Posts by msiajw

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I need some advice...my first post!

by Dehliah in

i've been around for awhile, but never registered for fear of giving my personal information (yes, that's how much the borg scares me.

i was raised in the org, and left when i was 18. i realized that every religion firmly believed that they were correct, and that forced me to re-evaluate the religion on its merits, as opposed to my insistent belief.

needless to say, i saw the man behind the curtain.

msiajw

Hi Dehliah

I felt so moved to reply to say how sorry I am about your cousin and also to extend my warmest sincere best wishes to you.

I am not a jw and never have been but have been reading this board with some fever over the last few weeks because my sister is fully entrenched in the system, and it has and is still ruining her life - she won't accept this...

This support forum gives me a tiny hope that some day she will see the real 'truth'.

Good Luck for the future

msiajw

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Worried for sister

by msiajw in

i hope you don't mind me posting.

my sister has been a witness for it must be 25 years.

when they came calling years ago she was at a low ebb and had been trying to read the bible but failing to understand it.

msiajw

Sorry but I don't seem to be able to edit paragraphs. The post just comes out in one.

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Worried for sister

by msiajw in

i hope you don't mind me posting.

my sister has been a witness for it must be 25 years.

when they came calling years ago she was at a low ebb and had been trying to read the bible but failing to understand it.

msiajw

I've just been on the phone to her and it feels hopeless. She will not budge in her beliefs. She asked me a while ago to not believe her but check out the religion for myself - so I did... I asked her to be objective and query some of the scriptures but she just said she already has done and has all the proof she needs to know she is in the 'truth'. I couldn't say much as she just went on about how the religion has conquered lack of funding and surely it is Jehovah that is keeping it going! Her friends are 'better' people, more honest and reliable...my cue to interrupt...WHAT??? then she kind of back peddled, why can't she see the sort of tripe she is spouting. I love her but I detest this religious nonsense. She was in defensive mode and refused to accept any critique or listen to any alternate thinking. Her attitude was one of it doesn't matter that it sounds nonsense - it isn't because the scriptures or JW interpretation says it isn't. I really must take your advice and empower myself with an understanding so I can discredit what she says. She left me with the advice that I should go and read Mathew 24. Am I in for a revelation I ask myself.

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Worried for sister

by msiajw in

i hope you don't mind me posting.

my sister has been a witness for it must be 25 years.

when they came calling years ago she was at a low ebb and had been trying to read the bible but failing to understand it.

msiajw

Thanks for your advice. Reading through some of this site has only confirmed my convictions 100%. I truly hope I can find something which will become a trigger for her. I feel an uphill battle coming on but I will not give up. I sense that is her thinking also, on getting me to be a jw. We are very close and I feel she wants to save me from hell and damnation or whatever, quite ironic really, but it makes me sad.

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Worried for sister

by msiajw in

i hope you don't mind me posting.

my sister has been a witness for it must be 25 years.

when they came calling years ago she was at a low ebb and had been trying to read the bible but failing to understand it.

msiajw

Hi there, I hope you don't mind me posting. My sister has been a witness for it must be 25 years. When they came calling years ago she was at a low ebb and had been trying to read the bible but failing to understand it. My sister was and is the type to believe everything she reads and it didn't surprise us when she became indoctrinated into this religion. Her children were brought up to be jw's but have all since left the faith. My sister is so entrenched into the faith and her friends and social life revolve around it. It concerns me so much that as I'm sure you all know it rules her every waking moment. What she tells me about it I find nonsensical and I am torn because I am desperate for her to see the association for what it is. She will not listen to any other opinion and tells me that any literature/persons/ex witnesses are basically Judases(sp) whose sole purpose is to denounce the "truth". I just wondered if any of you could offer any advice on how I can get her to be objective as I feel like I am banging my head against a brick wall. Maybe you could share some of the reasons you turned your back on the religion. I hope some one can offer me some advice. Thanks in advance C