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  "serenity now!"

  by nowwhat? in

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  just had my annual checkup.

  first time in 10 years my blood presure is normal.

  and i've cut my anti anxiety medicine dosage by 75 percent.

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  iwasblind

  Congrats - isn't life just sweeter without the sh** sandwiches!
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  This site should be called Anti-Jehovahs-Witnesses Cry-babies

  by the-Question in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so, you left because of a bad example(s).. why all the whining?

  nothing better to do with your time?.

  you at least know far more about the bible than any church-goer?.

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  iwasblind

  I left because their teachings are incorrect, their bible is totally wrong and basically they are a cult.

  This forum is a wonderful way for people to process, are insults what you learn to do at your meetings? Is that what following Jesus entails?

  I think you are scared of the actual truth.
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  Paul did not belittle women

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i note the recent post that quoted 1 timothy 2:11-12 and colossians 1:23 which place women at a level that is lower to men.

  the poster accused paul of this mysoginy, but that is not correct.. 1 timothy, 2 timothy, titus, colossians, ephesians and hebrews were written after paul's death.. paul was not a mysoginist; he made full use of women in leadership roles.

  he wrote that in god's sight there is neither male nor female, for all are one in god's sight.. doug.

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  iwasblind

  Doug

  Who wrote those book then? I have not researched it but would love any source material.
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  COs are like parrots, can’t handle questions of dynamic nature!

  by anointed1 in

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  2. beliefs

  when i was a zealous publisher, once i took co for a return visit to learn how he handles difficult questions.

  house holder brought the subject of joshua secretly sending two spies to spy out the city of jericho before its planned conquest, and asked: “wasn’t joshua acting in a human way here?

  why would joshua need to send spies if he was the commander-in-chief appointed by god the almighty?”.

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  iwasblind

  In the SKE school and its predecessor, they basically parrot descriptions and memorize stuff like parrots. I know this as I have had quite a bit to do with it in the last 2 years.

  I had the same response when asking biblical questions of various students.
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  Wife is Awake

  by freemindfade in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  following the news of stuckinarut2, over the past few months my wife has completely mentally woken up.

  i've been meaning to post but haven't had the time.

  i saw stuckins post and i figured i'd add my news too.

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  iwasblind

  ohh wow that is brilliant news! Congratulations!
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  For those that read the bible, does the true message of scripture still come through in NWT?

  by NikL in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my active and in jw wife is up for reading bible together.

  thing is she wants to use nwt.. i have problems with that translation as you my imagine.. just wondering if you thought the true message of the bible will shine through the deliberate tampering of the nwt?.

  i know many people here don't like or want to read the bible and think it's rubbish anyway, so if that's you, you can save your comments :-).

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  iwasblind

  I would say it is ok except anything relating to the divinity of Jesus, they have modified so much.

  I would also say make sure you make them read every scripture in context not just the cherry picking.

  I love biblehub.com for any translational issues. I use the NIV at the moment.
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  NWT cross references

  by Steel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  lately i have been really interested in the idea of who jesus was in the in old testament.

  i have reading an author named michael heiser who generally believes anytime there was a physical manifestion of god in the old testament it was a pre incarnation of jesus christ.. i was reading the first chapter of jeremiah there is a figure called " the word of jehovah appears ".

  this actually happens in a number of places in the old testament.

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  iwasblind

  Some preachers think that Melchizedek was Jesus in physical form in the OT. I kind of like the idea but there is not enough hard data if you know what I mean.
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  Hello

  by midnight in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi i am posting for the first time although i've been looking for a few years , i was born into a witness family left when i was 12 with my parents went back at 22 pioneered became ms started to have major doubts around 2002 when there was a lot of talk about blood fractions etc have been hit and miss since i'm extremely mentally confused as to wether or not this really is jehovah's earthly organisation , i find life hard facing up to mortality etc not having the new system hope , what nailed your decision to leave ?

  how did you cope with world problems on news etc ?

  how did you fill the void ?

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  iwasblind

  Hi Midnight

  We had a similar dilemma being born in's and waking up in our forties. The old "where are we to go", "what is out there".

  We still believe in God but we have found:

  • Nearly everyone we meet christian or not are really really good people
  • The longer we are away from them the closer we get to God
  • God does not have an organisation - infact Jesus wanted people to worship
    him in different ways by Spirit.
  • They have mistranslated the Bible and skewed the most basic of teachings
  • You don't need a building to go to with a group of people that you don't like to worship God.

  I would suggest take your time, study what the athiests say as much as the scripture itself.

  Try connect with God and see what happens also. I can't deny my connection to him as my Father.
  I have too many things that have happened over the past few years - but that is my journey I am
  sure you will have your own as many here do.

  If you want any help on the scriptural side I would be more than happy to help and share just PM me.

  And by the way - congratulations - this journey is by no means easy but when you find true freedom
  there is nothing like it.
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  Not one visit, 8 years in a nursing home, and not one visit!

  by Raymudas Martini in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my dad{rip}, was a faithful jw since the year i was born, i'm 60, he died 2 years ago.

  his last 12 years were spent in an assisted living/nursing home right in the small town where he spent the last 8 years of being an elder/pioneer.

  when he went into the home, one brother would visit him regularly, but after 4 years, that friend moved away, and visitation from the locals ceased, for 8 years!!!!!!!

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  iwasblind

  Where will you go? What about the love?

  They really believe their own rubbish. This is the true evidence of their fake love!
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  My Dad wants to study with me

  by BlackWolf in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so my parents continue to pester me about getting baptized.

  the other day my dad told me that i was old enough to make a decision, and was wondering why i wasn't ready (assembly is in a few weeks) so i told him calmly that i have many doubts and if i were to get baptized it has to be 100 percent my idea.

  he was a little annoyed by this, and now wants to study the "is there a creator that cares about you" book (which is complete bs) with me.

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  iwasblind

  Hi Blackwolf

  Their teaching is so far removed from scripture if you stick to the bible you might convert him.

  Here is what I would do:

  • Take the study but only as a "bible" study not a book study
  • Make you Dad answer everything from the scriptures but make him read the whole context of each scripture when he does - most times the scripture is misapplied and unravels when you read the chapter.
  • Only ask bible questions - there is a bunch of questions you could answer to not get his "apostate" radar activated.
  • Also see if he would help you research other religions, there are some vids on people escaping the brethren that really could get him thinking about the JW's.
  • Start reading the greek scriptures from another translation - that will be the "reason" you are asking questions.

  Here are some don'ts:

  • Stay away from bashing the GB - he will just get defensive
  • Stay away from stupid doctrine like the FDS - they will never see it. Keep to bible translation and scriptures about Jesus.

  I am sure more learned people here could supply you with questions, but PM me if you want mine.