Posts by frigginconfused

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Standing up for myself, a lonely stand

by troubled mind in

i have learned in my life that i am the only one i can trust to stand up for myself .. many times i wished others would have 'had my back', like when i was seven and my favorite teacher committed wrongful contact with my class....we didn't know the term pedofile back then , and children were not taken serious when they made complaints about teachers .

i wished my mom had been more protective and saved me from some ugly situations .

i knew at 10 yrs of age that wasn't going to be the case .

frigginconfused

I get what youre saying. But please dont let yourself be a slave to your inner warrior. I had anger issues and would never back down from a fight. This is not in reference to your post. Its just to help you with other things that get in the way. Living in anger is hard.

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A detailed prophesy

by EndofMysteries in

a very (but not only) prophesy i see in the scriptures, far diff then what we been shown.

a few diff outcomes, still sorting out.

the beginning of this though, the first paragraph, seems to happen in any scenario, but the remainder not so clear at this point.. world leaders behind the scenes unite themselves, feeling and seeing through the scriptures that they must being in god's new government.

frigginconfused

The first part sounds good. But I think the bible makes out like right before it gets so bad God steps in and slaps down this movement. Then after all the people who do live by love are gone we can begin the 1000 years of getting ourselves to perfection. Living forever.

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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.

frigginconfused

I absolutley dissagree with leaving him. You have every right to stand up for yourself and not allow him to be abusive. Reason with him and explain that behavior is not ok. Even if it were provoked, he still has a responsability to be a man and not take advantage of you. The JW's have clouded his reality about women. He needs to move beyond that submissive crap and see you as his equal.

He is probably going through alot of turmoil inside. Leaving the WTS is a scary thing. He thinks if he is wrong it will mean loss of everlasting life. So stand by your man and be there for him. If he attacks then wait till he is calm and address the situation. If he persists to be abusive you have to leave. If you were to stay you would be enabling him and he would never get better. But just leaving now would be abandoning him. If you really love him give him a shot.

Balance is the key.

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A Question About Paradise Earth?

by sacolton in

we've all seen illustrations of jehovah's happy people living in a utopia lifestyle sharing baskets of fruit, wearing preppy clothing and everyone has a pet grizzly bear or shark, but what about natural disasters?

earthquakes, hurricanes, volcanoes, flash floods, hail, lightning, blizzards, etc are just going to cease to exist?

everyday will be a beautiful 76 degrees with a calm cool breeze from the north?

frigginconfused

Like I said... We will have advanced warning.

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A Question About Paradise Earth?

by sacolton in

we've all seen illustrations of jehovah's happy people living in a utopia lifestyle sharing baskets of fruit, wearing preppy clothing and everyone has a pet grizzly bear or shark, but what about natural disasters?

earthquakes, hurricanes, volcanoes, flash floods, hail, lightning, blizzards, etc are just going to cease to exist?

everyday will be a beautiful 76 degrees with a calm cool breeze from the north?

frigginconfused

I think the earth will be like it is today. Theres nothing wrong with hurricanes and tsunamis. In paradise we will have plenty of advanced warning. If you look in the early 80's you can see that plauges very similar to Moses' day happened. I think that stuff was supposed to happen with or without Moses. But what makes it inspired of God was the advanced warning Moses had.

We see the earth as being too solid. Even mountains are changing and moving. Look out your window. I promise in a 100 million years it wont look the same. You might even be looking at an underwater landscape.

I think the problem for you is tied to physical posessions. Your house cannot live forever. Eventually you will have to give it up and move. Not a problem if everyone in the area knows in 100 years a tsunami is going to wash everything away. Plenty of time to build a new place on high ground and wait for the show to begin!

Enjoy this wonderfull earth. It is really a fun playground!

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My story and help needed.

by frigginconfused in

i have been posting here and there for a few weeks but never introduced myself.

i will do that now because i really am in bad shape and in need of someone to listen.. i was raised in new york in the projects during the crack boom in the 80's.

my dad was an abusive drunk non believer and my mom dragged us to meetings.

frigginconfused

Thank you all. I will take everything said to heart.

