Thanks for your replys guys..I really wish I could come back saying Id been able to walk away, but I havent..After breaking off contact for a month, he got back in contact with me and said that we were made for each other and he would have no second thoughts on marrying me if i converted to jehovahs witness...he is to be baptised next month. The thought of my life without him is unbearable and the month we were not in contact was hell..Although the reason given for my divorce wasnt adultery, I am pretty sure he was unfaithful and was even told as much my many of my friends. Anyway I have agreed to try to look into the witnesses with a positive view in the hope that I may change my mind and enable us a future together..I noticed their are many other people on the site in similar predicaments to mine and they have my sympathy..it is truly a nightmare..in my case, I feel that apart from this issue, I have found my soulmate, and nothing could make me unhappier than I was without him..wish me luck kI gonna need it!!!
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by luffy inplz plz plz will somebody give me a clear cut answer, i know the problems involved but is it possible "legally" or as far as witnesses allow?
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registry marriages
by luffy inim a catholic who was married in a registry office, so in the eyes of the catholic church i was "never married"...how do the jehovahs witnesses view this and how would this affect my position on being able to remarry in their eyes?.
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Im a Catholic who was married in a registry office, so in the eyes of the Catholic church I was "never married"...how do the jehovahs witnesses view this and how would this affect my position on being able to remarry in their eyes?
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what are the chances he,ll stay?
by luffy inwhat are the chances a 55 year old protestant who has become caught up with the jws and is about to convert, will realise they are probably making the biggest mistake of their lives?..anybody known any converts or had any experience of this?
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Thanks for your answers, yes he was my "intended" and I am thinking about resuming "contact" after a month of no contact after he has made it quite clear he will give up "the love of his life" for Jehovah, but wants to remain friends..I am already blue in the face trying to get him to research before he commits, but he just seems so blinkered it is unreal(definitely the most frustrating situation of my life)..I guess hes been indoctrinated by an expert!! as before all this he was the most loving and fun man. He says his goal for baptism is November, after not even being involved a year..and yes he really IS serious..he even shaved off his beloved goatee..ugh I think Ive just about reached the point at which I give up!!!!
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Dating an Ex-JW
by dyone ini am dating someone who recently left the jw religion.
i am not a jw, nor do i align myself with any specific religious organization.. intellectually, it was very difficult for me to accept that he could be absorbed into what i believe is one of the strongest cults of our society, but in time i realized just how easy it was to be absolved in something that you are forced into out of fear.. he's at a point right now where he is reading/researching various literature and discussing his experiences openly *such as boards as these* and i encourage such discussions.
he does not see himself ever returning to the religion and is even willing to face that he may be shunned from his own family as a result.. here is where i am "stuck".
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luffy
count yourself lucky that the man you love is infact an ex JW, and not as in my situation, about to embark on being baptised one, my love for him is such that I would have done anything for the chance of a life with him, the obstacles you face will be difficult but not impossible as are mine. I would gladly swap circumstances with you!!!...good luck.
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what are the chances he,ll stay?
by luffy inwhat are the chances a 55 year old protestant who has become caught up with the jws and is about to convert, will realise they are probably making the biggest mistake of their lives?..anybody known any converts or had any experience of this?
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What are the chances a 55 year old protestant who has become caught up with the JWS and is about to convert, will realise they are probably making the biggest mistake of their lives?..Anybody known any converts or had any experience of this?
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Would the world be a better place if everyone was JW?
by Gill inthe back of 'the end of false religion is near!
' leaflet makes an interesting claim that in the book 'holocaust politics' published in 2001, says : 'if more people practiced versions of what the jehovah's witnesses preach and practice, the holocaust could have been prevented and genocide would scourge the world no more.'.
do you believe that is true?
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....can pigs fly?????
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can a jehovahs witness marry a divorced non-witness?
by luffy inplz plz plz will somebody give me a clear cut answer, i know the problems involved but is it possible "legally" or as far as witnesses allow?
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thanks "on the way out"..I just read your profile and guess you are in a better position than most to advise..I guess the bottom line is that Im trying to deal with an impossible situation..I think however painful, my best bet is to leave him in the hope that one day he will realise he made the wrong choice.I sure dont wish this on anyone!!!!..the saying goes "if you cant beat them join them"..I think this is a case of "you cant beat them so leave"
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can a jehovahs witness marry a divorced non-witness?
by luffy inplz plz plz will somebody give me a clear cut answer, i know the problems involved but is it possible "legally" or as far as witnesses allow?
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Thanks guys..its actually him who is planning on being baptised and me the non witness divorcee..cant see marriage ever happening but its good to know that its possible albeit difficult!!!
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can a jehovahs witness marry a divorced non-witness?
by luffy inplz plz plz will somebody give me a clear cut answer, i know the problems involved but is it possible "legally" or as far as witnesses allow?
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plz plz plz will somebody give me a clear cut answer, I know the problems involved but is it possible "legally" or as far as witnesses allow?
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Should I marry a JW ?
by curiousabouthim ini am new to the jw world, not one, but do love one.
met a man who down to the tee is amazing.
he is a great man, the only thing i am not so sure about is his "religious" beliefs.
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I met a great man over the internet, I was in an unhappy marriage and for two years this man kept my sanity. We fell in love and he proclaimed I was the love of his life, as he was mine. I couldnt imagine life without him, and went on to divorce my husband, not solely because of this man, but certainly in the hope that I would be free to meet and marry him as we discussed and both so seemed to want. How did it end?..Im divorced, he met a jehovahs witness in a store and decided to follow that path..with the sentence "I can marry only in the lord" he ended our relationship leaving me feeling as if my whole world had ended, as I still feel to this day. I will probably never get over it, my advice to others, however much you think your love will be enough, it wont.