Posts by Maddie

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Got my memorial invite today!

by kwintestal in

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friends

another lovely waste of paper.

they didn't even knock on the door, just left it in the mailbox.

just like last year.. kwin.

Maddie

They were round my area today, and guess what? I got one through my door too.

Maddie

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everyone has their own avenue of exit...for some fading is the right way for some like me i wanted a clean break being in for 28 years all adult life it was the only for me...just find your freedom anyway you can live your life and don't look back...

Maddie

Welcome to JWD and interesting that you wanted to become a priest before the JW's got you. Have you thought about going back to being a catholic?

Maddie

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My JW mother passed away

by desbah in

so much has happen over the pass years since i posted on this forum.

three years ago i posted my first topic about my mother, she passed away recently.

it still hurts to lose a mother, someone who gave you birth and raised you the best she could.

Maddie

So sorry for the sad loss of your mum

Maddie

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Why Guess About Dates At All?

by Pickled in

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friends

i posted this on another thread and realized that it was really off topic, so i made it a separate topic because i would really like to read your thoughts about this... .

does anyone know if any reasons are given by the wtbts about why they feel it is such an important part of their teachings to keep guessing about dates and the years things are going to happen?

it seems that it adds nothing to whatever they believe about the bible, and it has only served to create such confusion among their members over the years.

Maddie

It's all been said already but there have been doomsday predictions throughout history. It is a very powerful way of recruiting people and then keeping them - like dangling a carrot, forever moving the prize.

Maddie

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Generation till when ?

by Free in

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friends

when would be the expected date now that they have adjusted the generation ?.

what is the cut off date, being born from date ?

is it 1935 for the anointed ones ?.

Maddie

..........and the farce goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on................

Maddie

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Why do the majorityof JW's look so happy at the hall?

by JH in

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each time i go, i see a bunch of happy people, young and old.

some smile more than others, but just about everyone seems happy to be there.. maybe we left because we weren't that happy, rather than finding flaws in the religion.. maybe they look happy because they aren't allowed to look sad..

Maddie

When people walk into the KH they walk into the cult personality. The happy look on some of the faces is part of the persona.

Maddie

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Thinking of becoming a Witness again and my reasons for doing so :(

by reniaa in

i've been a faded jw for 10 years i left because of my failed first marriage, i'm no hypocrite and realised i had left completely so i embraced the world and dived in, only christmas and birthdays i could not get into, they were too foreign to me having never celebrated them, like if i suddenly tried to do ramadan or something like that.. 1/ all the criticisms of the people in the truth you say on here, i've found in the world, warts and all only in the world nothing holds them back from being utterly horrible to you.. 2/ i got stabbed by a worldly boyfriend, i got married 2 times of my own choosing to men outside the truth, the first smoked and was an alcoholic, the second gambled every penny we had and defrauded me out of money after we separated, 2 divorces later i am currently pregnant and a single mum since current boyfriend decided kids was to much of a responsibility and he needed his freedom and i was 'too selfish to expect him to give up his life'.. 3/ parents-in-law!

i have been shunned by them as equal to anything you accuse witness families of and for the silliest of reasons, i had a disabled son and his grandparents said they wanted nothing to do with him because they didn't want to become attached in case he died.. 4/ i miss the honest friendships of the truth, i had friends of all ages from 14 to 80 years old and they genuinely cared for me, many trying to keep me in the faith a long time after i left but i was determined to fade so moved away completely, but i find friendships in the world so shallow in comparison and very hard to sustain :( i've never been a drinker and sometimes thats what friendship means you being a companion for them to goto pub with.. 5/ my recent boyfriend was in a christian religion, i thought why not find out about it, harvest churches if you ever heard of them, unfortunately it still hasn't stop him leaving me pregnant and alone and when i said to him how does he clear that with god, he replies "as long as i repent it doesn't matter" it's like he has a "get out of jail free card" for any wrong-doing in the bible, this is so alien to me and my witness trained conscience.. 6/ i recently out of frustration tried looking into atheism and joined their forums, it wasn't fun, they are as bombastic and arrogant as their religious counterparts can be from any religion, they make a religion out of not believing in god, it's very weird they talk of saving people from believing in god and offer nothing to replace it.

they said to me "be happy you are in reality now and enjoy it" and i thought "well if this is reality i've had enough of it".

Maddie

What you think you will find at the KH is an illusion because it's a cult. Everything is conditional and shallow. True, there can be a feeling of belonging but once again it is dependent on giving up your mind, body and entire life to a group of men who think they have the right to control every aspect of your life. Whatever experiences you have had, going back to the JW cult is not the right answer IMO. Please, for your own sake think very deeply before you do this. I wish you well.

Maddie

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Wow.. I have changed

by digderidoo in

as many of you are aware i have accepted i am an alcoholic for a couple of years, whilst cutting down loads over this period of time i recently have decided to attend aa, which has been a real help.. i have just looked through some old topics i posted, dating back to 2001, (which was a real dark period in my life).

what i have realised is how i have changed, call it growing up, whatever you like.

i find it interesting to see my opinions on matters and what i was going through at the time.. i would recommend anyone to have a browse through their old posts and see if it is the same for yourselves.. paul.

Maddie

Hi Paul - I am so pleased that AA is helping you. Life on life's terms is the way to go so well done!

Maddie

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Wow.. I have changed

by digderidoo in

as many of you are aware i have accepted i am an alcoholic for a couple of years, whilst cutting down loads over this period of time i recently have decided to attend aa, which has been a real help.. i have just looked through some old topics i posted, dating back to 2001, (which was a real dark period in my life).

what i have realised is how i have changed, call it growing up, whatever you like.

i find it interesting to see my opinions on matters and what i was going through at the time.. i would recommend anyone to have a browse through their old posts and see if it is the same for yourselves.. paul.

Maddie

peter-john - It's Alcoholics Anonymous.

Maddie

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Is True Religion Possible?

by R.Crusoe in

considering any religious presumption to be that we have fallen from perfection, is it realistic to expect an imperfect memeber of our speceis to fare any better than a perfect one who failed initially?.

considering the often added feature of multiple deceptions and the rampant claim of an evil superpower who tricks what we see as truth in an angel of light format, can it seriously be expected that we have the mental wherewithall to accurately decipher truth from lies and also cope with all our biological urges often branded evil?.

or is the truth that our biology is perfectly natural and our preoccupation with 'holy' in fact even dirties natural and beautiful gifts?

Maddie

I have also decided that it is not possible to have a religion today that has the absolute truth. Our beliefs depend so much on where we are born and how we are brought up any way, that it is all relative.

Maddie