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  To Ex-JWs: Do You Regret Learning it Was a Lie?

  by leavingwt in

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  this question was inspired by a question on another thread.

  to the ex-jw community here,.

  do any of you regret learning that wt is not god's organization?

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  littlebird

  I'm happy Im out, wish I'd had figured it out sooner. NO, I won't go back, I can't imagine going door to door again.
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  Why Do JWs Say Jehovah Protects His People & Then Claim "Time & Unforseen Occurences"?

  by minimus in

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  you'll hear experiences of how jehovah god protected his people in modern times, how only jehovah's witnesses didn't die in a calamity, how an angel evidently protected a person, etc.

  they'll show how jehovah takes care of his people by all sorts of almost "miraculous" events----but if a witness did die or something deadly happened to a carload of jws, well, then, it's just "time and unforseen occurence" and we can't expect jehovah to perform miracles in our day, anyway!.

  what gives?

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  littlebird

  Hi min, they are very contradictory arent they? I remember they used to teach that Jehovah didn't protect individuals, only the group as a whole. In other words, they believe that "as a group" Jehovah protected the organization from the holocaust and thats why the wt is still around, but he didn't protect individuals. I dont have a cd currently, so I can't site the source, but thats how I remember it. When my son had brain surgery, they kept saying to pray to jehovah, but don't expect anything, they're real comforting, huh?
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  My growing opinion about religion

  by AK - Jeff in

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  when i walked away from jw's i thought that i would find other religions more comforting, less controlling.

  what i found was more of the same.

  religion acting like a 'prophet'.

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  littlebird

  I can't stand the thought of "organized" religion after spending years expected to go to meeting after meeting & field service. I view it as just another way for man to dominate man. I occasionally go to church, because I enjoy the worship & singing and also some fellowship. I actually view this board, & others, as church. Regardless of the different viewpoints expressed hear, I gain something in my spiritual walk. I'd rather have a relationship with Jesus wherever I go, than to be stuck in a building.
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  If The Magi Were So Bad Why Did God Actually Use Them?

  by minimus in

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  i never understood this.

  they could've told herod where the baby jesus was but refused.

  if they were satan's tool, they would've been thrilled to give the report..

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  littlebird

  It's just wt bolognia to scare people from Christmas.
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  I don't want to die.

  by paul from cleveland in

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  i've been conditioned since childhood that i'm going to live forever.

  i'm having a hard time contemplating the fact that i'm going to die.

  i'm so afraid of death that i can't enjoy the life i have now.

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  littlebird

  Paul, you look about my two sons ages, maybe early twenties. My heart goes out to you. Both of my sons left the "truth" before me, I raised them in it. They both went through a deep depression. They also were worried about death. Their friends had to call me and tell me what was going on. I regret to say, I wasn't there for them. I was so brain washed. They had to depend on friends to get them through it. They made friends with kids from work & school and a few that were xjws.

  Like Grace & others here, I am a believer. I will tell you what I wish I had told them.

  We were lied to about God, what he expects from us and how he feels about us. We were lied to about death. Today starts a new day. Unlike being a witness, you don't have to have all the answers. Does it matter if the jws (or the atheists, for that matter) were right, and we're just dead when we die? If so, you wont know it. If believers are right, then there is a beautiful afterlife, that I believe, the Lord has prepared for us. Worrying about it is unproductive, we can't escape it. Isn't more important to live each day to it's fullest? What type of footprint would you like to leave behind? We were conditioned to believe that this world is a terrible place, on the brink of destruction, everything is bad, bad, bad.

  Im here to tell you there is much good in the world and alot of wonderful people. Make new friends, discover your gifts & look for God with a new set of eyes, without the influence from the wt. Many people have discovered a new, wonderful world outside of Jehovah's Witnesses, regardless of what path they ultimately decided to take.

  Much Love,

  Jeanie
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  See You All Again Soon...

  by Lillith26 in

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  just thought i'd start a thread for anyone who is going offline over the holidays- as a place just say goodbyes for now.... .

  i'll see you all in few days, when the maddness is over.. take care everyone- i hope you all have a safe and merry christmas... .

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  Merry Christmas, Everyone!
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  The most apostate thing you could do..?

  by iMARX in

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  it's taken me a while to start watching films with ghosts in - even a christmas carol - and then eventually i started smoking pot and it didn't bother me at all.

  but there are still some things i would have trouble with doing because of the remains of my christian conscience.. anything you guys still haven't brought yourself to do yet?.

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  I've been going to church. My witness husband hates it.
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  Is the GB Bloodguilty?

  by LostGeneration in

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  no not about the blood issue, though i would say yes to that.. what i'm talking about is in regard to the preaching work.

  i recently commented on a thread that i thought field service was an inconvenient necessity when you are a witness.

  many active ones probably feel the same way today, as it is their ticket to paradise earth.

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  littlebird

  What? somehow I posted this on the wrong board? Anyway, yes they are blood guilty.
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  Is the GB Bloodguilty?

  by LostGeneration in

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  no not about the blood issue, though i would say yes to that.. what i'm talking about is in regard to the preaching work.

  i recently commented on a thread that i thought field service was an inconvenient necessity when you are a witness.

  many active ones probably feel the same way today, as it is their ticket to paradise earth.

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  littlebird

  Oh no I didnt, geesh, I must need a nap.
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  Is the GB Bloodguilty?

  by LostGeneration in

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  no not about the blood issue, though i would say yes to that.. what i'm talking about is in regard to the preaching work.

  i recently commented on a thread that i thought field service was an inconvenient necessity when you are a witness.

  many active ones probably feel the same way today, as it is their ticket to paradise earth.

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  littlebird

  I remember when I lived in kansas, the witnesses had a commercial about talking to your kids about drug abuse, witness friends I had in Colorado, didn't believe it and one elder actually called the c.o. to see if it were true, and yes it was. Being this commercial was being played in the middle of nowhere suggests to me that they didn't have enough jws to go door to door, (except in july when people come out for unassigned territory ") and I would imagine that tv spots are cheap in such locals.

  TV shows cost money and why should they spend it when they had all of us to work for free?