Posts by WRJ

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The Watchtowers Perspective Seeing IssuesIn Terms Of Black & White

by The wanderer in

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the watchtowers perspective seeing issuesin terms of black & white having been a jehovahs witness taught me that issues were seen as good or bad, black or white.

if it came from the society, it was good and if it did not come out of the society, it was bad.

i call this perspective my tunnel vision.

WRJ

For starters wanderer, its good to hear from you again. (or is it Richard?)

Anyway you have recieved four pages of mostly criticism for your last post, good! You wanted to stimulate thinking and it certainly accomplished that. Whether it was the right way about it or not the future will tell. But this is a new post and i will respond to your new scenario with that in mind.

Question: Do you view issues in black and white? If not how do you measure an issue?

Answer: You do the best you can! (Ideally speaking) and keep an open mind.

How?

1. You inform yourself about the topic with the BEST information at hand. (As a JW you are vigorously discouraged from informing yourself with anything other than the societies publications, a recipe for ignorance, or your "tunnel vision') If you became informed you would see the society for what is truly is, un-informed.

2. You take into consideration how your decision may impact on the health and wellness of yourself and humans in general. (I'm talking ideally here wanderer, we are not superheroes after all)

3. You take into consideration how your decision with impact upon your home - earth. (Once again you can't truly know the answer to that so you take what you know from what measly knowledge we simple humans have about our planet.)

4. (My personal favourite) - YOU REALIZE THAT WHATEVER KNOWLEDGE, BIAS, PREFERENCE YOU HAVE IS BASED ON YOUR OWN LIMITED MIND AND THEREFORE CANNOT BE CORRECT IN THE TRUEST SENSE. Therefore be happy, no even better rejoice when your viewpoint is proved incorrect. It means humans are improving!

I'm sorry wanderer, you were expecting another response weren't you? So how about this one...........

The actual answer to your question is that we all have tunnel vision my friend, only that Ex-JW's now are free to choose which tunnel they want to view life from. A JW is told which tunnel to follow. Period.

Hope this post helps

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Former Jehovahs WitnessAre Hypocrites

by The wanderer in

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friends

former jehovahs witnessare hypocritesit amazes me how these people who once donned three-piece suits .

with book, bag and bible in hand are now singing the blues.

these former jehovahs witnesses, who would annoy a man and his.

WRJ

(chuckle) You wont get a bite this time my friend, i understand what these posts are designed for now so..

Keep up the good work!

its just what everyone here needs (kind of like an 'Our Kingdom Ministry' for ex-JW's) (chuckle)

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A Thread for us Screwed-Up People

by Mincan in

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friends

"i was in the jehovah's witness cult you see, and that contained my social constructs well.

f*** that, now i'm free.

now my worldview has changed radically in the fundamentals, however, the orbital satellite things remain constant.

WRJ

Like everyone else is saying Mincan, you have learned early on the folly of the JW theory, good for you!

The only danger in front of you now is dwelling too long on the lost time, and wasting more time talking about it too much. (sorry i dont mean to preach)

To keep up the tradition of movie references (nice Princess Bride quote by the way) I'll give you one from "Batman Begins":

"Its not who i am underneath, but what i do that defines me"

So do it all!

And im really jealous of your snow fields over there in Canada, the skiing is said to be the best in the world.

regards

WRJ

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You Are Much Too Harsh About The Watchtower Society

by The wanderer in

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friends

you are much too harsh about the watchtower societysince you were, little we did our best to raise you.

you always received good.

grades in school; we always did our best to feed, clothe and give you every-.

WRJ

Thanks for the warm welcome bigdreaux and The wanderer, i look forward to more discussions in the future.

Regards

WRJ

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You Are Much Too Harsh About The Watchtower Society

by The wanderer in

jw
friends

you are much too harsh about the watchtower societysince you were, little we did our best to raise you.

you always received good.

grades in school; we always did our best to feed, clothe and give you every-.

WRJ

Hi Everyone,

Im new to this forum, but not to the topic at hand.

It's unfortunate, but the situation is not that easily solved, if this letter is real then right now you are experiencing too many confused emotions, and frankly you need time to think things through yourself. For starters your parents have thier viewpoint deeply embeded in thier minds and wont give you what you are yearning for NOW - acceptance/love. You need to accept and understand that. They have had thier minds molded in one direction only and are incapable of allowing any thoughts that may allow "Satan" to corrupt thier "God given judgement". Dont even try to change that for them, like any addiction they need to break out of thier trained minds themselves.

My advice is to concentrate on YOU. You can weather any storm if your mind is at peace with your decisions, but right now your probably experiencing feelings of guilt and shame, 2 extremely powerful emotions that have been trained into you by the society, they still have power over you. You need to combat that first. You need to give yourself time to stand on your own instead of seeking your parents and "Jehovahs'/ the society's" acceptance. You've been attached to that drug (JW faith) for too long and you still yearn for it now dont you?

In short the journey from here is what will give you strength, and use this time to reeducate yourself about the society's doctrines and see them for what they are. Once you have come to that realization you will be able to comprehend exactly why your folks are doing what they are and you will be able to approach them as a strong and understanding human who is free to love them without the restrictions they currently have. Be courageous, and know you are not alone. You will see them again and your life is precious. Don't give up!