Its the Org's fault for placing so much emphasis on counting hours of time...more legalism that crushes love...
Loz x
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Did JWs use you to get their time in?
by truthseeker inthis has happened to me on more than one occasion.
a jw suddenly notices you at the hall and asks to work with you.
this continues for a while and then you are dropped.
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I need to lose 20 pounds
by Heartbreaker ini hate to exercise, therefore i haven't really ever done it, and stuck with it.
i've had 6 children, and am quite sedentary.
i get really bad migraines when my blood pressure rises, hence hating excercise.. .
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I've just restarted Weight Watchers ...in the Uk...not sure if you have it there?...I lost 5 and a 1/2 lbs in the first week. Its great ...a simple pointed food plan . Last time I lost 30lb in 4 months. You get to eat everything ...nothing is banned...
Loz x
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What Do You Like LEAST About This Here Board?
by snowbird infor me, it's the pm system.. sylvia.
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I too love the board its been a godsend to me (?)....I would like to change my avatar and personal info...thats all....
Loz x
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Do you still believe in the doctrines of the Watchtower
by SAHARA inman, i did it again in messing up my post.
anyway, after reading many exjw responses to questions from posters, i see there is a wide variety of opinions on faith and religion in general such as still believing that there is a god to no belief in god at all.
for those of you who still believe that there is a god, i'd like to know whether or not you still believe in the doctrines of the watchtower, but you just don't believe that it is gods "only true religion"?.
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I believe in the ones where they stick to the Bible... Loz x
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If You Leave The Organization Where Else Must You Go?
by minimus init seems the watchtower leaders believe that if you were to think about leaving the organization (and listen to "apostates") that you must have a place to go in return.
they feel you must have something, if you were to not accept the organization.
you need hope and belief in something.
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What infuriates me is that they believe that God is their property alone....such arrogance...
Loz x
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Jesus having been reared as a Jew would definitely have been familiar with the Hebrew scrolls ...hence he quoted from them...
Loz x
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Aw I hate it when this happens.....
Loz x
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How did you find the strength to leave?
by SAHARA into all of you exjws, i'm sure you've been asked this question one way or the other many times and i'm sure the answer is different for many of you, i'd like to know directly from you never having a chance to hear or read many exjw's answers to this.
knowing that you would be cut off from your family and friends and other consequences for your decision to leave, how did you ever get the strength to do it?
i mean really, i find it fascinating to know that there are so many of you who were at one time very devout, if not at the very least loyal to one of the most successful mind-contol organizations ever who believed all if not most of what the society taught and still you found the courage to risk everything once you accepted that it isn't what it claims to be.
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Lozhasleft
I would never have chosen to leave ...never...I confessed a fairly minor sin to the elders..looking for help..and within days there was a JC and I was disfellowshipped...such a shock, devastated me completely, but then I had to examine how that could happen when I KNEW I was repentant...and it made me so ill ...emotionally and physically...I'd known for a long time that these things happened to others and that many or most of the shepherds were not kind and merciful...but still..it was a shock...and afterwards despite my attempts they refused to try and understand how I felt. How could I go back for reinstatement knowing that their processes werent theocratic in any way? Knowing that they dont show Christlike qualities? ...I could never trust them again...
After much suffering and abandonment including losing all of my five adult children and many friends from over 30 years of faithful service...I chose to move on with a new life...and after some years I started to research ...wow...there was a shock...I suggest you read Crisis of Conscience to get a good idea of what we're up against...and now I am just so sad that I lost so many valuable years in the organisation and ultimately my family too. Thats not love..its not Christian...and it doesnt require strength or rocket science...
By the way..welcome Sahara ..there are some wonderful people on this board with good advice and caring help...avail yourself of it if you need to...and I wish you well...
Loz x
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Outcast & Rejected
by Drewmeister injust wanted to interduce myself an give an quick synopsis.. i was a happy an healthy(ish) young man back in march 08. i was cornnered by a (didn't know it @ the time) jw who talked to me alot about "the truth" and why the world is like it is.
he is a window cleaner in town, hence i didn't know as he wasn't in his suit.
everything he said made sense to me @ the time, but thinking back i wasn't @ my healthiest or strongest so he got me @ my weakest point.
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Hadit...good recommend... I will look for that book myself... Loz x
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15 year old dies after family turns down blood tranfusion
by looloo inits just been on the news in birmingham , uk on saturday morning while on the ministry he was run over by a car and needed a transfusion , his family refused and he has died , what a waste , what a wicked religion !.
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If we're being pedantic the report says he was going into a shop for sweets when it happened...not door knocking...still its so very sad...
Loz x