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  If you STILL believe in GOD, what do you believe is the RIGHT way?

  by Bourne in

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  i should preface this by saying that this is generally directed towards the premise of still believing in the christian god, the bible as the inspired word of god, and the desire to worship him in spite of the disillusionment of the jw "take" on "true" christianity.. i am left with many unanswered questions, but don't get me wrong, i don't have "having all answers" listed as a prerequisite to worship god, because even the bible doesnt list all answers, ......faith is expected in at least some areas.

  so........that said....... please grace little ol' me with your sincere answers to the following questions:.

  1. is this the last days?.

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  Bourne,

  I am newly freed from the borg, after a lifetime of it. I haven't figured it all out yet, and have the same questions you do. So I'm going to be following this closely to see what others say.

  All I have figured out is this. I am going to do my best to make God proud. I always have been and will continue to be generous, kind, spiritual, and a generally good person. I keep my word, I work hard and I try everyday to be a good Mom and wife. I do believe the Bible is God's Word but I have learned we have been lied to in so many ways. So I have to figure out from prayer and the Bible what is truth. I know there is more to it than just being a "good person" but I also know that salvation is a gift, no strings.

  I am reading the Gospel of John and have figured out that so much less is required than the Society says, and yet so much more. More than empty words, empty rules and false smiles. I think it is a more spiritual than physical.

  Anyway, that's my 2 cents. You'll figure out your own 2 cents in time.

  momzcrazy
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  Whatever You Do It's Never Enough!

  by new boy in

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  Here Here!!!

  I was struggling to go by myself with 3 kids, the youngest with weak lungs aggravated by the mold in the Hall. We had finally made it to Sunday. I overhear my late bro-in-law, the SO, asking my middle child, "Well you really should be having a family study. Why aren't you?" She was 8. I threw up my hands and thought well f*** all the pride of accomplishment I felt. As I got home from the last meeting I went to, sore and tired from wrestling with a bored 2 yr old, I just knew I couldn't do it anymore.

  But they're kept busy for a reason, you won't really notice the big wide world passing you by.

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  Church buys minister a Rolls Royce

  by Burger Time in

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  this was great.

  especially the quote, "without a doubt, my life is not average," he said.

  "but i'd like to say, just because it is excessive doesn't necessarily mean it's wrong.".

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  We went to a wedding last month. The minister was driving a Mercedes. All the guests had to wait for valet, 2 people for 100 guests. We are standing in the gravel and all of a sudden the "sea" parts for Pastor's car to come thru. He got to park at the wedding site.

  We got to get to the buffet first though.

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  Well I finally resigned as an elder - Phew.

  by The Scotsman in

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  thats right, about 2 weeks ago i confronted the po and told him i just could not do it anymore.. i genuinely have been under alot of pressure recently with my work so i used this as the pitch.

  he was not happy but i received little resistance, which suited me.

  i handed him my letter last week before i went on holiday.. i have to say it is a great weight off my shoulders, no book study, meetings for ministry, talks, public talks etc etc.. i will no doubt be the subject of local congregation gossip!

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  Way to go!

  cheers!

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  How Have You Gone About Making Friends Since Leaving the Witnesses ?

  by flipper in

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  i've noticed lately that some on our board, or perhaps for many of us, that's why i'm writing this , have had a challenge making new friends after leaving the jehovah's witnesses religion.

  it has been a mixed bag for me.

  i have met some through my wife, who is not a witness.

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  Hello Mr Flipper!

  I have told everyone that having friends that weren't Witnesses really helped all of us with leaving. We moved a year ago into a great neighborhood and have some very good friends here. I have never told my kids that they couldn't have friends who weren't Witnesses, so they have school friends and neighborhood friends. My husband and I have also met many from his jobs, first driving celebrity coach buses and then leasing them. When my hubby left the borg driving was his first job. He was on the road 300 days/year, so he had no choice but to find friends. The husband of one of our close "couple" friends was the manager of a Southern Rock band, but they divorced. Many of the people he met on the road have remained good friends. We also have friends from his drivers and their wives. I have also become close to "worldly" family members.

