Posts by DubR

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Have some went back & those who do, what's it like??

by DubR in

i hope everyone had a great time with their loved ones last week!

i wanted to know have any on this forum went back to being a jehovah's witness who were previously disfellowshipped, disassociated, agnostic, atheist; or just faded away?

would any of you eventually go back for family and friends?

DubR

xmkx - YES!! The life you explained is the exact type of life I would live if or when I decide to go back! My big sis who chose to marry a "worldly man" was recently reinstated (she still believes JW is the truth) but she also has a little of her own mind. She understand that if the org says, "a true Christian wouldn't get on facebook, myspace, participate in sports, go to college, watch rated R movies, watch porn (with her husband), go out field service whenever u can, make every meeting; listen to everything we tell you" she will do whatever she wants because she knows those silly man made rules arent in the bible. She has a facebook and myspace page, she lets my lil nephew participate in basketball at school and he will eventually be encouraged to go to college, they watch R rated movies,....porn...lol, she goes out field service like once every 3 months; makes a very little meetings and is perfectly fine with where she stands!! I still cant believe she didn't listen to me when I told her about the JWs history?!? Anyway, I want to be something like that minus the believing that religion is the truth lol.

Open mind - Thanks for giving me examples of former members on here that went back. I will look at all their posts which lead up to their decision to go back if I can. This will help me alot !!

WOW!! I am getting great feedback from you guys and gals!! Keep it up and I really appreciate it! Sometimes I wish all of us members on here could meet up and have a beer or two . Yall are soo cool!!!

DubR

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Have some went back & those who do, what's it like??

by DubR in

i hope everyone had a great time with their loved ones last week!

i wanted to know have any on this forum went back to being a jehovah's witness who were previously disfellowshipped, disassociated, agnostic, atheist; or just faded away?

would any of you eventually go back for family and friends?

DubR

OUTLAW, beksbks; pat1060 - thank you all for your kind words. I wasn't sure if people would attack me or feel sympathy for my situation on this board, so thank you for your understanding and kind remarks! Its very tough being in this position at 24yrs old, just having a parent die (growing up thinking he would walk into the paradise); having only a mother that would give her life for this bloodguilty religion is just mental anguish for me!! I hate that organization for all its done but I love and miss my mom and lil nephew. Thank you all...

DubR

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Have some went back & those who do, what's it like??

by DubR in

i hope everyone had a great time with their loved ones last week!

i wanted to know have any on this forum went back to being a jehovah's witness who were previously disfellowshipped, disassociated, agnostic, atheist; or just faded away?

would any of you eventually go back for family and friends?

DubR

Thank you WTWizard, me choosing not to regularly make meetings and go out preaching and being told by an elder that I better do it would send a flying punch his way (man I hate elders and their fake divine authority). You stated about 2 million of the 7.3 million stay in for family and friends, I think its more like 50% or more stay in for family and friends. I was very popular in and outside my circuit growing up and about 90% of younger JWs I associated with or knew were "wilding out" and will never tell the elders or leave because they woud loose their family. I think there are the ole (I do whatever the GB tells me to) JWs and now there are the new (I do what I want) JWs this generation. There are more of the later nowadays I believe.

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Have some went back & those who do, what's it like??

by DubR in

i hope everyone had a great time with their loved ones last week!

i wanted to know have any on this forum went back to being a jehovah's witness who were previously disfellowshipped, disassociated, agnostic, atheist; or just faded away?

would any of you eventually go back for family and friends?

DubR

thank you cantleave, I can truly relate to you. My wife suggested a similiar approach by saying I could get reinstated and just fake being a JW until my mom dies. If I chose to do this, I would never donate or go door to door (or do any form of preaching) and make like 1 meeting a month lol. I miss my mom and I miss my little nephew (he is 7yrs old). Im starting to realize if I never go back and fake it, I wont even be able to see my little nephew grow up and spend the last maybe 15-20yrs with my mom. I am realizing that the Watchtower Society will win in a sense (I never loose if you know what I mean). I have always been mentally strong, smart; determined in my endevors. It still seems like a momentous task tho. Cantleave, could you maybe share your typical week to me?

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Have some went back & those who do, what's it like??

by DubR in

i hope everyone had a great time with their loved ones last week!

i wanted to know have any on this forum went back to being a jehovah's witness who were previously disfellowshipped, disassociated, agnostic, atheist; or just faded away?

would any of you eventually go back for family and friends?

DubR

Thank you guys for your comments. Are you guys finally able to let your brainwashed family go over the years? I think this is where my major confusion is coming from. I miss my mom soo much and I know she will continue to be a JW until the day she dies. I honestly could go without having my siblings and old friends relationship back, I just really miss my mom. I also love my new free life now. I dont know what to do.

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Have some went back & those who do, what's it like??

by DubR in

i hope everyone had a great time with their loved ones last week!

i wanted to know have any on this forum went back to being a jehovah's witness who were previously disfellowshipped, disassociated, agnostic, atheist; or just faded away?

would any of you eventually go back for family and friends?

