Topics Started by MissingLink

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I have lost all desire to study the bible... This sucks...
by cognac in
1. jw
2. friends
i just feel that the bible was put in place so that people can use it for guidelines and so forth.

i don't think that you have to know everything to be accepted by god.... the only problem is, is that i no longer study with my husband either.

now, he's not seeing the truth for what it is and starting to revert back to jw land... but, just the thought of studying anymore makes me sick... it's just, when you study so much after awhile you just can't take it anymore... i would like to actually enjoy my life a little bit.... i'm sick of trying to prove my viewpoint.
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Book by elder urging reinstatement! Son committed suicide....
by crazyblondeb in
1. jw
2. friends
i was just cruising another xjw website, and they had this posted.

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the son committed suicide after being df'd........it's just so sad they can't get what they are doing to people.. .
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My friend needs advice re: wife who wants to leave JWs but won't celebrate
by truthseeker in
1. jw
2. friends
i have a friend who has started the slow fade.

recently, his wife talked about leaving, but she is still hung up on worldly holidays.. this is what he says.... one of the concerns my wife has about leaving "the truth" is that she wants our children to grow up with wholesome examples and association with their peers.

my wife knows jws aren't the only religion to teach their kids to behave morally, but what about the holidays?
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Anybody ever head of this Church Org - Looks like a JW Clone--
by Trippin2962 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
http://www.ucg.org/ check it out even their mags look like w & a .

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Watchtower 2008 dumb logic= "Belief in evolution makes you an orphan."
by Witness 007 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
watch, feb 1 2008 p.4 "if we really are the product of evolution and there is no creator, the human race would in a sense, be an orphan.

mankind would have no source of superior wisdom to consult- no one to help us solve our problems.

we would have to rely on human wisdom to avert enviromental disaster, to solve political conflicts, and to guide us through our personal crises.
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Breastfeeding not allowed.
by The Scotsman in
1. jw
2. friends
shocker at the group last week..... i was at the group last week (1st in about 4 weeks) and the conductor (the p.o.

) takes a sister aside and tells her that she was not allowed to breastfeed her baby before or after the book study because "someone" found it awkward.. hmm, i wonder if it was him that found it awkward.. anyway the twist in the story is that the group meets at her house.

the sisters husband was far from happy but is to reserved to do anything about it.
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I was not prepared for the other side
by dazednotconfused in
1. jw
2. friends
friends:.

long time lurker, very occasional poster.

i have done the fade thing for 4 years now, and have not attended a meeting in over 2 years.
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My life growing up as a witness...
by RFlores in
1. jw
2. experiences
i have just spent the last 4 hours reading many various posts and finally built up the courage to register and share my experiences.

i am only 20 years old, but my young age should not overlook my intelligence as an observing individual.

i was born into the religion of the jehova's witnesses.
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i hate the feeling that I'm constantly being controlled...
by cognac in
1. jw
2. friends
every freaken thing i do is under a constant microscope... i feel like i'm constantly being judged and questioned and interrogated or "encouraged" to live my entire freaken life in a way that i don't want to.

i can't even have an opinion they don't like.

i feel like i'm suffocating and can't breath sometimes... why the hell can't i just simply live a peaceful life???
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would reading "Crisis of Conscience" be of help?
by Shadow1 in
1. jw
2. friends
would reading "cof c" be of help to an atheist, married to a jw?

still trying to figure things out with my wife and her religion.. thanks...shadow1.