Posts by Mandybp

Wow - amazing how they change things isn't it. That is just wierd, so wierd. That was one of the things that kept me in the 'truth' at the time and is part of this lingering fear of Armageddon that I so need to dump.

12

The 1914 generation thing?

by Mandybp in

jw
friends

when i was a witness we used to believe the generation of 1914 would not die before armageddon came.

do they still teach that?

Mandybp

When I was a witness we used to believe the generation of 1914 would not die before Armageddon came. Do they still teach that?

21

Hi all - out of the 'Truth' for 14 years and it still affects me....

by Mandybp in

jw
friends

hey there everyone :) i am so glad i found this place.

i had no idea something like this existed!

it's been fourteen years since i was disfellowshipped and it still plays on my mind.

Mandybp

Hi Minimus :) Wellll, I've been checking out Christian forums lately and thought I'd put JW into the search engine and see what came up (I couldn't remember most of the teachings and felt it useful to find out what I used to believe in comparison with what Christendom believes). I found another site similar to this (but not so busy from what I can gather, I haven't posted there though). When I found this place I was quite simply blown away, you all seem such lovely people and so concerned to help each other out and support each other.

This in combination with this recent questioning re religion. It's taken 14 years to even think about opening a Bible, in fact I've done some interesting study in other areas (can you say Wicca *grins*), it's like I had to go totally the other way when I came out of the 'Truth', explored auric healing, tarot cards (can u imagine how that was first of all? lol), astrology - all the things we were told not to study I have. Thing is now I've come back to thinking about Christianity, which has brought these scriptural/dogma questions to the fore. I'm trying to unlearn what I've learned if u know what I mean.

This is such a cool site - with such cool people - it's wonderful to find ex witnesses to process this stuff with :)

21

Hi all - out of the 'Truth' for 14 years and it still affects me....

by Mandybp in

jw
friends

hey there everyone :) i am so glad i found this place.

i had no idea something like this existed!

it's been fourteen years since i was disfellowshipped and it still plays on my mind.

Mandybp

I am totally blown away by your responses, this is an awesome board by the looks of it. Thank you all so much.

Prisca :) Thanks for your reply and the link, it looks very useful.

Goshawk :) Yup I'll remember to smell the roses, I think that's something I didn't do as a Witness.

Big Tex :) " I'll do the best I can with this life, trust that God will show me what I need and let everything else go. If that makes any sense." Yeah it makes perfect sense - thanks for your response :)

Scooby :) Thanks for the link - it looks like a really good article.

Sentinel :) The Borg - I think that's so funny - how delightfully irrevelant *grins*. It really was bondage eh (scuse my kiwi eh's)

James Thomas :) LOL - luv it - so true!

Dawn :) Thanks for your welcome and input - I look forward to hearing more from you and I sure will question, question, question *smiles*

21

Hi all - out of the 'Truth' for 14 years and it still affects me....

by Mandybp in

jw
friends

hey there everyone :) i am so glad i found this place.

i had no idea something like this existed!

it's been fourteen years since i was disfellowshipped and it still plays on my mind.

Mandybp

"I swear by the lord cheeses that I have no known associations with Fred Hall, Sword of Jah, realness, or elumn8 - so help me cheeses."

Happy now? *grins*

Gopher :) That's the mind blowing thing eh? That it's all a fantasy. When I look back I can't believe how I was so totally sucked in by it and now I still think about it after so many years. Talk about mind control. *shakes head*

Rayzorblade :) Thanks for the welcome - I must admit I did have to be kinda brave to post here but I'm looking forward to joining in.

LyinEyes, Hi pleased to meet you :) I'm really wary of organised religion now. I like the idea of a personal relationship with God without having to go to church and do all that stuff, first I gotta find which way to go. It's great to be able to chat to other ex-witnesses for sure. I'm kinda excited lol

21

Hi all - out of the 'Truth' for 14 years and it still affects me....

by Mandybp in

jw
friends

hey there everyone :) i am so glad i found this place.

i had no idea something like this existed!

it's been fourteen years since i was disfellowshipped and it still plays on my mind.

Mandybp

Hmmmm - I've posted this but I can't actually see the post on the board *confused* I had to hit back on my browser to find the post and comment here. If anyone posts a reply to this I've got no idea how to find it again!

21

Hi all - out of the 'Truth' for 14 years and it still affects me....

by Mandybp in

jw
friends

hey there everyone :) i am so glad i found this place.

i had no idea something like this existed!

it's been fourteen years since i was disfellowshipped and it still plays on my mind.

Mandybp

Hey there everyone :) I am so glad I found this place. I had no idea something like this existed! It's been fourteen years since I was disfellowshipped and it still plays on my mind. This fear that *maybe* Armaggedon will happen any minute, *maybe* they have the truth. Arrrghhh it's so frustrating.

I have just decided to look into my spirituality again and it's opened a whole can of worms, I'm reading the bible again and trying to sort out what I do believe. It's taken years because I learned to hate the rest of Christianity due to the Witnesses. I've had to kind of get over that before I could even think about reading the Bible again.

Did Christ exist? If he did then sure I'll go with him - he was a total miracle worker according to the gospels. (But then do you really believe the Bible is inspired of God?)

As I'm reading stuff posted by other ex JW's I am remembering some of the doctrines I used to believe with all my heart (remember - don't question - it's not good to question - Ack)

I'm hoping this is the place to get some answers on this confusing journey. Has anyone else thought that Christianity holds the truth for them? I'm just wondering if there is anyone here who has gone from being a JW to being a 'Christian' within the churches of Christendom? If so how have you come to terms with the doctrinal differences?

Do we ever really let go of this fear of Armaggedon? There should be a name for it - post traumatic armaggedon disorder or something :)