i was chatting to a friend on msn last night when she told me that another friend of hers and old aquantance of mine had logged in.
he is a jehovah's witness but she is not.. they started chatting and i tried to add him to my list of contacts, yet he blocked me.
i found out from her that he said the reason he blocked me was because ' i had left them'.
Hey Hamas,
Do you mean people actually USED to speak to you before?
Does this mean I could get DF'd for communicating with you?
What chance United's title now, Hamas?
Dansk
Of the loves to talk to disfellowshipped, disassociated and marked persons class
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i just finished reading victor e. frankl's book,"man's search for meaning".at the core of his theory is the belief that man's primary motivational force is his search for meaning.. the american journal of psychiatry says this about the book,"unconditional faith in an unconditional meaning is dr.frankl's message to the reader".. for myself,i did not find closure in man's search for meaning.dr.frankl also wrote,"the unheard cry for meaning"and "the unconscious god"which i will read next in hopes of finding some kind of closure in my search for meaning.. what about you,have you found closure in your search for meaning?if so, would you please share it with me, and anyone else who might be interested in this subject,thank you.. blueblades
have you found closure in your search for meaning?
KARMA
i was just outside a few minutes ago, thinking about a friend who is having problems.
i bowed my head and closed my eyes, because i'm a bit tired.
suddenly, in my head, i started to pray.
don't know about the rest of you, but I've never gotten an answer.
You may have and not noticed! I'll not undermine anyone's faith unless they try and push it on to me. Prayers may be heard - then again they might not. Who knows?
If I pray and what I pray for results, then I'm going to believe in prayer. What I would never know is what would have happened if I hadn't prayed!
It's the old fear factor again! Personally, I pray a lot less these days - more often, not at all!
Dansk
the special talk, that usually follows the memorial spoke of "three lines of evidence" pointing to the last days beginning in 1914.. not one of these included the "gentile times" chronology being mentioned.
(talk on babylon the great's hour of judgement).
they're phasing it out, i guess.
A GB member
claimed this chronology was relatively 'unimportant' anyway as Jesus only gave a 'visible sign' of his presence and the coming 'conclusion of the system of things'.
Yep,
That means yet another generation is about to get sucked into Watchtower lies and the show will just continue to roll along - unless we stop it!
Dansk
so what helped you leave the jw's?
curious.
for me it was the itnernet and reading coc.
I had a "spiritual experience",
Hey, Toe, so did I. The whisky is not all it's cracked up to be!
i was just outside a few minutes ago, thinking about a friend who is having problems.
i bowed my head and closed my eyes, because i'm a bit tired.
suddenly, in my head, i started to pray.
I
can't even use the name Jehovah.
Don't blame you! It's erroneous!
Dansk
i'm in the middle of a heartbreaking moment and don't know who to ask or turn to.. i've been in a relationship for 7 years.
most of it was long distance, but we still communicated through emails and phone calls and planned to visit each other until we could come together again.
he left for new york last year and said he would try to start his own business and i would then plan on moving to be with him when we both finished school.
Nickey,
I agree with Xena.
He says he was stupid and wrong and that he regrets doing it.
Has no-one here ever made a mistake? OK, the guy went off with someone else! I don't agree with it and, if my wife did it, I'd NEVER take her back (but we've been married for almost 25 years).
What if your guy is GENUINELY sorry and really would NEVER do it again. I know I seem contradictory - and even hypocritical - here, but your relationship wasn't exactly set on solid foundations. I'm for giving him ONE last chance.
Dansk
so what helped you leave the jw's?
curious.
for me it was the itnernet and reading coc.
This set me off searching: http://www.607v587.com/
Then I read The Gentile Times Reconsidered by Carl Olof Jonsson and Crisis of Conscience by Raymond Franz.
I guess I started searching initially because I couldn't come to terms with elders being appointed by holy spirit. They were such a bunch of knob-heads, egotistical and such megalomaniacs that I just wasn't having any of it. My problem is, I wonder what took me so long to do something! ARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHH!
Felt better after that scream
Dansk
just a short post to say that i feel really happy today.
my 19 yo son has had his birthday acknowledged and celebrated today for the first time in 13 years.. and it feels good for me as his mother to remind him every year, on the day he came into the world, that i consider from that day on, the best days of my life.
i cried as i wrote his card, thinking of all the wasted time in the borg, but now is the time to move on and start enjoying freedom.. so i just wanted to share this with people who i'm sure understand and share in the joy.. cheers,.
WOW! ANOTHER HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO EXPRESS . ALL THE VERY BEST TO YOUR SON! Dansk, Physio and Boys.
i've been lurking in this site for about a week now.
i didn't know something like this existed or else i may have come sooner.
i'm a bit selfish for making this my first post, but i'd like to introduce myself and get some feedback if possible.. my parent's became jehovah's witnesses when i was eight years old, so i was for the most part "raised in the truth".
WELCOME TO THE FAMILY, ANNE!
You’ll find the overwhelming majority on this list can identify with most, if not all, of what you have been through. There are ex-elders, ex-ministerial servants, ex-pioneers and ex-everybodies here – so enjoy your visits in the knowledge that you and your husband are truly not alone.
Dansk, Physio and Boys!
