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  Nothing New I'm Figuring Out

  by pettygrudger in

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  i have been out of the jw org.

  for over 16 years now.

  i'll just say that i'm not the most "mentally strong" person as it took me 14 of those years avoiding my problems, and 2 to really deal with it.

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  How many do you wonder..........

  by pettygrudger in

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  i've only been posting & visiting these boards for approximately 2 weeks now.

  i have been an ex-jw for 16 years.

  i'm wondering how many of "like" me's there are out there?

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  Its the Whole Premise that Gets Me

  by pettygrudger in

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  #1 - original sin: supposedly all this stuff is going on because adam/eve "ate the fruit" (type of fruit still under question).

  because of this, god let billions & billions of people, "his children", suffer imperfection, pestilence, plague, wars,death, etc.

  & let his "true followers" throughout bible history be persecuted because of this "original sin".

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  Okay - This is A little Confusing

  by pettygrudger in

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  what does one make of all these current recent events w/the jw's?

  i must admit, i'm a little nervous.

  since i was a child it was reinforced that there would be these situations against jw's (slowing of the preaching work, restrictions on their ability to preach), as well as the ever well known belief that eventually god will have found all his "true followers" out of this system of things, and the new "dubs" enlisting would dwindle (which is happening if you look at the stats).

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  A JW explanation for any who are interested

  by pettygrudger in

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  > what is an ngo?.

  > the united nations are associated with the department of public .

  > the department of public information and ngos cooperate regularly.

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  King North/King South

  by pettygrudger in

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  i just read the post regarding sundays' special meetings.

  i have a question & some statistics....... it has been along times since i was a member of the jw's, so please, to refresh my memory - what was their understanding of this prophecy?

  was america king of south (if i remember rightly) & russia king of north?

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  King North/King South

  by pettygrudger in

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  i just read the post regarding sundays' special meetings.

  i have a question & some statistics....... it has been along times since i was a member of the jw's, so please, to refresh my memory - what was their understanding of this prophecy?

  was america king of south (if i remember rightly) & russia king of north?

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  Henry Grew, George Storrs

  by pettygrudger in

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  okay, in the w - 10/15/00 - there is an article of these 2 men who were actually the "beginning" of the true "religion" of god.

  when i read about it, it makes absolutely no sense!!!!

  i had never heard of these men before.

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  reconciling families

  by pettygrudger in

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  another question....i have 5 siblings, we were all brought up as "jw's".

  we were all also sexually molested from at least 3 years of age or younger.

  as the last 2-3 decades have past, all but 1 sibling has left the jw's.

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  How Does One Find Another Religion

  by pettygrudger in

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  this is probably a strange question, but how do you "pick" something else to study?

  i'm having a hard time just picking up the bible & reading it - but i'm terrified of picking up any "study material" from other organized religions to help.

  which bible do i use?

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