Posts by VioletAnai

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Respect

by In_between_days in

i'd like to share with you all a personal experience that i had recently.. i had told a freind about the u.n issue (j.w) and she said to let her know when i got my answer from the governing body about why they joined.. she asked about it, i did not bring it up, and i showed her their response (the standard explanation from brooklyn which you have all seen.).

we then got into a very interesting conversation.. she agreed with me that the explanation was very unacceptable, she did not even try to argue it.. she even accepted that it was wrong of the w.t to do this - i was very surprised.

we got into talking about the governing body, and my problems with it, and she surprised me further when she said that she does not believe that the governing body should be followed or held in as high regard as god or jesus.. she believes that god works through this organisation, but thinks that there are so many problems with j.w's never questioning their stands or logic.

VioletAnai

It's funny but I've heard a few say that the GB doesn't rule the roost in their lives. One sister I knew said that she cried when she read an article in a wt and KNEW it wasn't bible based....she defends Jah...but the gb is something else.

I feel strongly that the jw's have got a lot of things wrong in the past too...I only hope they now take steps to rectify that!

And yes...I too feel that the sting of shunning is too much to bear..it is counterproductive...who would want to return to an organisation who leaves them out in the cold when they've made an error...you need to guide and assist such ones NOT to make the same error again..you can't do that by pushing them away..only justifies what they did in their minds.

That sisters sounds like she's quite level headed....I'd like to meet a levelheaded jw.

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My mom isn't going to like this either!

by Elsewhere in

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friends

here is a pic of my phoenix tattoo:.

(let me know if it doesn't work so i can move the image to another server).

"as every one knows, there are mistakes in the bible" - the watchtower, april 15, 1928, p. 126 .

VioletAnai

That's a sweet tatt!!!!

I've always wanted one...but too chicken to get one...fear of needles, yeah, that's what I'll put it down to!

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Phobias - Agrophobia and Demophobia

by invisible in

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any other past/post sufferers who can describe these symptoms related to within the jw upbringing and comparison to outside, any improvements or no?.

also anyone with any strange physical manifestations of 'strange' illnesses whilst a witness?.

plus mental states, then and now, and what do you aspire to, to enable future happiness?.

VioletAnai

Well the result from the damage inflicted on me resulted in Agoraphobia and depression. I found the kh to be rather foreboding as a teen, but maybe this was because I was hiding my binge drinking and told no one what I was going thru. Unsympathetic too...when they did eventually find out, I was accused of sleeping with my bro-in-law and that was why I was drinking...from guilt! Little did they know...but I just kept my mouth shut and walked out for what I thought was good.

The agoraphobia got worse..everyone knew how dirty I was and what I'd done...till I combatted it...by becoming someone that EVERYONE looked at because I was DIFFERENT ON THE OUTSIDE - a Goth. Looking that way gave me the excuse to abuse anyone who looked at me sideways...I could blame HOW I looked for their piercing stares.

Go for some counselling...get some esteem...end up back with the jw's...what a cycle huh!

I struggle daily with not being good enough for Jehovah and still being a sinner...while my molester is lying six feet under...free until Jah revives him...as his death has paid for his sin. What about my death at age six. I know that HE hindered my development...the person I could have become!!!!! Oh how I lament that.

Face it, we've all felt not good enough...and inferiority complexes run rife in the jw's. After all you are taught to humble yerself by believeing EVERYONE is better than you...but that's a dangerous way to think.

Personality disorders run rife in all walks of life. A child's development and the way they perceive the world is influenced in their early childhood. Too many of us have been hurt.

We are all God's children....I just don't know if I've got the patience to wait for Him to act on my behalf. I don't even know if he will...I don't think I'd make a very good witness of His.

I think I got off the point.....sorry....

Depression and personality disorders....I've only seen evidence in myself...but then again....I'm pretty self-involved sometimes...

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A QUESTION FOR JWs

by QCA1 in

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hi .

i want to direct this question mainly to those who are still jws who post on this board,xjws please feel free to comment.. if the governing body were to call on you all including your children to congregate together each at it's respective kingdom halls,as persecution of gods people has reached it's climax and you have to fight to the death,would you follow that call.

VioletAnai

No, I wouldn't and neither would my congregation as the bible states that 'Vengeance belongs to Jehovah', we won't have to fight, he'll do it for us.

GilWarrior....anyone know if he's ok?

by VioletAnai in

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his thread a little while ago worried me....... http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=25457&site=3.

how about we email him some support!

show that he is a valued member of society even if he does find it a little hard to interact....we can help him along the way right?

VioletAnai

His thread a little while ago worried me......

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=25457&site=3

How about we email him some support! Show that he is a valued member of society even if he does find it a little hard to interact....we can help him along the way right?

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light bulb

by bchapp in

how many jehovah's witnesses does it take to change a light bulb?

one to screw in the bulb, and two to knock on your door and ask you if you've seen the light!.

"if the truth hurts most of us so badly that we don't want it told,.

VioletAnai

None...because lightbulbs are a tool of satan! Everyone knows he keeps transforming himself into an angel of light....

Thomas Edison was demonized!!!!!!!!!!!

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JWs next false prophesy.....2004/2005...

by TheApostleAK in

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i brought this up a while back (last year some time...can't find the damn post!!

)...has the watchtower hinted at this yet?.

ps i think the reasoning of this is that its 70 years since the closing of the heavenly calling (1934/35).

VioletAnai

I've been told the last generation will be the ones who witness the 'last days' and is not necessarily the anointed as there are so few left. So it could very well in fact be within another 50 - 100 years...because we are now living in the 'last days' of the bible.

They are talking about us...not the last of the anointed.

Or so my instructor told me...I ask her a hell of alot of questions...

And the reckoning is that jw's WON'T get to every country before the end...just as Jesus didn't get to every province while on earth....

And yet he said "This good news of the kingdom will be preaced in ALL the inhabited earth for a witness to ALL the nations and then the end will come"

Ok, so now I'm confused!

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