Posts by will-be-apostate

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Main reason JWs are JWs

by Batman89 in

what is the(or what was your) main motivation for serving god as a jw(or any christian)?.

a) love for god and genuinely trying to learn more about him and bible truths?.

b) to escape punishment/death at armegddon?.

will-be-apostate

For me it was B, but I'd like to rephrase it as "to gain everlasting life". It wasn't the fear of death at armageddon that motivated me, but what was promised that will be waiting for me after.

It's a bunch of lies anyway, what does it matter now?

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Can White JWs Have Mustaches?

by Space Madness in

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someone mentioned in another thread that white jws can't have mustaches but black jws can.

i noticed that the only governing body member with a mustache is black.

can anyone confirm that this is an official policy?

will-be-apostate

In my ex-cong one of the elders had mustache. I know many others who have. Beard on the other hand is a big no-no. You can't have privilages if you have beard.

Jam, that's insane. What a bunch of fools. One angel can kill 6.42 human/second but can't tell the difference between a jw and a non-jw? That's their logic. My brain is melted from this one.

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i'm 30 years old, and i was raised in the organization, my parents and grandparents are witnesses.. i grew up in a small town, and due to boredom or adhd or rebellion, i never took 2 minutes to look into the religion.. i always went to meetings and field service.

my parents were regular, but never "super-witnesses" so it was always the thing we did (meetings and service) not much more and nothing less.. the congregation, that i grew up in was for the most part friendly and enjoyable.. small towns, are very unique and they cannot be compared to larger city congregations.. i honk that they are a living and breathing organism, depending on the coordinators personality, so goes the personality of the congregation.

thi king back, most of the people in the town that i grew up were good people, just simple hard working & honest people... i really long for the innocence, of the time when this was the truth, and there were no worries.. driving to the conventions at 3 am with my dad and another brother, them slicing meat, me sneaking around the halls of the college, getting into all kinds of things.. conventions were a really special time for me... when i was young me and my friends would run around, messing around, pulling pranks on people, getting into forbidden areas.. running in the hall ways.

will-be-apostate

Objectivetruth and snare&racket I enjoyed reading your story as well.

but I detect a hunger for a perfect world, with a paradise earth that you just don't want to let go of

Accepting the reality was the hardest thing in finding out TTATT. I'd lie if I said that I don't wish it was true. I wish it was, i wish we could live forever but there's nothing I can do about it, but to accept and try to get the most out of my life. I appreciate life much more now then when I beleived the jw doctrines.

I do agree when you say small towns are different. I couldn't imagine though that such parties you described would happen here in my country. People here are generally more 'moral' let alone a jw having oral sex at a party. We don't even have parties here. No dance at getogethers, and I couldn't imagine more then 10 young jws throwing a 'party' without at least two ms present. Now I'm from eastern europe, things are different.

The moral of the story: jws are not that united nor such saints they say they are. Young jws from the US must be a pain in the ass for the GB.

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New to The Jehovahs Witness Faith and need some help

by jnjburkett in

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friends

hello there i am new to the faith and have been studying for about a month.

i am very excited and hungry for the truth and have not missed a meeting or study since the memorial.

we do about 2 bible studies a week.

will-be-apostate

And there goes another wasted life.. To the op: you'll need every last part of your critical thinking skill. Don't rush anything, just ask and question everything jws tell you. They forced me not to talk to my mother for 3 years when I was still a kid. Because that's their policy. QUESTION EVERYTHING THEY SAY!

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Did other JWs judge you? What for?

by Julia Orwell in

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some judged me for going/having gone to university.

some judged me for being 'too smart.

' some judged my non jw brother for being in the army.

will-be-apostate

I'm growing my beard now, krejames. I'm curious what there reaction will be once it's more 'manly' like.

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Did other JWs judge you? What for?

by Julia Orwell in

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friends

some judged me for going/having gone to university.

some judged me for being 'too smart.

' some judged my non jw brother for being in the army.

will-be-apostate

Same thing here. Judged for attending college, judged for talking to my df-ed mother, judged for having a unique hairstyle (lol, yes). After a while you get fed up and ignore them totally.

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What does money represent to YOU ?

by new hope and happiness in

for example does money represent to you power, love, joy and much more or does money represent to you feelings of worry, guilt, anger, sadness.. for myself i have always enjoyed living largely on little, and i can appreciate that the best things in life are free.

having said that i am glad i have been fortunate and sensible enough with money to never have exsperienced the anxiety of debt.

and it may sound silly but i dont think winning it big on the lottery would improve the quality of my life nor my family.

will-be-apostate

Like right now money for me means that I can pay accomodation bills at the university and having some food in the fridge. Survival, i guess.. But it's also fun, being able to be independent it's like a real life video game

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C.T. Russel IS burried UNDER the pyramid

by FFtruther144 in

russel is burried under the pyramid.

according to none other than frederick franz himself, in his own words!.

i read some wt trolls on here trying to say that he is under the marker a few feet away.. that is not true.

will-be-apostate

Man, this Franz has got a very annoying voice. Pbrow, I know what you mean but it's illegal to pee in public. I know, I know, childhood dreams ruined

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Sister kills a boy in an accident! A sad, sad story in more ways than one.

by DATA-DOG in

http://www.kansascity.com/2014/03/22/4909006/youth-struck-killed-in-kansas.html.

a buddy of mine told me about this story.

a sister driving through a neighborhood struck two children, killing one.

will-be-apostate

Oh come on Found Sheep, that was just unfair. Who wouldn't help a poor children who was just struck by a vehicle? Your question implies an assumption that witnesses let people die without blinking an eye. Let's not try to use any situation to blame them. The kids too should have been more careful. Streets are not for skateboarding purposes.

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WITNESSES FEAR THE TRUTH - WIKIPEDIA

by The Searcher in

every time i submit the following update to wikipeda - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/kingdom_hall#funding - some poor deluded individual/s keeps deleting.. i wonder who it could be?????????.

"as of may 2014, the funding of kingdom hall construction around the world has changed, as per the instructions of the governing body's letter to all congregations, downloadable from this link - http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/279067/1/2014-03-29-boe-confidentials-pdf-adjustment-to-financing-kingdom-hall-and-assembly-hall-construction-worldwide.

the previous form of funding was facilitated by entirely by voluntary donations.

will-be-apostate

The problem is that you're being subjective, you let your opinion in the article. Omit the "if not more" and the last phrase about them reading only the first page and not the entire letter. Or try to rephrase it in a way that it sounds more objective.

Give this a try and let's see how it works out. If i'd be a beleiver witness I'd definitely delete what you wrote or at least edit it just because of what I've mentioned above.