Posts by Ucantnome

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Do you believe in a personal God?

by StephaneLaliberte in

there may be a god, but i doubt he has anything to do with us now.

i cannot reconcile concentration camps such as auschwitz, which i have visited, and people praying before their meal, thanking him, who did nothing.

here is an example: frank has a kid named johnny.

Ucantnome

Do you believe in a personal God?
'personal God' isn't a term i'm particularly familiar with. I remember my son listening to a Marilyn Manson song Personal Jesus and the it reminds me of that.
I looked it up on Wikipedia and as a Christian I probably do.
Although I have to admit I'm a bit lax in saying grace.

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When you were in

by Esmeralda001 in

coucou,.

i hope you are well?!

i have a few questions that i'd like to adress (if you don't mind of course).

Ucantnome

B. For the born-in's/raised-in 1. has the idea of you leaving the org and becoming what the "friends" refer to as apostates ever crossed your mind?

I'm not sure I understand your question. I'm not an apostate.

2.What made you start questioning the organization (the social cliques? The members patronizing attitude? The gossip? Some false prophecies you came across? The internet?...)

When I was a child I had to read a portion of the bible as I was sharing the truth with a child I was at school with. In reading portion of the bible I felt, alarmed/shocked/surprised as I read it differently to what I had been taught. I looked in the Watchtower regarding the scriptures and saw how they had explained it and accepted it but I refrained from sharing any more truth with the child.

30 years later the Watchtower made a change and it was now how I had understood it as a child. It caused me to no longer be able to join them in preaching.

3.were you strong in your faith or were you looking for the next opportunity to leave the organization.

I still am strong in my faith. My position is a result of that.

4.what type of jw were you(the zealous type? The Spiritually-weak type? The Moderate type?the Potential fader? The holier than tough type? The humble & well-meaning type?...)

I think different people saw me as different types. It depends how well you knew me. The elders didn't know me. They do now.

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The X-Mas thing...

by punkofnice in

christmas means nothing to me.

i have no abiding, cosy, childhood memories of it.. i don't buy presents or cards....i have to be reminded.. i feel a bit weird.

people are celebrating and saying: 'i'm feeling christmassy.'.

Ucantnome

The only memories I have are things like visiting my grandmothers house after Christmas with the other relatives there and feeling nervous in case I should give some impression I might have liked to receive a Christmas gift and then I would be in big trouble. Or going in field service on Christmas day. Fun.

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The X-Mas thing...

by punkofnice in

christmas means nothing to me.

i have no abiding, cosy, childhood memories of it.. i don't buy presents or cards....i have to be reminded.. i feel a bit weird.

people are celebrating and saying: 'i'm feeling christmassy.'.

Ucantnome

I feel similarly. I don't like the decorations, most I find garish. The crowds. Best Christmas day was one year we done gardening and had a big bonfire.

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Does Jehovah Intervene - JW Teaching

by thedepressedsoul in

i have been a jw my whole life and i have never been able to get a clear answer on this question.

jw's do not believe that jehovah will intervene if someone is sick, dying or stopping a car crash.

they feel that jehovah is letting "this world" play out before he solves all of these problems.

Ucantnome

I always thought the answer to prayers was related to kingdom interest and faith. The apostle Paul was shipwrecked beaten and finally executed.

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Best Christmas Song?

by snugglebunny in

jw
friends

a catchy little number this one!

curiously, this little known christmas song by perry como was actually the theme tune to the odessa file movie back in the 70's.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l1uddoh-yu.

so what have you got?.

Ucantnome

I quite like Slade's Merry Christmas Everybody

.Hate Christmas

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Do most ex JW's go politically left?

by Lightgrowsbrighter in

i've found it interesting that- imho- most of the politically vocal ex-jw's at this website seem to lean left.

i'm personally pretty centered- right on some issues, left on others, but overall have a pretty cynical view of all political/religious leaders.

i find it somewhat ironic that people who leave such a dogmatic group like the witnesses become so politically dogmatic.

Ucantnome

i think i am centre left.

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How did you feel when you found out "the truth about the truth"?

by stuckinarut2 in

jw
friends

so when you first found out specific facts about the organisation, how did you feel??.

the un membership.

the way 1914 was calculated from pyramid measurements.

Ucantnome

There were lots of different feelings when I was leaving. First I thought I was wrong. I felt bad that I was questioning things. Later I feel good Armageddon wasn't imminent 20years ago. I felt angry about choices I'd made based on the beliefs we had.

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Good books to read?

by thedepressedsoul in

i read crisis on the conscience and i am about to start, "who wrote the bible?

does anyone have a list or great books to read for anyone searching for the real truth?

i've only ever seen the world through a jw lens and i am excited to see what other view points are out there!

Ucantnome

I enjoyed reading, The Spirit of Early Christian Thought, Robert Louis Wilken, (2003 Yale University)

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Survey: How long were you in the cult vs what year you were baptized

by ILoveTTATT2 in

jw
friends

hi people,.

i want as much data as possible on the effect of the internet on the time captured by the cult.. please answer the three following questions about yourself or about someone you know (for example, if your parents or grandparents were jw's and left).

1) were you raised as a jw, or did you convert?.

Ucantnome

1) raised

2) 1971

4) 1996 (first elder visit 1994 last 1996 they have visited many times over the years)

25 years.

(I know of two people who have that's say, woken up. Both use the internet and are familiar with what is available on there. I had the internet around 1990 and I would think similar of them. However if both were to leave today there would be 30/40 years between baptism and leaving and neither are citing the internet as the reason for their waking and its nothing to do with me one. I don't know of any others personally. One was raised and one was a convert.)