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  Research Data Wanted: Married to a JW or child of one parent in and the other not

  by Lady Lee in

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  2. beliefs

  i am looking for information from several groups of people.. people who are no longer jws but have a spouse who is still in.

  never-been jwswas a jw (baptized or not) but left after marrying and spouse remained indfed, daed or faded and still have a spouse who is inchildren (now grown) who were raised with one parent a jw and the other never beenchildren (now grown) where one parent left the jws and one stayed in.if there are categories i have missed let me know.

  i need this to be pretty inclusive and focused on couples where one person is a jw and the other is not.. i will be asking questions re:.

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  The "They Are Imperfect" Excuse

  by LouBelle in

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  2. friends

  doesn't it just make you sick to your stomach?.

  dozens of doctrine changes that effect the lives of the rank and file: the fds are only imperfect men and didn't understand the bible truths at the time.. pedophiles that are protected or not reported and allowed to stay in the congregation: these men are imperfect and this sin isn't unique to jws.

  the organisation has it's problems just like any other...they are not perfect after all.. all their prophesies - failed: the fds are only imperfect men and have never claimed to be a prophet.. i am truly sick of this overused excuse.

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  Older posters check in...just post your name...we need to hear from you!

  by restrangled in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am not the oldest but have 3 years here!

  restrangled.. how about you?.

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  Thinking of becoming a Witness again and my reasons for doing so :(

  by reniaa in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've been a faded jw for 10 years i left because of my failed first marriage, i'm no hypocrite and realised i had left completely so i embraced the world and dived in, only christmas and birthdays i could not get into, they were too foreign to me having never celebrated them, like if i suddenly tried to do ramadan or something like that.. 1/ all the criticisms of the people in the truth you say on here, i've found in the world, warts and all only in the world nothing holds them back from being utterly horrible to you.. 2/ i got stabbed by a worldly boyfriend, i got married 2 times of my own choosing to men outside the truth, the first smoked and was an alcoholic, the second gambled every penny we had and defrauded me out of money after we separated, 2 divorces later i am currently pregnant and a single mum since current boyfriend decided kids was to much of a responsibility and he needed his freedom and i was 'too selfish to expect him to give up his life'.. 3/ parents-in-law!

  i have been shunned by them as equal to anything you accuse witness families of and for the silliest of reasons, i had a disabled son and his grandparents said they wanted nothing to do with him because they didn't want to become attached in case he died.. 4/ i miss the honest friendships of the truth, i had friends of all ages from 14 to 80 years old and they genuinely cared for me, many trying to keep me in the faith a long time after i left but i was determined to fade so moved away completely, but i find friendships in the world so shallow in comparison and very hard to sustain :( i've never been a drinker and sometimes thats what friendship means you being a companion for them to goto pub with.. 5/ my recent boyfriend was in a christian religion, i thought why not find out about it, harvest churches if you ever heard of them, unfortunately it still hasn't stop him leaving me pregnant and alone and when i said to him how does he clear that with god, he replies "as long as i repent it doesn't matter" it's like he has a "get out of jail free card" for any wrong-doing in the bible, this is so alien to me and my witness trained conscience.. 6/ i recently out of frustration tried looking into atheism and joined their forums, it wasn't fun, they are as bombastic and arrogant as their religious counterparts can be from any religion, they make a religion out of not believing in god, it's very weird they talk of saving people from believing in god and offer nothing to replace it.

  they said to me "be happy you are in reality now and enjoy it" and i thought "well if this is reality i've had enough of it".

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  JW mother in law's comments nearly send my son into outrage ....

  by troubled mind in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well my jw in- laws are here for the yearly visit .

  yeah.... last night they came by after the meeting .

  we had a nice chat catching up except dear mom kept re-directing the conversation to all their recent theocratic activities ...they just went on the full scale pilgrimage to bethel , patterson ,and walkill, and paid great homage to the grand publishing company .

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  The "First Lie" Comparative To Change In Generation Teaching?

  by TheKings in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the wts, and perhaps other religions, teach that in the book of genesis we find an account of the first lie.

  this was satan's words:"you positively will not die" in reference to them eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge... you all know this one, of course.. .

  it occurred to me today that the change in the generation teaching is a mirror of the adam and eve scenario.

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  Did Anybody Here Ever Want To Go To Heaven?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  .....either while you were a witness or when you were not??

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  The Scotsman...this thread is started for you if you wish to comment....

  by FreedomFrog in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the scotsman said:.

  << tee hee - dubs will believe anything, lol.>>.

  that's good because you shouldn't believe everything you hear in this world.

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  Told To Buy Emergency Kits ...Ever Heard of This?

  by TheKings in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a couple months ago my jw mom told me that in all the book study groups for their congregation they were told to go out and by emergency kits because "things were getting so bad".

  i restrained myself from rolling my eyes.

  has anyone else heard of this happening?

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  Paisley Ties Are Satanic, Sandals Are Immodest. What is Worldly????

  by mtsgrad in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  20 years ago (in my teens!

  ) there was a well established rumour that the paisley pattern had demonic origins.

  no brothers in my hall wore ties with that pattern, until a watchtower had a brother wearing a tie with this pattern.. a co said that sisters feet should not seen at the meetings for the sake of decency.

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