you can't tell anyone anything they are not ready to hear. so if they were ready i would certainly want to, and i think at this point i could. if not, oh well......
nowisee
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If You Could Explain To A Witness WHY They Are Wrong, Would You Want To?
by minimus inand would you personally, be able to make a clear explanation as to why the witnesses are so wrong??
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When People Ask Questions About Jehovah's Witnesses, I Tell Them The Truth
by minimus infor a while now, when someone asks me why jw's don't celebrate birthdays, i tell them the unadulterated truth.
i say that in the bible, 2 pagans celebrated their birthdays and 2 people got killed, and that's why we don't celebrate birthdays.then if someone asks about why we can celebrate anniverseries, i tell them that nobody got killed for celebrating one, so it's up to our conscience.
if someone asks if we take blood transfusions, i say no, but, we will take (and i name the different components) other portions of the blood.
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nowisee
ok, i understand. im pretty new so i didn't know your story. i have been very impressed with your thoughtful and knowledgeable questions. im curious about your current spiritual views. do you still believe in god? where will you go?
i wish you well and hope you find your way. i hope things work out well with your family. my best to you. nowisee
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I NEED you all's opinion!!! Please read................................
by Jesika ini just got off the phone with cruzanheart.
she told me about someone i knew that passed away.
i don't remember her very well, but i remember she was very nice and very humble.
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nowisee
go, jesika, and know that you will have all of us with you in spirit, understanding how you feel, and offering comfort.
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confused
by free will ini'm a newbie who has recently admitted to myself that 'the truth' isn't the truth.
i'm struggling with my new found freedom.
i don't know what truths i should believe anymore.
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nowisee
27 years ago i was exactly in the same place you describe. the biggest mistake is to believe that the organization is the same as God. it absolutely is not. a large part of the process is divorcing the two, and takes a real adjustment in thinking. start reading the bible without wt literature, without bias, and see where you get. pray for guidance. don't stop seeking. don't allow a misguided feeling of betraying God prevent you from knowing who God really is!
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When People Ask Questions About Jehovah's Witnesses, I Tell Them The Truth
by minimus infor a while now, when someone asks me why jw's don't celebrate birthdays, i tell them the unadulterated truth.
i say that in the bible, 2 pagans celebrated their birthdays and 2 people got killed, and that's why we don't celebrate birthdays.then if someone asks about why we can celebrate anniverseries, i tell them that nobody got killed for celebrating one, so it's up to our conscience.
if someone asks if we take blood transfusions, i say no, but, we will take (and i name the different components) other portions of the blood.
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nowisee
minimus, did i understand this correctly? are you still a jw?? why???
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Milton Henchel is dead
by beroea inthis morning they announce to the bethel family that brother milton
henschel passed away on
in the full time service for 69 years and was the 5th president.
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nowisee
i knew him too. met him as a child and as an adult. he seemed warm and friendly.
the death rate is one per person. no one escapes. we all will one day be there.
i feel sad that there is so much bitterness expressed, yet i know that the bitterness is just the flip-side of pain. i feel so much sadness for all the pain.
his death doesn't affect me really, one way or the other.
i wish all could be in that space of not being affected by this death. that would be the sign that true healing had taken place.
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nowisee
someone i knew who was studying and engaged to a young jw brother, got thrown out by her catholic family. another jw family agreed to house her and she promptly fell in love with THEIR son. ended up marrying him. alls fair in love.....
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What urged YOU to join the cult?
by gydja ini am just curious now...i was wondering, if you are not born into the jw organization, why did you join in?
what was it that interested you most?
why did you accept to study the bible?
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nowisee
i was born into it and didn't have a choice.
my father i am told, was a pacifist. in the 30's he was attending meetings of various pacifist organizations and when he came in contact with jws he was ripe.
my mother was converted by my father before they got married. oh those raging hormones.
i have often felt over the years that jws attract people with various and sundry problems: they are neurotic, they are afraid to die, they are socially inept yet find acceptance at kh, they want simple ready made answers to all of life's problems, they want to put responsibility on others for their own actions. these observations, of course, would not apply to everyone, but they seemed to be common among the people i knew.
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Oscars
by LuckyLucy inmichael moore mad a fool out of himself when he trashed the president.
i loved it when the audience starting booing him.
i'ts like these celebrities are cutting off their noses to despite their faces.
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nowisee
i may even AGREE with what michael moore said, but i just wish he hadn't said it when and where he did because it might prevent people from opening their minds and seeing his brilliant documentary, "bowling for columbine". if you just want to get some insight on the effects of the american media on the american psyche, just go see it. pretty amazing.
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My Story
by Jennie in(note from mom -- cruzanheart -- our jennie, who is 9 years old, wanted very badly to join the forum, so we agreed that she could as long as she posts and reads while sitting on one of our laps, for censorship purposes!
she wrote the following essay over the weekend after we had a talk with her about the circumstances surrounding her grandfather's death.
she's letting me type it, but the spelling and punctuation is hers.).
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nowisee
hi jennie,
i am so glad you wanted to be here to join us. i don't think there are very many people your age here, so i guess that makes you very special.
im so sorry about your grandfather. it just doesn't seem right and it doesn't seem fair that this should happen to your family. i really know exactly how you feel because someone in my family committed suicide too. what happened with me is that, even though we were all really sad and angry, we all pulled together and tried to remember all the good times and all the good things about that person. we know that the person didn't try to hurt us, they were just very sad.
with you, im just so happy for you that your parents love you so much. i know you can count on them to get you through this, and after a while things will be better. and don't forget, you have a lot of friends here too if you need to talk.
best wishes, jennie. we're thinking of you and sending you lots of hugs.
nowisee