Posts by sosoconfused

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What about your vow to Jehovah?

by a watcher in

did you get baptized without being dedicated?.

why did you allow men to come between you and jehovah?.

why were you serving jehovah at all?

sosoconfused

@watcher your faith in Jehovahs earthly organization is weak because of the fact that you have totally ignored their command to stay away from sites such as these. I am beginning to think you may be a troll of sorts...

I have no idea how a thinking person can have total faith in an organization that has lied to you in PRINT...

If you can have that kind of faith then JW land is perfect for you. If you do not care that the people who are representatives of god can tell you a bold face lie in the magazines you "study" then YOU ARE MISLED. That organization is made for people who do not want to think.

Let me ask, if they came out with an article that said from their understanding of the scriptures you have to wear purple hats every Thursday would you do it?

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The worlds apart movie truly shows the insanity

by sosoconfused in

that comes with being disfellowshipped for reading "apostate" literature.

the movie is on youtube i would post the link but i am not sure if we can do that... (copyright and all).

at the 24 minute mark she is at a mall with this worldl guy and sees her df'ed brother.

sosoconfused

@coco - this is great! thank you so very much.

This will be our movie to watch tonight instead of the Ministry school we havent been to in months ROFL

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The worlds apart movie truly shows the insanity

by sosoconfused in

that comes with being disfellowshipped for reading "apostate" literature.

the movie is on youtube i would post the link but i am not sure if we can do that... (copyright and all).

at the 24 minute mark she is at a mall with this worldl guy and sees her df'ed brother.

sosoconfused

that comes with being disfellowshipped for reading "apostate" literature.

The movie is on Youtube I would post the link but I am not sure if we can do that... (copyright and all)

at the 24 minute mark she is at a mall with this worldl guy and sees her DF'ed brother. The uy she is with wonders why she cant talk to him. Its because he read a book apparently. The guys reaction is hilarious yet at the same time so surreal.

You must watch this movie

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I think my wife is going to open the can of worms...

by sosoconfused in

jw
friends

so over the last 5 - 7 months as some may know i have resigned as an elder and just came to a cold stop going to the meetings.

brothers call i wont answer the phone.

if they come by i just wont answer the door.

sosoconfused

@ label licker ROFL

I really see why the term woman scorned is so true...

It is almost scary

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I think my wife is going to open the can of worms...

by sosoconfused in

jw
friends

so over the last 5 - 7 months as some may know i have resigned as an elder and just came to a cold stop going to the meetings.

brothers call i wont answer the phone.

if they come by i just wont answer the door.

sosoconfused

@DD - When I stepped aside she saw that I was getting sick and worn out and she supported that but she did not initially support my decision to stop going altogether. I do remember her asking me one day if she died and I remarried and our children were still young how would we raise them together. Would she be out of luck and the new wife get the priveledge or would it be some weird spiritual shared custody thing. All the answers seemed bad to her. I told her (on purpose to evoke emotion) that since she died and the marriage bond ends at death that no doubt she would be S^#T out of luck. This troubled her badly.

Then the IVF thing... no woman should be able to read that and not see the insanity of this org and the rules.

Then we also had the denial of going to the international convention - but some newly appointed pioneer got to go. She was mad

Then she said at the circuit why do they always have examples of people pioneering and super elders instead of people who struggle on a daily basis to get to the meetings and serve god.

Its like the questions just started flowing. There has to be one thing for her that is a trigger that starts the flood gates. One thing I noticed though is while she was going and I was not I would always ask her about the meeting and how it was. There was always some form of complaint. I stored them in my head and brought them up at the most convienent of times.

I pray your wife comes around - because it makes the ordeal of leaving more of a trip.

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Why is God speaking in riddles?

by sosoconfused in

it seems for most of the bible that god spoke directly to people and told them what to do.

he wrote things on rocks.

he gave them laws.

sosoconfused

@punk LOL "little boys"

@Xan - Its funny the more I look outside the Middle East they seem to also have very rich cultures and religious beliefs with similar sentiments as those taught in the bible. Sometimes they are even more well-rounded.

Which also connects to the thought that I have always had as to why god would only care about peopel in this small area for thousands of years and not give a crap about the 6 other continents with people on them? It woud seem if they all got off the ark and went seperate ways their thoughts on god would have some levels of similarity ya know

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Can't be myself

by StephaneLaliberte in

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[endif]i had a diner with the neighbors... they don't know i'm a jw cause i don't tell people anymore about it.

somehow, the topic of cults came up and one of my neighbors said that the jw require 10% of their income to go to the church.

sosoconfused

I was chillin with my neighbors and the topic of Religion came up. One made some deragotory comments about witnesses and I simply said, "I was one for 30 plus years - they are crazy but what you just said aint true and laughed out loud.... they laughed as well and we talked about it for 10 minutes then moved on. They weren't upset at all. I wasn't either and we just let it slide." Sometimes it is best to just fess up and move on.

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Why is God speaking in riddles?

by sosoconfused in

it seems for most of the bible that god spoke directly to people and told them what to do.

he wrote things on rocks.

he gave them laws.

sosoconfused

That was no doubt because they did not think about it, it was a passing fancy.

There was 0 need for anyone at jesus feet to have to spend hours trying to figure out those simple parables in the scriptures. Everyone of them is easily understood by a person who reads them from the scriptures today. Anyone who wanted to understrand them could do so by a simply thinking about what Jesus was saying.

There was no need to cross reference anything Jesus spoke with 15 different scrolls, and then apply mysterious dates and hidden meanings to any of it. Which I am sure you are well aware of

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Why is God speaking in riddles?

by sosoconfused in

it seems for most of the bible that god spoke directly to people and told them what to do.

he wrote things on rocks.

he gave them laws.

sosoconfused

@seraph - Jesus never spoke in riddles. Parables are the type of thing that if you are not willing to sit and listen to you will not understand. As in being to busy to put aside 45 seconds to listen to what the person is saying. Being to busy or occupied to be enlightened.

Jesus parables did not deal with numerology... and guesswork... and links to other bible books concerning info from another bible linked to events 2000 years later. They WERE SIMPLE. You just had todevote the time to sit and listen to it completely

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New IMITATE FAITH BOOK Page 21 Imitate NOAH ? wooaah!! better hold it !!

by prologos in

wt research is now published that shows how noah build the immense ark to withstand all these overwhelming stresses.

it was glued, cementet together like the most modern composite aircraft components.

of the 20 joints visible in the picture, not one has a fastener, dowel, nail, screw, bolt, not even a clamp to hold the thing together while the glue sets ????

sosoconfused

Can you please post the exact wording of this section pleeeeeeeeease