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Lonely newbie who is glad to be here
by DesertRat ini was directed to this site by a very kind ex-witness who runs a christian ministry in california.
there are no words to express how thankful i am to be here.. here is what i hope (key word) will be an abbreviated version of my story: i am 35 years old, single, the only child of jw parents who had already spent over ten years in various watchtower capacities (two of those years as gilead missionaries in guatemala) before i was born.
my father was diagnosed with brain cancer when i was 11 and finally succumbed, after a valiant fight, when i was 14. among the first doubts or questions i remember having was how a god of 'love' could just passively ignore the persecution (malawi!!!
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My Story: My Current Religious Experience from Birth to the Present
by the_classicist ini don't believe i've said anything about myself here, so here goes.. i was raised a jehovah's witness from birth.
my family's invovlement in this particular religion began with my great grandmother, a rather lovely woman who lived a long life who made homemade oreos which i had the occasion to enjoy once; she died firm in her beliefs.
my grandmother was subsequently raised in this religion, although not all of her brothers and sisters were, as far as i can reckon.
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District Convention Notes: As gathered by truthseeker - All 3 Days
by truth.ceeker inday 1. .
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As a JW how do/did you feel about 6 billion people being destroyed?
by jwfacts inhow else can a person justify that jehovah will destroy 6 billion people, innocent children included?
i could never accept that i deserved salvation whereas almost no one else did.
it put me on permanent spiritual edge because i thought the slave is right so the doctrine of destruction must be, but my heart always knew it was wrong.
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Do the GB REALLY get their "Food" from Jehovah?
by gumby inwe were taught that the "faithful and discreet slave" are led/fed by jehovah/jesus/ spirit.
think about it though for a minute.
when the "writing dept.
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I am going away for awhile.........
by anewme ini am going away for awhile to try to heal my heart.
since my dfing i have tried so hard to make sense of what has happened to me.
to see it from the society's view and from freedom's view.
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How depressed/ill are JW`s?
by jambon1 inhaving spent a couple of months in the world after a decade of devotion to the wt i have began to realise how hardly any of my friends have problems with illness.
it dawned on me a while ago that many, many witnesses have problems with health in one way or another.
how many times did you go to the hall and ask someone how they were doing to be told, 'oh, just struggling on', or 'i have`nt been too great' or 'i`m feeling a bit low just now'.
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Anthony Robbins quote that helped me break free from the bonds of the Org
by What-A-Coincidence in"all personal breakthroughs begin with a change in beliefs.
change?
the most effective way is to get your brain to associate massive pain .
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Whats the aim of the people in charge?
by JoeSinclair ini was about to post another reply to my previous thread but i decided a new thread would be appropriate for this question.. i have learned a lot in the last few days about the jw organisation and the waverings towards cult-like behaviour.
i have read web sites listing cult like characteristics and then examples of what the watchtower chaps have done that looks similar.
it was tempting, at first, to think that i am hearing from a collective of disaffected people who have been hard done by and to assume the reality lies somewhere nearer the middle than you guys say it is.
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1st post here, on a journey of discovery...
by kerc inso after a very, very slow process, thinking over things that were stored in a little box in a corner of my mind, i've decided to finally confirm or deny all the doubts i've had about the society.
i'm a 34 year-old married man, work as an it consultant, with two kids, ages 9 and 2. i was "born" in the organization.
so i took everything as true, never questioned anything, and did all that was asked from me.