Yes did. Believed all of it. Thought it unusual that others couldn't understand that it was the truth.
Then I had children and I needed to answer their questions and explain what I believed to them and it didn't make sense anymore.
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Did You Ever Find The Theolgy of JWs Reasonable?
by minimus inwhen i was a young man growing up in the religion, i would try to defend whatever the understanding of a doctrine was.
i won a lot of arguments based on the idea that i knew better than anyone i was talking to and defended myself admirably.
(lol)....eventually, i realized i was in a cult but for many years i was a believer and i had faith that the gb knew more that i could understand..
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Blood Issue.......something for thought, where is the logic.
by CovertsadJW ini have yet to read about the contradictions in the jw teachings on blood, but i have personally witnessed one.
i am a medical professional and have seen hemopure administered for an active jw who did refuse a blood transfusion.
its not fda approved here, but given in special life saving circumstances.
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Most JWs do not know about this. Just recently I came across one who didn't know they can get fractions from blood or that JWs are allowed to take them.
They trust a group of men to tell them what they can and cannot have without giving any thought or research into it. They trust that the research has been done for them and that the organization would not allow anything that Jehovah disapproves of.
Logic does not come into it.
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EMDR Therapy Anyone?
by Brian J intwo+ months into marital counseling for my wife (pimi) and i (pimo).
wife after decades of marriage decides for the first time to bring up separation due to, drum-roll please...... absolute endangerment of spiritual life.
a spouse may constantly try to make it impossible for the mate to pursue true worship or may even try to force that mate to break god’s commands in some way.
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I can't see how you not believing the same as her, places her in absolute spiritual danger. You have not stopped her from living her life as a JW.
Could it be that she IS starting to see your point of view and finds it scary and her flight response has kicked in?
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Article: Murder convictions overturned because Jehovah's Witness not allowed to serve on jury
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-sb-bilotti-convictions-overturned-20180214-story,amp.html.
murder convictions overturned because jehovah's witness not allowed to serve on jury.
february 14, 2018rafael olmeda.
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Is it just me or is that the stupidest reason to overturn a conviction? Surely if they are worried about the JW lady's right to serve on a jury, put her in another one!
Does the fact that she wasn't on this one change the facts of the case? The case has already been decided on by a jury.
Seems ridiculous to me.
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Happy birthday!
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Solicitors Visit Update
by pale.emperor inin case you're not aware of my last two threads:.
the situation that arose in that my mother has been having secret access to my daughter and refusing to tell me how she is: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5012900121935872/am-overreacting-here.
the build up to my solicitors visit: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6284953638666240/solicitors-appontment-tomorrow-advice-appreciated.
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Good work.
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2018 Regional Convention program available on JW.borg
by sir82 inhttps://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/convention-program-2018/.
friday.
be courageous and very strong”—joshua 1:7
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The courage to live in poverty while giving your material possessions to Jehovah.
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Solicitors Appontment Tomorrow - Advice Appreciated
by pale.emperor infollowing up on this thread: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5012900121935872/am-overreacting-here?page=3#!#5179106934128640.
im seeing my solicitor tomorrow to see about getting an order in place making sure any contact my daughter has with my jw family goes through me and not my ex-wife.. explained the situation briefly to the lawyer, she was asking more and more about why should i be concerned if a jw had access to my child.. i mentioned the blood issue, the shunning, the inappropriate pictures of armageddon in books/mags etc.
do you think i should bring in watchtower literature to show them what i mean?
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The video of Sophia giving up her ice cream money for the borg always gets my blood boiling.
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Am I Overreacting Here?
by pale.emperor inlet's call him "dave".. dave: hello?.
dave: we dont have to tell you how she is.
dave: <her mother> has custody.
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Now that your ex is also DFd is she on the same page as you with regards to the religion?
Your parents should not be talking to her but if they want to see their grandchild there is no other option. It is still better that she is present when they have contact with your daughter.
Talk to your ex about your initial agreement being honoured and come to an agreement that no indoctrination be allowed at visits and no undermining of you as her father. Only supervised visits with one parent present at all times.
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Mea culpa..
by zeb injust a few hours ago i took my wife (uber) to the hall with eats she had prepared as the cong are doing some work there.
i had not set foot onto the kh property in years and my stomach went into a knot as i did.
well what happened?
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Sorry you had to go down the terrible memories lane.