i recently came across the very first kingdom song i ever heard.
twickenham, 1955. i was just a kid then of course, but i do recall the "buzz" that seemed to permeate everything, not dis-similar to that of an international rugby match.
people were smiling while singing their hearts out, the lunch-time queues for the cafeteria full of old friends getting re-aquainted, young lads and lasses eyeing one another and blushing furiously, sessions 2 untl 4 then 7 until 9.30 giving folk plenty of time to socialise.. where did it all go wrong?.
My father would often comment that in the early years in the truth, early 60's, they would come out of the meetings feeling so encouraged and uplifted as they walked home they felt as if they were walking on air.
I can't say I shared their sentiments. I was just glad to be going instead of coming.
One of my siblings, a pioneer, said a few years ago that when 75 ended something kind of died and it was never the same.
i've been lurking for about 3 months now and thought i'd better finally sign up.
you have all been an immense help to me as i have come to realize that this isn't the truth so i want to say a great big thank you!
what a crazy, emotional ride it is to finally face the truth about the doubts that i have carried for many years.
People here should grow up and stop being so self centered and looking at the bad in every thing
True to the End you probably weren't thinking of me when you typed this but I am one of the people here
I have not lost trust or faith in Jehovah and JWs as A GROUP of people.
I haven't lost faith in God either but I find it a little different with JW'S, especially regarding their preaching about God's Kingdom and 1914 and I think this involves faith.
As a group JWs ARE the only ones trying to do what God requires
As I lack faith in the preaching of God's Kingdom established in 1914 I would disagree with your statement.
do you help or is this a woman job?
have you change your ways since.
leaving the borg.
yes for a long time
do you help or is this a woman job?
have you change your ways since.
leaving the borg.
I always have done cleaning cooking grocery shopping. I can't remember the last time she made dinner or made me coffee
so, here's a bit of a different point of view.
while most of us will agree that our time within the jw cult was rather terrible, however, i'd like to look at another aspect.
did anything good come out of being in a cult and then waking up from it?.
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I used the word 'may' as we have no way of knowing what would have been or not been had we followed a different path however the I feel that our Christianity has influenced our lives not just in a negative way. An example maybe in being raised a Jehovah's Witness and seeking the kingdom first in life it meant that life was somewhat simpler. My father hardly ever worked overtime and gave up good jobs to attend meetings and be with the family (most times I wished he hadn't) taking less materially. Money was not something I was brought up to pursue. This in turn may have contributed to me having a similar viewpoint and being able to spend more time with the children and they benefitted from it. My decisions in some areas have cost me in financial terms whereas my children had the benefit of a good education and a stable home life when they were young with a good view of the importance or not of material things. They should end up better off financial than my parents and certainly better than me.
so, here's a bit of a different point of view.
while most of us will agree that our time within the jw cult was rather terrible, however, i'd like to look at another aspect.
did anything good come out of being in a cult and then waking up from it?.
so, here's a bit of a different point of view.
while most of us will agree that our time within the jw cult was rather terrible, however, i'd like to look at another aspect.
did anything good come out of being in a cult and then waking up from it?.
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i have thought about how ttatt came full circle for me.
how the connecting the dots was simple and just made sense,.
how silos of information are literally at our fingertips today.. why is it that the ones we love cannot get ttatt?.
Why do we get TTATT and others don't?
I think we are all different with different lives and circumstances and various reasons as to why we believe.
When I left it had a connection to something many years earlier and in the years between I had examined my faith and concluded it was sound. In those years some left, as an example I think some left after 1975 and although I believed it ended 6000 years of a 7000 year creative day it wasn't enough for me to doubt the faithful and discreet slave class commission and having Jehovah's holy spirit . Then a Watchtower article altered my view and conclusion and I found I left. Others came to a different conclusion when I discussed it with them.
i've been lurking for about 3 months now and thought i'd better finally sign up.
you have all been an immense help to me as i have come to realize that this isn't the truth so i want to say a great big thank you!
what a crazy, emotional ride it is to finally face the truth about the doubts that i have carried for many years.
