Posts by Greybeard

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Medical Marijuana, Your opinion please?

by Greybeard in

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friends

do any of you use medical marijuana?

i go to aa and there are a few who believe medical marijuana is an "outside issue" and they are ok with it.

i don't know... alcohol doesn't work for me but if it did, i would use it... i wish i could find a "new drug" that works lol.

Greybeard

Do any of you use Medical Marijuana? I go to AA and there are a few who believe Medical Marijuana is an "outside issue" and they are ok with it. Many do not. I don't know... Alcohol doesn't work for me but if it did, I would use it... I wish I could find a "new drug" that works lol. I have a close friend in AA with 3 years of not drinking, he believes POT is ok. Says you don't get addicted and have hang overs and withdrawals like you do with alcohol. I live in California and it is legal here if prescribed by a doctor and you have your card...

I would love to hear your opinion on this,

Greybeard

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So you think you were a True Witness?

by FaithfulBrother in

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fuck you.. i was raised in a jw family in the 1980's-1990's where we had to do the daily text 7 days a week during breakfast at the family table at 7am sharp between 7:00-7:15am.

this was followed by a "spiritual discussion," which was held every morning between 7:15am and 8:00am.. since we were homeschooled, our weekly field service was required from childhood on friday mornings immediately following the spiritual discussion, followed by saturday afternoon field service after the bookstudy, as well as sunday afternoon field service after the watchtower study.. i was also required to read each watchtower and awake magazine and give oral reports about each magazine i read in order for my father to be sure that i had actually read them.

i can't remember for sure, but i think each watchtower and awake was released every two weeks back then, making a new magazine to read every single week, followed by an oral report on every single article (including the watchtower study articles which i also had to read, then study in our weekly family watchtower study where we marked our answers, then studied again at the sunday watchtower study).. in addition to this, we also had a weekly family bible study at night each week, had a family bookstudy at night in which we marked our answers for the saturday morning bookstudy, had a family watchtower study at night where we marked our answers for the sunday morning watchtower study, had a family prayer together every night before bed, every morning before and after breakfast and every night before and after dinner (not including our half-family prayers for lunch by my mother since we were homeschooled.).

Greybeard

FaithfulBrother,

I understand what you are going through. I was raised a JW and I am a recovering alcoholic. Honestly, if alcohol still worked, I would still be drinking. The truth is, alcohol works great for a while and then turns on you. It could turn on you soon in life or latter depending on how you abuse it. If you do not abuse it, it might not turn on you. I abused it and it turned on my big time. I lost everything, you name it, wife, kids, dignity and I still tried to drink my problems away. Then I started going to Alcoholics Anonymous and things got better. This all takes time. My advice to you is try going to AA. You will learn that JW's are not so different than other religions like Catholics, Mormans and the list goes on. They all try to control people and abuse them along the way. Learning that I wasn't so different at AA really helped me to focus on my real problems. Don't discount AA until you try it. It will save you money too. It is all free and there are some great people there including doctors and phycologists. Yes they pass the plate but you don't have to put anything in it. It is only for the rent and utility bills. I have recieved much FREE help from AA and found some real good friends who understand.

If you abuse alcohol, it will kill you... it will land you in jail or maybe even prison. I had to stop drinking because I would break out in hand cuffs. That should be reason enough shouldn't it? AA does say we need to believe in a "higher power" and YOU can choose who that is. A God of your own understanding or the AA group can be your higher power. We admit that our own way of running things didn't work.

You are on a new journey. Take life one day at a time and find some new friends who care about you. For me, AA is that place.

