I really wish I had something brilliant to say...
but I'm not all that clever...
I really hope that you get everything worked out. A tumultuos home life is bad for the spirit. I am pulling for you and your kids!
Ignoranceisbliss
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Turns out it was true - "the truth" was the only reason my marriage lasted so long
by Shattered Reality ini haven't really been on here in like, a year.
my stbx introduced me to this site and then a whole buch of life happened and i just sort of never had time for forums.
but here i am at 3am, another sleepless night, and i feel like i am simply lost.
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An important message from a PRACTICING Jehovah's witness
by Sparks inhi, i am also a practicing jehovah's witness and very proud of it,to say the very-very least..!
i am a middle-aged man with many decades of being a witness of jehovah god in england.. this important letter is personally to you, just as many of the bible's 88 letters are to be taken personal by you the reader.
i am writing to you to urge you to take stock of your life, think what your future holds for you.
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Ignoranceisbliss
Sheeshhhhh!!! Why so long. Can't jehovah be a little more concise? I lost attention after about 40 lines.
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JW.org to be regarded as fulfillment of the signs of the last days.
by jwfacts ini struggled as a jw to accept that the good news of the kingdom was ever going to be preached in all the inhabited world by jws, as there were many parts of the world with few to no jws.
there are not enough to cover the 3 billion plus people in asia to allow everyone to get a chance to hear the message.
it also was offensive to me that jehovah would kill those billions that had never had a chance to accept the watchtower message.
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Ignoranceisbliss
Interesting OP. I have definitly been hearing rumblings of this at the Kingdom Hall. I am very anxious to hear what is said at the annual meeting and branch visit this year.
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How have you changed since finding TTATT ?
by Phizzy inon coftys thread about his former pastor trying to re-convert him, which is very long but a tremendous discussion of the problem of evil, a poster, sunny23, wrote :.
" having been 7 months since i first posted on the first page of this topic i have just read those posts and acknowledged a huge transfromation in myself for the better."..
i was only thinking the other day how, as i discovered this site and ttatt, i really changed as a person in so many ways, and i think mainly for the better.. i have been "born again" !!.
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Ignoranceisbliss
There is no doubt that learning TTATT had a profound effect on me. It's been about 8 months for me. I feel more empathy for people (Jws and non). I also think that I appreciate kind deeds done for me more. I'm still physically in so I am sure that more drastic changes are in store after I am totally out.
Or if you believe my wife then I have just had some sort of a nervous breakdown.
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Members of the writing department has resigned
by hardtobeme inthis is what i found at anointedjw.org.
i don't know if it's true.
on august 25, 2014, we received the following comment and inquiry: .
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Hardtobeme.
Thanks for posting the story. I have no issue with someone posting something interesting jw related that they found online. I don't think that you have to stand behind the article in order to ask a question about it. I don't think the article is legit but definitely interesting.
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JDubs and home schooling
by Ignoranceisbliss inrecently i had a conversation with a close witness friend.
i have always viewed him as moderate.
not full j-dub nut bag witness style.
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Ignoranceisbliss
Gingerbread. Thanks for the link. I'm not sure if that's the same one or not. Regardless that was interesting to check out.
In my area I have seen a recent trend towards home schooling. hopefully it doesnt get more traction.
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JDubs and home schooling
by Ignoranceisbliss inrecently i had a conversation with a close witness friend.
i have always viewed him as moderate.
not full j-dub nut bag witness style.
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Ignoranceisbliss
They have a much better chance at keeping their kids in the Borg if they homeschool.
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Advertize Advertize Advertize the (Kingdom ) JW.Org
by Quarterback indon't you really feel like your in marketing?.
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Ignoranceisbliss
I have seen no backlash. I think most witnesses are loving something new. Just look at all of the paraphernalia. It's insane.
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JDubs and home schooling
by Ignoranceisbliss inrecently i had a conversation with a close witness friend.
i have always viewed him as moderate.
not full j-dub nut bag witness style.
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Ignoranceisbliss
Recently I had a conversation with a close witness friend. I have always viewed him as moderate. Not full j-dub nut bag witness style. Because of this I was shocked when he told me that they are starting to home school theit kids this year. It is a program designed by a witness. She incorporates a lot of the jw.org content into the curriculum. This is a decision that I can't respect.
even when I was fully indoctrinated I always thought home schooling was a bad decision for witnesses. The kids always seem socially awkward as they get older.
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Any Educated Guesses...........??
by sparky1 ina friend of mine is trying the 'slow fade' like i did.
he is a third generation witness and comes from a prominent family in his circuit.
his uncle stepped down as an elder because he had doubts and could not serve anymore (although for now he remains a witness in good standing).
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Ignoranceisbliss
Looking at my hall and the surrounding ones I would guess that in the U.S about 20 -30 percent were around pre 1975. Most of these were born in baby boomers. most are in there 60s now. I would guess that in other countries the percentage would be much lower. In my area the majority of the current elders would be part of the pre 1975 group.