for the many years i was mentally " in " the congregation, i equated the organisation as interchangeable with the persona of jehovah, in effect whatever the organisation said or thought, that was what jehovah thought and that was what jehovah said.... it was that simple.
so when i found out the ttatt and the cynical moves of the organisation over the years,including 1975 , the donation arrangements, the united nations, etc i was devastated and thought " where's jehovah in all of this?".
the god who i'd poured my heart out to on many occasions and who i thought was silently listening and hearing my pleas ..... was not there , .
Hi deleteandreset-
You cope by not thinking about what you've lost, but rather, what you 've gained. You're free now. Free to be the person you were meant tobe, without the constrictions of worrying about whether or not what you're doing meets the approval of the organization, and by extension, Jehovah.
Figuring out what that is may be easier said than done, but at least you can do so without guilt or judgment.
here in uk we have appalling choice between cameron / corby and some also rans.
are trump/clinton best the worlds superpower can offer up?
all candidates for office seem to be flawed , are no genuine people putting themselves forward?
There's Bernie Sanders who got quite a groundswell of support in a short period of time. He's not likely to win but he does represent a sizeable portion of the US.
Yeah, it's really too bad he doesn't have the delegates in his back pocket the way Hillary does. I voted for him in the primary, and would certainly vote for him over any Republican.
urghhh... what a disgusting study!7 a conflict of loyalties may arise when a close relative is disfellowshipped.
for example, a sister named anne received a telephone call from her disfellowshipped mother.
the mother wanted to visit anne because she felt pained by her isolation from the family.
its funny ive read some stories on here about how they have become so infuriated by what logic dictates as being true and their own denying of it because it completely screws up their belief and shows how hypocritical it is xd some look like a nuclear reactor about to blow xd.
share you experiences here :) .
I've only talked to one, who I still considered a friend after leaving. He opened the door for me by telling me about his own ordeal in which he was nearly disfellowshipped for apostasy.
I proceeded to tell him why I no longer attended meetings, and all the things I thought were wrong with the organization. He agreed with me on many points, even admitting he didn't believe that JWs had the absolute truth.
This was a year ago, and I haven't heard from him since. I reached out a couple of times by phone, but he never called me back.
i see the jw rumour mill is going into mad overdrive about prince.
the stories seem to be more and more unlikely.
so i thought as a bit of fun how about us here try to make up our own rumours?
Watchtower only said no because they were afraid that the end might not come until the end of 2000
They also didn't want the brothers and sisters 'partying like it was 1999'. It didn't convey the right sense of urgency.
i see the jw rumour mill is going into mad overdrive about prince.
the stories seem to be more and more unlikely.
so i thought as a bit of fun how about us here try to make up our own rumours?
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the old guy went out with a bang..l.a lakers.
a great career
Also, Golden State winning 73 games was unbelievable! Too bad they will lose to my Celtics in the NBA finals
If Golden State loses to anyone, it will be the Spurs. Celtics won't get the chance.
the old guy went out with a bang..l.a lakers.
a great career
Was never really a fan of Kobe or the Lakers. I always found him to be a little arrogant, and he had a reputation for being extremely difficult to play with. Phil Jackson described him in his book as being "uncoachable".
But he was a phenomenal talent. And with all due respect to Lebron- the closest thing to Jordan in the last 20 years.