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My story and help needed.

by frigginconfused in

i have been posting here and there for a few weeks but never introduced myself.

i will do that now because i really am in bad shape and in need of someone to listen.. i was raised in new york in the projects during the crack boom in the 80's.

my dad was an abusive drunk non believer and my mom dragged us to meetings.

frigginconfused

SAHARA I agree totally! Thats why I cant understand why somethings not being done to openly appose Satan. The WS are too low key. I think Satan is being given more power than he should have because there isnt a religion out there that is banding together to strengthen one another. On the surface it looks like the JW's are like that. But they are too controlling for true worship. I feel like God needs more glory and its not happening. Im not a running scared pray for protection kind of guy. Im a f**k off, lets fight kind.

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My story and help needed.

by frigginconfused in

i have been posting here and there for a few weeks but never introduced myself.

i will do that now because i really am in bad shape and in need of someone to listen.. i was raised in new york in the projects during the crack boom in the 80's.

my dad was an abusive drunk non believer and my mom dragged us to meetings.

frigginconfused

SAHARA I get what youre saying about the black plague and there always being injustice. But I see this as different. Its like all the players in a chess match are in place. I feel we as humans are at the point where we are going to destroy ourselves or God will step in.

Im not saying everyone should think the way I do.

What I am saying is that there needs to be an organized group of people that refuse to live in the way humans are living. If the GB would admit they are wrong on putting dates like 1914 out there and just focus on what Jesus taught, they would be something special.

Like I said... I like the basic idea of hippies. Love, peace, living in harmony with nature. If you do research some of the merry pranksters you can see that some stayed true to this when the whole hippie movement died out. They live off grid with no or very little carbon footprint. They are loving and happy. I think many of the JW's out there would really like a simpler way of life more focused on love.

I didnt give my background to make myself seem as a crazed war vet. I wanted to establish that I know how bad man can be. But I also know how good we can be.

I would like to see a movement with God as the focus but us taking personal steps to actually do something about the way things are. My way of doing that passively without trying to controll others is start communities that are examples of how we should live.

I like how simple and not part of the world the amish are. But they take it to the extreme.

I liked the hippies but they were too political and drug motivated. Plus free love (promisquity)is not healthy for the people or children involved.

Things like the solar decathalon in DC are what Im talking about. Leadership by example. They arent running around cursing everyone who isnt off grid. But they are showcasing the really cool innovations that these different schools come up with.

The WS cant showcase itself because of the underlying controll factor.

So what Im getting at is, the world needs a forum for intelligent discussion. A place where the collective has input on making things constantly better. If the GB would listen to the things many of you say on here I think the true religion could finally be brought forth.

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For JW'S and anyone else: Questions to Ask Yourself.

by Mall Cop in

jw
friends

is it not likely had you been born in cairo you would be a muslim and, as hundreds of millions of people do, would believe that "there is no god but god and muhammed is his prophet?.

if you had been born in calcutta would you not in all probability be a hindu and, as hundreds of millions of people do, accept the vedas and the upanishads as sacred scriptures and hope sometime in the future to dwell in nirvana?.

is it not probable that, had you been born in jerusalem, you would be a jew and, as millions of people do, believe that yahweh is god and that the torah is god's word?.

frigginconfused

Now if a person truely want the truth they have to examine everything. The more I look at these other religions the more I can see Jehovah.

"there is no God but God and Muhammed is his prophet?

True. One God, and Muhammed was one of his prophets. He met Jesus and was promised a place in his army at the end when he comes back as Michael the arch angel. So the muslims have some truth.

accept the Vedas and the Upanishads as sacred scriptures and hope sometime in the future to dwell in nirvana?

The religions in the area of India in my opinion were created by openeing yourself up to the universe. If they are concidered you will be led to inner peace. But nirvana is not from God. Its actually the meaning of the Apple in the garden of eden. Should we be trapped in a meat body for all eternity of should we be like the angels and have access to heaven when we so choose? Thats what Satans problem was. Why create something with the spirit of an angel and trap it in the body of a monkey.

