at last the long hoped for great tribulation has taken place and the faithful jw's huddle together at the.
local kingdom hall.
the po starts off speaking.
You are so right TooBad TooSad!
I hope lurkers do read this and perhaps it will make them question things...after all, everyone is very focused on the end result. Little or no thought (I suspect) goes into the process in which to get there. And just how morbid are people that they would be okay with God just striking down millions and millions of people and only sparing them...really?!?
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at last the long hoped for great tribulation has taken place and the faithful jw's huddle together at the.
local kingdom hall.
the po starts off speaking.
OMG!! I wish I could show this to my brother who is still a JW! Perhaps then he could see how rediculous this whole religeon is. When you see it written like that, you realize how far fetched these concepts are. Great writing!
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easter is coming soon and i am so excited!
i have not celebrated easter in over 17 years.
what a relief to be able to enjoy the worship of jesus and to be so grateful and thankful for his sacrafice.
I always mark the occassion by doing a chocolate easter egg hunt around my house (and sometimes yard depending on the weather) for my significant other. Also, there will probably be a family dinner we will be attending the mark the occassion as well. That is about as far as I take it.
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I should add that God to me now is what I have created for myself. The way I view him is so much different. I am no longer afraid of him and the idea of what he represents. My idea of him is now friendly and kind and I didn't view him like that before. It works for me on my terms but it is not even close to how I believed in God before.
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I do still believe in God, but it's much different than the way I believed before. I am very spiritual yet not religeous. I am very aware that there is a God. I do talk to him but it is in different terms... I don't pray really, it's more like meditation. I am very careful to live my life in a way that I am proud of and that I can justify, yet I no longer fear God in the way I did before when I was in the religeon.
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as you can probably tell, it's my first post here!
i've visited this forum several times over the past few months and i've just decided to join and wade into the community.
i'm looking forward to some interesting conversations and meeting new people.. .
Welcome!! Can't wait to hear your story when you are ready. You will find this site very supportive and comforting.
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this is my first time in a discussion forum.
i'm an ex-jw who hasn't "officialy" left the religion because i'm afraid my family will shun me.
i've been "inactive" for 10 years.
No, its really not fair at all!! I had a very similar experience, so I can understand where you are coming from.
Welcome to this forum, you will find many people here that you can relate to. I have personally received so much support and love from my new friends here. We all understand what you are going thru! It is my hope that you will find as much comfort and support here as I have.
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i've never seen them before.i found them for sale in a box of albums at a bar i went to tonight.i paid 1.00 for them..
I remember those...and the newer brown covered song books that came out after these. Chills...
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i'm curious to know if not beng able to comment at meetings was something you felt badly about if you were on restrictions.. i don't comment anyway, but i hardly think not being able to comment is a "restriction" in itself.. .
It actually didn't bother me b/c by that time I was already looking for a way out. However, like Sweetface said, at bookstudies it is so obvious your not commenting and that bothered me b/c I didn't want people to know I was on restrictions. At the meetings, it was easy b/c there was always like 100 people there so it isn't obvious at all but at bookstudies, its a lot harder.
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generally, when you heard the names announced, what went through your mind?
I was genuinely happy for them. I used to try and guess each time the CO visited who would be appointed, if anyone. I always bought into the whole thing...
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