Nicely said.
lostlantern
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Talk on Apostates
by IslandBrother inhave you ever walked on the beach and tried following another persons footprints; matching your own steps with them as exactly as possible?
by calling ourselves christians, we have indicated our desire to do just that, to follow closely in the footsteps of christ.
have you ever noticed though that on a crowded beach, , there were several sets of footprints, many of them may look alike.
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Talk on Apostates
by IslandBrother inhave you ever walked on the beach and tried following another persons footprints; matching your own steps with them as exactly as possible?
by calling ourselves christians, we have indicated our desire to do just that, to follow closely in the footsteps of christ.
have you ever noticed though that on a crowded beach, , there were several sets of footprints, many of them may look alike.
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lostlantern
First of all Welcome, I hope this website enlightens you and puts you on the path to truth. I say this because even though you don't know it you have been grossly misled and I feel sorry for you. Please educate yourself and search like the Boreans did, I suggest reading Crisis of Conscience by Raymond Franz. It is easy to come in here judge those that have left but until you fully research all sides of your faith you have no valid basis to make judgements. Good Luck.
Now to address one of your statements:
not so dogmatic and clergy like.
Are you kidding? The Jehovah's Witness faith is the very definition of dogmatic, please note how wikipedia defines dogmatic:
is the established belief or doctrine held by a religion, ideology or any kind of organization, thought to be authoritative and not to be disputed or doubted.
That sounds like the Organization to me.
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another Elder's Meeting memory...
by sibboleth inanother story that i'd like to share.
however, since he is a pioneer - maybe he should be the service overseer and br.
superfine is not doing things still ?
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lostlantern
I hate to be harsh but you should be ashamed of yourself, how terrible. I am not saying that I myself haven't done bad things or that I haven't made mistakes but my initial reaction is nausea and I am saddened so deeply. We are humans first, it's so sad that we all followed such direction like mindless drones(I am guilty of being a drone for 30 years, I would turn in my own family, friends etc, all for their own good I am ashamed of myself).
I am glad that you have now had an awakening. The healing begins and it is a long and slow process, good luck. It would be nice if you could change the past. I wish so much that you could post the names of such losers, right here and now, start our own pedophile JW watch list.
Is that against the rules? If not I will be glad to start.
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It's now official: I've "turned apostate."
by Confession inthumbnail details: lifelong jw and former elder with 30 family members in.
came to realize it wasn't the truth at age 38, just over two years ago.
have been fading with my 19 year old daughter, making two, major, long-distance moves.
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lostlantern
Me too, I am an apostate too. I found out a little over a month ago, welcome to the club.
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Theocratic Songs for JW's, check it out
by lostlantern inhere are the links, listen up and enjoy.. http://www.newworldsongs.com/openroad_lo.html.
http://www.thebookbaggs.com/index.cfm.
http://dwsilver.com/.
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lostlantern
Here are the links, listen up and enjoy.
http://www.newworldsongs.com/OpenRoad_LO.html
http://www.thebookbaggs.com/index.cfm
I especially enjoyed, "it's my time to clean the kingdom Hall"
It is so sad, it really is sad.
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Post your favorite saying
by Scully ini was just pondering how the wts has, for over a century, been able to convince people to do what is contrary to their best interests with fear tactics that armageddon is coming soon, and i came up with what is going to be my pet phrase for a while:.
"only religion has the power to compel people to embrace sheer stupidity in the name of faith.
" ~ scully, december 28, 2006. i googled it, and didn't see that anyone else has claimed it, so until someone else finds an attribution for it, i'm claiming it as my own.
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lostlantern
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
Brault
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Feeling very depressed
by lostlantern init has been awhile since my last post, my husband and i have been very busy.
we are both back in college, very exciting and life is moving in a positive direction.
it is break between semesters and i have time to slow down and think.
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lostlantern
Thanks for your words of encouragement, they do help. My parents have admitted that my husband and I seem to be happier and get along better than ever. Maybe someday they will make the connection, I keep hoping for them.
Everybody's support gives me strength, thanks.
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Feeling very depressed
by lostlantern init has been awhile since my last post, my husband and i have been very busy.
we are both back in college, very exciting and life is moving in a positive direction.
it is break between semesters and i have time to slow down and think.
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lostlantern
Thanks Dave, very good way to put it:
a book club called "The Watchtower
If only they could see that it is nothing more than a huge "book club"
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Feeling very depressed
by lostlantern init has been awhile since my last post, my husband and i have been very busy.
we are both back in college, very exciting and life is moving in a positive direction.
it is break between semesters and i have time to slow down and think.
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lostlantern
Hello,
It has been awhile since my last post, my husband and I have been very busy. We are both back in college, very exciting and life is moving in a positive direction. It is break between semesters and I have time to slow down and think. We have had the 'stuff' hit the fan here in the past 6 months and it has been painful. I am feeling the sadness and depression that accompany the loss of family that will not speak to you. No, we have not been D'fd nor have we Disassociated ourselves but non the less we are treated as thus. In fact we didn't even bring up the subjects that started the ensuing storm. Why can't witnesses leave well enough alone. We have been inactive and I guess enough was enough, we had to be questioned by those who love us the most, interrogated for our own good. Of course "conversations and topics" come up and before you know it you are knee deep. Then the gossip train starts and all in your 'blood family' knows of your traitorous behavior and next the brotherhood, all those who have ever known you and of course feel they have the right to know what is going on in your life because they love you like family even if they haven't spoken to you in ages or kept in contact. Oh she was a pioneer, she always did have an independent streak. It makes me sick. I get really perturbed because the conversations I had with my parents were supposedly confidential, now all know. (please excuse me, I have had a drink or two) Anyway moving on.
Tonight I was looking through photos and the "words" come crushing in. My father says that nothing will ever be the same, I have two brothers that won't even talk to me, won't respond to phone calls or emails, won't even ask if the "rumour's" are true. There is no love or respect, no reaching out or even any regard for the fact that you have always been an upstanding person. I am feeling very depressed and alone, I know I am not alone because you have all felt these feelings but the loss is deafening anyway. I just needed to vent and now I will stop my whining, I just appreciate that I can vent somewhere with people who understand. Thanks.
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KH restoration in New Orleans
by lostlantern ini just received this from a family member, i was wondering if anyone has any videos that depict bapstists, catholics or any other religion helping out with volunteers?
i would love to respond with my own video that shows jw's are not alone in caring for others when disaster strikes.
what other group of people can do this?
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lostlantern
Thanks for all of your hard work, I found a few myself. I am sure they won't appreciate these links but I am going to send some anyway.