Maddie

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  Fear

  by *Incubus in

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  what are you afraid of?

  death?clowns?

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  Big hairy arachnids

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  Looking for some insights and opinions

  by Tired of the Hypocrisy in

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  first off, good evening all.

  i have been having some weird stuff happen to me over the past couple of months and am wondering if anyone else has been through it or may have an idea as to why it may be happening.

  i have my own theory, but want to hear other opinions before i make up my mind on how to deal with this situation.. as i have written on this board before, i am fading, inactive, married to an inactive wife who has a rabid jw family.

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  I've been invited to different church services too and have been a couple of times, but won't join anything again.

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  Born in or Converted to JW? What are the stats here? and why....

  by oompa in

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  can't everyone just put this one item on their profile before posting.

  it seems like most posters have no profile, but this info could help in several ways.

  i am just guessing, but it seems like more here were born in.....your thoughts on this?......oompa.

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  Converted by door-to-door preaching.
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  True friends

  by R.Crusoe in

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  do you feel any?.

  does your whole world have any?.

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  I believe I have one or two people in my life that I like to think of as true friends. My interpretation of what it means has changed though because I don't have the high expectation that I once had. Everyone has problems to deal with - many of them emotional, and I realise that it is a human failing to not always be able to be totally altruistic.

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  How do you fell when you look back at your time as a JW ??

  by karter in

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  to me not all bad taught me some good life skills howerever 38 years i could have done alot with that time...............karter

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  I try to lern by my experiences in life, however painful they have been, without becoming bitter and resentful. It is sometimes very hard to do when feeling so betrayed by the WT and having family trapped in the cult and being fearful of losing them. I try to think of life as being on a spiritual journey and trust that I will be guided through it by God.

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  What To Say When Someone Says "If U Can Find A Religion That's Better......

  by minimus in

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  "if you can find a religion that's better than jehovah's witnesses, let me know where i can find it".....i've heard jws say this in defense of "the truth" that they know is not 100% right.. what would you say to a witness that suggests that jehovah's witnesses are still better than all the others???

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  Whether some religions are "better" than others depends on the degree of damage they cause. I don't believe there is any religious body on earth that has everything right, so would have to be honest and say that.

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  A Compassionate Heart.....Do You Still Have One?

  by nomoreguilt in

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  2. friends

  i've just spent a few days considering the posts of sooo many new ones here.

  at times i feel overwhelmed by the negative impact that the wtbts has had on many.

  the horror stories of families lost, loved ones scorned, youth lost, extreme sexual abuse, my god!!!!

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  I try to be compassionate

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  To soon to hope?

  by Wendy_Warden in

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  so yeah--i've been riding the same train of i'm-in-love-with-a-jw for about two years now.

  i've said in previous posts (posted a long time ago) that he wanted me to convert.

  he never said so out right but his habit of linking our conversations to the wt convinced me that it was important to him.. well, i tried to let everything drop for a long time and didn't really keep in contact.

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  I wish you all the best Wendy but something I had to learn the hard way is that we can't actually change anyone. The only person we have the power over is ourselves.

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  "Special" Talk Outline for this Sunday?

  by Mrs. Witness in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  last night hubby told me that his brother (an elder) told him how "provocative" the outline for this sunday's special talk is.

  apparently it's something like "who is qualified to rule mankind" and goes on about how government is not qualified.

  he then asked me if i'd like to attend (ha ha).

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  They call it a "Special" talk but from my experience in the past it will be very disappointing.

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  Who has lost faith?

  by logic&reason in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am curious about who (after leaving) went on to other religions vs. lost faith completely.

  once i started questioning the wt society, i began to question everything.

  as jw's we are taught from childhood up that other religions are false - so it seems easy, after elliminating the last one, to be rid of religion altogether.. .

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  Well I have definitely been on a journey with faith since leaving the WT, thats for sure! I have certainly lost faith in relious organisations and feel the freedom to search in my own way. I have moments of doubt but then I feel full of faith, so I guess my journey is still continuing.

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