Posts by Blasty

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So, someone clue me in.

by Blasty in

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alright, so i'm reading on this site, and i'm not 100% sure what it's about.

it appears to be a bunch of former jw people bashing everything they can get their hands on in relation to jw's.. .

i was brought up as a jw, but when i got older and started to think for myself, i began to realize that i didn't agree with their teachings.

Lots of great comments all. Thanks. I've definately been reading and posting, and I find this board to be refreshing. It's amazing to see how many people have gone through the same things I have. Maybe we all ended up in different places as I see by some of your comments, but that's good.

To the few atheists that posted, that's cool, I understand how you got there. My oldest brother is now an atheist after some amazingly harsh treatment by the WTBTS. he had it really bad compared to me.

I was on the verge of being an atheist, because nothing anyone said was convincing, nothing I read in any religouos material was convincing. Until one day I started to study physics, and well the laws of physics convinced me to believe in God. How many people could do a math equation and find God in it? Probably not many haha.

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what was the one sound bite or comment that helped you see the light?

by siy in

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this was a few years ago now, i was on the work one day with an elders elder.. you now the type!.

& he said this to me me (now i would love to know if you heard this one if its from a wt mag).

"how you are viewed by others (& so treated) is a reflection of how god views you".

Blasty

"God is Love" (1 John 4:8).

And the WTBTS is far from loving or caring. They are so cruel is stuns me.

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I feel like I'm being pushed away

by heybaby in

ok, so here's my story as it stands right now.

my husband and i have been married for 6 1/2 years.

about 2 weeks after we were married, he was appointed as a ministerial servant.

Blasty

Yeah, most of my family is still witnessess. It's ok, you'll learn to deal with it. They all deal with me on a kind level, although I never even gave anyone the chance to DA me. I just dropped off the radar really.

If your family starts to treat you badly, just learn to be a bigger person then they are. The most important person is your husband. Your own family under your own roof is the primary thing of concern, nobody else has any right to you.

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Is it better to stay married one time or have been married couple of times?

by asilentone in

i know it is a hard question, i would like to know your thoughts.

Blasty

I agree with tweety.

I also think that some people are definately not cut out for marriage. It doesn't make you a bad person, your personality just doesn't qualify you to be in that sort of a situation. And if that's the case, you need to realize that, and not string someone else along. And you surely shouldn't get married, because then your just screwing over the person your married to.

Also, a lot of people get in a marriage and convince themselves the grass is greener on the otherside. When in reality, everybody has their hangups and issues, and there is no such thing as the perfect person your always going to get along with. This isn't disney.

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I feel like I'm being pushed away

by heybaby in

ok, so here's my story as it stands right now.

my husband and i have been married for 6 1/2 years.

about 2 weeks after we were married, he was appointed as a ministerial servant.

Blasty

Great comment there by tweetbird.

Heybaby, you just have to step back and look at things in the most basic of concepts. There are very key things that the WTBTS just throw out. One of those is the many many scriptures that tell us not to judge others. When the WTBTS thrives on judging others, as you clearly met first hand here.

If you feel that something is wrong, persue that, and figure out why. Because if your not true to yourself, and true to what you feel is right and wrong, then your just lying to yourself and God anyways.

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sleep deprivation.

by iamthewolf5562 in

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does anyone here have or have had a problem sleeping at night?.

you can take a wild guess as to what i may have to attribute to this.... .

when i try to sleep ar night.... mind thinks and wanders to all sorts of terrible things that could be happening to me at anytime.

Blasty

I have no problems sleeping, which is quite amazing, since as a child I use to have issues. These days I hit the pillow and I'm out within a few minutes.

I do remember I use to have a similar problem, staying up thinking about stuff that stresses me out. And then, one day, I had this grand realization that I thought about stuff at completely the wrong time.

If your going to worry about stuff, school yourself to worry about it when you can actually affect it. This is the most important thing you can do when it comes to managing stress and fears.

At 1am in the morning, there is nothing you can do about a bill that needs to be payed, or a conversation that needs to be held. Your literally wasting mental capacity by worrying when you can't do anything about it right then.

And catch yourself when you start to steamroll your own mind. People love to think about one thing, realize it's a problem, and then move onto another problem, and try to realize how grand it is. Instead of sticking with the first problem and reasoning it out. So by hopping from one bad thing the next, your basically just panicing yourself.

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Is it better to stay married one time or have been married couple of times?

by asilentone in

i know it is a hard question, i would like to know your thoughts.

Blasty

I'd have to say the whole thing depends on the value you put on Marriage. Personally I would say you should get married once, but be sure about the person before you marry them. Seems like so many people get married and they don't really trust the person, or really know them. So in all reality they should still be dating.

I say you should definately date different people, before you get married. I don't know how many different girls I had to date before I figured out what I really liked and disliked in a woman. And now I have the greatest wife in the world! haha

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So, someone clue me in.

by Blasty in

jw
friends

alright, so i'm reading on this site, and i'm not 100% sure what it's about.

it appears to be a bunch of former jw people bashing everything they can get their hands on in relation to jw's.. .

i was brought up as a jw, but when i got older and started to think for myself, i began to realize that i didn't agree with their teachings.

Blasty

yeah, i'm finding some interesting reads on this site already. I threw out a lot of my beliefs along time ago, and started from scratch. And by scratch I mean, I had to first answer "do i believe in God", which yes I do.

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Crucifixion

by LunaFing in

so i was wondering........why do jw's insist that jesus was not put on a "cross" but on a stake?

Blasty

Personally I don't understand the point on either side. Cross or Stake, what does it matter? The fact of what Jesus did for us is the only thing I've found of any importance. I think it's just that people need some sort of physical symbolism to hold onto. I'd have to say one of the earlier posters are probably correct, the whole thing is just an effort to trash what someone else finds important. When in reality, if looking upon a cross makes someone appreciate what Jesus did for us, then more power to them.

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So, someone clue me in.

by Blasty in

jw
friends

alright, so i'm reading on this site, and i'm not 100% sure what it's about.

it appears to be a bunch of former jw people bashing everything they can get their hands on in relation to jw's.. .

i was brought up as a jw, but when i got older and started to think for myself, i began to realize that i didn't agree with their teachings.

Blasty

cool, yeah I saw some stuff in Tech support, apparently a refresh issue of some sort, okie doke.