i'd like share why i went from being a teenager determined to work in full time service for jehovah my entire life, to now being on here commiserating with you all.
i use to be an atheist but i now believe in god.
but i'm not preachy about god.
Hi Dan
Thanks for your very moving story and welcome.
I was also df'd (apostasy) and went through a difficult divorce. But me and my little boy share the greatest feeling: love; even though his mum tried everything to reduce my time with him and indoctrinate him.
I wish you all the best and recommend to you that you try hard not to lose contact with your daughter and be close to her.
aside from obvious things that most people agree on, like theft being wrong and the importance of family, i can't think of a single thing i agree with the jws on, nothing that's specific to their religion anyway.
do you have any?.
The only thing i agree is not to join the military.
So sad.... 😟
hello there.. as some of you might remember i am keeping my facade up by "studying" with an elder.
this study however is more of a session where i put hard questions about the org, doctrine and so on, on the table.
the time has come for the next session in a couple of days, and i have quite frankly lost the will to keep digging up things that just shouldn't be happening.
Ask him why "leukozytes", white blood cells are forbidden for medical use of a JW.
On the other hand for newborn babies, there are more leukozytes in mothermilk than in the same amount of blood.
So now they mention telephone, text messages, letters, emails, social media.
In other words. Out of your love "completely" isolate your family member who already lost all his friends and might have a tendency to depression. Some in this state are even considering suicide.
But never ever take their phone call or reply to their text message.
It is as to erase a person.
To all those who are in these situations. You can be proud of you to have had the courage to get out. And we all here in this forum care for you.
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tell me me more about your just & loving god..
Jephtah sacrificing his daughter as a "burnt offering."
Saul and his men having to kill all of the Amalekites. The bible says that "loving" Jhwh even ordered the babies to be killed by the sword.
following is a summary of events leading up to my decision to disassociate from jehovah's witnesses and the unforeseen results of that decision.. a young man named joel engardio produced a documentary about jehovah's witnesses called "knocking" which aired nationally on pbs.
i purchased the dvd from joel before it was even released and we exchanged emails.
joel had been raised by his jw mother and had been active in jw activities during his adolescence, but he was never baptized as a jw.
Thanks for your story and welcome.
You are for sure a person who is living by your conscience and you are courageous.
I was df'd for apostasy and my wife separated also because I didn't follow the org anymore.
it looks like these attacks in europe are going from weekly, to daily, it literally gives me chills to think about traveling to europe with my family.
that is very unfortunate.
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Still one of the safest places worldwide.
A lot of joy for your trip. Don't miss Switzerland
i wasn't entirely sure what to expect when i made the decision to tell my parents how i really feel, but i was prepared for the worst, fortunately, it didn't come to that.
after i told them i didn't want to go to the meetings anymore it led to a long talk with them.
they made a number of irksome and woefully uninformed statements but at least they were not aggressive and have said that they won't force me to move out over this, though, i can tell they are hoping they can convince me to "accept the truth," as long as i still live with them.
Very well... you are a courageous young person.
Make it known to them, that you love them no matter what they believe. And that you respect their religious feelings and that you like yours to be respected too.
To do that in general it is better that you don't try to convince from your position.
Sometimes discussions come... but then tell them "I feel that way....."
Their believe in Jehovah is obviously their purpose of life. They don't understand (at the moment) that life can even more be meaningful, when you believe differently.
All the best and good luck.
I am df'd and my parents still treat me the same as before.
