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  For those who are still IN and attending meetings, do you still study the WT & other books?

  by ohnightdivine in

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  for those of you who are still attending meetings due to various reasons, how do you prepare yourself for each program?.

  do you still read and study the wt?.

  do you still read and study the okm, jeremiah, etc?.

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  sylvlef

  even when was mentally in i did noT like to study ad Prepare the meetings. now do noT open the WT material before the meetings, and when i am in the KH i let my mind "drift" far far away...

  Sometimes however my wife insists on doing the wt study with me...I avoid this as much as possible but in order to soften things a little i do it with her.Only reading the paragraphs, reading the question and then reading the phrase linked to the question.no highlighting, no taking bible . I thought this wouuld bore her but she still says "i'm happy to Prepare my study with you"! amazing...
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  Why do you still go to meetings?

  by Aroq in

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  i'm asking this because there are a few on this site who do not agree with the wt or gb, but yet still go to meetings.. .

  why?.

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  sylvlef

  Am like St Gorge of England: still go to those crappy meetings because i love my wife and she is so IN the WT way of life...

  My parents are still in too...

  Should those 3 people get out of it , I would leave this religion-cult and never return again in any form of religion...
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  Things in the Bible that the JWs don't follow/practice.

  by UBM101 in

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  i am pretty annoyed to read/hear them saying that they are the true christian religion because they preach, follow the bible bla..bla..bla... let's list down the things in the bible that they don't follow/do.

  i'm sure they are plenty.. the fruits of the holy spirit, that's for a start.. .

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  they make a glory to abstain from blood, but they let people take medicine that contains fraction of blood... bible does noT say "abstain from blood except medicine containing 0.0001% of blood...". Better be authorizing people to be treated with blood transfusion in that case, at least it would save life...

  Another thing that bothers me: birth control. They are very hard on abortions, even in the case of a risk pregnancy, but allow contraception...If you read bible story of Onan you Will see that people who try to have "intimate life" but does noT want to have children are "bad in the eyes of god"...If they really were following the bible they should forbid the ûse of birth contrôl (as does the traditionnal catholic church) just as they discourage and forbid to celebrate birthdays...there is a lack of cohérence here.

  And just to make it clear, i'm ok with birth control and find it a Great progress...I just want to point out inconsistencies in JW dogma...
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  No Hand Holding During Prayers But Door to Door?

  by blondie in

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  http://www.nanaimodailynews.com/life/the-next-three-days-1.284082.

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  sylvlef

  Sometimes go to FS in order to please my wife. and sometimes the conductor put me to go preaching with my wife. when this happens i arrange to "go and check the territory" for 5 minutes ( all building closed) then "witness in the street", meaning, me and my wife walking casually, holding hands and noT preaching to anyone, during 2 hours or so...but my wife still counts her time as "witnessing time", while just am happy to have a Nice walk with her and don't bother to count any time (I always report the same 3 or so hours per month whatever go or noT in FS during the month).

  So for some JW doesn't matter if you hold hands or noT during (preaching) commercial work, all that matters is the figures on a paper sheet ;-)!

  And show a happy JW couple: always good for business...
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  Time to take my mask off.

  by braincleaned in

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  after more than two years here on jwn, i will unmask myself and finally close the closet door behind me, fully coming out.. let me be pithy.. my name is vincent deporter.

  i'm a writer/artist published a little all over the place.

  i started my career in france, about 35 years ago.

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  sylvlef

  Hey...in my message on your other post forgot to congratulate you for the art on jwsurvey!

  Also read on wikipedia that you inked many of the batman and superman style-guides....wow man i'm a huge fan of Batman !!
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  Divorced Atheist ex-JW Dad

  by braincleaned in

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  i just wanted to chime in as a loving atheist father, divorced to a jw, and what plays as far as educating our children.. we have shared custody but the kids are mainly with their mom - 11 and 14 respectively.. the problem i face is keeping a balance for my children.

  i have turned atheist during our marriage, so my ex didn't have the spiritual support she signed up for anymore.

  i can understand it is not easy.

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  just Read your posts...congratulations, you are wise and feel no ressentment or hate , even with the expériences and divorce provoked by the WT...

  I admire you for that...
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  What are you NOT allowed to say as a Jehovahs Witness?

  by The Quiet One in

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  "one of the bible study was listening and singing the song by jason mraz titled lucky with the chorus going like this;.

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  'i'm lucky i'm in love with my best friend.. lucky to have been where i have been.. lucky to be coming home again.. lucky we're in love in every way.. lucky to have stayed where we have stayed.. lucky to be coming home someday..'.

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  sylvlef

  As a JW you are noT allowed to say "I swear to you" ("je te jure" in french).

  Also do noT dare say "to be an elder or a ministerial servant is a complète waste of time"...just did it yesterday to he wife, she got in shock!!!

  Same thing with "I hâte preaching and fieldservice, it's useless, makes me feel just like being a salesman"...
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  Hilarious experience my JW father told me - well it made me laugh

  by not bitter in

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  dont ask me why but my dad recited to me a wonderful experience out of the blue.

  he never talks jw to me so not sure where it came from.

  an american brother came over to the uk who was a great great great grandson of a pastor who was friends with charles russell.

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  KH are full of urban legends that most JW will believe and report as perfectly real without asking where this is coming from...

  but they Will all laugh at the face of people who believe in "saints" miracle in Lourdes for example...
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  Maybeso

  by MaybeSo in

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  im very sad, upset and disappointed all at the same time.

  why couldnt i just stay away from this dam forum and live my life and blindly dedicated it to the borg.

  now i know ttatt, i cant ignore all the facts and all the stories of the great people in this forum.

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  sylvlef

  Hi

  As expresses by Many people here, only you know what your wife is most likely to do if you tell her what you feel.

  sometimes i feel just like you, sad and depressed because of this. Sorry there is no "right answer" for your situation...but don't give up hope,even if it is a long journey...
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  MIL letter to my wife

  by AggieNostic in

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  background: my wife and i are inactive, we stopped attending in 2005. raised as jws, were pioneers, i was elder etc... .

  our kids are in college, also inactive but are baptised.

  my wife went back to college, getting her degree this month at age 48!

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  sylvlef

  hi

  I was shocked by this letter,but not surprised. this is the way of the more fanatics JW, even if they are not all like this.

  You could choose to ignore this letter , but this would be giving them the impression that you are wiling to cut ties with them, just like it is written in some Watchtower magazines. instead , as many people here told, you could Reply back with a gentle letter, saying that:

  1) this décision is very sad and shows no love at all, given the fact that it is not a proof of love to disassociate and not even wanting to see people from family just because they choose to think differently. Ask her how she would react if situation were reversed, and if a catholic or a muslim people chose to disassociate from a member of family because he chose to become a JW...then put the extract saying that No one should be forced to worship in a way that he finds unacceptable or be made to choose between his beliefs and his family." (Awake! 2009 July p.29).

  2) you are not willing to be as robotic as her, so you Will respect her décision and Will not be imposing your presence to her at any family event, or any other occasion, if it is zuch a torture for them to see you,but you Will never stop to love them so if one day they change their mine they Will always be welcome .also you wil be there for them if they need you for anything, they just have to give you a call.

  I hope you and your family Will be ok...