Posts by moreconfusedthanever

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Is he interested?

by Sunnybear in

i met a wonderful man on match.com several months ago.

on our first date, there was amazing chemistry and we ended up having sex.

it was not planned, it just happened.

moreconfusedthanever

Match.com and sex before marriage.

This man is NOT a JW. He may have been brought up as one and his family are but deep down he is not and he does not want to be honest with them or himself.

Guaranteed, his family do not know about you and your relationship with him and when he introduces you to his mother for your "bible study" he will tell them you are actually interested in the "truth" and it would not be appropriate for him to study with you because you are of the opposite sex. He will play the game and portray himself as a "rule following, christian", for the benefit of his family and the congregation.

Once you have been "converted" he knows you would never tell of your relationship as consequences would now be had for you and him and so all the power lies with him to choose to make your relationship formal or to drop you like a hot potato. You will have no power or say in what happens.

He may be interested in you and be enjoying your "company" but in no way should you consider this as love. Love is what everyone deserves in a long term relationship. There are more fish in the sea.

Change your phone number and run as fast as you can from this one.

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Did You Ever Find The Theolgy of JWs Reasonable?

by minimus in

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when 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..

moreconfusedthanever

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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Blood Issue.......something for thought, where is the logic.

by CovertsadJW in

i 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.

moreconfusedthanever

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 in

two+ 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.

moreconfusedthanever

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 in

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http://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.

moreconfusedthanever

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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three score years and 10

by stan livedeath in

yep--70 today.

moreconfusedthanever

Happy birthday!

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Solicitors Visit Update

by pale.emperor in

in 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.

moreconfusedthanever

Good work.

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2018 Regional Convention program available on JW.borg

by sir82 in

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https://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/convention-program-2018/.

friday.

be courageous and very strong”—joshua 1:7

moreconfusedthanever

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 in

following 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?

moreconfusedthanever

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 in

let's call him "dave".. dave: hello?.

dave: we dont have to tell you how she is.

dave: <her mother> has custody.

moreconfusedthanever

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.