Posts by MMXIV

a tremendous amount of knowledge, wisdom, great debate, and lol humor, which is good for the soul.. i am not a jw, but the borg infected my family years ago, many are still trapped, and i have 2 big shot elders.. i became a huge opposer/apostate and had many a battle.

today we have learned to live in peace...live and let live.. recently, i decided to get up to date with everything jw... i often wonder why my family can't see or figure out the real truth.

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Welcome Braveheart,

Your story of trying to present info to JW's is only something I have seen from the JW perspective and I would certainly not have accepted any of your evidence to read. No matter what you said, no matter how cleverly you presented it I would have politely refused and walked away (although secretly though about it later).

No-one could ever have reasoned with me because I didn't think logically. Thankfully there have been many more scandals, cover-ups, ex-members showing the flaws, recent prophecy changes/failures and bad policies that make exposing the WTS for what it is so much easier.

Good luck and sorry you have had the WTS affect your life even though you were never in it!

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Why are some treated so kindly and others so badly in the JW world?

by life is to short in

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ok i am still in good standing in the jw world for whatever reason i still do not understand.

i get shunned and then i get love bombed by others?

it is all very confusing.. ok so i was talking to this sister a couple of days ago and i have known her forever she is a very nice person.

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LITS,

WingCommander is not wrong.

I've also observed fluctuating kindness by the same people depending how they are feeling. They go through phases of great shows of kindness and then withdraw into moods of fire and brimstone.

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JW woman dies in car accident out in the "work"--where was the holy spirit?

by blondie in

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http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/traffic/mazda-crushed-by-truck-friday-carried-four-women-938492.html.

mazda crushed by truck friday carried four women headed out to share word as jehovah's witnesses; one diedbysonja isgerpalm beach post staff writer.

updated: 6:57 p.m. sunday, sept. 26, 2010. posted: 1:33 p.m. sunday, sept. 26, 2010. .

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Blondie, I think this thread has brought out some honest posts and raises an important topic so thank you for starting it. I understood this thread to be about how do JW's respond to tragedy while engaged in faithful service. I want to know WHY?

Anyone who knows the family affected or had something similar happen with their family or friends will be deeply saddened by this accident. My deepest sympathies go out to those affected.

If it offends some to debate beliefs on this particular thread then please start a new one because there is a real debate to be had.

I think it is incredibly strange how even some of the most faithful of JW's will believe something that goes against what the WTS says. I've heard so many JW's explain near misses as the holy spirit protecting them, yet when tragedy does strike it's an unexplained occurence. Why is this?

Is this a consequence of what they pray for - i.e. if they pray for a good outcome and it happens as desired then they can ascribe this to the prayer? Do they want to feel like they can have control over such things or are safely protected?

Even though the WTS has stated that JW's are not protected from harm by the holy spirit even if they are on service, is this a contradiction to all those experiences in the WT & Awake over the years that tell of holy intervention? Is it a result of the WTS's own more subtle propaganda: any tragedy = Satan's fault and anything good that happens is a result of Jah?

Any thoughts welcome

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I realized a positive outcome from my JW upbrining!

by scarredforlife in

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i have been on this board for over 2 years.

one thing that i have read over and over is to find something positive in my upbrining as a jw and i have been unable to do this.

all i have seen is negative.

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Hi Belinda,

Thanks for the summary - sounds like you've really been through the mill. I totally understand why you want to keep a wide berth from JW's and any other cult or self idolizing Eddie Longs.

I asked about your sister as I've been in contact with a sibling who also left and it has been really good for both of us - we're better friends now than when we were kids. I guess that's another positive for me.

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How We Address One Another

by compound complex in

greetings, fellow posters:.

mrs. jones thread on our being outgoing or otherwise spurred my thinking of this.

while being on a forum is hardly the same as talking face-to-face, we show who we are by our "conversation" as expressed through writing.

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dearest CoCo,

I assume that if you're posting with someone in mind then it's best to address them, if however it's a point made for general readership then one can't be so personable. I care less about the pleasantries and more about the content not being offensive.

Yours gratefully

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I realized a positive outcome from my JW upbrining!

by scarredforlife in

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i have been on this board for over 2 years.

one thing that i have read over and over is to find something positive in my upbrining as a jw and i have been unable to do this.

all i have seen is negative.

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Hi Belinda

It seems to be really hit and miss whether you get into a congregation that welcomes and involves newbies or has cliques. I think there might be cultural differences too. I've only been to a few cong's across the pond and they were very friendly but equally straight laced - unable to cope with a sense of humour. In the UK I've seen some cong's that had cracking individuals who could have a real laugh as well as those who were very pc. I guess you go the crap kind at 10

Quick question - I'm assuming your sister has also left - have you been a help to each other and has any more of your family left? Are you close with your sister as a result? Oh and did you manage to hook up with any people you used to know??

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Whats the most bizzare way a JW has ever tried to "encourage" you?

by highdose in

in my case it was my best freind in the cong who decided to encourage me to answer up at the wt by... refusing to talk to me afterwards if i hadn't answered up!

!.

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If you're feeling tired then you need to do more personal study and you'll feel fully refreshed. It's like going on service with a glass of water and letting each householder take a sip. If you don't go home and fill up the glass you'll run out of water.

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Have u ever break up with anybody else?

by cloudy2010 in

hi, guys.

wanna ask a stupid question--have u ever break up with anybody else?

now i'm confused at the relationship with my bf.

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I fink best way for break up with boyfriend is tell him you are boy. He will be very very shock and want know why you keep this from him. He will not buy you more cheap present. He will be sick.

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