Posts by happy@last

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Have You Been Invited To The Memorial?

by minimus in

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one of my best friend's, who is an ex elder had two elders visit him at his home yesterday to invite him to the memorial.

he was cordial to them because they were'nt over the top.. so far, i have had no invites, thank god..

happy@last

No, my best friend was so we defaced it and posted it through the KH door

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something happened this week to make me think about this again.. it feels like all bets are off and i really don't know what a good person is anymore.. when i left the jws i was so sure i knew what it meant to be a good person.. this has been revised many times since.. i tend to favour the utilitarian approach, the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people.. sometimes you have to stick your neck out and say this is not good for me no matter what others may feel they need from me.. no idea where i'm going with this maybe this is a breakthrough in my life or maybe that glass of wine was stronger than i thought!.

any thoughts?.

happy@last

To be a good person means to think of others. You can't always help but you can be there for them and do what you can in view of the circumstances you are in.

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How many members of our forum are there, and where are most from?

by stuckinarut2 in

i would love to know where most of our fellow forum members are from.... is there a way to compile a quick list?.

for example, i would love to know how many live near me......

happy@last

Scotland

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Ex-Jehovah's Witness success story

by Watchtower-Free in

this was just posted to facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/xjwrg3/10152073176825835/?comment_id=10152073536380835&notif_t=group_comment_reply.

by christina jones.

happy@last

I'm in Phizzy's camp (that didn't sound right), I shed a tear over this. What a great person she is, I hope the girl remembers that lesson.

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I have made my decision

by Brother Mike in

i'm sure most of you have read bits and pieces of my story throughout the last year being on this site.

i've decided as a human being, and as an adult, i'm going to make the decision on whether to stay with the jw religion or leave it.

i of course have many doubts about the organization which has lead me to do research.

happy@last

Great decision, don't expect it to be plain sailing, but it will be worth it. Life is for living, not for being in expectation of a future that doesn't exist.

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JW lifestyle is the best way to live!

by FL_Panthers in

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being a jw is amazing!

who agrees with me??.

the jw is a protection from the world.

happy@last

Welcome Starling.

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JW lifestyle is the best way to live!

by FL_Panthers in

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being a jw is amazing!

who agrees with me??.

the jw is a protection from the world.

happy@last

No thanks, I want to live in the real world, not a place where pedophiles are protected whilst their victims are treated like dirt. I want to find things out for myself, not be fed deception and lies and told they are truth.

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Hello, I am new

by LillyC in

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i am not a jehovah's witness but i am very interested, i have many questions and hope they can be answered here.. i do believe in god, privately.

i do say my prayers daily and do believe god helps me in countless ways.

but i don't go to any church.. i have always been impressed at how smart, polite and nice jehovah's witnesses are and i always make time to speak to them when they call at my door.

happy@last

Welcome here, never stop asking questions. Enjoy life and stay open minded. A lot of good advice above, I was once told believe nothing of what you are told and half of what you see. Works well if you are looking at JWs from new.

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This is my first post

by Make Lemonade in

i wanted to express appreciation to the members of this forum.

there are resources here that are deep.

like we heard from the stage, "what is your depth and breadth of bible knowledge?

happy@last

Welcome ML. A huge well done for standing up for what you believe in. Always be true to yourself. In my town a man was hounded out his home and made to leave by the community after the police found thousands of images of children on his PC, yet the same time the JWs refused to cooperate with the police when asked about a pedophile in their congregation! Us 'wordly' people are disgusted by pedo's actions, JWs want to protect them!

I wish you peace and happiness in your journey through life.

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A Saturday Knock on the Door & the JWN Forum

by kepler in

this is, of course, a recurrent topic that's made possible whenever a kingdom hall decides to march out on your neighborhood and street.. today it happened again in my neighborhood as a drum up for the memorial observance scheduled for monday the 14th of april.. why christ's passion and death should be observed on a monday of holy week i failed to ask this morning.

perhaps someone else might like to volunteer, but it seemed just another reason to be sceptical about the whole thing, though hardly ranking with changing ancient chronologies to get jerusalem's temple destruction 2520 years before 1914.. anyway two gentlemen in white shirts and ties greeted me politely enough at my door and presented me with a flyer about an event which they described as momentous.

they asked me if i had ever intended one and i assented.

happy@last

You certainly left them with something to think about. Nicely handled.