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AAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

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hi special fried chipmonks.. can anyone help me try and prove to my dad that just because jw's teach a lot of good and do get a lot of things right(mainly common sense, i might add) that this does not mean that you can ignore the things they have got wrong, the kind of things that could prove that they are not who they say or think they are!!.

he is great at reasoning the existence of god but when it comes to defending jdubs he is blinkered.. i try to tell him that 'isn't it a coinsidence that you were born into the 'truth', or is it that every child thinks that it's parents are right!!'..

also he says that you shouldn't spend so much time trying to prove it's correctness but put faith in it.

JW72

Hi special fried chipmonks.

Can anyone help me try and prove to my dad that just because JW's teach a lot of good and do get a lot of things right(mainly common sense, I might add) that this does not mean that you can ignore the things they have got wrong, the kind of things that could prove that they are NOT who they say or think they are!!

He is great at reasoning the existence of God but when it comes to defending jdubs he is BLINKERED.

I try to tell him that 'Isn't it a coinsidence that you were born into the 'truth', or is it that every child thinks that it's parents are right!!'.

Also he says that you shouldn't spend so much time trying to PROVE it's correctness but put faith in it. I say what about all the other religions that kids grow up in and are given this advice, if faith is what it's all about, they won't listen to anyone else, coz it'll distract from their faith!!!

Anyone else agree????

Please help, thanks

Chris

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Hi Everyone

by JW72 in

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hi all, i don't know if anyone will remember me.. i haven't posted for ages, just wanna let everyone know that i'm still alive, if anyone cares.. i see nothing's really changes here.. ooooh except venice's picture, very nice..... chris

JW72

Thanks to all of you for replying.

I've been busy finishing music college and the after-celebrations!!

I have returned home to a slightly worse family life than before, my dad being a JW and my mum and 'wee' bro' not being.
It seems that there is no solution to this madness, my dad blames my mum for the fact that neither me or my older bro' are JW's any more.
She helped us see the real 'truth', he sees it as her 'poisoning' us.

It's a real nightmare, I'll try and be strong though!!

Love to everyone,

Chris

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Hi Everyone

by JW72 in

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hi all, i don't know if anyone will remember me.. i haven't posted for ages, just wanna let everyone know that i'm still alive, if anyone cares.. i see nothing's really changes here.. ooooh except venice's picture, very nice..... chris

JW72

Hi all, I don't know if anyone will remember me.

I haven't posted for AGES, just wanna let everyone know that I'm still alive, if anyone cares.

I see nothing's really changes here.

Ooooh except Venice's picture, very nice....

Chris

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JW JOKES PLEASE ADD MORE!

by natred in

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jokeshow to get rid of a jehovah's witness... .

when they ask, "can i talk to you about god?

" reply, "sure, what would you like to know?

JW72

Why didn't the little JW boy get punished for shooting dead the little non-JW boys from next-door??

His parents thought he was just helping Jehovah get Armageddon up and running.

Sorry

Chris

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"Well Rounded JW Kids"

by LDH in

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well, my parents (from ny) came out to visit a couple of weeks ago, no notice or anything (they live 3,000 miles away) and knocked on my door on a friday evening.. as hubby was not home from work yet, and i was laying down from yet another migraine, i got extremely agitated when the doorbell rang.

now, i don't open my door for anyone when i'm not feeling well.

to make a long story short, it was my parents, who spent about 6 days.

JW72

Hi LDH, I enjoyed your story, it just goes to show, we all have very similar experiences that we all think are unique.

Don't let it get you down, I feel bad because it actually made me smile.

Love

Chris

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JE-HOVIS WITNESSES

by JW72 in

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hi everyone, sorry about the title, got your attention though!!.....

my dad is the only jw in my family, i'm not, my 2 brothers aren't and neither is my mum.. my mum was until me and my older brother were about 6 & 7.. me and my brother were until we were 15 & 16.. my little brother was briefly, but escaped in 'the nick of time'.. life is very tough in my house, with my dad stomping around the house, making everyone feel guilty and uncomfortable with every little thing that we do.. we are just trying to get on like a normal family, and all he can do is say negative things about everything we do.. it is impossible to live with him, we have all come to agree.. we have shown him all the evidence we have to show him jw is a cult but he continues to go along with what the wts tell him, although he doesn't go to the meetings, coz he's stressed and not strong enough, mentally.. but there are some things that really annoy me, like the way he watches a tv programme where an animal is being killed, and he says something like 'oh, isn't that awful', and i think 'what about armageddon??????

' '5000000000000000000000 times worse!!!!!'..

JW72

Thanks everyone for your replys.

I was speaking with my mum last night about my dad and she told me that, thinking about it, my dad had never really shown her any love or compliments.

I think it is because he was brought up a JW, and the only compliment you get from JW parents is when you do something well concerning JWs.

So I suppose the only real confidence he has ever had has come from knowing the 'truth'. It's the be all and end all.

I think the only self-esteem he has (and it's very little, I think) comes from knowing the 'truth', I think if he loses that, he'll feel completely worthless.

I seem to understand better what's going on than he does, he, of cousre, thinks it all our fault, that we're being influenced by Satan etc.

I just feel that my childhood (and my brother's) were messed up from actually being JWs, and I don't want my little brother to end up feeling how I feel today.

I know we should try and love him, but he should try and love us, and he doesn't, I know the only time he'll truly love us is if we tell him we all wanna go back to the meetings, and that is NEVER going to happen.

I can't love him when I think about the damage he has caused and is causing my mum and my little brother.

