Posts by macys

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Finally posting and I'm FRUSTRATED!!!

by stephanie61092 in

okay, i'm about to engage in a major word vomit.

just giving you fair warning as your time may be better spent somewhere else.. so, i'm sitting on my lunch break, bawling my eyes out, and writing on this forum to people i don't know yet probably have a great deal in common with but at the same time, used to scare the daylights out of me.

for years, i would come across this forum and 'lurk' awhile if you will, or see things on youtube.

macys

OMG I am crying my freakin' eyes out and I am at school so this is no good! But OMG you touched my heart. I understand what you are going through! I still am very bitter at discovering that my religion is really a dangerous cult but I have a plan set in motion. OMG I do not know what else to say after reading this... you have said everything many of us are still feeling and have gone through in our lives.

If this was ever one of those posts that deserve to be pinned permanently at the top of the page and posted this is it! PM me!

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My boyfriend is thinking of becoming reinstated

by gypsyvine in

i'm not really sure where to post this.. i've been with my boyfriend for 4 months now and i've really never been happier.

i was brought up in the church of christ with an elder father and i really believe in my religion, although i will admit to being a lousy christian at times due to sheer laziness (not wanting to get out of bed on sunday).

my boyfriend essentially lives with me.

macys

Wow read my posts! I am currently going through the reinstatement process in an almost identical situation. It is not easy on a relationship like ours. PM me gurl!

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Proof the GB changes scriptures in the Bible...really interesting

by MrsR-Awaken in

hello everyone, this info below me is not mine it's from a user in reddit that posted it.

his user name is question_and_answer1 i was hoping he was in this forum too but i don't know if he is.

anyway the credit goes to him for researching this and it's really interesting what he found and i want everyone here to read, and it's proof of how fake the watchtower is and how disgusting the gb really is...it's sickening.

macys

Thank you oneeyedjoe for this info. I never was really an avid student of the JDub cult but I am sure that many who studied in great detail know the real truth. Romans 10:10 is a new one to me! Thank you again. Another for my list to ask my bible teacher.

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Quality of JW teaching from elders

by sir82 in

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there was a recent thread on the "quality" of converts to jws in recent years.

it wasn't a pretty picture, based on the thread contents.. well, the lack of depth isn't restricted to new converts.. in our clam this week, one of the principal points for review was this:.

ne 1:1; 2:1—why can we conclude that “the 20thyear” mentioned at nehemiah 1:1 and 2:1 is countedfrom the same starting point?

macys

I am going through my reinstatement process and my forehead is just red and bruised from all the times I just have to facepalm myself because of the explanations and interpretations the GB twists to fit whatever BS they are selling this week. I am not joking.

The GB ran out of material years ago. There is nothing to talk about anymore. Years ago at least there was the [[[[[chance]]]]] that big bad Armageddon would come before the 100 years was over! LOLOLOLOL

Honestly how many times can we hear the same public talk outline saying that things in the world are getting so bad and scary?

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Do You Remember The First Time You Looked At "Apostate" Material?

by minimus in

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friends

i was always fascinated by it.

as a kid, i used to go to the local library and secretly read books by so called apostates.

later, i would sneak into christian book stores and quickly buy a book or two.

macys

Yes, the first time I read apostate material was at the kingdom hall in a Watchtower article speaking about "this generation" and other apostate lies. Basically the WT is the apostate material!

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Proof the GB changes scriptures in the Bible...really interesting

by MrsR-Awaken in

hello everyone, this info below me is not mine it's from a user in reddit that posted it.

his user name is question_and_answer1 i was hoping he was in this forum too but i don't know if he is.

anyway the credit goes to him for researching this and it's really interesting what he found and i want everyone here to read, and it's proof of how fake the watchtower is and how disgusting the gb really is...it's sickening.

macys

Wow great find! I am going to present this to my bible teacher and see what she says.

Edit thanks for the highlight in green!

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Simon this website is not functioning properly. I can not login or logout and the captcha is broken!

by macys in

it took me about 30 minutes to login.

i tried from my school wifi, my iphone and my ipad.

all it says at the bottom is waiting for gstatic and the catpcha thingy just is frozen.

macys

It took me about 30 minutes to login. I tried from my school wifi, my iphone and my ipad. All it says at the bottom is waiting for gstatic and the catpcha thingy just is frozen. It is getting worse and worse and now I can not even log out! Can you please fix it?

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Walking a thin line - Resigning Elder

by Sanchy in

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friends

warning of a long boring post ahead.

i feel like i need to vent my story out, as i feel quite helpless at the moment.. i'm 31 year old, married, father of toddler with another one on the way, due later this month.

i've been serving as elder for about 4 years now in a south florida congregation.

macys

Sanchy & Patkim listen it does not matter if you are both pieces of garlic bread covered in ketchup and BBQ sauce! Personally that sounds delicious! You are both still valuable in my eyes!

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The slow trickle has become a steady stream!

by freddo in

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in the last few weeks it seems that instead of one or two new posters a week we seem to be getting several every day.

many seem to be long time jw's who are troubled by the path of the organisation.

this is really encouraging to those of us who have been here sometime.. welcome!