Topics Started by HappyBlessedFree

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I think I made up my mind
by paradiseseeker in
1. jw
2. friends
a month ago i travelled alone to italy for three days and i had the opportunity to visit the beautiful florence and re-visit many parts of rome.. but most importantly, i had the opportunity to stay alone and think about my situation and to make up my mind.. i've had very clear for almost 5 years that i will eventually leave the religion, but i couldn't decide when.. but now i know : i will leave on april 20th, the day after the memorial.. that day i will talk to my parents (this is by far the hardest thing to do) and soon afterwards i will talk to my closest friends, then i will send my disassociation letter.

i know that i will let them down, i will hurt them, most probably some of them will cry... but i need to live coherently for the first time in my life.

i'm sure that living in this contradiction is affecting and will affect my mental health and it's time for me to help myself instead of others.
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It doesn’t make Sense
by HappyBlessedFree in
1. jw
2. experiences
so my husband and i had a long conversation last night about why i no longer believe.

this is our 10th conversation about all the same things which we have been talking about for the last four months.. he says “you have let yourself be deceived”.

i try my best to show him my sincerity in my motives.
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“Millions now living will never die”
by HappyBlessedFree in
1. watchtower
2. bible
so i’m just reading the part in ray franz book “crisis of conscience” about the 1925 prediction of “millions now living will never die”.. ofcourse all witnesses are very familiar with this campaign.

yet none of us ever had an issue with it, including myself.

since the booklet was published in 1920, we are one year away from 100 years from that time.
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JW at a thrift store....
by Muddy Waters in
1. jw
2. experiences
so i was recently in a thrift store, looking through some of the stuff there, when another aisle over, somebody sneezed.. (as far as i know, nobody lost a meatball.... 😅🙃 ...).

anyway, somebody sneezed.

and somebody immediately said, “bless you!”.
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Helping your Spouse wake up
by HappyBlessedFree in
1. jw
2. experiences
has anyone had success in helping your spouse to wake up?

i’m thinking of showing my husband jwfacts.

he is starting to do his own research using wikipedia and google.
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Need Help - How do I refute this???
by HappyBlessedFree in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so i was talking with my husband about all the things the organization is doing ie.

hiding pedophiles, lying about what 1914 was etc.

so his response was that the nation of israel had times when they weren’t doing the right thing, but it was still gods chosen organization.. another topic we were talking about was disfellowshipping.
4
How do I find local ExJW - Redlands California
by HappyBlessedFree in
1. jw
2. friends
just wondering how to find any local exjw in the inland empire area, i am in redlands california..
17
Newly Free, Need Advice
by HappyBlessedFree in
1. jw
2. experiences
i stopped attending meetings about three months ago.

after researching everything i could find on jehovahs witnesses (which is a lot) i can happily say i am awake and free.

i was a baptized witness for over 25 year.
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You Know You're in the Wrong Religion When....
by Vanderhoven7 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
just thought a review the following material many have contributed to might be helpful .

you know you are in the wrong religion:1. when the all important question is not: "do you believe in the lord jesus christ?"....but....

"do you believe in the "faithful and discreet slave" appointed in 1919?"2.
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Attention Lurkers- the Paradise Resort Bus
by stuckinamovement in
1. jw
2. friends
imagine boarding a bus with your family for a long anticipated vacation.

the destination is a place that is promised to be beautiful warm and sunny.

as you are boarding the bus you are given a ticket stub with several paragraph's of fine print.