Ucantnome

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  How did you find the truth about the truth (TTATT)

  by Maat13 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i 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 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  once 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 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  one 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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  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 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as 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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  How Many Here Have Ever Been Reproved or DFd?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  so far, not me.....

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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 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  something 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.
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  What Watchtower Belief/View Never Sat Right With You?

  by minimus in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  but their views on blood are just plain weird!

  meat has blood in it even if it's bled.

  still eating meat means consuming blood.

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  Ucantnome

  the reasons for not celebrating a birthday seemed so weak to me and added to making childhood something that was unenjoyable. Endless meetings assemblies field service daily text studying the watchtower and personal study like being a miniature monk
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  What Watchtower Belief/View Never Sat Right With You?

  by minimus in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  but their views on blood are just plain weird!

  meat has blood in it even if it's bled.

  still eating meat means consuming blood.

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  Ucantnome

  birthdays.
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  Will anyone be in Jainesville Wisconsin for the circuit assembly?

  by Brother Mike in

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  2. friends

  i'm just curious if anyone in my area besides me who visits this site will be attending another boring assembly in janiesville wisconsin on april 12 and 13th?

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  Ucantnome

  ive been to janesvile
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  What is the main "idea" of the bible?

  by KateWild in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  as jws we were often told what the theme of the bible is, we were taught that it was the promised seed.. i was recently asked the question.... what is the main "idea" of the bible?.

  for me the whole purpose of the bible is about control.

  it features a god that punishes and rewards.

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  i thought it was to tell us God's plan of the ages.