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  a question of conscience

  by KAYTEE in

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  dear lurkers/trolls or whatever you consider yourselves to be,.

  how can you read all of the info on this forum regarding un scandal, alleged paedophilia, failed prophecies, u-turn on blood etc.

  and not have your conscience affected before jehovah.

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  twinkletoes

  Hello everyone,

  Just wanted to say how great it is to see new ones coming onto this forum (Peggy and Sheri in particular) I can appreciate how difficult it must be for ones who have doubts about "God's Organisation" ? and perhaps not have anyone to share those doubts with. This is a perfect place to ask all those questions and to get support.

  Thank you to " In a NY Bethel minute" for your comment about putting words into type, your'e so right - they quite often do not come out the way you had intended them to do. Seeing a person's facial expressions when talking can give a whole new meaning to their words.

  I typed Kaytee's thread (my husband) as he really isn't into computers, but feels very strongly about all of the evidence against the WT. He was so upset that he had offended ones, that he said he wouldn't post anymore - but when I read the other comments (Trevor and others who seemed to be on the same wavelength) he felt a lot better.

  Kaytee was never an elder, the elders told him that he would never be an elder as he would'nt be able to work with them (I think they meant that he would rock the boat too often) He is a very kind and caring person and hates hypocrisy - We were both in the Organisation for over 30 years, and it is sometimes very hard to accept that those years were in effect wasted.

  kind regards to all

  Twinkletoes
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  would you go back ??

  by orangefatcat in

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  if you were given a chance to go back to the organizations would you?

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  twinkletoes

  How can you ever again trust people who LIE and DECEIVE. There is no way that we would ever go back - I also speak for my husband (Kaytee) on this subject.

  Twinkletoes
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  Has anyone ever been to a Christadelphian meeting?

  by twinkletoes in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  since i have been out of the jws, i have found the freedom to look into other beliefs.

  i remember when i was in the org.

  how they used to say that the christadelphians are so similar in beliefs to the jws that they must be controlled by satan, especially as they do not beleive in satan as a person/individual.

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  twinkletoes

  thanks for all the comments

  I got the feeling that they were yet another cult, when I read their site. Something I wish to steer clear of.

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  Has anyone ever been to a Christadelphian meeting?

  by twinkletoes in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  since i have been out of the jws, i have found the freedom to look into other beliefs.

  i remember when i was in the org.

  how they used to say that the christadelphians are so similar in beliefs to the jws that they must be controlled by satan, especially as they do not beleive in satan as a person/individual.

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  twinkletoes

  Hi Poppers,

  Since we have been out of the JWs (were in for 30+ years) we have only been to a couple of meetings of Born Again Christians, and although they certainly seem very sincere, we felt uncomfortable with the hands in the air waving and emotional output. Something we certainly were not used to in the JWs. The bible says "get out of her (Babylon the Great) my people if you do not wish to receive part of her plagues..." and so we feel that possibly there is no ONE religion that is acceptable to God. but more it is an individual thing and the life-style that you lead. But saying that, I have looked deeply into evolution and have come to realise that there must be a Creator, and that one day the Creator will keep his promise to mankind.

  Twink
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  What are the 90 questions for Baptism?

  by KAYTEE in

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  2. beliefs

  i came into the org.

  30 years ago- long before the 90 pre-baptism questions.

  i wondered how the questions now come up to scrutiny with the way various countries are dealing with religions.

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  twinkletoes

  Just a comment - so as not to confuse people, Kaytee and myself (twinkletoes) are using the same computer at present. Therefore this should explain the reason for the two different posters (kaytee and twinkletoes)
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  What are the 90 questions for Baptism?

  by KAYTEE in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i came into the org.

  30 years ago- long before the 90 pre-baptism questions.

  i wondered how the questions now come up to scrutiny with the way various countries are dealing with religions.

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  twinkletoes

  JWFacts - I agree entirely with your comments.

  StevenYC - thanks for the link to Lady Lee's thread - it's very very interesting.

  Added thought, how many of us EX-JWs, with new understanding of the bible, having cleaned our minds spiritually of what we were TOLD to believe would now be able to answer the 100+ questions.

  Eventhough our spiritual knowledge is far greater than that prior to baptism

  Kaytee
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  Has anyone ever been to a Christadelphian meeting?

  by twinkletoes in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  since i have been out of the jws, i have found the freedom to look into other beliefs.

  i remember when i was in the org.

  how they used to say that the christadelphians are so similar in beliefs to the jws that they must be controlled by satan, especially as they do not beleive in satan as a person/individual.

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  twinkletoes

  Hi everyone

  Since I have been out of the JWs, I have found the freedom to look into other beliefs. I remember when I was in the Org. how they used to say that the Christadelphians are so similar in beliefs to the JWs that they must be controlled by Satan, especially as they do not beleive in Satan as a person/individual. I haven't been to their meetings, but have read quite a lot about them from their own website.

  thanks

  Twink
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  hello all - new here

  by GoingGoingGone in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello everyone, this is my first post.... i'm in the process of fading after being a jw my entire life (almost).

  i don't go to meetings anymore..... hubby's an elder, and boy, is he mad.

  he still makes the kids go with him to meetings, service, etc... they hate it and i feel sorry for them, but there's not much i can do about it.. i've been feeling lonely today, i do miss my friends sometimes, and i have really good friends, but since i don't go to meetings i never see them much anymore.

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  twinkletoes

  welcome GGG, its so good to have you join us. I too spent 30+ years as a JW. Fortunately, I and my husband saw the real truth about the Org. and came out together, along with two friends from our congregation. We read crisis of conscience and In search of christian freedom and of course with all of the great help from others on this forum managed to come to terms with everything. We thought that we had good friends in the cong. but when we left (UN scandal, failed prophecies etc) everone shunned us and continue to do so. We now realise what a mind controlling cult they really are.

  I look forward to hearing more from you.

  Twink
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  Who all here was personally helped by JWD

  by Ticker in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was and i am ever thankful to this board and all the wonderful members on it that have contributed to my freedom.

  thankyou all so much and i think i might be becoming a jwd addict.

  i love this board it is so helpful.

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  twinkletoes

  We were JWs for nearly 32 years. Until one day our youngest son came across by accident the info about the UN scandal on this site. He told us - we couldn't believe it and after a lot of research with almost instant replies to our questions, we started to see the JWs for what they really are. Our thanks go to Simon Angharad and all of the posters here. Even short little comments are so encouraging especially when you are still feeling guilty about coming out of the Org. The icing on the cake for us was reading Ray's books C of C and In search of christian freedom.

  A big thank you to all

  Twinkletoes
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  Dansk is in the hospital --- emails from Claire

  by Alleymom in

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  2. friends

  dansk (ian) is in the hospital.

  as you know, he posted to us on wednesday morning (after the tuesday night vigil) saying that he felt very bad.

  claire ended up having to go home from work because he was feeling so weak and having some trouble breathing.. here are her emails.

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  twinkletoes

  Dear Ian and Clare,

  we are so sorry to hear of the setback for Ian. Our thoughts and prayers are with you both and your sons.

  Hereford is on the way to Bath, so if you need to stop off, please feel free to get in touch and we would be happy to see you both

  love from Twinkletoes and Kaytee