Posts by vanyell

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Are there ever any scriptural reasons why a man would get a separation from his wife?

by CrackingTheWhip in

*** lv pp.

220-221 the bibles view on divorce and separation ***.

willful nonsupport.

vanyell

Question: Can differences in religion affect the status of a marriage?

I'm a non-JW man with a JW wife who converted to it three years into our marriage. As I was working in the graveyard shift most of the time, I haven't had the time to really check out what this JW thingy is really about. It was only after three years ago that I started looking into this messy piece of crackpots. I started printing out the history and failures of the Watchtower, how they twisted the Bible verses into a pretzel, and tried to share it with my wife. Unfortunately, she was not that willing to face the possibility that she's getting the raw end of a deal with the WTBTS.... After all, she reasoned out that JW are also teaching good stuffs and firmly believes in the kool aid mix of "New Light" I'd admit that I haven't been exactly an exemplary husband...but I have been trying to open her eyes that this "salvation" she is believing in, is not the real thing.

She boycotted family reunions during the holidays, no birthdays and other occasions like weddings and christenings. As a result, I no longer attempt to arrange family reunions, had to go alone to weddings (making excuses to the host as to why wife cannot attend). Her own family no longer invites her to attend their side of celebrations. Right now, I just about had it, told her that I've given up hope on her, and that I have no more feelings, no love for her. Even told her straight out that her college education is a waste, with her blindly believing in the teachings of WTBTS without even engaging in critical thinking. She told me that it was a flimsy excuse to use her religion to declare that our marriage is dead. Is it?

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Notice this Contradiction on How Jehovah's Witnesses View Marriage

by flipper in

jw
friends

in the new book released at the witnesses assemblies this year , " keep yourselves in god's love " notice this bit of counsel given on possible separations in marriage .

it says on pg.

221 , " absolute endangerment of spiritual life.

vanyell

My situation.

1. ME - Non-JW, agnostic.

2. Wife - JW

3. I don't have any more feelings for wife. Tried to help her see the mess that JW is going to make. No go.

4. I simply got tired already. I got pretty much snippy with her. Told her that her college education is a waste, when she doesn't even want to do some critical thinking about what she's getting into.

5. Several previous family gatherings (with cousins) for birthdays and holidays, not there. Just hiding up in the room. Now. no more family gatherings ever. Can't give my cousins anymore excuses for her behavior.

6. I guess I'm fed up. Will be planning to burn or trash all the WT lit in the house.

7. Currently in love with another woman. Going to celebrate birthdays, holidays with her instead.

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The true meaning of "Jehovah" and the "overlapping generation" REVEALED!

by slimboyfat in

there has been some renewed interest in the meaning of the name jehovah on the forum in recent weeks.

combined with the ongoing discussion about the new "overlapping generation" teaching, speculation among the friends and among the ex-friends has been reaching something of a frenzy.

so it's perhaps appropriate that a little more should be revealed now about the meaning behind some of the perplexing events that have been taking place.

vanyell

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"The END is soooooo close"

by Phizzy in

i notice reported in a number of posts that this seems to a bit of a mantra with the dubbies now, more so than ever in the past.. is this because they are getting desperate for the life they live as jw's to change ?

they don't really want to end their days with the constant drudgery of the jw life still going on, they want something different, but must "wait on jehovah".

sigh.. i wonder if this is a small opportunity for us to sow some small, niggling doubt, why not ask, when they spew out the "it is soooo close" nonsense:.

vanyell

Are they(WT) revving up the "End Time is near" machine again?

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sharia councils and judicial councils... what's the difference?

by vanyell in

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22044724.

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coincidence??.

vanyell

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22044724

Coincidence??

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Truth be told, documentary on March 27th

by yalbmert99 in

new documentary aims to lift veil on jehovah's witnesses.

http://gothamist.com/2013/02/19/new_documentary_aims_to_lift_vail_o.php.

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vanyell

Hi Robert,

You have a PM...

Thanks,

Peter

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Confidential Materials!

by Atlantis in

all documents of important nature such as, our kingdom ministry, boe letters, forms, or other materials will now be sent only by email or private message communications.

they will not be posted out here on the board.

if someone else wants to post them, be my guest.. .. we have no other choice in this matter, and sending out confidential documents is better when it is done privately.

vanyell

I can also offer the option of providing a mailing list service (mailman) so that recipient's email addresses won't get exposed accidentally

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Confidential Materials!

by Atlantis in

all documents of important nature such as, our kingdom ministry, boe letters, forms, or other materials will now be sent only by email or private message communications.

they will not be posted out here on the board.

if someone else wants to post them, be my guest.. .. we have no other choice in this matter, and sending out confidential documents is better when it is done privately.

vanyell

Atlantis... you have a PM... Thanks a lot.

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Petition to help Palestine

by Nambo in

http://www.avaaz.org/en/palestine_worlds_next_nation_uk/?bmiddbb&v=19229.

if you are the anti-apartied sort of person who would like to end the suffering of a persecuted peoples, please sign the above petition.

vanyell

@Nambo Ethnically cleansed??? ... You must be an ostrich burying your head in the sand ... The people living in West Bank and Gaza are NOT an ethnic group. Recorded modern history have shown that the Arab nations HAVE NOT renounced their promise to eradicate Israel from the face of the earth. There is no Palestinian state in existence before or after WWII. It is only a figment of imagination, a tool to be used by the surrounding Arab nations as proxy to continue their black war against Israel. Have you ever wondered how the alleged acts of violence have been captured on video or camera just as they are happening or after happening??? Do a google for staged palestinian photos.

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Faith... and Trust: The Same Things?

by AGuest in

in a discussion with some other dear ones, the question was asked as to what such ones put their faith in.

in response to one comment that"one can't function without faith," another disagreed, stating ones can, that "many do so every day... the ones who have trust" (in things like the sun rising in the east versus the west).

that trust extended to "faith" based "on nature and the natural order of things.

vanyell

Faith.. believe in what is unkown. Non-concrete.

Trust... believe in what is known. Seen by five senses.