Posts by The-Borg

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Do you agree that God's love is unconditional?

by asilentone in

someone wrote on my fb page "god's love is unconditional-not based on emotions and feelings".

how would you respond to that statement?.

losing my religion

by imperialspy in

after 5 years away from the borg, it hasnt got any easier.

in fact, in my mind, its got worse.

the pain of losing a mother, father, two sisters and a brother, nieces and nephews, people i loved so dearly, has become ever deeper with every passing day.

The-Borg

Hi Imperialspy,

welcome to the board. there are ex witness meetup groups , i've met a lot of genuinely nice people that way. Helps to meet people in

a similar situation as yourself. Try meetup.com and keep an eye on the apostafest section on this site.

All the very best to you and sorry for your loss.

David.

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Would WT keep more young people if Kingdom Melodies sounded like this?

by JimmyPage in

jw
friends

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mer6w32byxq.

Insane Email From My JW Mother

by daniel-p in

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friends

she starts out with some banal stuff about where they want to move, etc, then, she launches into this:.

that brings up something i wanted to tell you in person but itseems that i am not going to be able to do that very soon.

i amhoping to throw some light on what has happened within our familyesp during the time we were over there.. it has become very apparent to us now that during that time period from early spring on, in 200[x], satan launched an all-out attack on our family, son.

The-Borg

WOW Far out

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Confusion on what to believe, also guilt.

by izzysma in

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friends

i was raised a witness up until i was 16, never was baptized, and now that i have my own child now i am having a really hard time with wanting her to know what religion is.

as i have gotten older, wiser i am doubting the truth even more...actually i never doubted it until just a few years ago.

being a witness is the only religion i know so i still have that sense of loyalty to it even though it's not what i choose to be.

The-Borg

You have a God given right to believe what you want to believe and not to feel guilty about it. You don't have to know all the answers either.

Just make sure your not being emotionally manipulated by anyone. If in the course of studying whatever religion and you are having feelings of guilt, fear, confusion or even feeling of overwhelming gushy love - GIVE IT WIDE BERTH, its not for you or your prescious family.

Personally I would advise staying clear of all religion but thats just my opinion.

All the very best to you.

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IS THERE ANYONE FROM HAMPSHIRE OR SURREY (ENGLAND) ON THIS FORUM

by BloominMarvellous in

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friends

hi guys.

me and my friend would really like to meet up with some of you who are in the hampshire or surrey area, and possibly west sussex.

(england).

The-Borg

Hi I'm from buckinghamshire, we had a get together last night on the south bank of the thames. Two People from Liphook attended.

We have meetups 2-3 per year. If you PM me I'll send you my facebook profile and you can have a look at the pictures.

BTW, look at the apostafest section om this site, and check out meetup.com. The kent ex-jw is the one we attended last night.

Thanks

David.

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If there are more women

by The-Borg in

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witnesses than men, does that mean women are more gullible?

just curios..

The-Borg

witnesses than men, does that mean women are more gullible? Just curios.

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my road to recovery, step1...getting my tits out!

by highdose in

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friends

...hahaha...not quite what you think;).

after the lovely encouraging posts i got yesterday.

i decided to take their advice and start bit by bit exploring my new free life:).

The-Borg

Congratulations on your life affirming freedom!!

Just remember that even though there are a lot of nice people in 'the world', not everybody is so nice. Set proper boundaries and don't accept any behaviour that crosses the line. You should be fine.

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newbie needs help

by highdose in

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friends

this is a first timer posting.

heres my story which im hoping you guys can help me with, even if its just support ( i could sure use some!).

brought up in the truth, i spent 20+ years of my life having trauma after trauma in it.

The-Borg

so nice to have a responce from people that isn't " go to all the meetings and you will feel fine!"

Stick around there's a few lurking on here, despite what the mothership says. I'm sure they'll pop up and tell you it's all down to imperfect men and wait on Jehovah.

I've been out for 2 years and trust me it's real, people are nice, just know your boundaries. Now go and enjoy yourself!!

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df'd and assemblies.

by ptrehearn152 in

hi newbie here, i have a question that is begining to bug me a little.

i am not a jw or ever will be but my partner was some years ago and quite devout about the religeon then she was df'd for commiting adultry with another man (not me) who was not a jw, she got divored from her jw husband and left behind her 2 boys and went to live with 'the other man', anyway over the years her relationship with her 2 boys began to grow again and now she see's them once every 2 weeks, i should perhaps point out that her ex is a devout jw, she has told me that she would like to at some point go back to the 'hall' and carry on her religeon, i said that i dont have a problem with that but, i wasn't keen on the idea of her walking the streets knocking on doors due to the amount of hatred that some poeple clearly have for jw's and the fact that we now seem to live in a violent world, yes i know that jw's have to do so much 'service work', she has told me that she has not visited a hall since her df so therefore has not repented her sins as it were but on sunday she said that there was an assembly in our local vicinity (it's the annual one) and she would like to go.

i found this a bit odd that someone who had been df'd would be allowed to go to the jw's event of the year so began to wonder if whilst visiting her sons she maybe did visit the hall to somehow show repent with a view to be allowed back into the faith.

The-Borg

They normally ask for a record card and a letter of recomendation from your previous congregation.