Posts by DeWandelaar

for all those atheists or agnostics or maybe christian science people--what are some great sites to explore our existence, the universe, bible history and archaeology, pretty much all one needs to make a decision on their beliefs.

lets show the lurking jws that we can collaborate on something, and help a confused fading jw (me) explor his options and actually research.

DeWandelaar

There are many, many points of view but one of the eyeopeners for me was the scientific approach that debunked a global flood:

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-noahs-ark.html

The talkorigins site in itself is quite interesting by the way and maybe there are even more pages that may help to make decisions

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Categories of Former Jehovah's Witnesses

by neverendingjourney in

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i was never disfellowshipped, but it's been about 10 years since i was an active jw.

i've made an occasional meeting or half-day at an assembly here or there, strictly at the behest of family (maybe once a year), but i'm completely disconnected.

more importantly, mentally i'm 100% free.. we all have a tendency to project our views and beliefs onto others, and tending to believe that other former jws share our views is no different.

DeWandelaar

@judgejudy ... I was actually amazed to read your post. Not because of the nice contents or something but just how hatefull it seems to be. For your info: people that are posting here are NOT saying they have the truth... Unlike organisations like the WTBS that do. If you want to judge any of the posters please tell us the following:

- define "the truth"

- if "the truth" is jesus or jehovah please proof us why

- if the proof is "the bible" please hive proof why it is the 66 books you may be using

like i told before: I am open to truth... but not in a way I have to throw away reason...

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Categories of Former Jehovah's Witnesses

by neverendingjourney in

jw
friends

i was never disfellowshipped, but it's been about 10 years since i was an active jw.

i've made an occasional meeting or half-day at an assembly here or there, strictly at the behest of family (maybe once a year), but i'm completely disconnected.

more importantly, mentally i'm 100% free.. we all have a tendency to project our views and beliefs onto others, and tending to believe that other former jws share our views is no different.

DeWandelaar

I do not really like to think in boxes so I think, like Ding says, it is more a spectrum in which someone sometimes move from one quarter into another. You have some hardcore diehard xJWs that fit into categorie 4 but you may find the same zealousness in people that are in categorie 3.

I for example do not feel too traumatized by anything because I freed my mind myself. I did not feel a shock or something of that nature but DID believe the bullshit I have been fed for tens of years. I do not feel hardship to others that DO believe in it either. My zealousness for getting people out has changed a lot actually within a year and also my believesystem.

Maybe I am in the middle of the spectrum... the core of light hahahaha :D

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holy sh*t i just found out that my wife is thinking of getting baptized

by greenhornet in

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yes to the morman cult.

she wanted me to to go to there meetings and i said no way.. i stumbled upon a email of hers i was not soposed to read.

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DeWandelaar

Taking a bath can't be too bad now can it?