Since I dropped out completely they have never come to my door. I even moved out of the area. They did leave a memorial tract, and that was it. I keep waiting for them to come. And then my old JW fears kick in and I start thinking that Jehovah won't let them come here 'cause I'm a lost cause. Oh when will the brainwashing go away!!
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You Know that You're Really Flucked Up When....
by jamiebowers inyou see a jw on your street and wait for them to come to your door.
yes, seriously, it happened this past tuesday morning.
i saw a jw going to my neighbor's house across the street, so i waited patiently for a knock on my door that never came (at least in the 2 and a half hours before i had to leave the house).
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To ex-JW's who became real "Christians"
by startingover ini have a question.. what is your belief now regarding hell?
a place of torment?
the grave?
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I go back and forth because in the OT when God destroyed the wicked, he just killed them. Period, point blank. So if he (God) doesnt' change, why would he start burning folks for eternity now? Was there no "hell" to go to in the OT? On the other hand, I err on the side of caution. If there is really a hell, I ain't trying to go. If there's not, then I'll just be dead forever (if I was wicked...though I'm not) . However, do I believe my salvation is based on whether I'm convinced of it or not, nope. So I try not to give it too much weight. Just try to do what I've been commanded by Jesus to do.
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JW's always say you can use you own bible, true?
by Champion ini remember when i was young and still a jw we always said to the prospect"you can use any bible you want".
is that really true?.
could you use an niv or king james at the meetings?
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I gave a, man I forget the name of it now, demonstration on stage I guess. And my H/H was allowed to use her bible. I keep everything I did, I have to pull it out so I can read over everything I wrote and how I convinced her about the JW's. Can't believe i was flim flam and bamboozled.
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What would you do if you knew...
by loosie inthat one of your coworkers was cheating on his spouse with another coworker?
i know the wife.
she works at the school my daughter attends.
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GetOverIt
Loosie, I'd tell her anynomously then it's up to her to believe it. The moral burden is on you if you. I mean with AIDs and other diseases running rampant, isn't it fair that she'd have a chance to protect herself?
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Does Religious Background really matter?
by Hope4Others indoes religious background really matter to two people in "the world" in general?
or is it just a jw view, and they are the only ones over concerned?.
so i have been googling to find out what some have to say in "the world" ......i must say it is not easy.i'm looking for somebodies 2 cents on this subject.seems that it does to many sites i've been that this is an issue.
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GetOverIt
I think religion or no religion, if you don't have the majority of things in common with your spouse you'll struggle in your marriage, or it will end.
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Faith healing
by Zico inlast month a friend of mine went to a christian conference in the uk, when she told me about this, she was quite excited, apparently, she had witnessed a miracle.
she saw a women's leg grow 1.5 inches!
previously, it had been shorter than the other leg due to a skiing accident, but now, both legs are the same size.
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GetOverIt
I would like to have seen this done without her shoes being on. Also, the Bible talks about those being able to perform great signs and wonders to deceive.
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Top 10 strange reasons WT is right
by knock knock inhad a long conversation with my mom tonight and we went back and forth for over an hour regarding the wt.
she said something tonight that kind of left me speechless as i've never heard anything like this one before.
the wt is right because... .
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GetOverIt
"Because they're the only ones who can trace their lineage right back to the first true Christians."
No, that would be the Chruch of Christ... (per my COFC friend)
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Noah's ark - Can't believe I once actually thought it was true
by sam_sane_now inwhen i was a jw i didn't even question that the noah's ark story might not be true.
i didn't realise that it wasn't achievable for a handful of people to gather literally millions of animals - two of each kind - and fit them into a boat where they would all survive for many days.
i didn't think about the fact that if the highest mountain was covered with water then how could plant life like trees and flowers come to exist again, especially so soon after, with the raven grabbing an olive leaf was it?
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I believe in the Bible, and I've never questionned the flood because I never believed it was a worldwide event. I always thought that the only people (and animals) that existed in the world, at that time, were all on that side of the world. I don't know where I got this impression from, but it has always been my thought. Wasn't there some history type program that stated there was evidence of a flood? This thread is very interesting, and worth researching.
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Sinus problems
by Wordly Andre ini have had sinus problems my entire life, recently a friend told me about this sinu-cleanse thing, its a sinus cleansing treatment that you can get at cvs pharmacy, its pretty cool, its a little pot that you mix warm water with saline solution and put in one nostral and it drains out the other, the first time i used it i had a bad sinus head ache and thought well i will give this thing a try, so i mixed it up and did the treatment, blood clots and pink then red water started coming out of my nose, and after i noticed my headache was gone, i could breath great, and felt a lot less pressure in my head.
this thing is pretty awesome!
just thought i share with all of you.. sorry if its a bit gross.
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GetOverIt
I may have to try that. This has been the worse allergy season for me since my early childhood. I wake up with bloody nose more frequent than not, and maintain a presistent sinus pressure headache. Thanks for sharing.
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Is the Watchtower really wrong according to your standards?
by hamilcarr in'we all have a priori knowledge, so we can't claim objective knowledge.
by the way, our senses only observe part of reality.
then, how do you dare asserting that you're right?
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I really struggled with that as I was coming out of the tower. I couldn't understand what would be their motivation for misleading many. It just didn't and sometimes still doesn't make sense to me. I remember telling my brother, when he left the organization, "why can't you just follow it anyway, 'cause at least your living by bible principles and you can't go wrong there." And he refused. Now, my friend asked me the same thing when I left. But I couldn't do it. Once I started reading the Bible through prayer to God for discernment, I knew I couldn't go back, not for family or friends. I remember the biggest revelation of my life was when I realized that Jesus died for ME, not just 144,000, and that how in the world did the connect that talks about his spirit bears witness...I can't find the scripture now, but I realized that applied to every true believer, not just the 144,000. It was such a deep revelation for me I literally had to go to bed. So yes, I do believe they are wrong. They are not teaching God's Word the Bible and are misleading many people. I'm shaking my head now when I think back on how disillusioned I was. Coming out of this fog is not easy.