I suppose I should stop lurking,

by SacrificialLoon 41 Replies latest jw friends

  • twinkletoes
    twinkletoes

    Welcome SacrificialLoon, I'm so glad that youv'e joined us - most of us lurk for a while before posting. Then we usually wait for the bolt of lightening to strike us -

    That was a good first post - we hope to hear from you again - you'll find lots of friendly people here with plenty of good information.

    Twinkletoes and Kaytee

  • AuldSoul
    AuldSoul

    It also may be that he is referring to the recent appointments to the Governing Body of men who are younger than 55. I went back and read it again and came away with the thought he may have been thinking "Governing Body" is the same as "anointed". A lot of younger JWs a problem keeping these groups straight.

    It is tough to remember the precise ways to refer to the Governing Body, the anointed, the Faithful and Discreet Slave, the remnant, the 144,000, etc. There are so many labels and classifications to use to refer to these various groups of people that JWs have never met.

    Respectfully,
    AuldSoul

  • ButtLight
    ButtLight

    Welcome to the board, glad you decided to join us, instead of watching us!

  • Warlock
    Warlock
    So here I am years later still trying to right things in my head, but the imprint of the society is still felt all this time later.

    Welcome Sac.

    I can relate to the above, and I joined.

    Warlock

  • SacrificialLoon
    SacrificialLoon

    Maybe I got the terms mixed up as it has been a while, but the process of determining who was in the 144,000 seemed suspect to me at the time, and that's what planted the seed of doubt which led to more questions, and so on.

    "No longer doubting doubter" yes that makes perfect sense strangely enough. I do enjoy reading, so I look at that since I'm almost done with the current book I'm reading.

    Thanks for the welcomes. Edit reason: noob and firefox

  • ithinkisee
    ithinkisee

    WELCOME SacrificialLoon!

    Either go with IE or just manually add your own html tags for line breaks. (I do the manual thing)

    Many here identify with your situation, and congrats on putting some physical distance between you and your family. I can testify to the fact distance helps alot.

    -ithinkisee

  • new boy
    new boy

    Welcome Loon

    Sad but true many have to move away to feel normal.

  • UnConfused
    UnConfused

    Welcome SacLo - keep doing research and asking questions.

    Here are a couple of good reads

    www.607v587.com

    http://www.reexamine.org/wtobserver/apps/pbcs.dll/article3918.html?AID=/20040312/DOCTRINE5/213004

  • free2think
    free2think

    Welcome to JWD Sacrifcial Loon!

    great avitar btw. Look forward to reading more of your posts soon.

    free2think

  • Rayvin
    Rayvin

    Welcome SL! I completely understand what you mean. I remember when I first started doubting and how wrong / right it felt. Wrong according to JW .. right according to my whole being.

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