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  Do you feel like an idiot?Should you?

  by sleepy in

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  i was thinking today about all the time i spent on the ministry.. walking down the street with my suit and briefcase ready to defend the truth.. i recalled some of the conversations i had , had.some of the bible studies i conducted, the talks i had given the groups i had taken.. i remmebered the way i defended my faith and belief in jehovah and the jehovahs witness organisation.. how much i must have believed it was the truth.. i spent 3 years as an auxillary pioneer and called on many thousands of people.. yet all along i was wrong.. every time i defened my beliefs i was wrong.. every talk i studied and prepeared long and hard for, i was wrong.. all the things i gave up for the truth i was wrong.. what an idiot.

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  monalisa

  None of you should feel stupid, dumb, embarrassed, any of that. There are lots of people out there doing vile unimaginable things in the name of religion. Look at it this way - you have an excuse for your life not being perfect. What are us non-JW's supposed to blame it on for not accomplishing anything, not going to college, and having a pitiful job???? LOL
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  "Worldly" view of Dateline

  by DevonMcBride in

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  all of the non-jw's that i know were shocked to hear that the jw's consider worldly people to be part of satan's world.

  most non-jw's only know that the jw's are holy rollers who go door to door trying to convert.

  they really don't know much more about them and to learn this was a bit of an education.. devon

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  monalisa

  As a non-JW I found the program to be fair and encompassing as much as you could hope for on TV. I have been reading posts on this site for about six months, but have never posted as I didn't feel it was my forum, or my fight, so to speak. But a close friend of mine, who was raised JW suggested I check out the site to try and gain some understanding....well, I've been shocked and outraged and mostly just incredulous at what I have read. And it is true that non-JW's don't give the WTS much thought at all; nice people, friendly, clean-cut, but we never really paid much attention. And this will sure change the way some people think of the organization. Since I've been reading all these stories and tragedies for the past few months I wasn't as shocked as I'm sure many people were. I think the most powerful part for non-JW's was to see Erica shunned while her molester was welcomed back into the congregation with open arms. That will make some people think twice, don't you think?