Posts by finding my way

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kingdom melodies are spoiling my christmas songs

by finding my way in

jw
friends

this is my second year celebrating christmas.

i've got my first full size tree up very early :) and i've been playing christmas songs via pandora often.

problem is, a lot of the classic christmas songs sound just like kingdom melodies!!!

finding my way

Sorry, I didn't log in for almost a month after posting this!! thank you everyone!! It seems this isn't a common issue, but all the advice is great. My "pagan" ;) grandma made me some mixed CD's (she's so cool) of some of her favorites and I've been trying my best to drown the Kingdom blah that comes through. I'm so happy Christmas is almost here. My daughter is 10 months old and I can't wait to let her tear through some paper. I'll be a bit sad when it's over but then there's next year.

p.s. Vampire, you scare me!!! LOL

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kingdom melodies are spoiling my christmas songs

by finding my way in

jw
friends

this is my second year celebrating christmas.

i've got my first full size tree up very early :) and i've been playing christmas songs via pandora often.

problem is, a lot of the classic christmas songs sound just like kingdom melodies!!!

finding my way

This is my second year celebrating christmas. I've got my first full size tree up very early :) and I've been playing christmas songs via pandora often. Problem is, a lot of the classic christmas songs sound just like kingdom melodies!!! I feel haunted. It's driving me nuts. Anyone else have this problem?? I can't seem to get these songs I grew up with out of my head. They really creep me out now.

~fmw

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JW's came to the door

by pr0ner in

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friends

ha i love it when they come to the door.

two dub females came to the door.

one of them seemed pretty intelligent and down to the earth.

finding my way

It's amazing. no one has EVER come to my door.

I hope that I'll have the patience to deal with their bouncing from point to point if that time comes.

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Do You Still Believe the Bible is God's Word?

by cantleave in

if so why???.

btw - i just see it as collection of old books written by men who reflected the thinking and knowledge of their time?.

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I don't know what to believe anymore, but I'm beginning to lean towards "no".

It's rough when you've been discouraged from using your own brain since birth.

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Jesus warned us about JWs!

by 3Mozzies in

luke 21:8. .

american standard version (asv).

he said, watch out that you dont get led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, i am he , and, the time is at hand.

finding my way

awesome

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(How the governing body) talks to the rank and file!

by Leprechaun in

the leaders (the governing body) talk to the rank and file like they are senseless little children it makes me sick.

its the pied piper syndrome, we dont want to offend jehovah blah blah blah, respect your body of elders and those taking the lead blah blah blah, are you keeping your selfs spotless and unblemished from the world, i have heard so much controlling and manipulative catch phrases, i swear the society must have paid a psychologist to come up with all this shit.

(well, i got that out of my system.

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"like"

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Your favorite JW'isms...."Brother leave it in Jehovah's hands" Post yours.

by UnConfused in

bring back the memories.

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"The light gets brighter"

A.K.A. Perfect excuse for everything they've ever done wrong

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A beginner's thanks...

by confliction in

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friends

i know i only posted on the board 8 days ago- a little over a week.. at the beginning of this week, i went from hopeless and depressed, feeling like i had no way out.. .

but throughout the course of 8 days, i have been shown kindness that i haven't seen in years.. i have been reached out to in ways i didn't even know was possible.. in a little over 8 days, i went from feeling alone in a dark abyss of a world, to having an entire support group, that i know cares about me and understands me and exactly how i think and feel.. in one week, i have mustered up the courage to speak up to a friend who i have known for half my life, but was too afrait to tell about my doubts.. i have come to realize that, he, too is planning to leave this organization- never telling me because of fear i would reject him- and likewise for me.. i just wanted to notify all who have helped, that you will not be forgotten- i would have never imagined this much support when i first submitted my account information one month ago, unsure about my entire life.. .

i don't know how else to put this, so i will put it rather frankly:.

finding my way

Glad you're here. This site has helped me alot too. Keep coming here when you feel lost. For me it happens every few months that I need some support from people who get it.

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What if WBTS is right?

by african GB Member in

people, please don't be angry at me, but do you sometimes ask yourselves this question?

i do..

finding my way

Yes. Especially when I get myself into situations where I'm around a bunch of witnesses i.e. Weddings or funerals.

It's like this though.... The fear I used to have of the power Satan could get over me if I wasn't basically perfect, is what I feel about the Watchtower. I feel like the mind controlling babble is powerful and from Satan and I must avoid falling into that trap.

I've considered getting reinstated and fading back out so that I can have relationships with family but when I really contemplate this I realize I can no longer tolerate fake friends. And they had the nerve to create a movie about "real friends"....

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Most JW's are Concerned with Position/Appearance - Not Serving God

by flipper in

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being raised in the jehovah's witnesses for 44 years ( exited 7 years ago ) - i observed many different variables that made each witness tick or operate.

but one of the most common variables was witnesses wanting to excel in progressing to positions becoming elders, ministerial servants, or pioneers because then and only then would they be looked at as allegedly " spiritual " or closer to jehovah.

but i learned as years went by that having a " position " in the congregation didn't make a person anymore " spiritual " or closer to god than witnesses who were not in appointed positions.. myself- having been appointed a ministerial servant at the tender baby age of 20 yrs.

finding my way

P.S. Kudos to minimus