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  The Jehovah's Witness religion has gone for good !!!

  by snare&racket in

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  i am not sure how you all feel as we all left at different times for different reasons.... but this new bible seems to have put some final nails into a coffin that was once my jw life.

  the religion is so far and so different to the religion i grew up in that it has become something i feel no affiliation with anymore, no bond, no shared ideas or even sentimental views.

  different teachings on when the end is coming.

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  Ucantnome

  to gain salvation as a witness you still have to do the same things. i think religion is defined as a particular system of faith and worship
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  The Jehovah's Witness religion has gone for good !!!

  by snare&racket in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am not sure how you all feel as we all left at different times for different reasons.... but this new bible seems to have put some final nails into a coffin that was once my jw life.

  the religion is so far and so different to the religion i grew up in that it has become something i feel no affiliation with anymore, no bond, no shared ideas or even sentimental views.

  different teachings on when the end is coming.

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  Ucantnome

  I mean that there has been changes made, but it is still the same religion believing in the same God preaching the same message and doing the same things.
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  The Resurrection Hope - Does It Help or Slow Down Grieving?

  by usualusername in

  1. jw
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  i think the resurrection hope really really messes up people.. .

  at some funerals i have not seen a tear shed.. .

  could grieving be interpreted as a lack of faith?.

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  Ucantnome

  ive never felt the need to cry at funerals even when it was a close relative.

  i would have been sadder when i was a witness but i changed.

  The two funerals that i have made the arrangements for didn't have any religious talks.
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  Did it bother you that they taught, "miss a meeting and you'll fall away?"

  by Wasanelder Once in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  how many times did we hear that if we dont attend meetings we will leave the truth because satan will get ahold of us?

  that always bothered me.

  i thought, "if my faith isn't able to stand alone what good is it?

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  Ucantnome

  Blondie mentions hypocrisy.

  Some elders missed meetings due to work. One was appointed as an elder and couldn't attend the meetings regularly due to his job. My father gave his good paying job up twice in his life so he could attend meetings.

  Another relative who was poor gave his job to be able to attend the District Convention.
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  The Jehovah's Witness religion has gone for good !!!

  by snare&racket in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am not sure how you all feel as we all left at different times for different reasons.... but this new bible seems to have put some final nails into a coffin that was once my jw life.

  the religion is so far and so different to the religion i grew up in that it has become something i feel no affiliation with anymore, no bond, no shared ideas or even sentimental views.

  different teachings on when the end is coming.

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  Ucantnome

  i think it has changed but it's still the same religion in my view. i think it is the same system of faith and worship.
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  Come with me, back to the 1980s--you know want to.

  by FlyingHighNow in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i don't know about ya'll, but i did not appreciate the 1980s enough.

  i was too busy lamenting how different they were from the 1960s and 1970s to bask in and appreciate how wonderful they were.. this is 80s music, especially new wave music, and 80s fashion and culture appreciation thread.

  what did you love about the 80s?

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  Ucantnome

  I really enjoyed watching Moonlighting with Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd in the 80's
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  Leaving the JWs, experiencing Christianity and finding freedom! (But it took awhile)

  by im_free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is my first post here.. i was raised in "the truth", and am an ex-bethelite who worked in brooklyn for several years back in the 90's.

  a few years after i left bethel, i started to become disillusioned after doing research about the society and reading crisis of conscience (i know..i wasn't supposed to do that lol).

  i eventually stopped attending meetings and going out in service.

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  Ucantnome

  I'm free

  I was never really into organized religion even when I was a witness always felt that I would never have been one if my parents hadn't been witnesses but I was reluctant to leave in the end and sometimes consider returning just to hear the bible based talks I have been to a few churches with someone who wanted to try them but it wasn't something I felt a need for although I feel my christian views are still as strong as the day I last attended the hall twenty years ago never had a period of doubt.
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  Still nothing credible?

  by Separation of Powers in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i can hardly believe that anything new is gonna be announced at the annual meeting.

  i mean, there is absolutely no one i know in this organization capable of keeping a secret and we haven't heard anything but "big changes are coming" "just wait and see" "big things are in the works" and my personal favorite posted by one of our members who was told not to diassociate because "things are gonna be announced that will change your mind".. no one i know at the hall or in positions of responsibilty has ever been able to keep anything confidential.

  it's always been like the character on in lving color, "i aint one to gossip...but you didn't hear that from me.".

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  Ucantnome

  thanks OldHippie
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  Still nothing credible?

  by Separation of Powers in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i can hardly believe that anything new is gonna be announced at the annual meeting.

  i mean, there is absolutely no one i know in this organization capable of keeping a secret and we haven't heard anything but "big changes are coming" "just wait and see" "big things are in the works" and my personal favorite posted by one of our members who was told not to diassociate because "things are gonna be announced that will change your mind".. no one i know at the hall or in positions of responsibilty has ever been able to keep anything confidential.

  it's always been like the character on in lving color, "i aint one to gossip...but you didn't hear that from me.".

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  Ucantnome

  when is this meeting?
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  Come with me, back to the 1980s--you know want to.

  by FlyingHighNow in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i don't know about ya'll, but i did not appreciate the 1980s enough.

  i was too busy lamenting how different they were from the 1960s and 1970s to bask in and appreciate how wonderful they were.. this is 80s music, especially new wave music, and 80s fashion and culture appreciation thread.

  what did you love about the 80s?

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  Ucantnome

  I liked crowded house.

  preferred the 70's although i was still at home and pioneered. liked the early 70's music, maybe i had no responsiblities and the end was so close.

  80's i went out on dates got married house business kids lot a work.