Posts by jdash

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Can anyone name a single incident when bethel has fed the poor ever ?

by Chook in

charity is lacking from the house of god.

i remember reading once about some young pioneer sisters who needed emergency accommodation and where turn away from brooklyn because they weren’t special pioneers.

charity begins at home..

jdash

The only example I know is that when there are earthquakes or natural disasters, they say the organization helps others also.

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Rhetorical Question From a Non-JW

by Brian J in

so i was asked if "jehovah's witnesses feel they are the only ones who will be saved.".

he said "i thought you would say that" and showed me our own website:.

https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/who-saved/ .

jdash

Nice way to think about it. Just like this weeks Watchtower basically saying that baptism is the key to gaining salvation, without it you won't have salvation.

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My JW Update

by jdash in

hey guys!

for me, things are doing better, you could say.

ever since i been on here, posting, and whatnot, i have been even more enlightened, if that's the correct word.

And DoC, no I haven't turned in a letter of DA or anything. But I understand where you are coming from, being confined from the world for my teenage years has made me want a lot. But I do plan on attending college after high school. I'm getting a job soon. I don't have car yet, still saving up. Thanks a lot !

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My JW Update

by jdash in

hey guys!

for me, things are doing better, you could say.

ever since i been on here, posting, and whatnot, i have been even more enlightened, if that's the correct word.

jdash

Hey guys! How are y'all? For me, things are doing better, you could say. Ever since I been on here, posting, and whatnot, I have been even more enlightened, if that's the correct word. I've got so much help and advice from ones on this forum.

So life so far is getting better. I've got things falling in place, even though my grandmother says otherwise. Some things I could still work on. Since my grandmother knows about how I want no part of the religion, she basically is telling me that I am immature and a hypocrite because "I promised to do his will and I dedicated my life to Jehovah." She still tells me to read articles by the organization, just like this weeks watchtower article. Which actually says, "Baptism is a requirement for Christians, and it is an essential step to gaining salvation." Personally, there is a lot of things mentioned in the article that is weird and confusing, probably just mind-manipulating. Seems as the organization wants you to think the world is a hell hole with nothing good for you.

Some days my depression gets to me because I know I'm going to be shunned because of my decision. I was researching and found 'Religious Trauma Syndrome.' Whether it's a real syndrome or not, that is actually what i'm experiencing, even though I haven't left yet.

http://journeyfree.org/rts/rts-its-time-to-recognize-it/

My belief in a lot of doctrines taught by the organization has withered. I have no belief in "Satan." No belief in the "Resurrection." Just to name a couple. I kind of have took on that personality of, "I'm here for a good time, not a long time."

293 days till I leave, basically almost 10 months.

Thanks for reading my drawn out 17 year old feelings, lmao.

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Is Satan Real ?

by jdash in

i've been pondering on this question for awhile now, and i'm starting to think this malevolent spirit creature isn't real.

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do you guys believe satan is real?

jdash

I've been pondering on this question for awhile now, and I'm starting to think this malevolent spirit creature isn't real.

Do you guys believe Satan is real? If not, why?

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Assistance would be appreciated

by Plato in

jw
friends

guess some introduction would be nice, before anything.

i’m a 17 year old men boy raised on a very liberal, highly intelectualized jw family.

currently very anxious on starting medical school at a high ranked public university around here.

jdash

Hey plato ! Me and you are in the same boat, you could say. I'm a 17 year old teenager as well. I honestly have gotten a lot of advice from this forum. It's not "apostates" in my opinion. These are some great people and very well educated.

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$5.5 Million to be transferred to World Wide Work from Assembly Hall fund

by Sour Grapes in

a letter was read tonight in our kingdom hall that the money that the circuits in the indianapolis area had in savings to build a new assembly hall will now be transferred to the www to build kingdom halls in lands where they are needed and a new assembly hall for us will not be built.. we had a beautiful assembly hall near downtown indy that was paid for.

it was sold a couple of years ago.

we were promised a new assembly hall to be built in southern ohio near the indiana border but they can kiss that goodbye now.

jdash

Wait, so you are in Indianapolis too? So am I. When they read this letter on Wednesday night, I was confused. A new assembly hall was promised but now that hope is down the drain.

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Conversation

by jdash in

so this morning i had a conversation with my grandmother about going out in service.

remind you i'm only 17. i tried to ask her why i had to go out in service if this isn't what i believe in and whatnot.

she went on saying basically these are the rules for this house.

jdash

So this morning I had a conversation with my grandmother about going out in service. Remind you I'm only 17. I tried to ask her why I had to go out in service if this isn't what I believe in and whatnot. She went on saying basically these are the rules for this house. I bought up being a fake witness, because why should I go preach and go knock on people's door telling them to believe this and that when I, myself don't believe in them. I didn't give specific reasons on why I don't so she used that saying stuff like "you haven't done the research and studying to believe this isn't the truth" something along that line. I wanted to bring some research I have done, but then she would've brought up going to apostate sites and whatnot. She said I was confused and I was just being a teenager.

So it ended and of course, because I'm still a minor and I'm forced, I went out in service.

She tried to use an example on me. She said " if you moved out here, which one of your friends house could you stay with until you're 21?" I didn't answer, because she didn't let me. Then she said, "If one of your friends needed a place to stay, we would let him until he can be on his own" or something like that. "That's because we are Jehovah's Witnesses and we are loving and caring." I wanted to say so many things about that but I didn't.

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What else is there to the so called "Truth"

by jdash in

first of all, i want to say thanks to all of you guys who gave me advice on my first post.

it really helped and i will try to use all of it.

now, i been doing research on what is false about the jdubs.

jdash

First of all, I want to say thanks to all of you guys who gave me advice on my first post. It really helped and I will try to use all of it. I appreciate it!

Now, I been doing research on what is false about the JDubs.

Do any of you guys have any information about things that they teach that are false?

Thanks !

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What do I do ?

by jdash in

hey guys, this is my first time posting on here but lets get started.. so i'm a 17 year old boy who currently attends meetings at a congregation in indianapolis.

i live with my grandparents, on my father's side, because my mother died in 2010. i been attending meetings since i was 10. my mother got into the religion but then got disfellowshiped.

my dad is on and off, he currently just got reinstated.

jdash

Thanks all for the help. Honestly, I have been preparing for college, and know what i'm going to study and whatnot. I will fake it for the rest of my time, or until i'm 18. I have made worldly friends already, some of them are better than the ones in the organization. I I get my license in a few days, all I need to do it save up some more money so I can be able to afford a car, and maybe insurance.

The advice I've received so far is amazing and I greatly appreciate it. You all are great people. I will continue to use this site and others as ways to help me cope, you could say. Because it's just that, I feel as I am brainwashed. As in like "you better come back or you will die in Armageddon."