Posts by NikL

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Those married to "still in" JWs

by NikL in

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kind of got into it with my jw wife last night for the first time in a long time.. i try to not engage in conversations about doctrinal matters unless she asks me which she did.. anyway, i wont go into details but of course i am "not going to change her mind" and "why is it that you can't see when very smart people can?

" yada yada yada.

you probably can imagine.. it makes me so depressed.

NikL

Kind of got into it with my JW wife last night for the first time in a long time.

I try to not engage in conversations about doctrinal matters unless she asks me which she did.

Anyway, I wont go into details but of course I am "not going to change her mind" and "why is it that you can't see when very smart people can?" Yada yada yada. You probably can imagine.

It makes me so depressed. There is this huge wedge between us and we are supposed to be "one flesh".

I go with her to meetings to be supportive and she made comments like "why do you go if you just look to criticize?"

The worst part of it is that I felt totally fuzzy in my head. Like I couldn't argue my point well. I began to actually feel like "what is wrong with me?".

She actually seems okay this morning but I am not. I am finding myself nervous and depressed. I had a nightmare last night and I am sure I was yelling in my sleep though my wife is a heavy sleeper and didn't notice.

I am not sure what the point of this post is. Maybe hear from those that have still in spouses and how you deal with this vary dicey situation?

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Watchtowers Real Estate Website...www.watchtowerbrooklynrealestate.com/

by NikL in

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is this for real?.

https://www.watchtowerbrooklynrealestate.com/.

apologies if this has been brought up before..

NikL

Yeah, you are probably right.

It is so depressing

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Watchtowers Real Estate Website...www.watchtowerbrooklynrealestate.com/

by NikL in

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is this for real?.

https://www.watchtowerbrooklynrealestate.com/.

apologies if this has been brought up before..

NikL

How would the average rank and file publisher feel about this if they found out do you think?

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Watchtowers Real Estate Website...www.watchtowerbrooklynrealestate.com/

by NikL in

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is this for real?.

https://www.watchtowerbrooklynrealestate.com/.

apologies if this has been brought up before..

NikL

Is this for real?

https://www.watchtowerbrooklynrealestate.com/

Apologies if this has been brought up before.

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Spiritual food from the org on the same level as the Bible?

by CitizenofEarth in

hello to you all again.. i just told my father:"be carefull that you do not put the so called spiritual food at the same level, or on the same pedestal, as the bible.

it is clear to me that they are not.

" to me, at the moment, this is self evident.

NikL

It's one of the many things that bother me as well. Whenever a talk is given it seems like there is always an instance of the speaker using and quoting something from WT publications just as they would when quoting scripture.

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Do JW members follow any directive from GB blindly?

by Da.Furious in

following from the worldwide campaign to send letters to the russian government: topic covered here.. i started observing a scary trend, i got around 100 messages on multiple messaging apps, facebook and other social media posts encouraging all jws to send letter to the russian government protesting on the ban with the hope they will overturn it.. what struck me is that all are doing it and encouraging others to do it.

so, what if the gb via jw.org request something like street protests, civil disobedience, to the extreme of voting for or against a particular law or fighting (far-fetched).. what would the jw membership do, not the awakened one?

in addition, i feel this exercise exposes the awakened ones.

NikL

In answer to your question. They are SUPPOSED to.

As to the letter writing campaign, my wife mentioned it this morning and what I found interesting is how we are supposed to remain neutral as to governmental affairs but it's okay if it's something like this.

The other thing is that it might backfire. Remember the letters sent to Hitler back in the day. History showed it made things worse.

The answer I gave my wife was "it's only stuff". That's what they are wanting to protect is their property. At least that's what it seems to me.

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NWT is the finest translation of the Bible available to mankind. WTF

by Buster k in

this nugget of spiritual bullcrap is in there 2014 yearbook on page 4. .

paragraph 2. early in this service year, at the annual meeting of the watch tower bible and tract society of pennsylvania, the new world bible translation committee released the newly revised english edition of the finest translation of the bible available to mankind.

jehovah used his own spirit-begotten sons to provide the original new world translation.

NikL

the more I look at different translations the more I think NWT is an abomination.

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Has anyone here joined a different church after ditching the JWs?

by NikL in

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i am just curious.. i have a cousin who is a baptist and his church streams their sunday services and i've been checking them out before i go to meeting with my jw wife.. i haven’t been to a church except for the occasional funeral and wedding and the only sermons i had heard were the tel-evangelist type.

anyway, all the church bashing by jws over the years made me unsure what to expect and i was pleasantly surprised.

they do use the bible and they don't spend the whole time begging for money.

NikL

I am just curious.

I have a cousin who is a Baptist and his church streams their Sunday services and I've been checking them out before I go to meeting with my JW wife.

I haven’t been to a church except for the occasional funeral and wedding and the only sermons I had heard were the tel-evangelist type.

Anyway, all the church bashing by JWs over the years made me unsure what to expect and I was pleasantly surprised. They DO use the bible and they don't spend the whole time begging for money. I've learned quite a bit and really enjoyed the experience.

Don't get me wrong, I don't see myself joining another church even if there weren't the repercussions from the JWs but I am just curious if anyone else has.

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