garybuss
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Left the WTS as an atheist
by Elsewhere ini have realized that there are some misunderstandings regarding the circumstances of my leaving the wts.. i'll give a brief review... i was raised as a third generation jw and submerged underwater in a ritual called baptism in 1991. all of my family, and almost all of my extended family are in the wts.
my mother claims to be of the anointed, my grandfather clamed to be of the anointed, my dad is an elder, and my other granddad is an elder who has spent considerable time as po.
my family was the model jw family.
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Early Days
by QCA1 indoes anyone here think the jws or rather the watchtower started off in those early days as genuine religious teachers and only became corrupt when rutherford took over as president.. qca1
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Would you have become a witness if not..
by sleepy inwould you have become a witness if not raised as one?.
for me i would say no way.
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What do you believe in after "The Truth&qu...
by Atreyu inan invitation:.
i would like to see a short description of your personal beliefs or religion today, after you lost faith in "the truth", from anyone here that feels for it.
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If you were wrong about the truth, what else?
by ballistic inwhat effect has having a whole section of your life proved to be a falsehood had on you?.
anybody that has been a witness will understand the time, effort, comitment and money that it took to be a member.
the way it dominated our lives, affected every decision we made and shaped our future.. some have left and turned to other faiths and some (like myself) have lost all religious faith (and i make no appology for that).
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Some Antis are just as bad as JW's
by DIM inspecifically i am talking about the "apostates" or antis who plaster cars or send people things in the mail with the truth about "the truth".
to me, this seems exactly like the jw's banging on doors on a saturday morning.
exactly the same thing, just from the other end.
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SERENITY PRAYER
by QUEENIE ingod grant me the serenity to accept the things i can not change --- courage to change that i can and the wisdom to know the difference....thought for the day is: _progress not perfection_ !!!
i hope the forgoing is coherant enough for all to understand !!!
queenie
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I've been studying.........
by bchapp ini have been studying with the jw's for several years.
they have been pressuring me to become one of them, but something seems to be holding me back, instinct maybe?
i agree a lot of their teaching are good, and i'm sure are the truth but here are a few of the things that bother me: jw's use the scripture hebrews 10:25 not forsaking the gathering of yourselves together...... to justify their meetings.
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upcoming confrontation with JW, need advice
by Disposable Hero insometime in june i will be put in a situation where i will be one on one with a witness.
(you could say i will be cornered) but i am actually looking forward to this.
this witness thought i was a great person even before i studied, but then after i found out about the truth she believes that i'm being misled by satan so now she is going to talk to me.