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  Does Knowing the Truth Make you a Happier person?

  by gumby in

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  many of us who were once jehovah's witnesses had a measure of happiness in our lives.

  for me, i had a hope in the future, i had answers as to why we are all here, i believed in a loving god who looked after me and cared about me, i had answers to all of lifes big questions.. when i found out the truth about the witnesses, i was lost in a great big world and now had no answers other than the fact that what i once believed was "the truth" in actuality wasn't the truth.i now had to start all over in my search for truth.

  for me, it wasn't long before i found what i thought was the truth since i always believed in the bible.

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  Here ya go LT....ya pesky little bastard

  Poor insecure little fella.

  Gumby
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  Does Knowing the Truth Make you a Happier person?

  by gumby in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  many of us who were once jehovah's witnesses had a measure of happiness in our lives.

  for me, i had a hope in the future, i had answers as to why we are all here, i believed in a loving god who looked after me and cared about me, i had answers to all of lifes big questions.. when i found out the truth about the witnesses, i was lost in a great big world and now had no answers other than the fact that what i once believed was "the truth" in actuality wasn't the truth.i now had to start all over in my search for truth.

  for me, it wasn't long before i found what i thought was the truth since i always believed in the bible.

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  Keep em coming folks, I haven't got time to post right now but I'm really enjoying all of your inputs on this......thank you all so much from the bottom of my nutsack heart

  Gumby
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  Does Knowing the Truth Make you a Happier person?

  by gumby in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  many of us who were once jehovah's witnesses had a measure of happiness in our lives.

  for me, i had a hope in the future, i had answers as to why we are all here, i believed in a loving god who looked after me and cared about me, i had answers to all of lifes big questions.. when i found out the truth about the witnesses, i was lost in a great big world and now had no answers other than the fact that what i once believed was "the truth" in actuality wasn't the truth.i now had to start all over in my search for truth.

  for me, it wasn't long before i found what i thought was the truth since i always believed in the bible.

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  JT, don't buy that wax from E-bay. It has no wrinkle cream in it and it will shrival your bag even worse......plus it stings like the dickens.

  Doneforgood,

  Happiness is NOT dependant on knowing absolute truth. The closest thing we have to absolute truth is what science and history allow us to know.

  Unfortunatly science and history are still clueless about life......which makes my dilema even more hopeless. If god would speak to me, science and history wouldn't matter too much.

  Parakeet,

  Gumby: "How about you personally......are you a happier person?"

  To me honest.....i can't say that I am.

  Narkster....excellent scripture! How true that saying is eh? See there.....the bible DOES have some good stuff in it!!!

  Ms Mcduckett.......I always thoiught you were an angel

  OTWO,

  I must agree, ignorance is good to some degree.....but not total ignorance. I just need a glimmer of hope and the rest can stay vague for now.

  Mary, I hope your right about NDE. Maybe you could hit me over the head real hard with a fryin pan and bring me to that point so's I can see for meself

  Kaput,

  How much patience do you have, waiting for them to come to the same realization as you have about the JW religion? I'm afraid your inner self will be in turmoil until all whom you love follow you out the door

  I have plenty of patience if I see some progress along the way. Even IF they(my family) comes out of the Organisation, I can't say we'll all be happier because their hope will be gone and my grandkids won't have lions and tigers and bears in a new system of things with no more troubles.

  Kabong....I didn't know you believed in the gospels. Now I know for sure your smoking mexican weed.

  tetra, so far, your words haven't proven true yet. maybe someday they will.

  Gregor,

  Country Girl, that's the word I've been trying to put my finger on

  Your always puttin your finger where it don't belong.....ain't ya? And quit makin fun of illiterate people! Just kidding Branda

  Gumby
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  Does Knowing the Truth Make you a Happier person?

  by gumby in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  many of us who were once jehovah's witnesses had a measure of happiness in our lives.

  for me, i had a hope in the future, i had answers as to why we are all here, i believed in a loving god who looked after me and cared about me, i had answers to all of lifes big questions.. when i found out the truth about the witnesses, i was lost in a great big world and now had no answers other than the fact that what i once believed was "the truth" in actuality wasn't the truth.i now had to start all over in my search for truth.

  for me, it wasn't long before i found what i thought was the truth since i always believed in the bible.

