Iown Mylife

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  Great News!

  by haboob48 in

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  well i do not post here very much and usually what i have to say........well...isn't that important!

  but......i am the proud grandmother of twin girls as of august 10!

  i am so proud of my daughter, who is 25, just gave birth to twin girls.........no painkillers........nothing!

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  Grandkids are the BEST things in life! I know you are so happy, and wish the best to you and your family!
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  Apostate books

  by search4truth in

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  after learning ttatt attending meetings is real pain for me but have no option other then participate.

  since many jw use mobile devices during meetings i use them too.

  but instead of wt or bible study book i read apostate books like raymond franz books ,captive of concept etc.it helps a lot to survive 2 hours of boredom.

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  OMG that is hilarious! Are you kidding, or have you actually been doing that? And the fact mobile devices are allowed in the meeting now - that has to be fairly recent - i never saw it so it was after i left.

  It's really astonishing because when people first started to get home computers and began bringing printed-out scriptures to the meeting, all the old buzzards who didn't have computers were kicking up a huge fuss - "Oh, that isn't theocratic - they should be reading out of the actual Bible, not off a paper!"
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  Joined the YMCA! Start tomorrow on getting fit.

  by skeeter1 in

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  i joined the ymca.

  of course, i joined it for the gym.

  seriously, the best deal in town for a whole family membership that the gym actually allows tweens and teens to exercise in classes and on machines.

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  phys ed at the Y is a terrific bargain!
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  Religious beards of Ministry

  by Terry in

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  spurgeon remains highly influential among christians of different denominations, among whom he is known as the "prince of preachers"..

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  Thank you for the hilarious beard seminar! they are all funny but the patchtivist got me the most!
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  my first post and some questions

  by wallievase in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is my first post after deciding to finally open an account here after months of 'lurking'.. a couple of issues i want to address-.

  i have issues with people who go from being a witness to losing all faith in god or the bible which seems to be the case with some members of this site.

  i just don't think you can let any religion change how you view god or the bible.. second-i don't feel the gb are bad people, i think most witnesses including them are misguided by something that has been drilled into their heads since they were little and are actually sincere people.

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  Iown Mylife

  Hello Wallievase! Now you got that first post out of the way, you will begin to enjoy this forum more and more, at least that's the way it worked for me.

  Have you had a chance to read Crisis of Conscience by Ray Franz? I'm still reading and re-reading it. There's a place in there where he says that one of the GB said if something hurt an individual Witness but was better for the entire body of Witnesses, then the one individual's pain or trouble didn't matter.

  In other words, an individual is expendable, it's the main mass that counts. The numbers are important, not the people.

  Okay, when I got to the realization that the WT is simply another cult, it was very easy to leave. It became important to leave.

  I don't believe people who use mind control are innocent or sincere. I think the GB and the whole arrangement they have with the money rolling in and the attitude they have towards people is far away from what the Creator would intend.

  Everybody's outlook is different because we all have had different circumstances and experiences. I've come to my current beliefs after going through a great deal of painful problems caused by being a member of the WT cult.

  I respect however you feel towards the whole subject.
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  Hi, Im new (kind of)

  by geek in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi, i was here years ago but havnt been around for maybe 7 or 8 years.

  i was brought up as a jw, my mum still is, ive studied and studied over the years but have never been baptized and have always had nagging doubts.. ive been trying to talk to my mum and her husband about my doubts but its like they dont understand what im saying, my mum's husband jumps from one topic to the next, throwing point after point at me and doesnt listen to any of the answers i give him.. for instance this week i told him that i doubt the bible because when it talks about the last days it fails to mention the ice caps melting or about the technology we now have but talks about wars etc that mankind has always known.

  i just get the same answer from him everytime "it cant mention everything or the bible would be a mile long".

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  Hi Geek! There was a family in the congregation (actually a big extended family spread over several congs) that your description reminds me of. These people were so sure they were right about everything and would never let anybody get a word in. They were like jackhammers. They were the worst when talking to JW brothers and sisters. There was nothing like a conversation, just override with their irrefutable wisdom.

  Nobody wants to be around people like that. It got so, if I saw them out in public I would wave and run the other way. The last time I saw one of them and they were calling after me, didn't I want to hear about this or that, I hollered NO over my shoulder as I ran the other way.

  It's intimidation, and as Narcissistic would say, it's narcissisism (can't spell it) - people just FULL of themselves.
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  Sarcasm and Impatience - Things That Remind Me Of JW's

  by Iown Mylife in

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  what things do you encounter in your daily travels that trigger memories and impressions of jw's?.

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  What things do you encounter in your daily travels that trigger memories and impressions of JW's?
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  Well I gotta go......

  by punkofnice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ...i might drop in every now and then but i hope you all enjoy life, escape the watchtower(r) and live prosperous lives.. i can't say i contribute much here anyway (and i'm not attention seeking).. i'm just going to get on with life away from the constant reminder of the mistakes i made being a jw zombie drone.. i guess i'm just going to fade.......rather quickly.. of course i didn't need to make any posts here to disappear but i thought it'd be polite and very british to bid you all a fond farewell.. see you all sometime.....maybe.....maybe not.....maybe....... bye!.

  ps.

  don't pm me as i won't be checking the pms.. .

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  Hi, Punkofnice, i have appreciated all your comments and way of thinking, and way of expressing yourself.

  Thank you!
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  Fading ... Do You Owe Witness Friends An Explanation?

  by What Now? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm curious about what you all think on this subject.

  when my husband and i became irregular about a year ago, and then inactive around 5 months ago, i felt that it would be hypocritical to take advantage of the social side of the witness community if we weren`t going to meetings or in service.

  we stopped entertaining (which we did quite regularly - theme parties, card parties, movie nights, big turkey dinners, breakfasts on holidays etc), and i slowly stopped accepting invitations for get togethers, playdates etc.

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  HI WhatNow -

  It is lonely, we've been through a similar transition in our lives, from thinking we had many friends and being very social, to nobody calling and realizing we never had true friends.

  I want to say, it really will get better. I went through a sad lonely time but then i got busy with my own business and then gradually began reading websites like this and books like C of C. It became plain to me that it was better to be lonely than spending my life hanging around with superficial, hypocritical people.

  I don't know what the answer is. The two of us here are really too old to make new, deep friendships. But I'm enjoying all the great folks on this forum, very much!
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  The happiest people on earth... Yeah right

  by Bells in

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  i am looking for some advice - or maybe just some moral support.. i can't find the link to my previous thread... but in a nutshell... husband and i got married a couple months ago after 10 or so years together.

  he was never baptised, but grew up 'in'.

  i never had any exposure to the craziness til i met him and his family.

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  Hello Bells,

  You really are in a bad situation and of course first thought I get is all the good helpful books there are to read but right now you could decide what attitude you will be determined to show whenever you're around them.

  I'm thinking, if I was in your shoes, what would I say in the face of bad treatment: "I love my husband and respect you all as his family. Can you respect my beliefs in return? I do not intend to discuss religion because obviously we have fundamental differences in our beliefs, and I appreciate your understanding."