The Jews are right too. They only got lost when they didnt recognize Jesus as the messiah. Easy to see the deviation there.

you would be one of the millions who accept the teachings of the Buddha or Confucius or Lao

They realized that Everything is temporary and the universe is constantly moving and changing. To hold on to something traps you from being spiritually free. Nothing is too disgusting or too beautiful. This keeps you always in present time accepting all that is in front of you. Good stuff. Works if used properly. And is a great aide to understanding God. Using this way of thinking can really help you be a good christian.

Now as far as the numerous christians not getting along... I have found the closer you get to the truth the harder Satan tries to mislead. Because the bible is Gods word it would be fitting for the whole christian community to be a complete friggin mess. The roots of the chrisitan religion are deeply connected with controlling people. All the religions loose Jesus' message through all thier periphreal crap. The only way there will be a true religion is if they focus primarily on Jesus and admit that most other stuff is open to interpritation.

This was all my opinion because I have been searching religion for almost 19 years. But everytime I think I have it figured out I realize how little I do know.

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My story and help needed.

by frigginconfused in

i have been posting here and there for a few weeks but never introduced myself.

i will do that now because i really am in bad shape and in need of someone to listen.. i was raised in new york in the projects during the crack boom in the 80's.

my dad was an abusive drunk non believer and my mom dragged us to meetings.

frigginconfused

snowbird This tells me you're Black.

LOL. Very good guess but Im white. This made it even harder for me growing up there.

Everyone thank you so much for your encouragement. Here is more about me so I can further help you understand my problem.

I know I have PTSD. I see doctors for it regularly. I am also on meds. I still have problems and they resurface sometimes. But overall I am a very chill person. So please dont think Im always frantic like this.

I do have a relationship with God and Jesus. Its this relationship that makes it so hard for me because I want others to be at peace and I dont see it anywhere.

Scottiebear7 As far as there being no more earthquakes and things of that sort. Its not the frequency. Its how they are happening. This is different. Plus there are more people in concentrated areas than before so the effects are greater. For the first time in human history we are truely a global community. The worlds economies are more and more linked as the years go by. I see the stage being set for the end times.

However I am not a doomsday type of person. I just believe we are nearing something big.

I dont want to join another religion. Its not nice people Im looking for. Its aware alert people who refuse to be part of this selfish commercial world. I live with integrity that I dont see anywhere else. Not tooting my own horn, just being honest. I will not lie to people even for small things. I go out of my way to help where I can, and I have a huge spiritual connection to the universe.

Im doing everything I can to get mentally better but I have the ability to do more spiritually. I feel like if people stood up to the GB and took responsability for their religion they could take over and push out all the "iffy" stuff they teach. You never see former JW's start a new religion and it be as successfull as the WT. It seems like God is with them, but now its time to stop ther controll game and really open up to God. I dont think small groups of individuals that are seperate faiths but believe Jesus' message is the answer.

I feel like what needs to happen is a movement of people that put their foot down and refuse to give in to the evils of the world. Something big and overt. Like the hippy movement. Peace and love stuff. But more intelligent and organized.

When my children ask me when Im going to do certain things I answer, "when its time". At first they dont like that. But I explain that in order for me to make my desition I am waiting for things to happen first. So its driven by my waiting for things to be right for me to act.

I feel that this is why no one knows the end except God only. He is waiting for things to get where they need to be in order for everything to be right. This thinking leads me to believe that we actually have controll over when the end comes. I bet if there was a people organized together saying the right things it could spark the end. I am looking for that group.

Seems to me that the right type of people are in the WT. If the GB were to stop controlling and set everyone free the right type of people are already in a group ready to be lead. The rest of us saw right through the crap and are on here. Many of us on here would be great at waking the blind followers up. If we rejoined the JW under this new type of organziation we could be the type of group that makes news headlines and really stands out in the world. Thats what I was talking about making love as big as an item as terror in the news. If all 6 million plus all of us that have left the JW got together we could really make a difference.