  "Bad Association" was actually the thing that convinced my girls to leave. All of their good friends were BA, and they couldn't understand why. They had also noticed that none of the 70+ kids from our hall called them to do things together. I explained it was because we weren't regular enough at meetings.

  Our friends now are true friends we would do anything for and vice versa.

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  How Did You Personally Deal With Disfellowshipped Ones?

  by minimus in

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  .....whether they were family or not??

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  Burger, that's really cool of your dad.

  When I was younger I didn't speak to them. But as an adult I have. For example, a young girl who was DF'd was having trouble with her new baby at meeting. Nobody acknowledged it. I took her and calmed her down, and gave some sage motherly advice on burping.

  When I was DF'd a zillion years ago, I had family friends who were elders, etc still talk to me. They thought my DFing was wrong.

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  Coldcreek Swimmers father just died...please include him in your prayers.

  by Lady Liberty in

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  our fellow poster, and long time family friend, cold creek swimmer called my wife and i today to let us know that he had lost his father in death yesterday.

  our thoughts and prayers go out to you dear friend.

  i pray that the god we love so much may give your family strength to get through the next few days.

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  My family and I are praying for you.

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  Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep

  Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there... I do not sleep. I am the thousand winds that blow... I am the diamond glints on snow... I am the sunlight on ripened grain... I am the gentle autumn rain. When you waken in the morning's hush, I am the swift uplifting rush Of gentle birds in circling flight... I am the soft star that shines at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry— I am not there... I did not die...
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  Do I owe my life to the org?

  by Serg in

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  the only reason i'm here and i exist is because of the jw org., my parents met in a hall.

  is this your situation?.

  if it weren't for that missionary couple out in dominican republic in the 50's that called on my grandma and if it weren't for the brother in the early 70's who called on my dad, my parents would have never met and i wouldn't be sitting here writing this post.. i just realized all of these years i thought i owed my life to god and his organization what i actually owed my life to was an organization that claimed to be god's channel.

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  My kids are here because I their dad and I went to the same hall. We've been married 15 years. He left the org 8 years ago and the rest of us left last month. I have never looked at it the way you are saying. I focus on the silly things about it, like he wouldn't speak to me at first, he thought I was stuck up. Or he sang Garth Brooks from the stage before our wedding. Or that my parents got married in a hospital room because the only JP in town was having surgery the next day. I'm sure there are funny things about the way your parents met or even the way your Grandparents met. Things that could have happened if they were Baptists or Pentacostal. Now that you have a family I'm sure you have your own silly stories to tell.

  The aspect of "owing" anybody for your life is from JWland. If you still believe it, we really all owe our lives to Jesus, no matter what our religion. Or you owe your parents respect and honor as they are your parents. Look at the good aspects of your family's beginnings. Focus on being glad that you are all here, no matter how it started.

  momzcrazy

  PS You live and exist because your parents fell in love, and showed that love and made you. Period.
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  Your current favorite song??

  by Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit in

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  mine is who knew by pink.

  heard it first at a funeral saturday-listen closely to the words, very fitting yet upbeat.

  fab song & great album: i'm not dead.. .

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  Kid Rock "Sugar" actually the majority of the whole album.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfJP5KWsSiE
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  Finally confronted my mother...

  by Caedes in

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  i finally had the chance to talk to my mum about growing up as a witness and my thoughts on her religion, needless to say it didn't go well.

  i don't think she has ever really worked out the implications are of what she believes, i pointed out that it is really difficult to relate to (and have a relationship with) someone who is looking forward to the day when her murderous little god kills her children.

  i don't think she really understood the point i was making or didn't want to think about the point i was making.

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  Good for you!!!

  My mom doesn't even know her grandkids and I have left. I tried to bring it up and the subject changed.

  Please keep showing your mom love, we should pity the blind ones. They don't have it as good as we do.

  momzcrazy