Posts by mentallyfree31

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I didn't know what a JW was, until I fell for one

by headoverheels in

when i fell for him i was completely unaware of his upbringing as a jw and only became aware once he decided to leave a few months back.

being raised without much of a religious basis, besides the typical western christian exposure, i have researched, read, attended groups, read in this forum, to try to better understand him, and jws, but i am feeling at a loss here.

he just recently left the jws and now i am experiencing this struggle with him; i am wondering how much of our problems can be contributed to this transition.

mentallyfree31

I'm gonna agree with Sherah and jamiebowers in their above statements.

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I'm afraid you folks who are starting new ex-FB groups...

by AwSnap in

are forcing the jw's to quit using facebook.

i absolutely understand why you are doing it....but personally, groups that blatently criticize the jw's have caused the ones closest to me to quit using fb.

that was one of my last outlets to associate with them, and then they quit fb altogether.

mentallyfree31

We had a bethel speaker at a circuit assembly probably over 5 years ago make the statement:

"MySpace is not a place for Christians!"

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Governing Body, Watchtower vs Ray Franz -- Irony

by Marvin Shilmer in

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governing body, watchtower vs ray franz -- irony.

watchtower teaches jehovahs witnesses that its governing body is a contemporary version of the body depicted at acts chapter 15. .

acts chapter 15 depicts a meeting of christians where the subject and deliberations are disclosed.

mentallyfree31

Interesting..

-MF31-

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Comparison of the 2010 "generations" with previous WT declarations

by Doug Mason in

i prepared a pdf that lists previous statements about the wts's "generations".. please let me know if there are any additional examples.. the file is at:.

http://www.jwstudies.com/2010_change_to_generations.pdf .

doug.

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EndofMysteries - Here's the talk from last weekend in Arizona at the District Convention discussing the latest generation change. I listened to it this morning:

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/194017/1/Generation-talk-from-2010-DC-from-Tucson-Arizona

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I didn't know what a JW was, until I fell for one

by headoverheels in

when i fell for him i was completely unaware of his upbringing as a jw and only became aware once he decided to leave a few months back.

being raised without much of a religious basis, besides the typical western christian exposure, i have researched, read, attended groups, read in this forum, to try to better understand him, and jws, but i am feeling at a loss here.

he just recently left the jws and now i am experiencing this struggle with him; i am wondering how much of our problems can be contributed to this transition.

mentallyfree31

Let me mention that you definitely can't blame this behavior ONLY on the process of leaving this cult. Sure, leaving a cult is very difficult. Lots of emotions come out, and everybody reacts differently. Anger, guilt, depression, sadness, happiness, insomnia - all of these are common.

However, as for myself and many others that I know that have left, we never treated our wives/girlfriends in this way. It's one thing to be stressed/confused/etc, but that's pretty agressive when you say things like that.

Just my opinion. I wish you the best.

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Girls - what subject got you thinking?

by wannabefree in

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reading the post "how long did it take you to leave", i can't help but be envious of those of you who refer to leaving as a "we" event.. i know it has been said that women tend to react to feelings/emotions along with logic, can you help me with ideas that got you to feel something was wrong?

what should i work on planting with my wife?.

thanks..

mentallyfree31

BTTT

I am very interested in more replies on this topic. Thanks to those that already posted.

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Comparison of the 2010 "generations" with previous WT declarations

by Doug Mason in

i prepared a pdf that lists previous statements about the wts's "generations".. please let me know if there are any additional examples.. the file is at:.

http://www.jwstudies.com/2010_change_to_generations.pdf .

doug.

mentallyfree31

Thanks Doug. Got it saved for later use.

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Why does Satan get to talk to God if they are real enemies?

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

in the book of job, satan ( who is already the enemy of god) is talking to god about allowing him to torment job to prove a point on the real reason job and humans serve him.

they have a one on one conversation.. when you really think about it,why would god talk or even listen to satan if they are true enemies?.

being a witness for over 35 years,the wts made me fear satan and his demons.

mentallyfree31

According to WT, there are invisible people running around everywhere. I have never seen one. I don't know anybody that has ever seen one. I don't know anybody that can take me somewhere and show me one.

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I didn't know what a JW was, until I fell for one

by headoverheels in

when i fell for him i was completely unaware of his upbringing as a jw and only became aware once he decided to leave a few months back.

being raised without much of a religious basis, besides the typical western christian exposure, i have researched, read, attended groups, read in this forum, to try to better understand him, and jws, but i am feeling at a loss here.

he just recently left the jws and now i am experiencing this struggle with him; i am wondering how much of our problems can be contributed to this transition.

mentallyfree31

When a man tells a woman to "Shut up" and "F--- you", i'm just not okay with that. That's a huge red flag for me. I realize I don't have all the facts here, but that's a bad vibe for me.

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Audio: Generation teaching as explained at the San Diego District Convention 05-30-2010

by kurtbethel in

this is an excerpt from the final talk of the day, "remain in the secret place of the most high".

i looked around as this explanation was being offered up, and the looks on the faces of people there was mostly disinterest.

this is a very convoluted explanation that reminds me of someone running a con and trying to cobble together an explanation to deal with legitimate objections to their false claims.. http://www.sendspace.com/file/dodp4w.

mentallyfree31

I listened to the entire talk this morning while commuting to work. Unbelievable. I have read the April 2010 WT several times and now listened to the talk and I can't see how ANYBODY could ever make sense of this.

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