Wow,all these experience's sure make you think...maybe my fade should speed up...TRUE BLUE,you sure are right.....My son was dsf many years ago,and they wont let him make any progress.Maybe he will wake up...
pat1060
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Do you regret confessing your sins to the elders?
by asilentone inyes, i do!
i did it 20 years ago, but the elders still remember what i did, sometimes i wish they never knew about it.
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18-Year Relationship Ended Today...
by jamiebowers in...when i had my dear old cat, puss puss put down this morning.
i had her for 18 years.
last night i bathed her and used the blow dryer and brush on her matted fur, and she didn't even try to fight me.
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pat1060
I'm sorry.I also have 2 cats.They do leave there paw prints on your heart.
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Were you always honest with your reports?
by Newborn ini was.... the last years i only did 4-5 hours max/month and they offered me pioneer support...huh...which i refused btw.. now i regret i didn't just put 20-30 hours every month without in fact going out in the booring service at all!!!
just to keep them happy.. .
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Who Writes WT Study Articles?
by monkeyman inok, i have to admit that i thoroughly enjoyed the wt study yesterday nov 1 about adopting jesus' personality.. it was far from the ho hum studies that focuses on fs.. my question is..............who writes the wt study articles?
this one was definitely written by someone other than the last 50 or so articles.. so is there anyone out there who knows how these articles are submitted.
there is a famous article written back in the late 90's dealing with depression.
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pat1060
I always thought members of the GB wrote the study articles,because they have to contain mind control messeges....Also the 12 years I was out of the org,the study articles were very different,it is a new crop of writers.
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Did You Ever Secretly "Sin" & The Elders Never Knew About It?
by minimus inwe, as elders, would every so often give a little talk about keeping the congregation clean and that if anyone felt the need to talk to us, to get whatever is bothering them off their chest, we would be readily available to them.
you'd be shocked to see how many would tell us some naughty things they were feeling guilty about.. i'm sure there were plenty of smart people who simply kept quiet and didn't say a word.. here's your opportunity to tell us what you wouldn't tell them..
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pat1060
It always bothered me that if we had a secret sin we had to tell the elders to be forgiven.Even if it happened a long time ago when you were not active.What if the thing you did would cause alot of trouble and hurt people unnecessary.Why can't our conduct speak for it self.I was out of the org.for 12 years and would give any thing if I hadn't done some things I did.Why bring it all up.Only God can judge any way.....
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Living With Regret - what do YOU regret about being in the org?
by babygirl30 in1. getting baptized at 14 and not knowing what the heck i was 'signing' up for.
2. dating worthless, lazy, no work ethic, selfish 'brothers' who were supposedly approved all because they were baptized - but in the end - were a waste of my time and younger years in dating.. 3. subjecting my bf (back in the day) who was a non-jw to the whole jw experience!
i demanded that he study, i demanded that he change his religion in order to be with me, i made him sit with my parents and listened to them berate him (and myself) while they fed him all their haughty beliefs and requirements in order to date their jw daughter.
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pat1060
I also regret the childhood my children had.They hate there school years.They tell people there childhood was awful....
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The Unforgivable Sin!
by ablebodiedman inthe trangression (sin) causing desolation has a lot to do with the new covenant and .......... holy spirit.. .
after all jesus christ said he would forgive our sins and so what is the transgression guaranteed to cause desolation.. .
made a video series regarding this topic.. .
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pat1060
I always thought sinning against holy spirit meant working against Jehovah's org.Or never repenting.Then again only god can see the heart.What if we had a problem we didn't want any one to know cause of the hurt it would cause people,wouldn't it be better to take to to God alone.But they say no,you have to confess or you won't be forgiven.This has always upset me.
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Has an elder ever made a difference in your life?
by monkeyman inok, i've read a lot of horror stories out there about outrageous shepherding calls so i know they exist.
i've also been on several and received 2.. however, as an elder i thought i was pretty capable at helping people and making a difference in their lives.
i've had people tell me so over and over which was quite comforting to me after i was unceremoniously removed.. so here's my question......has anyone out there ever been the recipient of the kind of loving care from elders that made a positive difference in your life?
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pat1060
Many years ago an elder gave me some advice,I wish I would have listen to him,it would have made a difference in the rest of my life.....I think some of them really do try to help people.
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True Faith Jehovah's Witnesses
by RR insome of you may be aware of the jw offshoot in the 1940s after the judge died, they call themselves true faith jehovah's witnesses and are essentially jw's in every way, shape and form, wiwth some minor differences.
found this on you tube, from one of their conventions:.
http://www.youtube.com/user/vestitorulimparatiei#p/u/18/fjijgwv5m9w.
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pat1060
this is very interesting...found this site. http://the-true-jw.oltenia.ro/
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We Want You Back
by Dune inso i'm sitting at my desk at work when my cell phone rings.
i've been faded for over 3 years now and i'm way beyond the point where i didn't answer my phone and dreaded any knocks on my door.. anyway, i answer and it's an elder from my old congregation.
he went on about how he was pretty much going down his list of names of inactive/ and was wondering if he and another elder could come by for a visit.
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pat1060
HI,I feel that is why I went back after 13 years of being away.I felt a little down and missed "the truth",now after 2 years being back I'm going to fade away.Because of so many changes and a life style I'm no longer able to fell a part of.The social support isn't there...