Posts by clarity

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Just ordered this

by dynamiterose77 in

i just ordered this book.

(ok... it's not linking, it's called "i'm perfect, you're doomed: tales from a jehovah's witness upbringing" by kyria abrahams).

i came across it when trying to explain to a coworker about the end of the world images that would be in watchtowers when i was growing up and why they gave me horrible nightmares.

clarity

Hey there...welcome Dynamiterose77!

Didn't see you come in!

clarity

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First Post - Emotionally Torn

by scaredtospeak in

i haven't been on here long but i found this site a couple days ago and quickly realised it had a lot of posts by people going through similar experiences as me.

i read some of the answers and it helped relieve some inner anguish i've been carrying since everything i came clean to my parents about everything i've been reading about.. .

i just have been going through a rough patch right now; that might be an under or overstatement depending on your own personal experiences with this kind of stuff.

clarity

A shout out to Sporece ....another new escapee!

Wellcome to you too! Hope you are finding some

answers. Keep digging!

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First Post - Emotionally Torn

by scaredtospeak in

i haven't been on here long but i found this site a couple days ago and quickly realised it had a lot of posts by people going through similar experiences as me.

i read some of the answers and it helped relieve some inner anguish i've been carrying since everything i came clean to my parents about everything i've been reading about.. .

i just have been going through a rough patch right now; that might be an under or overstatement depending on your own personal experiences with this kind of stuff.

clarity

I can tell you for sure, 99.9% of us who leave jehovah's

witnesses ....are afraid to speak!

Love your name & a huge welcome to you.

There is no need to rush this thing ... slowlyslowly

wins the race. Try to balance everything on your plate

right now ... above all get out in the fresh air for a walk.

Think about how your brothers can be your support.

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Your mother asked you to stop reading all the material that

"contradicts God's word" Sweetie your mother thinks that all

the watchtower magazines etc...ARE gods word.

I doubt that much of what you are reading is contradicting

the BIBLE!!!

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Lots of food for thought, from all your new friends,

hang around here and keep posting... all the best!

clarity

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Why are some of you guys calling this new arrangement tithing?

by neverendingjourney in

at the risk of being shouted down, i thought i'd point out that "tithing" means giving 10 percent of your income to a church.

it comes from the old english word teogotha meaning tenth.

i've seen nothing that establishes tithing in the watchtower.. while i'm all in favor of pointing out the watchtower's lies, hypocrisies and faults, the language we use matters.

clarity

The scripture wt has used, is 2 Cor 9:7..........

"Let each one do just as he has resolved in his heart,

not grudgingly or under compulsion, for god loves a cheerful giver."

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Geez having wt putting their hands into my

bank account ....does not make me cheerful!

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Who is the biggest Loser JW you have known

by Clambake in

it seems every cong seems to have some guy who is 35 and never had a job or moved out of mom and dads basement.. i knew a guy who just hand out magazines at work so he would get eventually fired and could sleep in till noon everyday.

of course his elder father though he was a real matyr cause he kept losing jobs for jehovah.

i have an electrican friend who apprenticed some jw kid till he got his ticket and he quit him to pioneering.

clarity

A lifelong pioneer who's only accomplishment is

bragging about how many years she has been

pioneering! Looks down her nose & says "what

have YOU been doing" haha

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TTATT in a Can... finally finished!!

by ILoveTTATT in

jw
friends

ok so... how to condense all the flip-flops and doctrinal changes, and show graphically how the different doctrines changed, and when?.

ttatt in a can!!.

enjoy ;).

clarity

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Strike 3 for the elderette and me! (???) I never heard a JW talk SO much about Jesus!

by Faithful Witness in

miss k and her friend miss w arrived promptly today.

our scheduled topic of discussion: jesus' claim to be "the way, the truth and the life..." john 14:6 since she was basing this topic choice on the fact that i had quoted that verse, i'm not sure why... she spent what seemed like a very long time, hopping through scriptures that all said that jesus was the truth, the way, or the life.

ok, so we agreed... i kept waiting for her to get to a point, or sway from this principle.. of course, she summed up with scriptures that show how jesus submits to the father, and what does that mean we should do?