since leaving the wts i've struggled mightily to make friends and adjust socially.
i would really like to find some people that i know and reconnect if any happen to be on here.
so i'm going to reveal my name and ask that if you know me or our paths have crossed, please reach out to me.. i'm "no longer one of jehovah's witnesses" so why not?.
@ Honeybucket thanks for clearing up dreamgolfer comment, I had no clue what the inside joke was, lol.
@Tameria2001, I may send you a PM the next time I head down to NWA and see about getting some coffee or something. Would love to actually meet someone from this board.
since leaving the wts i've struggled mightily to make friends and adjust socially.
i would really like to find some people that i know and reconnect if any happen to be on here.
so i'm going to reveal my name and ask that if you know me or our paths have crossed, please reach out to me.. i'm "no longer one of jehovah's witnesses" so why not?.
Blindersoff- Search by name or location?
I've searched by location, found one person that I knew "captivenomore" but she hasn't been active on here for a couple of years.
I tried to ascertain if I know purplesofa or John Doe but I don't think I do.
Any specific suggestions of what to search for?
since leaving the wts i've struggled mightily to make friends and adjust socially.
i would really like to find some people that i know and reconnect if any happen to be on here.
so i'm going to reveal my name and ask that if you know me or our paths have crossed, please reach out to me.. i'm "no longer one of jehovah's witnesses" so why not?.
Well Thanks for the replies so far.
I might ry the ex-jw meetup thing, didn't know that existed.
Thanks
since leaving the wts i've struggled mightily to make friends and adjust socially.
i would really like to find some people that i know and reconnect if any happen to be on here.
so i'm going to reveal my name and ask that if you know me or our paths have crossed, please reach out to me.. i'm "no longer one of jehovah's witnesses" so why not?.
Not to irritate anyone, but unreplied to topics slide back so fast and I hope to find someone that I know, so I'm going to bump this to the top periodically. I realize the odds are stacked against me in this endeavor, but I will press on.
BTW I am now in Springfield, Mo and I'm 41 years old.
since leaving the wts i've struggled mightily to make friends and adjust socially.
i would really like to find some people that i know and reconnect if any happen to be on here.
so i'm going to reveal my name and ask that if you know me or our paths have crossed, please reach out to me.. i'm "no longer one of jehovah's witnesses" so why not?.
Since leaving the WTS I've struggled mightily to make friends and adjust socially. I would really like to find some people that I know and reconnect if any happen to be on here. So I'm going to reveal my name and ask that if you know me or our paths have crossed, please reach out to me.
I'm "no longer one of Jehovah's Witnesses" so why not?
My name is Terry Bridges. I grew up in Jasper, Texas. Moved to Fayetteville, Arkansas in 1987. I moved/lived in Wichita Falls, Texas 1997-98 then returned to Fayetteville, Ar from 1998-2011.
If you wish, send me a PM if its possible our paths crossed.
Thanks
i would like to thank everyone who is a part of this community.
i have been abused by this billion dollar evil religion since i was born.
i am now in my late thirties and have been battling depression issues over my former abuses by this nongoverment organization.
Welcome and great encouraging story, as far as your being able to get out while you still were relatively young and with your life ahead of you.
I also like the title of the thread, I hear it all the time as I listen to sports radio quite often, guessing you do too.
jw's claim to be god-fearing, faithful, spiritual people with a unique special personal relationship with god (jehovah).. yet, so much of what they do is just fro show, an outward appearance of holiness and faithfulness:.
) shunning- an organization-sanctioned shunning policy publicly "outs" the shunned and puts pressure on members to cary out the shunning.
why is this necessary if they truly have faith in god and that he sees all and nothing is hidden from his view?
Lots of good comments since I left for work.
Re Blondie's post:
We can, in effect, determine what has already been decided on a matter in the heavens.
So the WTS says, "We decided it, therefore it must be in agreement with heaven"
At the same time they reason:
Admittedly, due to human imperfections, mistakes in judgment are made at times, but this only emphasizes even more the need to adhere closely to the instructions in Jehovah’s Word in handling matters so as to be assured that what is decided is what has already been decided in heaven
They then say, "Well, we thought it was decided in heaven, but the fact is the network went down on our special JW cell phone in the middle of the call and we didn't get back thru until now. Sorry."
I can't believe I was once not only a part of this farce, but actually believed in it, and worse yet, enforced it! Geez, I'm so sorry.
jw's claim to be god-fearing, faithful, spiritual people with a unique special personal relationship with god (jehovah).. yet, so much of what they do is just fro show, an outward appearance of holiness and faithfulness:.
) shunning- an organization-sanctioned shunning policy publicly "outs" the shunned and puts pressure on members to cary out the shunning.
why is this necessary if they truly have faith in god and that he sees all and nothing is hidden from his view?
More petty fleshliness:
1.) Don't get caught going to a rated "R" movie or renting one from a public video store, just do it online....
2.) Don't go out drinking, just drink at home to whatever degree you wish
3.) It's awful to smoke, but gorge yourselves on fast foods' fatty, high cholestorol trash, since that's all you can afford= same effect
4.) Confess your sins to men, which of course outweighs confessing to God
5.) Live in misery with an awful, worthless marriage mate (so long as they don't physically assault you and permit you to go to meetings) because divorce would stumble many and God wouldn't understand.
jw's claim to be god-fearing, faithful, spiritual people with a unique special personal relationship with god (jehovah).. yet, so much of what they do is just fro show, an outward appearance of holiness and faithfulness:.
) shunning- an organization-sanctioned shunning policy publicly "outs" the shunned and puts pressure on members to cary out the shunning.
why is this necessary if they truly have faith in god and that he sees all and nothing is hidden from his view?
How can you possibly be spiritual if you're a man and wear a beard? Or if you're a woman and wear pants/slacks in worship activities?
Really??????
jw's claim to be god-fearing, faithful, spiritual people with a unique special personal relationship with god (jehovah).. yet, so much of what they do is just fro show, an outward appearance of holiness and faithfulness:.
) shunning- an organization-sanctioned shunning policy publicly "outs" the shunned and puts pressure on members to cary out the shunning.
why is this necessary if they truly have faith in god and that he sees all and nothing is hidden from his view?
Wouldn't Satan and his hordes of demons just sit back and chuckle at the vast "success" the WTS is enjoying with every annual report? His knees must be shaking with fear, I mean a whopping 0.1% of the earth's population and it never eclipses that ratio?
If Satan really exists, he must find all of this to be hilarious.
corrected the ratio
