Posts by real one

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What Its Like To Be A Gay Ex JW....

by str8?so is spaghetti..until you heat it up in

i guess its time to throw my little story out there.

i keep reading everyones stories and thinking how brave you have all been, coming out of the organisation and facing all the repercussions of doing so.. .

i only last august disassociated myself.

real one

Some of you may still think that being a homosexual is a deviation, and you are entitled to that opinion. However, for me, and all of those who are homosexual out there, we know that is simply not true. We have the urge to be with the same sex woven as deeply into our DNA as does a heterosexual for the opposite sex. I struggled with those feelings for years. In order to distract myself from what I was certain was an unforgivable sin, I devoted even more of myself to the society and Jehovah. I was determined to cleanse myself of the terrible stain.

Welcome to the board. I do not agree with your statement above nor will I allow it to be put out there and permeate the brains of any young ones out there that may be reading this without the other side being said.

We were all born into sin from conception, so don't let Satan put it in your mind or anyone elses that we are not. along with this condition comes many adversities. Society to some extent wants to embrace homosexuality. Young girls and boys in school are either claimimg gay or bi-sexual as a new fad. No good will come from this. There are too many horror stories out there about this lifestyle choice. Then years later these same ones claiming this or that go to college and change again.

Ther are many people that think they may be gay but choose to be alone. Im not suggesting how you should live your life but if you seek to have God's love then you must repent and ask God to accept you. This is the only victorious life out there to live. Not an easy life but by far the end will yield life eternal.

Most people here are wonderful, caring souls who accept everyone for who they are and offer support, love and interesting banter (as well as some cheeky humour and occasional flirting...), but unfortunately there are some who would like to act like elders, berating your new lifestyle and trying to get you to 'embrace Jesus' once again.

Ignore them. Don't feel you have to justify anything any more. You're no longer in a place where you have to report back anything or explain yourself.

Only report to Jesus, no man.

It is your choice how you live your life as I said but it is also my choice to tell you the gospel of Jesus Christ who saves and can help us make it through this life. none of us are perfect but we have a Father that we can go to if we choose

Choose life!

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"Why does America always bomb other countries?", my son asked tonight.

by digderidoo in

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friends

first of all i do not want to turn this into an american bashing thread, that is not my intention at all.. i would like to hear americans opinions as to what my thirteen year old son asked me tonight.. on the way back from swimming tonight my two sons (13 and 11) and myself started talking about wars.

my 11 year old was the first to bring it up talking about wwi & ww2.

we had an interesting conversation about it, then the subject got onto nuclear bombs.

real one

O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!

America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

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I backed off my anti WTBS talk and God showed up...

by kzjw in

i had been doing the "wt is a cult thing" with the wife for three months, while looking for insight on jwd, and a few of you wisely suggested that i just back off before i lose my wife.

didn't think much of it at first, but i relunctantly heeded the advice.

well as soon as i did, the flds scandal followed by the other cult guy showed up, and then her favorite show (law & order) did 2 cult like storylines that we watched together.

real one

wow - not one of them offered to help their own "sister?" I remember an article many many years ago in the WT that seriously discussed whether or not a JW should stop and help a DF woman with a flat tire. The answer, and I am shocked still, was well maybe, if she was on the way to the KH for the meeting. My god!!! This is an outrage! Would Jesus help? I would say yes so what makes them better than Jesus? not a thing! This makes me so angry!

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God mauls little children with bears. (2 Kings 2:23,24)

by easyreader1970 in

23. and he proceeded to go up from there to beth el.

as he was going up on the way, there were small boys that came out from the city and began to jeer him and that kept saying to him: "go up, you baldhead!

go up, you baldhead!

real one

TREVOR: RealOne is in his own Jesus cult mentality now. Evidence against his beliefs goes straight from one ear to the other. I dont think he'll ever see these things as a problem.

You are correct I will not see lies only the truth.

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God mauls little children with bears. (2 Kings 2:23,24)

by easyreader1970 in

23. and he proceeded to go up from there to beth el.

as he was going up on the way, there were small boys that came out from the city and began to jeer him and that kept saying to him: "go up, you baldhead!

go up, you baldhead!

real one

Real one asked me, 'What are you talking about?'

I never replied but I hope this thread offers a clue.

Trevor, the reason I asked this question was because if you are not a believer then how do you determine what love is? God sets righteous standards for us to live by so how do people who don't worship him come up with righteous standards?

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A God I can believe in

by DanTheMan in

i sometimes feel this spiritual void inside, like i'm standing at the edge of an abyss, and it's so much that i can hardly take it.

the odd thing about it is that i always feel it when i'm starting to get close to a lady, close enough to where those deep feelings start to arise - where a momentary look into her eyes feels like a thousand years of life experience and the ephemeral nature of life becomes most painfully plain.

i think that i need to believe in god, somehow, someway, if i'm gonna get through life without going nuts and/or doing myself harm.

real one

I've heard it said that the relationship one has with their father in many ways determines how they will feel about God.

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I think I just need to tell the story to someone who will get it?

by aimless in

hi everyone, im new.

i've been feeling a burden on myself for the years that i have been out and i just don't know how to ease it.

i can't talk about the organization or the people in it to anyone... if i try i immediately feel sick and want to close up and just disappear.

real one

God is love.

If you do not feel love then you do not know God. The witnesses treated me bad also when I decided God's love was not among them that I could see or feel. When someone turns their back on you who is suppose to be your friend thats no friend and thats not love. True friends support you.

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Diary of a thinking to return ex-Jw

by reniaa in

i thought long and hard about posting this but the mis-information on this site finally persuaded me, i already accept many may not accept what i say on face value and get their appologist pens ready for making sure no pro-witness propaganda slips through the net on this site but here goes....... i've been on this forum for a few months my first post was about how i was thinking of returning to jw's and at my sisters recommendation to look at this site for both sides of the story before taking that step.. i faded from jw's 10/11 years ago now i left my hubby at the time divorced him to going on to have more relationships and kids, i was definately given the impression after asking on this site and with what i read that if i tried to return i might face df or at least a jc but definately a couple of elders questioning me over what i've been upto these last few years - none of these have happened.

i talked with an old jw friend (yes i do have then and she never shunned me quite happily accepted an offer of coffee from me and my asking for a chat) i told her i was interested in going back and was very frank about what i done in the last 10 years but not sure how returning was done now, she quite happily said she go ask for me to find out.. result!

she came back this week and said "all i had to do was goto meetings again" and an offer of a study was there for me if i wanted it to explore the open doubts that i had expressed i now had.. not quite the fire and brimstone welcome this site led me to believe would happen.. i will keep you posted with further updates if i feel the need to put them in future.. .

real one

I will pray for you Reniaa, that you hear and know his voice.

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Thank you, Watchtower, Bible and Tract Society!

by David_R in

i wanted to say thank you to the wbts for enforcing a 'no-contact' rule on all those that have left the organization.. only by experiencing first-hand my former best-friends treating me like a complete stranger (see 'garbage') for standing up for my own beliefs was i finally able to tell the society 'good-bye' forever and not feel guilty about it.. i know this was not the wbts's intention from the alienation practice.

it's intention was to make me feel guilty and lonely enough to come back to them.

however, it has backfired on them and finally given me my freedom.. thank you, society, for lacking kindness and understanding.

real one

This gives you the opportunity to serve God

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Can anyone tell me why Dubs dont do Mother's Day

by Princess Daisy Boo in

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friends

it is mother's day on sunday and i cant for the life of me remember why the dubs dont do this one?

real one

they are just silly. Job's kids had birthday parties all the time and Godly people of the Bible held government jobs