Posts by LadyBug

How can anyone be a "A spiritual person with a deep love for Jehovah and his organization" when they have only been "Baptized for at least one year"? ....I find this almost impossible.

And why would you pioneer when you cover the territory in many areas between 2 to 6 weeks on average? Isn't this like flogging a dead horse?

BEW Disgusted

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Has anyone felt like leaving God altogether?

by lookingnow22 in

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i know that the answer is yes, but it would help me to hear your sentiments on this.

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after you decided that the wbts, and thus jw's were not god's chosen earthly organization did you feel like you wanted to leave and forget god altogether?.

LadyBug

Looking

Since leaving JWs I often wonder what's the point of even believing in God. He doesn't do anything for us (if he does I'm missing it)

I can't even pray anymore except for the odd occasion when I give it a try and I feel ridiculous. As if there's not really anyone there. And I'm talking to myself.

At times I feel guilty for thinking like this, as if I'm treating the "Almighty Creator" in a blasphous way.

I spoke to Dave about it and he said he feels the same way. So maybe lots people feel like this.

BEW ... My Thoughts

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Has anyone felt like leaving God altogether?

by lookingnow22 in

jw
friends

i know that the answer is yes, but it would help me to hear your sentiments on this.

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after you decided that the wbts, and thus jw's were not god's chosen earthly organization did you feel like you wanted to leave and forget god altogether?.

LadyBug

Dana

We have laws that require suspected cases of child abuse to be reported - this implies responsibility on the part of the person who is aware that abuse is occurring to take action on behalf of the victim; if I, as a mere human being, have the responsibility to take action when I see a wrong being committed...how much more responsibility would an all powerful being have to stop the horrors that occur in the world every single second??? I have come to the conclusion that the creator is: a)dead; b)missing in action; c) away on a really long trip; or d)just doesn't care...

I feel the same way. It is beyond me how a God of love can allow so many attrocities and yet expect sinful humans to take responsibility.

Multiple choice: I think .... (c)

BEW

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TO ALL BODIES OF ELDERS IN THE UNITED STATES

by Kent in

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the watchtower society on documenting personal views.

christian congregation of jehovahs witnesses.

2821 route 22, patterson, ny 12563-2237 .

LadyBug

....and I do try to publish them to a wider audience.
The Watchtower Observer has about 4000 pageviews a day at the moment, and that way lots of people may read interesting stuff.
Anyone that do have information of any kind, please send it to me - and the news can be known all over!

Just read this thread and was suprised to see that Jang has not responded to it. Would this not be a better way for Jang to put her message across to help people?

BEW My Thoughts.

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Marrying "Only in the Lord"

by TMS in

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the wt definition of "only in the lord" meaning only dedicated witnesses of jehovah in good standing greatly narrows the field of eligible mates.

this has brought about some unusual unions because of the circumstances, involving people who would ordinarily not meet, let alone marry, if it were not for a shared belief system.. what unusual couplings have you seen in your jw days?

how large was your personal field of possibilities and did it include some unusual options?

LadyBug

I always wondered if I would get married. Finding a person that you want to spend the rest of your life with (JW's didn't divorce back then) was not easy. It wasn't till I moved states that I found my husband to be, although we only started out as friends.

Mulan like you I feel "If we hadn't been dubs, I would never have met him, .... Who knows what might have been, but I'm glad I made the choice I did ..... I got a winner!!"

My parents strongly opposed my marriage, but it was well worth going against them. And without the Borg I would never have meet my husband.

Esther (except for those that tend to do their own thing) I agree its harder for young ones in the Borg now.

BEW

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False Memories

by Jang in

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do any of you know of anyone who is or has been a jw who has supposedly recovered memories of being sexually or ritually abused as a jw?

i figured that this must have arisen in the org because of the article they had in the mags about 4 years back on the subject.

since then i have heard of a couple who have claimed to heave been satanicly ritually abused as jw's .

LadyBug

if this is a true thing, they are programmed to kill themselves, if they tell, so she was taking quite a risk in telling her story.

If this were true wouldn't she have killed herself by now?

BEW

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Society on Documenting Personal Views

by Marvin Shilmer in

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question: does the watchtower society want individual witnesses expressing personal viewpoints about vital religious issues to persons whose intent is to record and document the findings?

the following letter written under the new letterhead from the societys service department documents the answer to this question.

christian congregation of jehovahs witnesses.

LadyBug

Did you really expect anything else from the WBTS?

BEW

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RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION

by Amazing in

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when jws are angry due to some injustice their 'organization' has experienced, they allow themselves to have this anger and label it "righteous indignation".

but ... when ex-jws are angry, the society calls it 'gnashing our teeth in anguish, whinning, bemoaning some defective spiritual condition, or mad-dog apostates.'.

now, the time has come for ex-jws and really anyone not associated with the jws to have righteous indignation as the watch tower society and its leaders are going to face public examination of their dirty laundry.

LadyBug

They worked for, they deserved it, and we are not going to deprive them of it.

Got to give them A+ for their efforts

BEW

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Hair-raising Tale!

by Free2Bme in

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let's have some fun.did you find out some juicy gossip about a witness that you are just dying to blab?.

here's one from me.. i went to a hairdressing salon for the first time and the stylist was a camp male who never stopped chatting from the second he got his gesticulating paws on my scruffy mop.. my mum who is a devout jw was sitting reading a mag waiting for me.. next thing he's telling us about his gay male friend who is a bit down because he is having an affair with a jw.

to make things worse he is married with kids (the brother not the gay friend).. stifling my shock and trying not to look at my mum who is staring wildly and unseeingly at her mag i asked his name or address and although he didn't know the name he told us his street and district!.

LadyBug

BOO! I have deeeeminnnnz, you know! :)

Sorry Farkel, your not scary enough. Don't believe in deeeminnnz.

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