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Steve Hassan's books
by tornapart in
1. watchtower
2. bible
at the moment i can't get these books, they are not available as ebooks and i can't risk having them in the house.

but i have heard so much about them and how helpful they are that i am just wondering if any who have read them can give some insights they have gained from them that would be useful to know.

thanks in advance.
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Today's Watchtower
by tornapart in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
at the meeting today the wt had a paragraph about certain ones breaking away from the church because the church's doctrines didn't match the bible, some were excommunicated, some imprisoned, some executed.. of course they were held up to be lovers of god, true christians... if i was to do the same thing i would be held up as an apostate.... and excommunicated...... i wish sometimes i had the same courage as those ones.....
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Is the JW religion Judaic?
by tornapart in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the more i'm waking up to ttatt the more i'm realising how much it is living in the ot rather than the nt.

jesus is side-lined by the gb, they say we are in his 'presence' yet they are the ones telling us what to do (rather than the head of the congregation, christ).

they behave like pharisees yet can't see it (the blind leading the blind).
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What was your life as a JW?
by tornapart in
1. jw
2. friends
were you a born-in or became one as an adult?

how long were you in for?

what made you realise it was all wrong?
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An Introduction
by tornapart in
1. jw
2. friends
well.. i've been here for a few weeks but still feel like a relative newbie.

i just wanted to introduce myself as much as i'm able to.

i'm still 'in' so to speak although mentally 'out'.
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What did you/do you think about at the meetings?
by tornapart in
1. jw
2. friends
if you still go or remember the days when you did what did you think about while you were sat there?

obviously it's very difficult to concentrate.. lol..assemblies i find impossible and have often drifted off to sleep, listening to the endless same old stuff.. .

and i want some funny stories.. .
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Wish I could change my username! Do you?
by tornapart in
1. jw
2. friends
chose it because of the way i felt a couple of months ago after reading 'those' books.

now it doesn't quite fit as i'm getting used to things.

i'm a naturally optimistic person and my username makes me come across as a right miserable so and so... lol.
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Does anybody still believe in God and the Bible?
by tornapart in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i just want to know out of interest how many here still believe in god and christ and that the bible is god's word.

my faith in the wts is gone but i still love god and his son.

i've noticed that many here have lost their faith in god as well as the wts.
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Yesterday's WT
by tornapart in
1. watchtower
2. bible
anyone who's still 'in' and went yesterday, how did it make you feel?.

before i went i read the passage of scripture from romans 7 and 8 in a couple of other translations bsides nwt.

beautiful and uplifting, how the spirit guides us and helps us overcome our imperfect nature.
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what is the history of this site?
by tornapart in
1. jw
2. friends
hi, i just wanted to know as i came here believing it is an 'anti-jw' site.

or at least one where former jws can meet together (or ones struggling within the wt).

yet looking at some early posts it seems it was originally for active jws.