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  A Riddle - Somthing Mentioned in Genesis, but God did not create it!

  by VM44 in

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  here is a riddle.

  i am thinking of something that god did not create, but is mentioned in the book of genesis and also throughout the bible.. what could it be?.

  --vm44.

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  You must not be a big Lord of The Rings fan. It's a quote from Gollum when he was trying to guess what Bilbo had in his pocket. Sorry!
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  A Riddle - Somthing Mentioned in Genesis, but God did not create it!

  by VM44 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  here is a riddle.

  i am thinking of something that god did not create, but is mentioned in the book of genesis and also throughout the bible.. what could it be?.

  --vm44.

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  A riddle?! What has it got in it's pocketses, Precious?
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  A Riddle - Somthing Mentioned in Genesis, but God did not create it!

  by VM44 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  here is a riddle.

  i am thinking of something that god did not create, but is mentioned in the book of genesis and also throughout the bible.. what could it be?.

  --vm44.

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  Free will
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  Aftermath of DA letter-what to expect?

  by exwitless in

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  2. beliefs

  i already posted this question in the middle of my previous topic, but i think i buried my question there.

  i would like to hear some more experiences from those who da'd themselves regarding the immediate "aftermath" (specifically with the elders).

  neither my husband nor i have any jw family.

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  I am so hoping to be left alone by the elders. I just want to live my life without worrying about what Witness might be around seeing me buy Lucky Charms cereal and Easter Peeps! We stated in our letter to not call or come to our home because the decision was made and we were aware of the "consequences" of DA'ing. Do you think they'll actually comply?
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  Hello! I'm new here

  by exwitless in

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  2. friends

  i'm new to posting to this forum.

  my husband and i have been reading it for a few months.

  we have finally written, sealed, and stamped our da letter, and it's ready to go directly to the post office.

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  Little Drummer Boy- How nice of you to stop in and meet our new friends. New friends, meet my husband, Lil Drummer Boy! (Thanks for returning the thread, by the way.)
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  What happened 5 or 6 years ago to get so many of us out of JW?

  by jayhawk1 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was reading through the thread, "how good does if feel to you not attending meetings anymore?

  " i realized something.

  many of us got out between 5 and 6 years ago.

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  My husband and I just took our DA letter to the post office today. We knew our hearts haven't been in it for awhile, but come to think of it, it was about 5-6 years ago when "our love cooled off". I attribute it to the lack of any forward progress, just constant rehashing of the same old issues. Since there was really nothing new to say, they just seemed to want to occupy themselves by making new rules or changing old ones. We began to feel like nothing we ever did was good enough, and we always came away from meetings feeling bad about ourselves. You know how they always claim you should never compare yourself with another witness, because as long as you're doing your best, that's what matters? Well, in the next sentence they would begin describing a single Sister with 10 kids, worked 3 jobs, walked 50 miles one-way to the KH, was blind and only had one leg, and still managed to Pioneer! (I'm exaggerating, but probably not far from the truth). Even though we are young, we were physically beat to death trying to keep up with the meetings, service, etc. When we started slacking off meetings, we began to feel how nice it was to come home on a Thursday evening and not kill ourselves to hurry to the KH to get emotionally whipped again. I also felt that the meetings were so devoid of joy and emotion, we may as well have been at a meeting for a business annual financial report or something. There was no joy or refreshing feeling after a meeting, no matter how much they try to pound that idea in our heads (attempting to use the power of suggestion?)I could go on and on, but these are my initial thoughts.
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  Aftermath of DA letter-what to expect?

  by exwitless in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i already posted this question in the middle of my previous topic, but i think i buried my question there.

  i would like to hear some more experiences from those who da'd themselves regarding the immediate "aftermath" (specifically with the elders).

  neither my husband nor i have any jw family.

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  I already posted this question in the middle of my previous topic, but I think I buried my question there. I would like to hear some more experiences from those who DA'd themselves regarding the immediate "aftermath" (specifically with the elders). Neither my husband nor I have any JW family. Any "heads-up" from you experienced ones would help us a lot. We took our DA letter to the post office today. We are nervous and relieved at the same time.
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  Hello! I'm new here

  by exwitless in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm new to posting to this forum.

  my husband and i have been reading it for a few months.

  we have finally written, sealed, and stamped our da letter, and it's ready to go directly to the post office.

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  Regarding Moshe's comment 'I hope you are prepared for the windstorm when that letter gets to the elders': I'm curious what the immediate aftermath was for those of you who DA'd. Thankfully, we have NO JW family members, so we won't be losing any of them. But what should we expect from the elders in response to our letter?
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  Hello! I'm new here

  by exwitless in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm new to posting to this forum.

  my husband and i have been reading it for a few months.

  we have finally written, sealed, and stamped our da letter, and it's ready to go directly to the post office.

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  exwitless

  Thanks for your quick replies. Question-how are you all able to view my original post? When I click on the "Friends" section where I posted it, I can't see any evidence of my post.
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  Hello! I'm new here

  by exwitless in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm new to posting to this forum.

  my husband and i have been reading it for a few months.

  we have finally written, sealed, and stamped our da letter, and it's ready to go directly to the post office.

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  exwitless

  I'm new to posting to this forum. My husband and I have been reading it for a few months. We have finally written, sealed, and stamped our DA letter, and it's ready to go directly to the post office. Your forum has been very helpful to us. We "fell away" a year or two ago, only attending the Memorial just to appease the Borg, but in our hearts we really DA'd a long time ago. I'll hopefull get to share more about us soon, but for now I'm keeping things quiet until the **** hits the fan. Just today, a Borg knocked on our door (we didn't answer, thanks to peep holes) and he left in our door a recent WT, opened up to the page with the heading "Have You Left Jehovah?" His presumptuousness infuriates me. Little does he know a letter containing the answer to that question will be arriving at the KH soon!