Alcohol can be apart of your life if you can control it. I couldn't, I always wanted more, more... It controled me and became my God. If that is the case with you, you need to learn as much about alcoholism as you can. For me, the best place for that is AA. I say use what works for you. Try to get out of yourself and into helping others if at all possible. You need to loose the "Fuck You" atitude because you are only hurting youself with that atitude. Our resentemnts are what kill us. Resenment is a poison we take hoping someone else dies. I have had plenty of them, I resent JW's and the way I was raised. I resent my fathers business dealing with me etc, etc, etc... sometimes just dealing with everyday life is a chalenge. It is worse when we isolate ourselves with the bottle. Walk your path the way you see fit... Just remember, AA is a OPEN DOOR that will always be open for you. It is full of people who have had their ass kicked by life and turned to the bottle. They all share their experience strength and hope. That is where I get what I need and where I go to help others.

May God bless you and help you find your way through this life,

Greybeard

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Pray for strength and guidance

by StopTheTears in

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friends

i have a prayer request, and i don't know exactly how to explain it.

we all have sins that we battle, fall back into, and then regret having fallen back into.

mine is gluttony.

Greybeard

Hang in there! Don't be so hard on yourself. There is much help for this now-a-days. Please get help and see a doctor. I am a recovering alcoholic myself, I have over 2 years sobriety. I got help... I couldn't do it alone... The American diet is trash, not sure where you live but many other countries are not much different. Netflix has many good movies on health and eating right. There also is good advice on youtube. Many doctors are not up on nutrition and they just want to prescribe a pill. Avoid those kind of doctors. I liked the movie, "Forks Over Knives" on Netflix. I still eat some meat and dairy but not as much these days. If you eat right, like mostly fruits and vegetables you can eat as much as you want. Try to walk everyday if you can. Some health food stores can offer good advice too. Just watchout for people who try to scam you for money with their new great diet. I wouldn't go for those TV scams myself... There is plenty of FREE information out there. If you want help from God then my opinion is, EAT what he made. Stay away from the junk food MAN made. Learn as much as you can about eating right. The saying, "we are what we eat" I believe is true. Hang in there, you can do it

May God bless your efforts! My prayers are with you,

Greybeard

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New Song - "Blinded By New Light"

by RayPublisher in

the generation wasnt right (repeat).

Greybeard

Bumpity BUMP

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A Prayer

by Greybeard in

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dear heavenly father above heaven and earth it is through your son christ jesus/yeshua we pray.

thank you for the hope you have given us through the life of your son.

please strengthen us and help us to do your will.

Greybeard

Dear heavenly Father above heaven and earth it is through your son Christ Jesus/Yeshua we pray. Thank you for the hope you have given us through the life of your son. Please strengthen us and help us to do your will. So many of us have lost faith and many no longer believe. Is it any wonder the way we have been mislead and treated by those who lifted themselves up over us? Those who have stood in the place of Christ? Many of us have been cast off by our families and friends for no longer following self appointed men. We have been judged and called mentally diseased by those who claim to obey Christ. By those who claim to be our leaders and our mediators. Many have lost faith that you exist because the heart ache and pain they have been through. Please sustain all of us through this treacherous time on earth. Sometimes we feel so alone and especially on a night like this. We once worshiped in a way we no longer view as correct. Many of us now understand Jesus words when he said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." There is no other way, no religion, no men, only Jesus/Yeshua. He is our only leader as he told us and he leads us with Holy Spirit. We are sorry for trusting in men for so long. We see now where it has left us. We turn to you heavenly Father and your son to lead us. We pray that you give hope to those who have lost all hope. We pray that you give faith to those who have lost all faith. We pray that you comfort those who have given up and find the lost sheep. They have been beaten and abused. Called names equal to "despicable fools" by those who were over us. We have been lied to and cast off as worthless. Please heavenly Father, we pray for those who have persecuted us, we pray for those who have cast us off. We do not judge them or anyone as your son told us not to do. Please forgive all of us for our sins and bring us into your Kingdom where the rulers of this dark world will not be. We want your rulership, not mans. We trust in no man. We want your son Christ Jesus/Yeshua to rule over us forever. We remember this day and what you and your son have done for us. We partake of the bread and cup that Christ commanded us to partake of until he returns. We love you with all of our hearts and souls and ask that you please except our prayer in your sons name Christ Jesus/Yeshua.

