.
i found the word by linking from one of flying high now's threads.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/soul_sleep.
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becca1
Well, I just answered my own question. I googled SDA and, yes, they believe the soul dies at death. Now, what I find wierd is that my mom studied their teachings before becoming a witness. She has told me this many times but never once mentioned their belief about the soul.
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thnetopsychism - I have never heard it called that before
by BluesBrother inok , you scholars no doubt are familiar with this term , but please be patient with a laymen like me.
i found the word by linking from one of flying high now's threads.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/soul_sleep.
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becca1
Thank you for that. Very interesting. Are they correct about the Seventh Day Adventists though?
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The darkened companion
by free2beme ini was sitting at my chair, quiet and not speaking, just like my mother had always told me to behave at the meetings.
the speaker was talking about times past, and promised futures, and we followed along periodically with references looked up in our bibles.
the sound of pages being shuffled through, filled the air at times and you could also hear people whispering silent comments in the distance.
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becca1
It's his latest and most personal. You will enjoy it.