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  Hey there budlightmeister....

  I would have to say no. Because I know, and none of my family would even consider hearing what I know. I feel like Im the only one in this big jw family, that took the time to look into the truth........and they never will.

  So, if your family would listen to you and agree with you....would you be happier than before? Do you now have a hope?

  Warloc....missed you too.

  maybe "ignorance IS bliss".

  Problem with me is.....I can't settle on ignorance if there's a chance there is an answer

  Doneforgood

  this IS what separates the average person from the jws. Most people are content to just live life, read a little here and there, and learn these things on an academic level, as they go through life.

  I gotta say I totally disagree. I'm not a minority in this.

  Franniebutt

  The TRUTH is that life is for living. Get the most you can out of it while you're here, chere.

  I wished I could be content to follow your advise....but there is no hope beyond the "now" with your veiwpoint and to at least myself.....a "nowafter" sounds much more appealing to me if it were indeed true.

  Outlaw.....you atheistic, apostate bastard from hell, no good sumbitch!!

  Hopefully you will be able to eventually teach them the truth about the WBT$..Until then,do what you have to do...OUTLAW

  Let's say "untill then" finally comes. Now I can say ...."see grandkids, there is gonna be no paradise at all! Your gonna just get old and die some day and never return". Will this make my grandkids happier? it might....if they grow to veiw life as many do here................ *scratches his head and wonders if HE'S really the weird BASTARD and that everyone else is normal*

  I'd like to answer everyone else but don't have the time at least right now but I do notice this,

  .......Perhaps I am a minority who thinks different than the rest because so far nobody has really said they care or not if they find truth as many have stated they see no benifit to truth.

  Some feel they have found truth and some feel there is no truth...only reality of the present.

  I started a thread a long time ago about those who have no hope and the answers were about the same as they now are........so now I KNOW i'm a weird thinkin bastard who's alone in this. Maybe I'm just depressed a bit....who knows? Maybe tomarrow I won't take the time to even ponder such ideas.

  Thanks for everyones support so far. I'd give ya all a free bag shinin if I hadn't sold all my wax.

  Gumby
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  Does Knowing the Truth Make you a Happier person?

  by gumby in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  many of us who were once jehovah's witnesses had a measure of happiness in our lives.

  for me, i had a hope in the future, i had answers as to why we are all here, i believed in a loving god who looked after me and cared about me, i had answers to all of lifes big questions.. when i found out the truth about the witnesses, i was lost in a great big world and now had no answers other than the fact that what i once believed was "the truth" in actuality wasn't the truth.i now had to start all over in my search for truth.

  for me, it wasn't long before i found what i thought was the truth since i always believed in the bible.

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  Many of us who were once Jehovah's Witnesses had a measure of happiness in our lives. For me, I had a hope in the future, I had answers as to why we are all here, I believed in a loving god who looked after me and cared about me, I had answers to all of lifes big questions.

  When I found out the truth about the witnesses, I was lost in a great big world and now had no answers other than the fact that what I once believed was "the Truth" in actuality wasn't the truth.I now had to start all over in my search for truth. For me, it wasn't long before I found what I thought was the truth since I always believed in the bible. I went to various churches and began to believe that truth rested in Jesus and gods word the bible. In time I began to read about the sceptical side of the bible.....this being a result of being a member of JWD and being around folks who had been where I had been and was searching also for truth.

  In time, I personally began to doubt the bible after many years of believing it to be truth and having all the answers I wanted and yearned for in life.

  Now where am I? For me personally, i'm now lost. I doubt the bible as being authored by god, i'm an agnostic, I haven't a clue as to whether there is a god who loves me and the rest of mankind and whether there is a plan for all of us, i'm terrified at the thought that there might not be anyone out there in the heavens who made me and the rest of us, and I haven't a clue as to where to start in finding out the truth about life and I highly doubt i'll ever know before I die.

  For many, not knowing is ok by them. They live life to the fullest and enjoy life in not knowing all these things i've mentioned. I wish I were as they are in not knowing but unfortunatley for me personally, i'm not ok with this. On one hand i'm glad to know the truth about the witnesses but on the other hand i'm left void.

