Yes, I was born in andleft at the age of 57. I would say pretty shocking!
whathappened
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Were People Surprised When You Left The Witnesses?
by minimus inmine was a gradual going away.
but once it dawned on them, i think people were shocked that i left the religion i espoused from youth.. were people "in the truth" and "in the world" surprised by your departure?.
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BEWARE!
by Terry inonly rational thoughts are accessible to rational arguments.
once the category of "god" is established in your mind (usually at an early, impressionable age) you can't ever close the file.. it is unassailable.. why?because it becomes rooted before you develop rational thinking skills.. categories of ghosts, devils, superstitions hold true as well.. what you can do (since they cannot be removed) is modify your emotional reactions connected to these concepts.. what are emotions?
they are signals (like beacons) informing you of the importance of your values.. the most deeply-rooted values signal the strongest emotional responses.. what you perceive to be a threat signals fear.
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whathappened
Another great post from Terry well worth reading. Loved your book by the way. I hope you publish another one made up of your best posts from JWN.
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How Long Have You Been Viewing Thiis Site? Does It Serve Its Purpose For You?
by minimus ini've been here forever.... this site still gives us some of the most up to date info about jws .
it keeps evolving.
sometimes it is the place to be and i think that's especially true for newbies.
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whathappened
Simon, I think more stress on the search feature would be good. So many of the older posts are so fantastic and they would be of great help to newbies.
This site just about saved my life...this and jwfacts and some you tube videos...but I do not want to hijack this thread.
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How Long Have You Been Viewing Thiis Site? Does It Serve Its Purpose For You?
by minimus ini've been here forever.... this site still gives us some of the most up to date info about jws .
it keeps evolving.
sometimes it is the place to be and i think that's especially true for newbies.
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whathappened
I have been here just a little over three years. This site hastaken the place of my so called "friends" the Kingdom Hall.
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My little sister
by Nika Bee inmy little sister is 14 years younger than me.
she was always special to me, i took care of her, when my mother was working, i carried her around, i comforted her.
we are very similar in our interests for music and literature.. she is in secondary school, an unbaptised publisher.. since i study in the us, we only see each other about once a year.
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whathappened
She is in secondary school so that means she is a teenager now. She may be is influenced by her JW friends and may be getting baptised and feels she needs to do this. More questions than answers at this point.
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Thowing a monkey wrench in jw doctrine
by runForever in1) the signs of the times are qualified:.
luke 21:.
then he said to them: nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
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whathappened
The Bible also says when Jesus returns that every eye would see him. The dubs say they were the only ones who noted Jesus second coming.
How can both be correct? They cannot.
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No more doubts for me! Good-bye JWN! We have THE TRUTH!
by DATA-DOG ini could go on and on about my personal journey over the last 2 years or so, but i don't need to.
everything i needed to hear to finally lay my doubts to rest happened on one meeting night.
it could only be divine providence.
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whathappened
So let me get this straight...Jehovah God put the idea of a translating software system into the minds of the men who worked for The Watchtower Society so they could preach lies in even more languages throughout the inhabited earth? Why would he do that?
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Hubby went out in service today.
by KariOtt ini can't believe hubby and sis in law actually went out in service today.
when he left this morrning i reminded him to inform those who didn't slam their doors on them that if they join your cult that this will be the last christmas, holiday and birthday they will be allowed to celebrate.
i thought it very inapproiate going out today to knock on doors trying to get converts..
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whathappened
I think it would indeed save the witnesses a great deal of time if they taught about the disfellowshipping, the shunning, the wardrobe/grooming police, the pedophilia and blood issue right on the first visit. That way they wouldn't be wasting time studying with anyone.
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Need scan of a Greber related letter
by JWOP ini keep finding references to the wts replying in a letter the following (a letter dated march 15, 1983) anyone know where i can get an actual scan of this?:.
no doubt you have had opportunity to read the comments in our letter dated december 31, 1982, to brother jack gottfried, secretary of your congregation.
in our letter we addressed the issue of the propriety of the society in quoting johannes greber's translation as an example of another translation that agreed with the new world translation.
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whathappened
bumping this thread...JWOP have you used the Search engine on this site?
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Just sent letter to my parents that I no longer want to be a JW
by ?evrything ini was a born in.
both parents are uber dubs and mother has been depressed lately.
so i m super nervous.
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whathappened
Best of luck to you. It isn't going to be easy, but it has got to be done. They deserve to know the truth and you deserve to be heard.