I think it was wayne Dyer that said until you embrace your death, you can not live life. I to have had to come with terms of mortality in the last 30 years. Like all of us on here that were raised a JW having to deny that we would never die but live on forever into a paradise earth was a diss-service to us. As I grew older and watch my family grow old and die the reality has suken in that it was all a big lie. It does take time to work through it. Like other posters on here said just live each day to the fullest and don't worry about tomorrow.
William Penwell
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Overwhelming Fear of Death
by Perversion of a truth indo any of the posters on here deal with this?
i do, and i hate it.
people (mostly my brother) tells me to not fear death and just to enjoy life and so on, but that doesn't seem to help any.
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My JW mom is coming to visit this Friday!!
by Faithful Witness inmy parents are recent converts to jw (both baptized).
i was never a jw, but did study with them for a long time.
after doing research, my husband and i quit going to meetings and stopped the bs.
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William Penwell
And they call it a religion of love.
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The 1914 generation is still going strong 100 years later - 2014 study article.
by THE GLADIATOR injanuary 2014 watchtower study article.
let your kingdom comebut when?.
this generation will not pass away.
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William Penwell
I have heard this this same "end of system"message, 50 years ago. The urgency was needed, that it was only a matter of months, weeks or even hours to the end of the system. That we should sell out homes and go into the full time service.
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"Apostates" Who Return To Their Own Vomit
by minimus inonce you realize ttatt, how can anyone with half a brain, go back??.
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William Penwell
It is hard to leave something like the JDubs when all your friends and family still belong to it and treat you differently. It has been almost 20 years for me and I still get some pressure and guilt trips from some of my family members. I have moved on and have my own circle of friends outside of the organization. Like a drug addict or alcoholic, it is not enough to just quit the addiction but you have to develop new hobbies and build new friendships outside of the addiction.
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Participating on Assembly Programs and meetings... the hypocritical things that go on
by confusedandalone ini was thinking the other day about how i use to marvel at the idea of being on a ca or do program!
when i was starting to get myself together so to speak i wanted to be one of those guys always giving the powerful talk to shut the assembly down.
the one talk every spoke about in the car ride home.
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William Penwell
When I was a teenager the CO cut out a page from a Watchtower that pictures a young teenager. He wrote notations like, "notice the length of his sideburns" and "look what he is wearing". Your point 7 reminds me of one reason why I got away from the cult. It didn't matter how much you did, it was never good enough.
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Historical evidence for Christmas and Christs birthday
by DS211 ini just read this feom 4jehovah.org.
there is a historical basis for the december 25th date of christs birth.
justin martyr (100-165 a.d.) wrote marcus aurelius that jesus was born at bethlehem as you can ascertain also from the registers of the taxing.
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William Penwell
William Penwell "The two indivuals you are quoting from as your proof material lived over a hundred years after Jesus was born."
So you're saying they were from the same 'generation' as Jesus then.
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I guess as far as the JW's are concerned that would be proof. There is no proof that a person by the name of Jesus even existed.
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Historical evidence for Christmas and Christs birthday
by DS211 ini just read this feom 4jehovah.org.
there is a historical basis for the december 25th date of christs birth.
justin martyr (100-165 a.d.) wrote marcus aurelius that jesus was born at bethlehem as you can ascertain also from the registers of the taxing.
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William Penwell
The two indivuals you are quoting from as your proof material lived over a hundred years after Jesus was born. There also was a pre-Christian Roman celebration, the holiday of Saturnalia around that time of the year.
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Favoritism in the Organization
by William Penwell innot sure if this topic has been covered before but i have a question to all of you, did you run across much favouritism while being a jdub?
i know as a working person favouritism is standard practice.
growing up as a jdub and being a naive teenager i always thought that they were above "worldly" people but i learned the hard way and from my own brother in law.
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William Penwell
I know it happens in every aspect of life but the JW's like to claim they are above these imperfect traits but in reality they are no better than anyone else. I detest hypocrites.
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Favoritism in the Organization
by William Penwell innot sure if this topic has been covered before but i have a question to all of you, did you run across much favouritism while being a jdub?
i know as a working person favouritism is standard practice.
growing up as a jdub and being a naive teenager i always thought that they were above "worldly" people but i learned the hard way and from my own brother in law.
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William Penwell
Not sure if this topic has been covered before but I have a question to all of you, did you run across much favouritism while being a Jdub? I know as a working person favouritism is standard practice. Growing up as a Jdub and being a naive teenager I always thought that they were above "worldly" people but I learned the hard way and from my own brother in law. In the congregation he had his little "pets" that he thought could do no wrong and he favored them. Now looking back I actually thank my brother in law for opening my eyes to the hypocrisy and helped me see the true light. He is no longer my brother in law but if only this pompous hypocrite knew that he was the start of my leaving the cult. HA HA
I was wondering if any of you others had similar experiences?
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Disfellowshipped but still forced to pay maintenance or alimony
by Markw1509 incan i ask for your opinion?
i have been disfellowshipped and divorced for a few years.
my ex-wife and my daughter have cut off all contact from me.
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William Penwell
Yeah the Dubs are hypocritical bunch of bastards. If they are so adamant that you are such a bad person they would refuse the child support. Otherwise by them accepting the support, they would have to agree to visitation rights for you. They cannot have it both ways.