  So the question for me is.....am I happier in knowing the truth ( about "the Truth")

  How about you personally......are you a happier person?

  I'm not one who can go back to believing a lie just to have answers although many have and they can pretend. I did however go back for the sake of my family because life for me was too awful without them and I couldn't cope. I now have my family back but the difference now is.....I have no hope for me and my family and so this question now hits me in the face each and everyday........am I a happier person in knowing the truth?

  Feel free to blast away......just don't hit me in the nutsack.

  Gumby
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  Where is 'uncle bruce'?

  by talley in

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  i miss him.

  and he is the only one who ever posted to any topics i started...... i hope he is in good health, very happy, prosperous and just busy; and that his little piece of paradise in the land of oz has excaped the wildfires this season.. thinking of you ((((uncle bruce)))) .

  judy.

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  Well, I guess I showed everyone who the better man is between me and UncleBruce cuz I at least responded.

  Talley, this is a little late....sorry.......but I luvs you too

  Hugs to Mary, Scully, Vitty, and Mouthy too.

  *tries like heck to swoon the girls*

  Gumrussell rutherford
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  Where is 'uncle bruce'?

  by talley in

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  i miss him.

  and he is the only one who ever posted to any topics i started...... i hope he is in good health, very happy, prosperous and just busy; and that his little piece of paradise in the land of oz has excaped the wildfires this season.. thinking of you ((((uncle bruce)))) .

  judy.

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  P.S. I miss 'gumby' too....

  Oh, I see how it is. Gumby gets mentioned in a P.S. as if he was just a casual thought. Well, I ain't playin second fiddle to no damn gorrilla lookin bastard from down under Talley. I thought you loved me the last time we went out together and you wore them pink hot lookin spandex shorts. I'm really hurt talley. I sit here all day and read these threads just hoping someone will mention my name and finally you do and I almost wet my pants cuz I was so excited......then I read the P.S. part and it just crushed me. I don't think I'll ever recover from this Talley.........NEVER!!!!!!!!

  *begins to hate himself*

  Gumpissedon
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  Neck and back cracking.

  by El Kabong in

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  or otherwise referred to as joint cracking.

  i can crack my neck, lower spine, elbows, fingers, and ankles.

  i crack my neck and spine several times a day.

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  Hey Kabong....you bastard you. What I wanna know is.......have you ever had a buttcrack?

  I know what you mean by cracking your back and that it feels good and relieves tension, but I had a chiropractor tell me that cracking my neck or back wasn't a good idea unless you knew what the hell you were doin. I figure if it makes me feel better it can't hurt however. I do the sit in the chair and turn around in it routine to crack my back and people always wonder what I'm doin and what I'm looking at since they have no idea what I'm doing.....s'pecially in the car while I'm driving.

  Gumbuttcrack
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  valentines day sucks

  by lola28 in

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  this thread is for those of us that are single and hate everything that this day is about.

  i was using the atm at albertson's this morning and all around me i saw men buying candy and flowers and i seriously wanted to stab them....**note i would never actually hurt someone** sooooooooo i left the store and came right to work where i will be safe from ppl and teddy bears and candy and flowers.

  so if you hate this day as much as i do, feel free to use this thread to vent.. lola ** of the bitter table for one class** saying a big f*ck you to today..

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  I got a dozen roses and a box of chocolates today from uh, someone who works on the floor below me who I barely know
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  GUMBERS NEEDS YOUR ADVISE.......

  by Mary in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i got a pm from gumby this morning.

  as i predicted, he's being love-bombed by the congregation and invited out everywhere.

  part of this is because he was very popular before and is a very likeable guy, but part of it is to try and suck him back in so thoroughly, he'll never be able to escape.

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  we're all behind you

  ..........hu-oh. Never trust apostates when they get behind you Nina......specially LT.

  Thanks Nina. Family is THE ONLY reason I'm doing this. I'd rather die with the title of being a witness than I would dying as a staunch anti-witness with no family. I can STILL be an anti-witness with a witness label and have a family......and for me, this is what works.

  Hugs to you and BigT.

  Gumby