Amen

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Who would like to Skype?

by freetosee in

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friends

i finally started skyping.

if you would like to talk, feel free to pm me.

we don't need to have the camera on.. .

Greybeard

@ usualusername

Very funny! I got a good laugh out of that!

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Feeling a little weird today

by Bucholz in

hello everybody, so i've been out of the wt for almost a year now.

i did go to the memorial last year, but that was pretty much the last meeting i attended.

thing is, as a born-in, i have never missed one, this will be the first.. don't get me wrong, i have absolutely no desire to go back, but after all these years there's a weird feeling about it.

Greybeard

This will be the first one I miss at the KH too. However, I still believe in Christ and am closer to him than ever before. I did partake at home last time after being at the Hall with my wife. While at the Hall, I did not touch the emblems just to pass/reject them. That bothered me.

The question is, why would you go? For Jesus? For your family? Going to the memorial and passing on the emblems is NOT a command as you probably already know. Why do you really feel bad? You can observe this on your own and if you do believe in Jesus and want to follow him, you can partake by yourself.

Your brother in Christ,

Greybeard

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New Youtube video for Jehovah Witnesses by jwstruggle.com

by Greybeard in

dear brothers and sisters,.

with the memorial of christ death so close.

many of us wonder about our own relationship with christ jesus.

Greybeard

Thank you RayPublisher, As the blog roles the page will change. I forgot about that... I would edit the link but my 30 minutes are up...

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New Youtube video for Jehovah Witnesses by jwstruggle.com

by Greybeard in

dear brothers and sisters,.

with the memorial of christ death so close.

many of us wonder about our own relationship with christ jesus.

Greybeard

Dear brothers and sisters,

With the Memorial of Christ death so close. Many of us wonder about our own relationship with Christ Jesus. Are we in the truth? Are we in Christ? JJ has just finished a talk/video for Youtube that addresses this subject. We hope you enjoy.

Click here to watch: jwstruggle.com

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Who is keeping watch over my soul, that I should be submissive to him?

by irondork in

and what man or men am i supposed to be obedient to?.

and who is rendering accounts without talking to me first?.

go ahead!

Greybeard

Who do you think it is? The elders at the Kingdom Hall? If that is what you think them obey them. I have obeyed them and the GB for amost 50 years and where did it get me? Where did it get you? I am tired of the boy who cries wolf. The generation change was a total joke. I was not supposed to grow this old... You know the story.

So who are these ones "watching over our souls"? Back then in Pauls day that would have been easy to answer right? They were not called Jehovah's Witnesses we know that for sure. They were called "Christians" and "The Way". Today we have all kinds of different sects of Chritianity. Do any of them have 100% truth? That is impossible. so what percentage of truth do we expect? Honestly I do not think there is any "true" religion out there that has a patent on "the truth". JW's think they do but they have become known as false prophets world wide.

I think what you are asking is "who has the truth"/ "where are these people"? At Luke 18:18 Jesus said, "when the son of man comes, will he find the faith on earth?" Why did he ask this question? Honestly, I don't think he will find it like it was back then in the first century. You might find bits and pieces here and there... I believe there are those who have more truth than others. Read your bible and pray for holy spirit and try to find those you can agree with. Then if there are ones taking the lead you could follow them. Personally I don't want to take the chance... I don't trust men these days.... This is a different time is it not? I chose to follow my one leader Christ, he is my only leader.

1 John 2:27, " And as for YOU , the anointing that YOU received from him remains in YOU , and YOU do not need anyone to be teaching YOU ; but, as the anointing from him is teaching YOU about all things, and is true and is no lie, and just as it has taught YOU , remain in union with him." (NWT)

I hope that helps some,

Your brother in Christ,

Greybeard

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