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Have you found a new bible translation you like?
by New light for you ini know, it seems like half of everyone that leaves turns athiest.... but for those of us out there, who figure on still being christian, have you found a translation of the bible that you belive lives "up to par"?
i'm really trying to research, but there's so many, i wondered if you had any input!.
thanks!.
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Hello to everyone!
by redredrose inbrand new here, haven't even picked out avatar yet.
but i feel the need to reach out and touch someone (smile).
my situation is a little confusing to me, i am definitely on the way out and have been fading for quite some time, however my decision to leave has just been made very recently.
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time to leave after 42 yrs of marriage
by tiffy0212 inmarried 42 yrs and ready to leave.
my husband is a jw and has been for 38 yrs.
i even joined from 1974 to 1985 to keep my family together.
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getting over it - how long does that take?
by Switch inin december i started reading things and thinking with an open mind (for the first time in my life).
i'm still discovering things daily that irritate me about the wts.
i've been to about half a dozen meetings since march.
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Power of "Awake" article on Window Cleaning =Thousands of Witness Washer!
by Witness 007 inw.w.c {witness window cleaners} i was one for three years.
started from scratch, taught by another witness window cleaner...we had 4 in our hall.
i never knew why there were so many, till i found an awake article about employment which recommends geting a bucket and starting to clean windows!
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Women being in subjection...a sore subject
by milligal ini was raised jw and of course the whole theory that a man is the head and the woman must respect her husband and be in subjection to his authority was ingrained in me from a young age.
my mother, (oddly enough) chose the jw religion, dragged my father in kicking and screaming (he later served as an elder for 17 years) and she complained constantly about men being in control and her pains as a woman in subjection.
now, i already have a good idea about my mother's problems.
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Do you ever think of going back to a meeting?
by digderidoo inok this is for all of you who don't attend anymore.. i had a friend come over last night.
we've been best mates since we were kids, he was brought up in the ' truth ', but left a number of years ago.
we talk about just everything.
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Give 'Em Hell, Apostates!
by Farkel inhow far we've come in just the last ten years.. just ten short years ago, the term jw "apostate" still carried a stigma of held-over shame to most ex-jws and they rarely called themselves by that term.
i wore that badge proudly, but i had already been out of the wts for over 20 years by then.
slowly, but steadily the term went from shame to neutral to a badge of honor!
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2008= Man who used Spiritism for winning Lottery numbers becomes Witness!
by Witness 007 in2008 awake july p.11 "bibles view of spiritism" "...says luis who is from puerto rico;"from the time i was a child, my family was involved in spiritism....i thought my ability to foresee the future and read tarot cards was natural.
i could often pick lottery numbers and help others win money.
he must be rich...oh only for "others" what a shame!}.