Posts by wwjdnwt

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Why I have renounced Atheism and become a believer again

by cantleave in

i have always said that if a god showed itself i would follow the evidence and renounce my atheism.

i have now seen enough to start believing again, i am so happy, i feel a inner contentment, when he connected with me i really knew it was him.

if you are not a believer you will not understand this, but trust me, look at the evidence, open your heart to him, let him in and your life will change for the better.

wwjdnwt

prologos you compare a puddle of water to a human being? The WT did a number on all of us who woke up to the lie they are about. But, I never blamed God for what they did to me. It was God who led me out of that religion. It was a pure miracle how God helped me. I prayed and prayed pretty much day and night for weeks asking for direction when I was so confused and blinded by the WT. I was given a different bible one day and I sat there and compared word for word the NWT to this bible. Shocked to see the differences. I was starting to wake up to the truth. This bible was given to me by a stranger! I didn't know the NWT was different. That is was screwed up. Had no clue.

One day at work a huge 1-800 number phone book was delivered to the office. Never had before in the 10 years working there had a 800 book been brought to the office.. I looked up religion. I saw a help line. I called and told the man my struggle with my religion. This man knew Ray Franz. He put me in touch with him. I talked several time to Ray. He sent me his books. I read them. Asked many question. Went to a private home with him and other former JW's and had the memorial with him and partook . That was just the tip of the ice. From there it snowballed. I was searching for truth sincerely with my whole entire being and heart. God didn't ignore me, he helped me. i had never had such faith. You can't begin to find God and know Him without faith. You have faith that we evolved but not faith that we were created. I don't understand that. But the choice is up to each one of us. It is a decision that we each have to make. To believe or not. I choose to believe. To me the evidence is there . It breaks my heart that some JW's choose not to believe in God when they left. The WT , JW's will have to answer to God for stumbling these people. I do think God understands your struggle, the struggles of all former JW's, and He knows what you have been through.

Anyway..my thoughts. I know it is a deep conversation and people have different views. That is ok , doesn't meant I can't tell how I feel about God and my beliefs too.

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Why I have renounced Atheism and become a believer again

by cantleave in

i have always said that if a god showed itself i would follow the evidence and renounce my atheism.

i have now seen enough to start believing again, i am so happy, i feel a inner contentment, when he connected with me i really knew it was him.

if you are not a believer you will not understand this, but trust me, look at the evidence, open your heart to him, let him in and your life will change for the better.

wwjdnwt

I can't understand how anyone can deny the presence of God. So many things point to a beautiful creator. How is it that the plants and foods have the vit. and min. in them that is exactly what a human needs. The water, the clear thirst quencher with no taste, something we cannot live without, but is provided for us. Salt, we need it to live, it is provided to us. Those are just a few of the little things, that are huge to humans.

He has shown himself and there is no way imho that there is not a creator to this amazing universe. Miracles happen all the time. God will show himself to anyone who is searching and He will give you peace inside that is beyond understanding.

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Geoffrey Jackson's powerful role in the WT

by Splash in

if anyone knows which committees gj sits on or what some of his responsibilities are, can you please post here with supporting quotes.

wwjdnwt

I remember all of these article so well. Now I remember why it was so hard to break free from that Religion. They pretty much put themselves equal with God and Jesus. No wonder I was so freaking screwed up when i wanted to walk away from them. Great post.

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Has anyone seen any News Media in the U.S cover the Royal Commission story at all?

by wwjdnwt in

i haven't seen anything about this in the news here in the u.s. do the jehovah's witnesses here know what is going on over there?

wwjdnwt

Thank you for the link!

Maybe if we all post the link on our facebooks the story would get out here in the US to the JW's. I think I will forward the link to my JW family members. Not that they will believe a word of it, but put a doubt here and there and maybe one day they will wake up.

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Has anyone seen any News Media in the U.S cover the Royal Commission story at all?

by wwjdnwt in

i haven't seen anything about this in the news here in the u.s. do the jehovah's witnesses here know what is going on over there?

wwjdnwt

I haven't seen anything about this in the news here in the U.S. Do the Jehovah's Witnesses here know what is going on over there?

