Posts by quietlyleaving

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Taking control of my life....this is what i'm gonna do.

by R.F. in

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as many of you may know, i'm currently an ms and pioneer, and been missing meetings consistently for almost 2 months.

i have been concerned about my dad's reaction to me wanting to leave the org and he's been questioning me about missing meetings.

well i've decided now not to jump through the elders' hoops anymore.

quietlyleaving

I'm not letting the "friends" get to me anymore, and i'm not jumping through their hoops either. If they somehow found out I was at the movies or something else other than at the kingdom hall when it is the time of a meeting, I couldn't care less! If they come by my house to visit me and I don't want to see them..i'll open the door and kindly tell them I don't want company. If they offer me spiritual "help", I'll tell them I don't need it.
Life is too short for me to be shackeled by them.

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NEWBIE- MARKING TALK

by Tallman64 in

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newbie here.

i feel i will enjoy my stay.

interesting talk last nite on marking.

quietlyleaving

It creates a lot of gossip and makes people feel self important and self righteous.

btw welcome to JWD.

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Adventures in Meditating......

by freedomloverr in

i know a lot of you do meditation and i thought i would share a recent experience with you all.

it's been almost 2 years since i left the mental bondage of the org.

and it's been a journey with lots of twists and turns.

quietlyleaving

good thread freedomloverr - I like that you've called it adventures in meditating.

I have recently started too and find I look forward to my 20 mins. Feel more comfortable with myself and more energetic.

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Open Discussions About The Paranormal

by The wanderer in

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open discussions about the paranormalseveral times threads would feature a particular discussion about the paranormal.. in the past, discussions featured ghosts, unidentified flying objects, ouija boards, .

and other similar topics which correlate to the paranormal.

some individuals are put off with the subjecton several occasions, it could not be helped but to notice that individuals who .

quietlyleaving

wanderer

On several occasions, it could not be helped but to notice that individuals who
were having these discussions were often heckled, insulted or criticized by those
who were somehow “put off” or offended by the discussion.
Why?
If an individual is confident and convinced that, his is the “right path”, then why do
they feel a need to belittle others who are engaged in a harmless discussion?

As my mother used to say

If it doesn't kill you it can only make you stronger

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Is this the correct place for an introduction??

by student1 in

long time lurker from the uk... making my first post ooh scary...the reason posting now is that i need some advice on talking to my jw family and friends, without their walls coming up!

having read this forum for a good year, you all seem to be expert linguists!

i want to be like an indiana jones type character and slip through the sliding door in to the tomb (my sisters brain!

quietlyleaving

Hi Student

welcome to JWD. Glad you decided to start posting.

qtly

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LONG discussion with my parents. (long post of course)

by LtCmd.Lore in

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here's an update on me... i'm 18. i'm an atheist.

i'm not making much money.

i did something i promised myself i wouldn't do: i work for witnesses.

quietlyleaving

Hey ltcmd.lore

I was really impressed with how you handled the discussion with your parents.

What comes across very strongly is that you are using logic and that's like a foreign language to them.

A suggestion is to try to encourage them to think logically by discussing other issues as well that aren't related to the truth.

An extra benefit is that they may then hold off considering shunning you because they reason that you are going through a questioning phase wherein you are questioning other issues as well, and at the same time you are encouraging logical thinking.

A long process but imo these are skills for life.

good luck

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Was Jesus a Buddist?

by Illyrian in

i started investigating this issue a few months back after seeing a documentary that intrigued me.

some of you may disagree with my findings and that is ok, but hopefully we can have a constructive discussion and hear both sides of the arguments.

i personally was deeply impressed, to say the least, by the apparent cogency and deep correlations of evidentiary materials that survived to this day, which supports this thesis.. there is so much more that can be or should be said here but i will try to keep this text as short as possible so as to keep people interested enough to read it.. buddhism appeared some 500 years before jesus arrival.

quietlyleaving

Here's an interesting point from narkissos' link

Several philosophers, such as Pyrrho, Anaxarchus and Onesicritus, are said to have been selected by Alexander to accompany him in his eastern campaigns. During the 18 months they were in India, they were able to interact with Indian religious men, generally described as Gymnosophists ("naked philosophers"). Pyrrho (360-270 BCE), returned to Greece and became the first Skeptic and the founder of the school named Pyrrhonism. The Greek biographer Diogenes Laertius explained that Pyrrho's equanimity and detachment from the world were acquired in India. [

Another point made was that a geographcal passageway was established by Alexander the Great's conquests linking the Himalayan area with central Asia which resulted in trade and religious exchange.

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Let's welcome quietlyleaving.

by nvrgnbk in

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neat nick by the way.

quietlyleaving

good one sad emo

thanks coco, delilah, bumble bee

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Isn't Jehovah a wonderful God?

by nvrgnbk in

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when i look around at all the people in the world, i'm comforted to know that jehovah will soon destroy them.. i'm talking about people that don't attend our encouraging christian meetings.

yes, people that don't zealously participate in the preaching of the good news.

'what good news?

quietlyleaving

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Just Witnessed at my Door to an Elder and his Wife About Child Molestation

by flipper in

hello all, just had an interesting conversation with a p.o.

elder and his wife who were leaving me a incognito invitation to the "follow the christ" convention.i declined the invitation, but told them i had an associated press article i'd like to leave with them about molestation settlements jw's made outside of court.

i asked if they were aware of this settlement.

quietlyleaving

well done flipper. Sounds like you kept your cool too - not sure I'd be able to.