DubR

Thank you Nancy. But I feel just like you, I will never wake up early and go knock on doors and lie to people ever again. If I went back I would only go to meetings when my family visited me and maybe fake record time on my field service report (like alot of pioneers I knew) lol. Im thinking coming back knowing 100% the organization is false and faking 100% without preaching and being regular at meetings. I also wouldnt want my wife to get babtized, just fake the meeting attendance with me until I am reinstated.

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Have some went back & those who do, what's it like??

by DubR in

i hope everyone had a great time with their loved ones last week!

i wanted to know have any on this forum went back to being a jehovah's witness who were previously disfellowshipped, disassociated, agnostic, atheist; or just faded away?

would any of you eventually go back for family and friends?

DubR

I hope everyone had a great time with their loved ones last week! I wanted to know have any on this forum went back to being a Jehovah's Witness who were previously disfellowshipped, disassociated, agnostic, atheist; or just faded away? Would any of you eventually go back for family and friends? I personally dont believe in God or the Bible anymore so if I decided to go back, I don't feel I would be damned by some superpower force in the sky. My wife would be ok to fake it too. I just really miss my mom (she's in her 60s) and my dad passed away a couple of years ago. It feels like if I continue to be disfellowshipped and not have that close relationship I use to have with her and my sisters, I will be letting that organization win! After looking back at the last couple of years and looking foward into 2010 I may decide to go back and get reinstated (pisses me off saying that). I figure I will wait for the memorial and start making the meetings regularly and fake like I want those imperfect elders forgiveness and get my family back. I just dont want "them" to win and I lose precious time with my mother who is brainwashed by this org. This is the only life we have IMO. I won't go out field service and will only make meetings when my mom visits after I get reinstated. What are your thoughts and personal experiences? Thank you all in advance!

DubR

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Question for still active JW's / Faders

by cantleave in

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friends

do you still contribute for literature, give to the worldwide work, kingdom hall fund or contribute towards the upkeep of your local kh?

if you do - why?.

DubR

My mom donates $25 to the worldwide preaching work and $25 to the local congregation each week for the last 25 years!! You do the math....Its sad

DubR

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FOR THOSE WHO HAVE LEFT THE TRUTH?

by lgadsden in

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friends

jehovahs day comes at this moment and u realize u were in the right place but because of leaving you are now doomed.

would everything gained (temporary) enjoyment worth it?.

DubR

Ok, who am I?

"The pyramid of Giza's dimensions tells us that Armaggeddon will happen in 1914!! Preach this message from God and rejoice!!" (remark from the first president ofJehovah's Chosen Organization)

"Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob will come back to life in 1925 to live in this San Diego mansion I had built for myself... I mean built for them. Later...... Oh crap I was wrong but how dare you call me a false prophet!!!! Later.... You members will start calling yourselves Jehovah's Witness!! (remarks from the second president ofJehovah's Chosen Organization)

"Organ transplants are a great marvel of science....Later.....Organ transplantation is an act of canibalism and canibals will be disfellowshipped from the God's Christian Congregation!! Later..... Uhhh some may have thought organ transplants were a sin but the Bible clearly doesn't show that this would be bad. Uhh one can't be disfellowshipped for this procedure its ok.. IF YOU REALIZE WE KILLED INNOCENT FOLLOWERS OF JEHOVAH, YOU ARE AN EVIL APOSTATE!!! It was just new light new light!! Later... The United Nations is the foretold Beast in Revelatons that will be destroyed by Jehovah!!! Do not be apart of Satan's United Nations, if you are, you are to be disfellowshipped...Later....We clearly didn't realize we were a part of the United Nations (Beast and Satan's Organization) when we signed up as their NGO. ANYONE WHO TELLS OTHERS WE WERE PART OF THE UNITED NATIONS FOR OVER 10YRS AND RESIGNED WHEN A BRITISH NEWSPAPER BUSTED US OUT ARE EVIL APOSTATES!!! Later....Its clearly highly unwise to go to college in these last days (1970s) Later... Its clearly highly unwise to go to college in these last days (2009). By the way keep donating (paying) for our free room and board so we can continue not to work and provide for ourselves, kindof like those evil baptist preachers do to their followers!! We gotta get a black guy in here so it wont be soo obvious. Jesus was middle eastern but we will continue to draw him as a white man because color doesn't matter. NOWDAYS...ANYONE WHO DOESNT THINK THIS IS GODS VISIBLE ORGANIZATION ARE EVIL APOSTATES FROM SATAN!!!!!" (remarks fromGOD'S CHOSEN ORGANIZATION THAT WAS CHOSEN BY JESUS BACK IN 1914) Great choice Jesus!!!

Do you still think the truth is the truth, God's annointed ones accidently kill his followers; new light explains all these lies I mean mistakes OR Do you realize how deadly it can be to rely on men who claim they are appointed from God to give you proper (improper) food and the right (wrong time)? If you agree with the later...YOU ARE AN EVIL APOSTATE!!!

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What JW catch phrase DRIVES YOU NUTS!!!!

by megaflower in

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friends

"we should be mindful".

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

DubR

And the most infamous phrase used (for active jw from age 3 to death)'

deep inhale "The worldwide preaching work is supported by voluntary donations, so if you would like to make a donation to the World Wide Preaching Work, I would be happy to accept" .....exhale.............(Thanks for your business)