i think so
Ucantnome
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Jesus had to die? Really?
by punkofnice ini admit i no longer believe in god and holy books.. thinking of the made up 'universal sovereignty' thing, surely if god existed in the way the holy books describe him then he could have thought of something better than humankind suffering thousands of years and the slaughter of jesus?.
couldn't god have said: 'well, satan is a very naughty boy but you all know how great i am so we can end it now.
i will lovingly kill satan and his mates and that's that.
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Is it normal to feel you have betrayed your spouse when you learn TTATT?
by BU2B ini am trying to look at it from a believing mates perspective.
they married you as a jw expecting you to continue as one.
if you have kids, she enjoyed the stability of both spouses being united.. when you learn ttatt, you find out the wt is a dangerous mind control group and lies to its members and is hypocritical.
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Ucantnome
i wanted my wife to continue going but she wanted to do what i did
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Ucantnome
i've only had two and i did reply
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How long did you know TTATT while attending the meetings?
by Iamallcool ini did not know anything about ttatt while attending the meetings.. .
ttatt=the truth about the truth..
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Ucantnome
I didn't consider it the TTATT at the time. It took two years. It started with a talk at the assembly and the following year the Watchtower article. I had no intention of leaving and thought it would be better understood as time went by. Even laughed when someone thought i was going out of the truth. The article altered things for me not only in my thinking but also in my everyday life.
Some years later I went back to the hall and regularly attended again for a while I felt quite comfortable but no need to be there and felt quite bored. Often i would sit just reading the bible. Other times i couldn't find the will to go into the Kingdom hall although I was dressed and driving there and so just drove past turned round and went home.
It may have been sooner if the elders had come round when i requested them.
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How did you find the truth about the truth (TTATT)
by Maat13 ini am sure there has been a post about this subject, however being a recent addition to the network i don't know how to do a search.
and i'm sure new folks have joined since then.
i am really curious of how others came to know ttatt.. for me is was a real bad experience with one elder after another.
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Ucantnome
a watchtower article was the reason i left
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Did You Ever Feel Guilty Because You Deserted The JW Religion?
by minimus inonce i left, i never yearned for anything associated with the religion.
i didn't miss their doctrines, their erroneous thinking.
i never felt guilty because i abandoned the religion i was raised in.. i believe the reason for my not feeling guilty is pretty simple.
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Ucantnome
when i first started to leave i felt some guilt as i thought i could be wrong. My decision affected my family and their future. I also felt bad about my dedication. It changed.
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Have You Been Invited To The Memorial?
by minimus inone of my best friend's, who is an ex elder had two elders visit him at his home yesterday to invite him to the memorial.
he was cordial to them because they were'nt over the top.. so far, i have had no invites, thank god..
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Ucantnome
This year i was invited. I met a brother i knew when i was young and i was invited to the memorial. For many years i haven't been. I also found an invitation at a relatives house that had been left.
It is the one meeting I would not attend, it goes against my conscience. I thanked the brother for inviting me but I didn't explain my reasons why, maybe at a later time I will as he told me he may visit me which I hope he does. (i'm interested to see how calm or not calm I am)
From the point of view of the witnesses there seems little point in my attendence unless I'm going to make some sort of come back which I see no reason to do.
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What JW beliefs did you used to hate trying to defend?
by DuvanMuvan inas one of the jw "young ones" i was always expected to witness to my friends at school if i wanted to make god's heart glad or whatever but i didn't.
the closest i ever got was just explaining why we didn't celebrate christmasetc.
even then i was just reciting things i read in publications.. one topic i always tried to avoid talking about was birthdays.
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Ucantnome
i hated giving an explanation as to why i didn't celebrate birthdays especially when i was a child. Also i hated explaining what the sign of his presence was so i avoided it. King of the north wasn't great either especially in primary school. We were studying the book your will be done, i think it was called, green book, at home as a family. I had to witness to my classmates.
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Ucantnome
i asked if they wanted to disfellowship me but they said no so i said ok.
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Are you a good person?
by Xanthippe insomething happened this week to make me think about this again.. it feels like all bets are off and i really don't know what a good person is anymore.. when i left the jws i was so sure i knew what it meant to be a good person.. this has been revised many times since.. i tend to favour the utilitarian approach, the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people.. sometimes you have to stick your neck out and say this is not good for me no matter what others may feel they need from me.. no idea where i'm going with this maybe this is a breakthrough in my life or maybe that glass of wine was stronger than i thought!.
any thoughts?.
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Ucantnome
i think it depends how you define good but most often i feel i'm not.