Topics Started by NanaR
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It just seems that Witnesses are less active these days.
by free2beme ini remember being a teenager and being at friends home on saturdays, and every time you turn around there was a witness knocking at the door.
my non-witness friends would be nice, and say no, as they did not want to insult me.
even though, as a teenager, i was not a witnesses (baptized) and did not make a public show of my connection to people outside of the congregation.
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Shunned by an old friend
by fullofdoubtnow inin all the years i was a jw, although i had many acquaintances, i only had 3 really close friends.
two of them are no longer jws.
one is trev, who is obviously a lot more than a friend to me now, and my friend marion left the wts a few months ago, with a lot of encouragement from me.. my other friend is still very much a jw, and when i was announced as no longer a jw last year, she phoned me to tell me how very upset and disappointed she was.
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A Crag in the desert ????
by KAYTEE inin a watchtower question and answer session a few years ago.
isaiah 32 v 1-3 came up.
at that time there was 8 elders in the congregation, this was roughly my answer -.
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Mom Died -- and I found out from an old friend!
by BrendaCloutier inok, i'm writing this thru tears as i just found out in the last 5 minutes.
my dad died in august, and they had been together just 1 or 2 weeks over 70 years married!
i didn't expect her to last without him, and visa versa.. i just tried to call my sister, and no answer there.
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Did you ever think you'd stop being one of Jehovah's Witnesses?
by sandy ini'm sure this question has been asked before .
i've come a long way in my thinking.
a very long way!
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A new experience
by NanaR inlast wednesday evening i attended a catholic mass for the first time in my life.
being raised as one of jehovah's witnesses, i rarely ever saw the inside of another church (maybe the occasional wedding or music recital), but catholic churches were particularly off limits.
i am now exploring my spiritual horizons.
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Apologists--and your perspective of them
by The wanderer in<!-- .style1 {font-family: arial, sans-serif} .style2 {font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; } .style3 {font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: #990000; } --> apologists and your perspective of them every so often on this discussion board an individual who.
is a devout supporter and defender of the watchtower.
society makes there appearance known.
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Paradise Lost--Paradise Found--The Adventure Begins
by The wanderer in<!-- .style1 {font-family: arial, sans-serif} .style2 {font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; } .style4 {font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: #000099; } --> paradise foundparadise lostthe adventure begins one of the main attractions about the organization was the.
thought that one day god would restore mankind to perfect.
peace and harmony on a paradise earth.. paradise lost to think about my participation for the last 14 years "selling".
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What planted the seed of doubt that lead you to leave or think of leaving?
by NanaR ini've been thinking of this a lot lately.
the following experience ties my first doubt in with my present life.
as a backdrop to this, you should know that i was a 5th generation "raised in the truth" jw through my mother (her great-grandfather got "the truth" from pastor russell).
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New here
by NanaR ini just found this place and thought i'd post.
i'm a 50+ year old grandmother who was "raised in the truth".
i have been on my way out of "the organization" for several years now, but have moved cautiously because i don't want to jump from the firing pan into the fire so to speak.