Confession
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There's a crack in everything...
by Confession init's unavoidable... when a jw finds out you no longer believe it's "the truth," they're eager to jump on flaws in your thinking.
they (and formerly, we) want to believe that, when someone leaves, there must have been something that "soured you" to the organization.
some personal thing that resulted in bitterness and therefore your departure.. it's good to be able to say that you didn't leave because of any big scandal or personal affront, isn't it?
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Ran into old JW friend in the airport...Correspondence has ensued...
by Confession init was the same weekend that my mom and dad, to my surprise, agreed to meet with me.
i was in midland, michigan, about a month ago, only an hour or so from where they live.
in the airport on monday morning, in walked john, someone i remembered well from the jw congregation of my youth.
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So it happened...I met with my Mom and Dad...
by Confession inbrief historical recounting.... 3rd generation of 4 generation jw family.
elder for three years.
realized "the truth" wasn't in september of 2004. tried to fade by moving from michigan to southern california in june of 2005 with my (then) 17 year old daughter (who eventually left the organization herself.
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Letter to My Mother--FINAL!--After 2yrs3mos--Incomprehensibly Long...
by Confession in[2 john 9 11, nwt].
[john 14:6, nwt] .
[john 14:6, nwt] .
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Looking for recent thread about "No personal study groups."
by Confession inat least one contributor posted about this.
i believe he/she related how the part on the service meeting was covered, but if you know the specific quotes that would be great.
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The Presumption of Divine Appointment!
by Confession inthe watchtower society has frequently denied that they are divinely inspired prophets.
yet they demand they be considered as if inspired prophets, not even allowing the flock to question or have doubts about any of their teachings without coming under scrutiny.. .
similarly, many of our beloved active jws--although knowing full well we don't recognize the society as any sort of divinely appointed agency--still expect us to act as if they are.
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Fred Franz' Anti-Governing Body Gilead Talk...Help, Please...
by Confession infor those of you familiar with the talk mentioned in my title, i'd like a bit of help understanding what franz was trying to convey.
yes, i know it seems to have been as a result of the ongoing discussions about whether or not to take full control of the wts away from the president and give it to the governing body.
but i'm still not sure how he thought his points were doing that.
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My parents are going to meet with me!
by Confession init was two years and two months ago when i told my mother that i no longer recognize the wts religion as being "the truth.
" as you may know, to a jw mother, this is like telling her you've decided to jump off a skyscraper.
i have spoken to her only two times since then, and have not seen her or my dad since then.
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What should I do with all of these books?
by Confession inwhile growing up, my dad maintained a rather huge wts library.
i liked the idea of being able to pick out one of those old books from the1940s or earlier and read what they were saying back then.
well for the first time, in september of 2006 at the age of 40, i finally became a home-owner.
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First time JWs have been at my door--post exit...
by Confession ini was actually at my friend's house.
since he's out of town a lot, i stop in to check the chlorine in his pool, get his mail, etc.
the doorbell rang.