He has had counselling and medication, anti-depressants and beta blockers.

They helped phsically but not mentally, because he knows the problem is that he should be active, but his family are never going to be.

Claudia, my mum left because she had questions that were never answered, u know the type of questions!!!

Thanks again for replying,

Love

Chris

"Out, but still being devestated by the WTS...."

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JE-HOVIS WITNESSES

by JW72 in

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hi everyone, sorry about the title, got your attention though!!.....

my dad is the only jw in my family, i'm not, my 2 brothers aren't and neither is my mum.. my mum was until me and my older brother were about 6 & 7.. me and my brother were until we were 15 & 16.. my little brother was briefly, but escaped in 'the nick of time'.. life is very tough in my house, with my dad stomping around the house, making everyone feel guilty and uncomfortable with every little thing that we do.. we are just trying to get on like a normal family, and all he can do is say negative things about everything we do.. it is impossible to live with him, we have all come to agree.. we have shown him all the evidence we have to show him jw is a cult but he continues to go along with what the wts tell him, although he doesn't go to the meetings, coz he's stressed and not strong enough, mentally.. but there are some things that really annoy me, like the way he watches a tv programme where an animal is being killed, and he says something like 'oh, isn't that awful', and i think 'what about armageddon??????

' '5000000000000000000000 times worse!!!!!'..

JW72

Hi thirdson, My dad has had depression in the past and I think he may be getting it again. We have all tried to help him, but he is ADAMENT that the 'thruth' is the truth. All of us are very open with our mum and we discuss everything. There is one brother who visits now and again to deliver the mags. and a quick chat.
I'm sure u can appreciate a family can't lead a 'normal, happy' life when the 'dad' is a JW.

I was living away from home, but I moved back in order to 'protect' my little brother, my dad's not violent but he is 'damaging'.

Love

Chris

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JE-HOVIS WITNESSES

by JW72 in

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hi everyone, sorry about the title, got your attention though!!.....

my dad is the only jw in my family, i'm not, my 2 brothers aren't and neither is my mum.. my mum was until me and my older brother were about 6 & 7.. me and my brother were until we were 15 & 16.. my little brother was briefly, but escaped in 'the nick of time'.. life is very tough in my house, with my dad stomping around the house, making everyone feel guilty and uncomfortable with every little thing that we do.. we are just trying to get on like a normal family, and all he can do is say negative things about everything we do.. it is impossible to live with him, we have all come to agree.. we have shown him all the evidence we have to show him jw is a cult but he continues to go along with what the wts tell him, although he doesn't go to the meetings, coz he's stressed and not strong enough, mentally.. but there are some things that really annoy me, like the way he watches a tv programme where an animal is being killed, and he says something like 'oh, isn't that awful', and i think 'what about armageddon??????

' '5000000000000000000000 times worse!!!!!'..

JW72

Hi everyone, Sorry about the title, got your attention though!!....

My dad is the only JW in my family, I'm not, my 2 brothers aren't and neither is my mum.

My mum was until me and my older brother were about 6 & 7.

Me and my brother were until we were 15 & 16.

My little brother was briefly, but escaped in 'the nick of time'.

Life is very tough in my house, with my dad stomping around the house, making everyone feel guilty and uncomfortable with every little thing that we do.

We are just trying to get on like a normal family, and all he can do is say negative things about everything we do.

It is impossible to live with him, we have all come to agree.

We have shown him all the evidence we have to show him JW is a cult but he continues to go along with what the WTS tell him, although he doesn't go to the meetings, coz he's stressed and not strong enough, mentally.

But there are some things that really annoy me, like the way he watches a tv programme where an animal is being killed, and he says something like 'oh, isn't that awful', and I think 'what about Armageddon??????' '5000000000000000000000 times worse!!!!!'.

I also hate the way that JWs are supposed to be these so much superior, nice people, and yet the only thing my dad ever says is negative. I especially get annoyed when he only says negative things to my little brother, who's 13, as I know that this is VERY damaging to a kid of that age, who needs praise and lots of it!!

There is no help for him, I'm just sick and tired of having to live with him, and his disgusting 'morals', and I hate the affect it has on my family, especially my little brother and my mum.

I try and balance out his 'detrementation' to the family.

Love

Chris

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What makes us religious?

by bigboi in

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has anyone out there ever pondered that question?

i remember when i was a little boy i always seemed to feel so close to god.

my family was not and still isn't very religious, so why did i turn out to be that way at such a young age?

JW72

Bigboi, I reckon that religion is there just to give us a purpose to live, either 'for the greater cause' or 'the prospect of everlasting life, paradise, heaven etc.'.

I don't know how much of what any religion teaches is true, but I know that cults are bad and all religions have good basic moral advice.

It is sometimes daunting for me when I think that this life is all there is, and I must live it to the best I can.

I used to believe in Paradise and didn't really care about this world, so it is difficult to perceive that THIS world is the world we are meant to live in, coz, it is so fragile.

The prospect of dying(soon, by accident) and nothing coming after is SICKENING and so religion is there to make it all seem worthwhile and give us hope, perhaps it's the easy way out!!!

Anyone else agree???

It really IS scary!!!

Love

Chris

P.S Anyone like my new photo????

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Someone please help me...............

by JW72 in

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hi, i have a foto saved of me in my documents, on my computer.

it's a jpeg format, sqare, 400*400.. how do i get it onto the web???.

what do i put in the url location????.

JW72

I just wanna thank everyone for their help

It works!!!!!

Chris