Topics Started by SilverNyte

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This board is not for me.
by Wafe in
1. jw
2. friends
when i came to this board, i thought that it was for encouragement amoung people who had been treated badly by the wtbts, i did not understand that people were going to come here and bash god, his son and the bible.

i could understand some embitterment over religion but some of you people are down right insulting.

not to mention the fact that i have tried to contact others on the board and have had my messages ignored.. .
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Jesus
by alotlikemay in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i'm going to put my head on the block here... and possibly alienate some of you in doing so.

i'm new to the forum.

forgive me, i don't have time to read up the whole history of threads here, much as i'd love to, so if this subject has been discussed already (as i'm sure it must have) then apologies .
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Would you die for what you believe?
by avidbiblereader in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
with many strong feelings or beliefs either way for christianity, atheism, jw would you be willing to die for your beliefs, or are they just feelings that never come from the heart?

if faced with death for your beliefs, would you?.

abr.
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What is your idea of worship?
by journey-on in
1. jw
2. friends
when i was a jw, my idea of worshipping god was to put in at least 10+ hrs.

in fs monthly, attend 5 mtgs per wk, study for those meetings, make back calls (or what is now called rv's), conduct bible studies, have a family study once a week, pioneer when able, go to all the assemblies, etc.

what, if anything, do you consider worship?.
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Do you believe you have a particular purpose in life?
by journey-on in
1. jw
2. friends
i ask this because as a jw, you are programmed to think your only purpose is to preach the good news of the kingdom....period.

but more and more, i've noticed in my own life a strong pull toward something i won't elaborate on, but it has me thinking that maybe we really do each have a particular purpose and it's up to us to discover what it is.

i know i'm kind of new to the forum, but please let me know if any of you have experienced this same kind of unusually strong pull toward something you can't fully explain.
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Does Knowing the Truth Make you a Happier person?
by gumby in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
many of us who were once jehovah's witnesses had a measure of happiness in our lives.

for me, i had a hope in the future, i had answers as to why we are all here, i believed in a loving god who looked after me and cared about me, i had answers to all of lifes big questions.. when i found out the truth about the witnesses, i was lost in a great big world and now had no answers other than the fact that what i once believed was "the truth" in actuality wasn't the truth.i now had to start all over in my search for truth.

for me, it wasn't long before i found what i thought was the truth since i always believed in the bible.
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Gimme your Best Shot.
by Frannie Banannie in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i've been re-thinking about what to say when jw's come knockin'.

i've thought about what the scriptures say about jesus' words to the pharisees and think perhaps i might say, "i don't have any interest in the doctrines and writings of the scribes and pharisees of the wts.".

or maybe i could just say, "yall're just wts nazis and you look down on everyone else as if they were jews during wwii, so i'd prefer not to converse with you.".
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Do you agree that, if there are errors in the bible, then it's all wrong?
by JH in
1. watchtower
2. bible
in other words, if you can find a few errors in the bible, will you throw away the whole notion of the bible being "inspired by god".

example: if you find any error in the bible, will it take away the notion that killing is wrong, or stealing is wrong, .

so where do you draw the line, and accept certain biblical teachings and reject other biblical teachings?.
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MY NEW HANDLE!!!
by Sister Golden Hair Surprise in
1. jw
2. friends
hi there everyone, i am the girl who had been writting under "messy" but i decided to change my name to sister golden hair surprise to reflect my personality in a more positive way since messy jessy was my nickname as a child and i am now a woman, and not so messy.

my last post as messy is under the experiences/reunions etc.

and it is a letter i wrote to the papers but isnt being published.
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a letter i wrote to the papers thats not being published..
by Messy in
1. jw
2. experiences
hi all: i am ok. im starting to return to my normal self again.

the psych meds are helping me alot, although i am determined to get to a point where i dont need them.

i am not a psychiatrist, so i will leave that up to him.