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  I'm going PAINTBALLING for the first time - any tips?

  by nicolaou in

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  i'm 45 and reasonably fit but i only like nice things to happen to my body .

  nervous nic'.

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  wantstoleave

  I went paintballing about 10yrs ago and it is very painful! Lol...I had open wounds and bruises so big afterward. Id worn jeans and was fully covered up, but it sure made a mess of my body. Make sure you wear LOTS of padding!
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  Creation - struggling

  by wantstoleave in

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  i am in the process of leaving, and those of you who have followed me will know i spoke to my family briefly the other day about my doubts, but not since.

  my dad has offered the occasional prayer for various things in the past week, as well as say he wants to study with my preschoolers.

  he has also added in the extra tidbits to do with jehovah being the only true god etc.

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  Yes Alan, my dad has always said that, in time we may get the answers (he thinks in the new system when Jehovah may reveal it to us etc). So I just put it out of my mind and kept going with the faith. But it really does bug me...lol.
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  Bulgaria Church Organizes Anti-Jehovah's Witnesses March

  by Bangalore in

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  bulgaria church organizes anti-jehovah's witnesses march.. http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=108649.

  bangalore.

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  Yikes. One more step towards banning the religion? Lots is happening lately on the news regards witnesses, what with Russia too. Isn't that what Jw's are told, that religion will be banned and then things really start happening with the tribulation? Someone help me out here...
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  Depression in the Org.

  by ssn587 in

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  it never seems to be brought up in jah's so wonderful org.

  but depression seems rampant, i can name 7-10 people right now on antidepreswsant drugs.

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  Depression is rampant amongst the witnesses, and even those who have left the organisation but can't find 'their way' so to speak. It's really sad. And what I've found over the years is that out of a congregation full of elders, only 1 if you're lucky, understands mental illness. Most dismiss it. Others don't even try to alleviate the situation. They think that going to meetings and being on field service will be a miracle cure all. It becomes a vicious cycle where you're told to do more in Jehovah's service, but you can't, so become more depressed. I've seen it happen many times.

  I've noticed too that seeking professional help is discouraged by the brothers. Their take is that the psychologist or psychiatrist is 'worldly', therefore will only offer guidance that goes against bible principles. Instead they suggest more prayer, more service and that Jehovah will sustain you. Easier said that done. I know one person personally who left the organisation purely because he was depressed and fed up with being told to 'do more', when clearly he was at his limits. Since being out, he's much happier and content within himself.
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  Creation - struggling

  by wantstoleave in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am in the process of leaving, and those of you who have followed me will know i spoke to my family briefly the other day about my doubts, but not since.

  my dad has offered the occasional prayer for various things in the past week, as well as say he wants to study with my preschoolers.

  he has also added in the extra tidbits to do with jehovah being the only true god etc.

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  wantstoleave

  I am in the process of leaving, and those of you who have followed me will know I spoke to my family briefly the other day about my doubts, but not since. My dad has offered the occasional prayer for various things in the past week, as well as say he wants to study with my preschoolers. He has also added in the extra tidbits to do with Jehovah being the only true God etc. But he hasn't pushed his ideas onto me. Just done it in his own roundabout way.

  Last night I was staring at the night sky, all the stars and I couldn't help but think back to my lifelong question 'Who created Jehovah?'. While I do believe everything has been created, that question has plagued me for as long as I can remember. When I would ask my parents, they would just say 'Jehovah has always been there'. My brain obviously can't compute that, seeing as everything around us appears to have a beginning. Eg. babies are created. A plant grows from a seed etc.

  Has anyone else ever struggled with this thought? I don't know why I just can't accept that God has always been there. I believe in creation, but a God, I just don't know what to think anymore.
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  So I did it - almost!

  by wantstoleave in

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  2. experiences

  today, i'm not quite sure how it started, but i voiced my concerns about the religion i've been brought up in since i was 3. my dad went straight on the offensive, though kept nice and polite.

  i told them that someone can not be df for accepting a transfusion.

  not sure why i started with that example, but nevertheless... dad said 'since when' and started pumping me for information, when, where, what...you get the picture and biggest one of all 'how do you know this'.

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  Greenie, I'm not sure if there's anything in writing that says that, maybe I'm wrong...but as far as most Jw's go, it's all they've ever been taught. It's ingrained that witnesses will be the only ones to survive. But, then we hear how Jehovah is the only one who can read hearts, so, it kind of leaves it open. Even at my most zealous for 'the truth', I hated to think that the really nice people on this earth would be destroyed. Take my Grandma. Good catholic, helps the community, not a bad bone in her body. But, according to all I'd learnt, she would die at Armageddon. I could never believe that. I figured Jehovah was a merciful God, he could read her heart (and the other millions out there).

  Then we are taught that we are all to be tested after Armageddon, when Satan is let loose, and those who have been resurrected will get a chance to make a stand for Jehovah, or die once and for all. Do you know that always made me feel sad? I would think to myself why should we be tested one final time when we've been good our whole lives, and made it through - only to be tested? My dad would tell me that if my heart was good, I wouldn't have a problem during the final test. I just wanted to get through to Paradise, not have to be tested...lol.
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  Notes From the Annual Meeting - Oct 3, 2009

  by daniel-p in

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  from a little bird... .

  interesting portions highlighted.

  notes from annual meeting (oct 3, 2009) .

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  Dozy, yes after I had logged out, I was thinking how the Australian branch could be overseeing Samoa. Thanks for pointing it out :)
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  Bloodguilt

  by Lady Lee in

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  the way i understood the teaching of bloodguilt was that if i stumbled someone and they sinned because of it i was bloodguilty.. can anyone elaborate on that or have some wt quotes to explain it?.

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  wantstoleave

  Wow on the adultery/marital due bloodguilt. I had never heard that before.
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  Chronic illness....how do you deal with it now?

  by wantstoleave in

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  2. medical

  for many jw's i know personally, who suffer from chronic illness, the hope of 'the new system' is what they look forward to.

  you know, being able to throw the cane away, lose the wheelchair, see again etc.. now that you're out of the organisation, how do you deal with chronic illness?

  if you suffer with an affliction, disease, impairment, how has your hope changed?

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  wantstoleave

  ((Hugs)) LouBelle
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  Apologies in advance

  by Heartbreaker in

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  this post may be all over the place.

  i've still been reading, any chance i get, but don't post often because of circumstance.

  i will have those "aha!

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  wantstoleave

  Hi HB!

  Not much to add other than hello and I wish you well....