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Dragging Jehovah's name trough the mud!

by truthseekeriam in

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listening to the first survivor testify to the australian royal commission really brought back some feelings i had put aside.. the feelings of guilt you feel for doing the right thing is extremely hard even when you know it's illogical it doesn't stop the abuse you do to yourself with these toxic thoughts of "dragging jehovah's name through the mud" i guess it doesn't help that you have the elders freaking out saying "reproach, reproach...this is bad!!

it took quite awhile for me to come to terms with how completely ridicules it is to think jehovah would want this hidden.

the truth is the religion wants it hidden and they are perfectly fine with destroying lives along the way!!

wwjdnwt

I was shocked that they shortened everything to JW. org. I do believe JW is what the apostates called them. They adopted the name. They talk so much about bring reproach on Jehovah's name to their members, but they themselves are bringing reproach on a huge level.

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another abuse that most JW children go through is severe "spankings" at the hall..is that still going on?

by wwjdnwt in

i was born into the jw's religion.

was an active jw for over 30 years.

i remember when i was a child my mom would take me in the bathroom and switch me so hard with the nice little switch she got from the tree outside.

wwjdnwt

I was born into the JW's religion. Was an active JW for over 30 years. I remember when I was a child my mom would take me in the bathroom and switch me so hard with the nice little switch she got from the tree outside. Sometime I was taken outside because of my screams. I was little, I was switched because I couldn't sit still for 2 hours. I wasn't "bad" I was just a little one. This took place every single meeting!

As I grew up and married a JW, I would cringe when I would go into the bathroom and hear and see the horrific beatings that many of the little ones were getting. It broke my heart. But is was expected. When I had a child, I was expected to take her outside and whip her little legs! She was a baby, a few months old. I couldn't do it. I just couldn't. I stopped slowly going to meetings because of that.

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Biblical Proof that JW Elders can not have Jehovah's or Jesus Spirit

by GodZoo in

something just occured to me.. like a lightening bolt in fact.

matthew 10:19 just popped into my head... new american standard bible 18 and you will even be brought before governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the gentiles.

19 "but when they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you are to say; for it will be given you in that hour what you are to say.

wwjdnwt

Well if the JW's would just think for a minute on several issues they would realize that this is not God's organization, and is not spirit directed. They would realize that Jesus is not feeding the GB spiritual food. For instance, they just change their belief regarding Gog right? If they would research they would realize that what they changed their belief to is what most religions have known it meant for many, many years. Why didn't the faithful slave know what Gog meant before all of the other religions. I swear I think the GB is reading the prophecy blogs. lol

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Is the two-witness rule really unreasonable?

by stillin in

i'm picturing a situation in which a savvy 12 year old doesn't like the house rules that mom's new husband has put into place.

or something along that line.

i can certainly agree that protection of children is paramount, but who protects the real victim in those cases?

wwjdnwt

That pretty much sums up a Judicial hearing. Just saying...( JWdaughter)

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Is the two-witness rule really unreasonable?

by stillin in

i'm picturing a situation in which a savvy 12 year old doesn't like the house rules that mom's new husband has put into place.

or something along that line.

i can certainly agree that protection of children is paramount, but who protects the real victim in those cases?

wwjdnwt

I find it interesting that on the JW.org website they don't put any of this in their news. Why not? They put everything else that puts them in a "good light". But be fair, be honest let their members see all that is going on in their WTBTS. They have really programmed their members to think that anything that is said against them is of Satan and that they are being persecuted. With that kind of mind thought they can get away with pretty much anything . They point the finger at the Catholic Church as a big huge false religion but they really need to take the huge tree out of their own eyes before trying to take the splinter out of someone else. The Catholic Church has a pope , the WTBTS has the GB. What is the difference? JW's don't even have Jesus as their Mediator to God.(only the 144,000) How exactly does that work I cant figure out.

As for the question about 2 person rule. That is exactly why it should be reported. How foolish is it to think that there will be witness to horrible acts against children. You know the JW's have a habit IMO of taking a scripture that seems to be very simple and plain and saying...oh no , that is not what it means..It means this..Why can't they take this scripture that they refer to and give it the proper perspective. I think that rule is meant for other things perhaps. But surely not abuse of children. Use common sense I would say.

Anyway..Just my thoughts for today! God Bless.