Posts by TxNVSue2023

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The " HIGHER EDUCATION" thread!!!

by DATA-DOG in

jw
friends

alright.

let's have the ultimate discussion on "higher education.

" let's talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly.

TxNVSue2023

I don't fully understand why JW are so opposed to higher education. I get that for young people it can be a waste of time -- bad association & they probably don't know what career they want yet, so a waste of money. I went 100% online so no 'bad association '.

Anyway I have a Bachelor's degree & a decent career. I'm single & my salary is enough to support me & I am a homeowner. Middle- class solidly. I did it all by myself ( put myself through college in my late 30s, awarded degree in early 40s l, mid40s now). Getting the degree more than double my salary and gave me more job opportunities. I don't regret it - it was worth the investment.

However, I didn't go around bragging or volunteering the info. that I have a degree to JW's because they are so judgey about it. And being a woman I was always discouraged from pursing a career and education ( even though I'm single and need to support myself).

The first thing I did when I left and became inactive was get my degree.

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Reinstatement...the aftermath?

by TxNVSue2023 in

i'm in the process of being reinstated ( my df'ing story is on here).

because i've never been in this position before, i don't know how i will be treated once i'm reinstated.

i moved ti a new city/state and i don't know a single person here or in my new congregation i am attending.

TxNVSue2023

This tread is post twice - some kind of glitch

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Reinstatement...the aftermath?

by TxNVSue2023 in

i'm in the process of being reinstated ( my df'ing story is on here).

because i've never been in this position before, i don't know how i will be treated once i'm reinstated.

i moved ti a new city/state and i don't know a single person here or in my new congregation i am attending.

TxNVSue2023

I'm in the process of being reinstated ( my df'ing story is on here). Because I've never been in this position before, I don't know how I will be treated once I'm reinstated.

I moved ti a new city/state and I don't know a single person here or in my new congregation I am attending. Once they announce my reinstatement will I have trouble making friends?

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Disfellowshipped for Fornication

by TxNVSue2023 in

hi i want to tell my story and get advice.

i'm a single sister ( in usa) that has been baptized for 20 years.

i came from the world, so did not grow up in the truth and i have no family in the truth -- i am alone.. last year i met a brother & we did have premarital sex while we were dating.

TxNVSue2023

Well I guess this thread has helped me to see that the JC made the right decision to DF ( because I did not come forward to them). So I'm at peace with it. I'll continue my prayers and Bible reading and stay on the road to reinstatement.

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Tony Morris replaced - by ANOTHER teleprompter reader!

by BoogerMan in

the whitewashing of tm111 from jw history continues - tending to confirm that he was booted.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ghbhv6961a.

i'm pretty sure the cult got him to sign a nice nda - in exchange for a lifetime residency in the house bought by wt..

TxNVSue2023

This I'll never understand. What difference does it make why he was removed? It's not about him - he's just a blade of grass, a flash in the pan. If it was because of wrongdoing then it makes sense to also remove him from the materials. The guy is human and like everyone else has free will. I just feel like people need something to gossip about! Get over it!

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Reinstatement...what is the aftermath?

by TxNVSue2023 in

i'm in the process of being reinstated ( my df'ing story is on here).

because i've never been in this position before, i don't know how i will be treated once i'm reinstated.

i moved ti a new coty/state and i don't know a single person here or in my new congregation i am attending.

TxNVSue2023

I'm in the process of being reinstated ( my df'ing story is on here). Because I've never been in this position before, I don't know how I will be treated once I'm reinstated.

I moved ti a new coty/state and I don't know a single person here or in my new congregation I am attending. Once they announce my reinstatement will I have trouble making friends?

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If JW is not the truth, then what is the true religion?

by TxNVSue2023 in

even though i'm disfellowshiped ( & i belive wrongfully so).

i still belive this is the truth.

i have been d'f for about 8 months now and working on reinstatement.

TxNVSue2023

Even though I'm disfellowshiped ( & I belive wrongfully so). I still belive this is the truth. I have been d'f for about 8 months now and working on reinstatement.

A few reasons why I believe

The world is getting more and more wicked (evidence of the last days)

No other religion that I have seen has the fruits of truth

I can see & agree with 95% of the doctrine. The 5% I don't agree with I chalk up to imperfection

Anyway so if you belive JW is NOT the truth, then what religion do you belive is?

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Are we living in the LAST DAYS?

by Fisherman in

are we living in the prophetic last days that will climax into armageddon?

if this is true then how long should it take?

as jw saw it, wt compared timing to within a generation using 70 ad as a parallel.

TxNVSue2023

Have you seen what society has degenerated to? Kids growing up today can't even tell what gender they are! They are having group sex and homosexual sex in their early teens/preteen years ( exposure to porn has normalized it).Every one is a mental case - narcissistic lovers of themselves -- the list goes on & on.

I'm df'd but even I can't make friends with worldly people-- they are filthy heathens! Addicted to all sorts of filth: themselves, drugs, sex, gaming, porn, etc etc.

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Disfellowshipped for Fornication

by TxNVSue2023 in

hi i want to tell my story and get advice.

i'm a single sister ( in usa) that has been baptized for 20 years.

i came from the world, so did not grow up in the truth and i have no family in the truth -- i am alone.. last year i met a brother & we did have premarital sex while we were dating.

TxNVSue2023

I didn't know all of that. I'm from the world, never been in trouble with the elders before, no one to warn me or explained how things work. They did not tell me when the JC was formed that I could get df'd for a sin that I had abandoned and already repentant to Jehovah for. Nobody knew about it unless my ex husband was telling people because he was trying to ruin my good standing to deflect from the fact they he had been committing adultery from day 1 of our marriage..

I guess I can't wrap my head around the need to confess something that has already been resolved. I wasn't aware that repentance had to involve the elders because I had already repented on my own. If we had decided NOT to, I would have voluntarily went to the elders then because those are different circumstances.

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Disfellowshipped for Fornication

by TxNVSue2023 in

hi i want to tell my story and get advice.

i'm a single sister ( in usa) that has been baptized for 20 years.

i came from the world, so did not grow up in the truth and i have no family in the truth -- i am alone.. last year i met a brother & we did have premarital sex while we were dating.

TxNVSue2023

I moved ti a new city/state after the divorce. I don't know a single person. I've been attending meetings in this new congregation ( where I know nobody( for months now. I applied for reinstatement less than a week ago. I'll see what happens (it has ti go through the old congregation). If reinstatement is approved will people still avoid & exclude/gossip about me?

What happens after reinstatement?