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  What did you learn as a JW, in all those years?

  by JH in

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  after all these years of going to meetings, what did the average jw learn?

  (add to the list).

  1. god's name is probably jehovah or yahweh .

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  moanzy

  I learned not to love or appreciate yourself. That everyone else is more important and that you are at the mercy of the elders. That being mentally healthy and having self-esteem might cause you to think too much on your own and create spiritual sickness.

  Family is not to be trusted about anything. That you are essentually "alone" if you have questions. There is absolutely no one you can talk to about it without being reported or labeled.

  If you DA yourself, you are at fault for not having family and if you would just smarten up then your JW family wouldn't have to suffer.
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  Am I right about the WT being wrong?

  by FreedomFrog in

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  hi everyone.... i was "raised" as a dub and got baptised in '86...so in total i had been a jw for over 20 years.

  i came to realize that the "way of life" i was living was in fact made up of mostly lies.

  i started "questioning" the borg about 6 years ago and finally came out with almostatheist last sept. i know in my heart that they are mostly wrong and very legalist.

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  FF,

  As you do more research not only on JW's, but also othe religions you will find that ALL religions have some things right! I personally don't think that everything the witnesses believe are wrong.

  I definately think that when they impose on each persons freedom of thought, concience, life etc and think that they have the God given right to do so then they are WRRRRRRRRong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  I think that anyone who grew up in a system like the witnesses are always going to have problems adjusting to finally totally realizing that JW's do not have the one true right religion. No body does. It is still going to come down to each individual not each individuals religion. God doesn't care what organization you belong to, just what kind of person you are in this life.

  All the best in your search

  Moanzy
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  Officially Out

  by jt stumbler in

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  i have finally sent my official disassociation letter to the local kh.

  now i no longer have to keep watch for a car pulling up in front of my house on saturdays.

  im free, im free.

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  moanzy

  Happy days for you JT Stumbler

  Moanzy
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  Resurrection to Spirit Form, Your Opinion would be Appreciated,

  by jeanniebeanz in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  2 corinthians 5:6-8 seems to indicate that, according to traditional christian thinking, once a christian dies they are immediately present with the christ.. .

  2 corinthians 5:6-8 (kjv).

  6. therefore [we are] always confident, and know that while present in the body we are absent from the lord, 7 (for we walk by faith, not by sight;) 8 we are confident, i say, and pleased rather to be absent from the body and present with the lord.. .

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  HI DAD!

  It's me Moanzy
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  We picketed the Memorial, What a blast !!!

  by Junction-Guy in

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  this is my first chance to post here since last thursday, so here it is.

  amanda and i arrived at approximately 5:45 pm, and parked in the walmart parking lot.

  amanda bought a folding chair and something to eat, as she just got off work.. we walked across the street to the kingdom hall and stood on the shoulder of the road.

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  I wish I could have seen the elders reaction. I also wish I was brave enough to do something like that!!!!!!

  Moanay
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  What Kind of Family Do You/ Did You Have While In The "Truth"?

  by minimus in

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  was your family a supportive one?

  whether they were witnesses or not?

  were they hard asses whether they were jws or not?

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  My stepdad is an elder since I was about 10yrs. We had a very messed up family as well it was a step family. I have one sister who is married to an elder and after I DA'd myself she decided to pioneer(guess she thought the devil was goin to get her). My other sister is missing and no longer a JW ( really wish I knew where she was). My 3 brothers are all JW, but are barely in there. None of them associate with me though(because I'm evil).

  None of my JW family have anything to do with me now, but my mom and stepdad will stop ;in once a year to see the grandkids. My family are all good people just very very very messed up people and yet they think I am the one that's a mess. Whatever!!!

  Moanzy
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  Question for those raised a JW

  by New Worldly Translation in

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  i was wondering if anybody feels like i do that if i hadn't been raised a jw i would never have embraced the religion.

  i know it's easier to say in hindsight after i know the truth about the org but honestly i don't think i would have given them the time of day.

  i'm not a religious person or even a spiritual person and being a jw always caused a conflict in my mind.

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  I doubt it because I question things too much and want solid answers( something I was nevr given).

  I also wished I could have been in sports and encouraged to get an education instead of "pioneering" and "getting married".

  I asked my mom if she thought she had really prepared me to live in the real world. And then I asked her how if I had married a real jerk and had 6 kids how I would have been able to manage life with the information she passed down to me.

  I seriously and highly doubt I would have commited much of my life to this religion

  Moanzy
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  Is Organized Religion Something You'd Be Involved In Again?

  by minimus in

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  do you believe in christianity, the bible, god-----or are you in the "i'm not sure what to think" class?

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  I will never "become" part of another organized religion, although I do participate at a church in my area.

  Raising my 3 little girls, I feel they can benefit from the community of believers in Christ. Also being that most of my family are still witnesses and do stop by about once a year, I do need to educate my kids about extreme religion. They need to understand what religion is all about so as to better understand people like their JW family.

  I don't know how else to prepare them so that they are less likely to become involved in JW and other cult-like organizations.

  Moanzy
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  An Elder Told Me.... Many To Be Disfellowshipped Soon...

  by Doubtfully Yours in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  an elder told me the book is jehovah's latest provision to cleanse his organization.. he said soon all people that have drifted, inactives, and others baptized and not complying with the biblical mandates for a jw, will be visited and given an option to shape up or ship out.. he said that if the person refuses the help offered by the congregation they'll be notified of the date of disfellowshipping and given time to appeal the decision.. he was so happy stating that this way jehovah's organization was preparing for the final clean-up before armageddon.

  he sounded so convincing that it almost made perfect sense what he was saying.

  i got goose bumps listening to his reasoning.. dy

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  moanzy

  I was just thinking, if they get rid of all the sideliners in the cong's, who will be left to pick on?

  All that will be left will be a bunch of controlling, mindless freaks!!

  OHHH I would love to see eyeball pecking that goes on then!

  Moanzy
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  I want one of these!

  by Valis in

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  whoa!

  http://65.66.244.26:8080/mvnforum/mvnforum/viewthread?thread=493

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  moanzy

  Looks like it's fairly practical for service!!!

  Moanzy