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My beliefs have evolved rapidly over the past couple years. I no longer believe the stories in the Bible are 100% accurate; however, I still find comfort reading some of the scriptures and believe the message of love from the NT is a good one. Although my beliefs have been dismantled through reading many of the thought provoking threads on this site, I am now making my own personal belief system up, which is incredibly freeing.

I also think spirituality is very personal, like art. Different pieces speak to different people, and we cannot force our own belief or disbelief on others. But we can appreciate the beauty and truth certain pieces bring to our lives.

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What's your Myers-Briggs?

by Londo111 in

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i am infp.. some former witnesses in my hometown had a meetup last night...alas, only four of us.

but it turned out we had an infp(me), two infjs, and an enfp.

therefore, it turned out we were all idealists.

Nice_Dream

Londo 111, I can totally relate to your feelings about field service. My parents fortunately rarely dragged me out in the ministry as a child, but after I got married, (thanks to his upbringing) my spouse was the type that went out every Saturday, no questions asked. I felt so depressed, and dreaded the weekends. It would really bother me when a householder yelled at us or treated us badly. I felt sorry for my husband who is also shy and was treated poorly at the doors. I wished that we had an alternate service too, where we could really help people, like work at the food bank, or volunteer.

In my area, people were very pleasant if there was a child at the door, they would take the magazines from them and be friendly. I know sometimes people can be rude even to children, which is sad. When I was 4, we went to a wealthy neighborhood on service and the woman threatened me and my Dad off her property with a gun! I couldn't understand why we were so bad that she would say something like that.

Are INFPs more sensitive to noise than others? I'm also a Type 4 on the Enneagram. I remember sometimes I would feel anxious at the convention because of the swarms of people and noise. I just wanted to get outside away from it all. Being a Witness and having social anxiety or just being shy certainly was not a fun way to grow up. At least we're out now!

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What's your Myers-Briggs?

by Londo111 in

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friends

i am infp.. some former witnesses in my hometown had a meetup last night...alas, only four of us.

but it turned out we had an infp(me), two infjs, and an enfp.

therefore, it turned out we were all idealists.

Nice_Dream

Another INFP here. Service was torture! I loved rural territory and RVs.

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Young People Ask . . . March 2012 Awake

by sizemik in

i read very little wts propaganda these days, even on-line stuff .

unless it's for a specific purpose.

most of you will identify with that.. i perused this article while checking out something else and was disturbed by the manipulative reasoning directed at jw youths.

Nice_Dream

Wasn't there a song in the previous songbook with a line about not being popular? Anyone remember that one?

I found it, "But to be popular never do toil, for bad companions good habits will spoil." Ah, the memories...

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WT Sells First Property for $7.1M

by breakfast of champions in

just found online.

the first of several properties in brooklyn heights that were recently put on the market by the jehovah's witnesses has been sold.

the price paid was $7.1 million, slightly under its asking price, according to massey knakal realty services, the brokerage that was retained to sell three of the witnesses' buildings valued at a total of $18.45 million in the neighborhood.. the five-story, 20-unit elevator building at 50 orange st. was sold in an all cash deal, said robert knakal, chairman of the brokerage.

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I just searched for some Brooklyn Heights listings and came across another WT building for sale for $4.5 million and$3.6 million.

http://www.trulia.com/property/3063830063-165-Columbia-Hts-Brooklyn-NY-11201

http://www.trulia.com/property/3063825495-105-Willow-St-Brooklyn-NY-11201

The second listing says " The Watchtower community was awarded a certificate of merit from the Landmarks Preservation Commission for the superior exterior restoration of this historic house."

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Should we attend our first Birthday Party?

by Flicka in

so we have only been fading for the past few months but already made up our minds that we are completely out.

we never managed to make any friends in our cong but we befriended our neighbours.. so our neighbour invited us to her b-day party in a few weeks time.

she knows that we are/were witnesses and that we are fading.. i don't see a b-day celebration as being wrong anymore.

Nice_Dream

We went to a neighbourhood child's birthday party and no JW noticed or said anything (even though an elder's family lives only a few houses up from them). The party was indoors, so it wasn't like we were on the front lawn for everyone to see.

We decided to drive to the home (even though it is just a few houses up from us) because the JWs were out in service that morning on our street...and we didn't want to be seen walking down the street with a Princess party gift bag.

An elder also knocked on our door as we were just about to leave. I didn't view it as a "sign" that I shouldn't go or anything. It is what it is.

Have fun if you decide to go! I'm not sure how likely it will be for anyone to find out you went or not. I'm at the point now where I don't care if I'm outed, but I definitely understand the fear and have been there.

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Did the "Truth" really have the "Ring Of Truth"?

by ssn587 in

when we were initially taken in by the supposed ring of truth that the watchtower espoused, we came to find out that in reality the supposed ring of truth was actually handcuffs and prison garb.

once they have you there is no way of leaving without them shooting at you trying to kill you with viturpretive (spelling) mouthings, slander, and a complete absence of human feelings..

Nice_Dream

OTWO - "Looking back, I’ve made some realizations. The WatchTower organization told me they had all the answers to the questions I was asking. The problem was that they provided the wrong questions. They told me I was seeking a deeper spiritual truth when all I really sought was an ordinary truth. I hadn’t actually started pondering, “Where does life originally come from and where are we going after this life? I simply wanted to know, “Who am I?”

Wow! That was amazingly put OTWO, that is so true. You made me have an epiphany.

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Women - what the hell do you guys want for Christmas?!?!?

by sinis in

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my sig other thinks i can read minds or something!

she doesn't want jewelry - just bought her a diamond ring for her b-day.

she has a new laptop, perfume, clothing, etc... i have no idea what to get - she actually told me not to get anything... does it look like i have stupid written on my face :).

Nice_Dream

Great minds think alike, we're all romantics!

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