Sacolton, will you pick me up on the way to the meeting? I need a lift. And we can go out in service this weekend. I need to put in my 15minutes or else I am irregular.......
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Sorry! I decided to return to the Kingdom Hall!
by sacolton ini woke this morning and realized that i'm really missing the truth, so i've decided to just go back being a jehovah's witness.
things will be different this time.
i'm going to stop questioning and just accept everything i'm told and attend all the meetings.
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doing meetings not enough...i am getting re-baptised....
by oompa inthat is probably what is holding me back from praying.....so i am taking the plunge and really meaning it this time....................oompa.
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Oompa, if you can still read this, slowly go to the kitchen and check if there is a gas leak, then call the paramedics, go outside and get fresh air...
Give me a second I will plug into a sucker, uhm outlet near you.
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Memorial Problem
by InTheSpotlight inlooks like a good place to get info and share ideas.. o.k.
my first question:.
i am a christian.
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I understand what you want to do, however it won't work at the memorial. They, the suits (elders) will be on the lookout for new ones and you will only get the run around. A complete waste of your time.
Don't mess with their most holy of days, just stay away. Tackle them while they are doing field service or streetwork.
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How many times have you read this post...?
by cluless ini remember visiting this board and you could see how oftern a post has been read.. this is no longer possible.
are there anyother differences to the board in the new format i have missed?.
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How did you feel about attending another church?
by digderidoo inthis question is for those who have attended another church since leaving the jw's.. i have considered attending a local church, firstly out of curiosity and secondly because i do enjoy discussing the bible with people and learning new thoughts on scripture.. the only thing that stops me though is crossing that line.
i guess it was a bit like when i first posted here, it took me ages to pluck up the courage and now what was the big deal?.
did anyone else have this feeling before attending another church, that feeling of crossing the line of no return.
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Mrs Smith was going to the local Methodist church for about a year before she convinced me to give it a try. She has been quicker at getting the JW crap out of her head too.
I was in a church only once before as part of the guard of honor for a fellow fire fighter's wedding. It took all my self control not to run out of there flaying my axe at the false idols!! It was a 100 year old Anglican church btw. (But we can take the heat LOL)
But I digress, back to the story..
I entered the church building rather meekly, my eyes darting around for sign of an evil attack. What that would look like I was not certain, but I was super alert anyway! The main church, chapel etc was seperate from the entrance hall and to walk through the short tunnel to the chapel was like going to the slaughter. The chapel itself had high ceilings, (not used to that), and very few objects on the walls. My memory of all the statues of mary and the crucified Jesus from the Anglican experience was all I could go on as reference.
Then there it was, a HUGE empty wooden cross on the back wall! I then knew that I was going to be hit with a lightning bolt and turned to a small pile of ash on the pew. I sat quietly, sweating bullets waiting for the torture to begin. A thought of all the horrible stories, the harlot riding the wild beast for example, just to make things worse.
The congregation stood up and the first song that was Jehovah-Jireh. What a mind bender....The worship/ singing was great. Not the mumbling archaic dirges I sang at the kingdom hall, these people enjoyed their singing, and they did a lot of it. It was wonderful!
The service did not include dark chants, slaughtered chickens. In fact it was a good message, relevant and bible based. No books, or question and answer sessions. I did enjoy the whole thing, even the coffee and cookies at the end.
I am still very wary of doctrine, so I am not a Methodist or anything else for that matter. Just trying to make sense of it all.
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How Long Have you Been Out of the Witnesses ? Have you Moved On ?
by flipper ini have been out over 5 years now.
i feel we all start healing at different speeds depending on how much hurt we went through in exiting ; and how much we've educated ourselves about how and why we were sucked in by a mind control cult.
at first i felt anger towards the organization , but after learning about mind control within 3 years of leaving the cult i felt sorry for those who are still trapped inside the witnesses being deceived.
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Started to fade more than 10 years, which is good. Moved on? In most things, for example I don't feel guilty about service, meeting attendance memorial etc. I used to have a 'twinge' of guilt when Nisan 14 rolls past, but no more.
Now that I am 'out' with the family and they decided to shun my family and I, I am pi$$ed off! Not sure why I am angry at them, I know that they are just following the BORG's rules. That should pass in time, I suppose.
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http://pewforum.org/news/display.php?NewsID=14974
On the same forum its claimed JW's are growing the fastest. Go figure....
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Not soon enough.
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South Africa. Court saves JW girl's life
by jakes init seems as if the courts in south africa are taking a hard line stance on children of jehovahs witnesses and blood transfusions.
court saves jehovah's witness girl's life20 february 2009, 06:13. by kanina foss.
a 12-year-old jehovah's witness girl has received a life-saving blood transfusion that she did not want after a johannesburg high court order gave doctors the go-ahead.. .
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Jakes, how good is the chance that it will get to air on TV?
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South Africa. Court saves JW girl's life
by jakes init seems as if the courts in south africa are taking a hard line stance on children of jehovahs witnesses and blood transfusions.
court saves jehovah's witness girl's life20 february 2009, 06:13. by kanina foss.
a 12-year-old jehovah's witness girl has received a life-saving blood transfusion that she did not want after a johannesburg high court order gave doctors the go-ahead.. .
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Self same. Info address works....
Hope something good comes from this.
Agent Smith