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What scriptures will you NEVER hear a Witness use?

by gordon d in

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friends

what scripture will probably never be read in the kh or quoted in the watchtower?

for obvious reasons!

i'll start with honesty's contribution: .

Abandoned

Maybe the topic should be "What scriptures will you NEVER hear a Witness APPLY properly?"

That's too easy - ALL OF THEM. :-D

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Secret Santa (Gift Exchange) 2006

by Angharad in

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friends

hope this hasnt been posted already, if it has someone tell me as i dont want to step on anyones toes !!.

well christimas will soon be here !!.

gadget did a great job of organising the forum gift exchange the last couple of years so i thought i would give him a break and volunteer to organise it this year.. for those that are new basically what it involves is that those who want to join in will post to this thread and then pm me their name and address.

Abandoned

Is it too late to take part?

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Humor only

by The Lone Ranger in

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the european commission has just announced an agreement whereby english will be the official language of the european union rather than german, which was the other possibility.. .

as part of the negotiations, the british government conceded that english spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known as "euro-english".

in the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c".

Abandoned

ROFL!!! Thank you so much for that. I REALLY needed that laugh.

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Support Groups

by Abandoned in

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friends

say, sorry to bother, but does anyone know of any non-religious support groups for ex jw in the rochester, minnesota area?.

Abandoned

Thanks Arthur for the site suggestion.

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One thing that REALLY bothers me

by Abandoned in

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i was just watching the news about an organization called bundles of love that puts together kits for new parents that can't afford to get things for their newborns.

it was a touching piece.

one of the volunteers talked about why she decided to help out and the first thing that came to my mind was how ashamed i am of how as part of jw i would have instinctively found someway to discredit her kindess as just another worldly person walking blindly through satan's world.

Abandoned

can I steal your name? It's so damn fitting!

I guess so, but then what name do I use? You'll have to take my word on this, but I'm not quite a carla (too much blasphemous facial hair). :-)

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One thing that REALLY bothers me

by Abandoned in

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friends

i was just watching the news about an organization called bundles of love that puts together kits for new parents that can't afford to get things for their newborns.

it was a touching piece.

one of the volunteers talked about why she decided to help out and the first thing that came to my mind was how ashamed i am of how as part of jw i would have instinctively found someway to discredit her kindess as just another worldly person walking blindly through satan's world.

Abandoned

Yeah the wt has disdain for the common charities of the world. Their arrogance is so annoying. It's especially annoying when someone arrogant tells you that you need to work on your arrogance so that god won't destroy you.

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Tortured

by Xnived Shadow in

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i just got back from iraq..... i was a jw before i left.

i am readjusting to everything here in the real world and i gotta admit its kinda hard.

my military and jw training make for alot of sleepless nights and painful days.

Abandoned

I then signed up for a RN course onboard my ship.(Mainly because there were some beautiful women taking that class) hey what can I say I was underway for a year gimme a break.

Hey buddy, it's OK. You made it out. I just have to say in response to what I quoted above that you don't have to feel guilty that you are attracted to women and that you like being around those you consider pretty. I hate that organization so much for so many things, but this is definitely one of the main reasons. They taught us such a screwed up view of sex and sexual attraction that I feel guilty about finding someone else attractive. Plus, due to all the repressed feelings, I don't have a clue how to even start a relationship. I'm forty years old and I don't know how to deal with women on a dating level.

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One thing that REALLY bothers me

by Abandoned in

jw
friends

i was just watching the news about an organization called bundles of love that puts together kits for new parents that can't afford to get things for their newborns.

it was a touching piece.

one of the volunteers talked about why she decided to help out and the first thing that came to my mind was how ashamed i am of how as part of jw i would have instinctively found someway to discredit her kindess as just another worldly person walking blindly through satan's world.

Abandoned

I was just watching the news about an organization called Bundles of Love that puts together kits for new parents that can't afford to get things for their newborns. It was a touching piece. One of the volunteers talked about why she decided to help out and the first thing that came to my mind was how ashamed I am of how as part of jw I would have instinctively found someway to discredit her kindess as just another worldly person walking blindly through satan's world. What an ass I was.

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Whats it like?

by The Dragon in

whats it like to lose your children to hypocrites, liars, and guessers.... what drives them to lean upon guesses about their parents from others who exault themselves and present thier mere guesses as facts to them?.

why do they not search for the truth and answers from the source?.

too much work?

Abandoned

LOL! Don't you remember? It's because that while even though god is more powerful than satan, he doesn't have the power to protect his people if they walk too far into satan's world. And while god loves and trusts his people, he can't quite trust them with making correct decisions based on all the facts.

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Reflectionslooking through the mirror of time

by The wanderer in

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reflectionslooking through the mirror of time looking back in retrospect to the person that i once was, there.

were a number of things regarding my past witness life that.

were disagreeable to me.

Abandoned

When you look in the mirror do you still see that angry
bitter person?
Have you made any progress since discovering
the Watchtower hoax?
What improvements have you made since leaving the
organization behind?

Well, I've been out for about four years and I'm just starting to get angry. Up until this time, I've been ashamed at how much I let god and everyone else down. I've spent way too much time feeling guilty for not being able to live up to standards that those judging weren't even attempting to meet.

I've definitely made progress. I'm able to talk about what I've went through and soon (hopefully a different soon than the wt version) I'm going to post something about this on my blog and let the world, including those who know me in person, my story.

Improvements? I'm not sure. I'm just getting past the guilt and even though I know, intellectually that the guilt is a bunch of bullshit, I still haven't cleaned all of that crap out of my system. So, I still feel guilty about stupid things and I still have trouble seeing that my worth is something I have not something I can earn. That's a tough one for me. I have finally realized that having dreams and moving towards them don't make me an evil person. My dream is to be a writer and I'm making daily progress toward that end. Here's something I think is cool. I work at a coffee shop and yesterday I waited on a lady who had her blood card on display like we were always told to do (to protect us from the evil, worldly people ) and I wasn't mad at her. I just felt pity for her. So, I guess that's an improvement. On the one hand, I'm finally able to accept and deal with my anger at the organization, but I'm able to see individual witnesses as victims and feel pity for them. Yep, I've a long way to go, but I've made progress.