Topics Started by Blackfalcon98

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Help Please - Finding It Hard Adjusting To The Real World
by pale.emperor in
1. jw
2. experiences
im asking for you guys help in a phase im going through right now.

im sure it’ll pass but id appreciate your advice..

born in, my family consists of mum, dad, two brothers and two sisters.
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"And what happened next was simply unbelievable!"
by Terry in
1. jw
2. friends
i always sit in the same spot, just outside starbucks in a vestibule area with a table in the air-conditioned space.

i say "always," but not today.. somebody with two laptops and a table filled with business ledgers was in "my" favorite spot!.

so, i took a tiny wooden table inside the coffee shop on a long padded bench next to 3 other identical tables.. as the clickbait banner ads like to say: "and what happened next was simply unbelievable!".
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"You Became So Beloved to Us"
by wifibandit in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
pixel and wifibandit present, in its original form, gmb_e.mp4 "you became so beloved to us".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odfdkl8lwpk.
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A difficult yet necessary decision
by Brother Jeramy in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the past five weeks have been perhaps the most painful in my life as a witness.. some months ago a young man (i'd say in his late thirties or early forties) began attending meetings at my kingdom hall.

he had just moved to my area from another state.

he had disassociated himself from his home congregation many years back, when he was 20 years old and going through many of the typical trials and temptations most young men experience.. two of the elders met with him initially, and they later shared the details with the body of elders.
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Just found out my older brother has passed away
by stuckinarut2 in
1. jw
2. friends
i have just found out that my brother (who was one of a bunch that shared this login) has died.. he and his wife were living in another country where they once pioneered.

i didn't see him that often.. such an empty feeling.....
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Should I hit send button as is? Change? Or just hit delete?
by Lied2NoMore in
1. jw
2. experiences
so after being deleted because of my comment on her instagram post by my sister-in-law i got a text from her stating she didn't want a debate on instagram and the scripture i posted would not apply to satan, they are worried about me, go see elders, return to jehovah, or else you won't get life, etc etc.... i'm ready to respond with the following reply:.

so....hit send?

make changes?
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Interesting RC Experience
by Blackfalcon98 in
1. jw
2. experiences
i recently attended the rc for my area.

while there, i encountered a old family "friend" who recently lost her jw husband.

as the interaction proceeds she relates that her grand daughter, who's around my age (early twenties) has "left jehovah".
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God Unrighteous
by berrygerry in
1. watchtower
2. bible
for decades, i slaved for wts, mentally, emotionally, financially, familially, socially, educationally.. at times, when i was the only one caring for the maintenance needs of the local kh, and being discouraged at the "sacrifices" being contributed to the borg, my spouse would say: "jehovah sees what you are doing.".

and yet, later, my spouse turned on me, turning instead to "jehovah's elders" and totally threw me under the bus.. paul, allegedly, said in hebrews: "for god is not unrighteous so as to forget your work and the love you showed for his name.".

i feel nothing of the sort.. does anyone feel similarly?.
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"do not go beyond the things written"
by stuckinarut2 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
thanks to bu2b and splash who mentioned this quote in another thread!.

but i thought it deserved a thread all of its own, such is the impact of this:.

the very best example of going beyond the things written comes from a 2008 watchtower.
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Crises of conscience
by Deltawave in
1. jw
2. experiences
i have just read the book crises of conscience in less than 3days!

i could not put it down!

even in front of my jw wife and her family.