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  If the Watchtower truly collapsed, how would you deal with your JW relatives?

  by nicolaou in

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  imagine the best case scenario.

  the watchtower society implodes from within even making final printed admissions that it is voluntarily dismantling it's mission and legally dissolving the corporations.

  oh happy day!

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  carpediem

  I would be loving and kind and welcome them to MY world. Let them see by my reaction that they were lied to all along.
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  In your own words ... what is the truth?

  by sacolton in

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  in one sentence, can you define what the real "truth" is?

  not the watchtower version (we all know what that is)..

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  We know the truth about some things, but dont know the truth in regard to most things. Our knowledge is still small.
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  To Ex-JWs: Do You Regret Learning it Was a Lie?

  by leavingwt in

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  this question was inspired by a question on another thread.

  to the ex-jw community here,.

  do any of you regret learning that wt is not god's organization?

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  carpediem

  NO AND ABSOLUTELY NO! Ignorance is not bliss, I prefer to know the truth. If I had remained in ignorance I would have wasted my life being a slave to a lie. NO NO NO, I would not want that
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  Christmas, New Year and Birthday all in one!

  by iMARX in

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  2. experiences

  i haven't posted for a few weeks because i've been too busy embracing the awesomeness of christmas and new year and my 21st birthday!.

  christmas was immense, i spent it with my partner and we had tofurkey (vegetarians .

  so when i got back to work, just when i thought all the celebrations were over, colleagues remembered that it was my 21st on the 5th jan and bought my first ever birthday cake!

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  Glad to hear you are having the time of your life iMarx. I must try that Tofurkey sometime (mind you, I wouldn't try saying that word after a few drinks!).

  HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR IMARX, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUUUUUUUUUU!!
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  My first time in the Kingdom Hall

  by leslieUsry in

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  i am going for the first time to a local kingdom hall.

  i seem to have the same ideas as the jehovah's witnesses.

  i was raised southern baptist, but i never could get into it.

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  carpediem

  What I dont understand is how someone can join this forum without realising what it is. Just flicking through a couple of the active topics and it is pretty clear. I mean, who clicks on a site without reading and thinks 'oh great I am going to join this forum'? I dont get it.
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  What would u do if ur girlfriend tells u that u call her toomuch,that u should be calling once in 2weeks?

  by Ugonna in

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  Tell her she is expecting a bit too much from you so you are going to find someone else who isnt so demanding of your time!
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  How do active JW's spend their Christmas? What do they feel?

  by dgp in

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  hello to all.

  maybe this is a stupid question, since jw's don't celebrate christmas, but, as jw's, how did you spend your christmas?

  what did you feel when everyone else was celebrating?

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  Yes sacolton I agree - how two faced. My hubby came home from work yesterday with bottles of wine and whiskey and a£100 bonus. I asked him why he thought it ok to accept Christmas gifts when we couldnt celebrate Christmas. He said they werent Christmas gifts, but end of year gifts. Yeah well me and my kids are opening some 'end of year gifts' tomorrow as it happens!
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  The most apostate thing you could do..?

  by iMARX in

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  it's taken me a while to start watching films with ghosts in - even a christmas carol - and then eventually i started smoking pot and it didn't bother me at all.

  but there are still some things i would have trouble with doing because of the remains of my christian conscience.. anything you guys still haven't brought yourself to do yet?.

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  iMarx - no I havent told her yet. I may have upset her though as I did tell her I told you and your bro I wasnt going back. will save the big news for after the wedding now - I dont want to upset her so close to it. check your pm.
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  The most apostate thing you could do..?

  by iMARX in

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  it's taken me a while to start watching films with ghosts in - even a christmas carol - and then eventually i started smoking pot and it didn't bother me at all.

  but there are still some things i would have trouble with doing because of the remains of my christian conscience.. anything you guys still haven't brought yourself to do yet?.

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  Tell your mother I am an apostate LOL

  Go in a church to a service other than a funeral or wedding. Having had Babylon the Great thrown down my throat for the last few years, it just seems the ultimate act of rebellion.

  Celebrating Christmas, birthdays and other occasions feels easy. Watching 'inappropriate' films isnt so bad - I probably did a lot of that as a witness. but the church thing, well, it will probably be one of the last things I do as I shake off the shackles of the wt.
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  Welcome to the New World

  by purplesofa in

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  even for a jw's way of thinking~~~~.

  there are just so many things in this little write-up by a jw that is so assuming and twisted.

  2 year meeting after armageddon dear brothers, please include the reminders below in the nro (new resurrected ones) 2-year review meeting.

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  OMG I can actually imagine that letter being circulated!