man in black
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"No one should ... be made to choose between his beliefs and his family."
by easyreader1970 ini stumbled across this in the july 2009 awake!
on page 29 in the article called "is it wrong to change your religion?".
the full quote is as follows:.
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on another scary note...
by poopsiecakes inmiley cyrus is the mentor on american idol....shudder.....
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The Best Way to Stop a Jehovah's Witness In Their Tracks
by sabastious ini have thought long and hard about ways to silence a jw who is inquiring about your defection of their religion.. they will look at you as a fool.
someone without faith and trusting in "man alone.
" a jw is programmed to never blame "jehovah" for the works of any man, so if anyone leaves the "truth" because of something the governing body did or is doing, they look at you with pity because you have fallen into an "easily avoidable" trap, all they think you have to do is pray and rely on your creator alone and everything will turn out ok.. so, here is a transcript of something i am working on, it's a conversation with a jw about "your decision.":.
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how long in truth,,,what was the final "straw"
by peaches ini was in for 30 years.....my ex was an elder...."holy spirit appointed" he tortured me....i was married 33+ years....you know,,,marriage is sacred...you can leave,,,i know,,,,if abuse is intolerable....but that starts a series of events...etc etc etc....i finally left everything...and moved far away.....people actually believe "holy spirit" appoints people,,,my ex would not pray unless there was an audience...you know,,,,people invited over for supper kind of thing,,,you get the point..... my best friend had a mental breakdown,,,,she basically became psychotic.....had to be hospitalized....she took up smoking,,,got disfellowshipped...and lost all emotional support....to this day,,,,as far as i know,,,she is still disfellowshipped...needs to be hospitialized every so often....she is on complete disability.....and still trying to get back into the org....her mother does support some what,,,,even though she is a witness herself,,,,,takes her to assemblies,,,,memorial,,,etc,,,,this has gone on for years.....she cannot mentally handle the organization,,,nor can she mentally handle not being a witness...lost everything....guilt....etc..... did not mean to ramble on so much......i have mental scars that will not go away....because i stayed in a "mess" for god,,,,i could write page after page of things like the above....as being my "last straw".......curious about you here on the board....any specific "breaking point" or a collection of many things..... thanks for your in put...peaches.
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Open Letter To Jehovah's Witnesses
by cindalmiller inyou may not remember, but i know you very well.
i met you a long time ago when you came to my house with your smiling faces, your neat clothes, and your soft voices, and a bible tucked neatly under your arm.
you told me many beautiful stories of a "paradise earth," and a "righteous new system" which would be established shortly.
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Search and destroy mission
by man in black inas some of you know i have been known as lancelink here for some time.
i basically outgrew my avitar, and felt that i needed to change.. anyway, in sept 08 my mom died, and several months later after seeing firsthand the "love" eminating from this so-called true religion.
i wrote a da letter and walked away.. my parents who lived across the country were so called "pt witnesses on the verge of fading", and in concern for my dad, i told him over the past year that i no longer went to the hall, and wanted nothing to do with the witnesses anymore.. i also told him why i left, and said that mom would have left herself, if she had seen how our so called " jw friends" acted if i or my dad had died first.. but i did not tell him about the letter, i felt that he was not at that point yet, dealing with his wife's death was a little more difficult than what the jw's told him.
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What was your initial reaction to finding out the religion is a cult?
by make yourself inmine was filled with shock and anger but mostly anger.
it made me feel that way because i have never been lied to like that growing up in the religion with it being all you know.
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Sickening "Encouragement" from Facebook "Friends"
by CaptainSchmideo ini know a woman on facebook who recently lost her husband unexpectedly, and at a relatively young age.
(my age, and i still consider myself relatively young.).
so, here she is, still raising some of her children, finding herself looking for work in her mid-forties with few salable job skills in a depressed economy, and missing her husband terribly.
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What will happen to me if I drink all of the wine when it is passed to me at the Memorial?
by asilentone inwill they kick me out immediately?
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