Khaleesi

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  Disfellowshipped for celebrating Xmas?

  by Theburstbubble in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i could really do with some advice on what's acceptable when you leave.

  we have left of our own accord about 6 months ago.

  we didn't celebrate xmas this year but have just celebrated my daughters birthday.. a friend of mine who is still a witness told me that an elder had approached her and asked if we had celebrated xmas and that if we did it was a df offence as is classed as apostasy!

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  Khaleesi

  Yes that is correct, they view it as a form of apostasy... not sure about time frames...
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  Life is good...

  by Theburstbubble in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  evening all, a few of you may remember my turmoil in leaving the wt well i'm happy to say i've finally moved on.

  we celebrated our daughters birthday for the first time ever with a few close friends and it was magical.

  our daughter loved it!

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  Khaleesi

  Congradulations, what a precious thing & very liberating! !
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  My son's and I's first Valentines Day, Friendship day celebration since our awakening!!

  by Khaleesi in

  1. social
  2. current

  so this weekend will be my first time celebrating friendship day since stop celebrating due to being a jw for years.

  the most exciting part for me and makes me very happy is finally to have my son participate and be involved in normal activities at school with classmates.

  no longer will i allow him to be ostracized at school due to the wt "cult's" ridiculous reasoning why some things are not okay to participate while others are okay.

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  Yes it is very liberating!!!

  @turnintwo: it's soo heart wrenching learning how much it affected our children & they just went with the flow with us for many years... so happy we are now fully awake so we all can make changes for them to have a better future!!

  @theburstbubble: just saw ur post on celebrating your duaghter 1st bday, so happy for you, i too will be celebrating my son's 1st in a few months...
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  Brothers - Reach Out for a Fine Work!

  by cappytan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c1ixarr31y.

  they must really be having issues finding brothers to slave for the org..

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  Khaleesi

  Crazy they gave the boot to all old timer elders & only young ones appear on WT TV... I never seen those kinds of young elders in my area at all
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  My son's and I's first Valentines Day, Friendship day celebration since our awakening!!

  by Khaleesi in

  1. social
  2. current

  so this weekend will be my first time celebrating friendship day since stop celebrating due to being a jw for years.

  the most exciting part for me and makes me very happy is finally to have my son participate and be involved in normal activities at school with classmates.

  no longer will i allow him to be ostracized at school due to the wt "cult's" ridiculous reasoning why some things are not okay to participate while others are okay.

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  Khaleesi

  So this weekend will be my first time celebrating Friendship day since stop celebrating due to being a JW for years.

  The most exciting part for me and makes me very happy is finally to have my son participate and be involved in normal activities at school with classmates. No longer will I allow him to be ostracized at school due to the WT "cult's" ridiculous reasoning why some things are not okay to participate while others are okay. (For example, like all pagan origins we must avoid- birthdays, etc... but then again they all wear wedding rings & neck ties which also have pagan origins).

  The 2003 Awake 9/22 says: "A main concern is, not what the practice meant hundreds of years ago, but how it is viewed today in your area. Understandably, opinions may vary from one place to another. Hence, it is wise to avoid turning such matters into big issues. The Bible says: “Let each one keep seeking, not his own advantage, but that of the other person.”—1 Corinthians 10:24."

  I can tell how deep down he wanted to participate in the activities at school but had that cognitive dissonance in him, asking me if God would approve and didn't want to make him mad. Of course after many reasoning discussions with him and discuss with him the above Awake Article, he decided to participate and enjoy activities that the rest of his classmates do too. It's a slow process for him but has been very progressive, little by little his indoctrination has been leaving him. To which I was even surprised when I picked him up from school early this week and said he wants to go to the school's Friendship dance (V-Day) and even got a girl a V-Card he likes at school. He says he will not tell his other side of the family which are JWs because according to him "they are asleep and wouldn't understand"...

  I am also happy to participate with co-workers at work for the first time. I've been at the same company for over 10 years and finally I also will not ostracized myself, they were soo surprised when I asked if they were doing anything and I wanted to participate. They were all very welcoming and genuine accepting. They have been more supportive friends than the ones I had at the various congregations I have attended. And best yet I will be celebrating it with my "worldly" husband for the 1st time!!!
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  Last Day of Chemo

  by azor in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  today is the end of my son's 3 -1/2 year treatment for leukemia.

  we had a small party at the hospital with nursing staff and a few friends.

  it has been a great day with the exception of getting walking pnemonia from his sister.

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  Khaleesi

  SOOO happy for you Azor!!! Wish your whole family the best, you have such a lovely family & it was a pleasure to have met them..., so happy your son has responded well to treatment!!!
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  The Bread Illustration (Feb 16 Broadcast) - Massive Contradiction

  by fizzle in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so... bro flodin puts poison onto the first loaf of bread and says that this pictures someone "sinning against the holy spirit".

  he then puts the bread into the trash can stating that jehovah completely discards anyone "sinning against the holy spirit"... meaning they cannot ever be forgiven...he says that the pharisees "sinned against the holy spirit" because they denied indisputable evidence of the operation of jehovah's holy spirit displayed by jesus... therefore jehovah would completely discard them... no way back for them.. fast forward a little... we have the bible character stephen...acts 6:8 says: now stephen, full of divine favor and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.so stephen was showing indisputable evidence of the operation of jehovah's holy spirit.now we come to the bible character paul (saul)... he was a pharisee.paul would have seen stephen in action... witnessing the indisputable evidence of the operation of jehovah's holy spirit first hand!yet paul not only waged war against all christians but he personally approved the killing (stoning) of stephen.according to the bread illustration paul should have been discarded by jehovah at this point for "sinning against the holy spirit"... he would have been put in the trash can... no way back at all...but what happened according to the bible?

  jesus appeared to him on the road to damascus... he became one of the most zealous apostles in bible history with jehovah's full support!so what on earth is the bread illustration all about?

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  Khaleesi

  The WT committed the unforgivable sin when they took the position of the "Holy Spirit" in baptizing people to their organization instead, they poison themselves & should be thrown in the trash to be forgotten! !
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  Need help: A few days ago a poster on this forum posted a link of all the PDF files of WT & Awakes

  by Khaleesi in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i tried to look for the poster on this forum but cannot locate the posting, this was posted about last week or so.

  it was a poster who gave a link of all the wt & awakes compiling a library and was missing 2 years only.

  to be more exact it was the actual prints in pdf, can you please tell me who it was and the link to them?

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  Khaleesi

  @ crazy_flickering_light: Thank you sooo much!!!
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  Need help: A few days ago a poster on this forum posted a link of all the PDF files of WT & Awakes

  by Khaleesi in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i tried to look for the poster on this forum but cannot locate the posting, this was posted about last week or so.

  it was a poster who gave a link of all the wt & awakes compiling a library and was missing 2 years only.

  to be more exact it was the actual prints in pdf, can you please tell me who it was and the link to them?

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  Khaleesi

  I tried to look for the poster on this forum but cannot locate the posting, this was posted about last week or so. It was a poster who gave a link of all the WT & Awakes compiling a library and was missing 2 years only. To be more exact it was the actual prints in PDF, can you please tell me who it was and the link to them? Thank you!!
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  Cappytan has made a video. Here is the link

  by joe134cd in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsbfnzrbiqq

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  Khaleesi

  I can't see it, is it in your youtube channel?