Topics Started by roxanesophia

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If You Had 5 minutes to Create Doubt
by roxanesophia in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i regularly encounter jw's i knew while studying and it kills me that they would likely not listen long enough for me to tell them the truth about the truth.

my mother says "don't even bother.

it's like finding out you were adopted.
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Expectations of the New System: Classic example of JW stupidity
by roxanesophia in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
though i've stopped studying and have no interest anymore in the religion, bits of conversation with jw's keep coming back to me to confirm why that was the best decision.

like this particularly idiotic belief:.

since the jw's believe the faithful men of bible stories will be resurrected into "the new system" , i remember a discussion about 'how awesome it's going to be to meet job" or "you can marry one of job's sons!
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Zealous JW nails description of the governing body!
by roxanesophia in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
recently stopped studying, and stopped in the street to talk to a jw i met during my time studying.

we were sorta friends (well, in the small way jw's and worldlies can be) and here's how it went:.

him: "did you have a problem with someone?
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Stupid suggestion from Study Conductor
by roxanesophia in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
hi everyone, first i just want to say if it wasn't this forum, i'd be baptized!

i haven't managed to successfully end my studies with a zealous jw.

she uses everything against me to brainwash me into believing i need the org.
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Association: Am i being lied to?
by roxanesophia in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i don't hesitate to bring up with the girl i study with, my criticisms of the religion, and one of those is the association.

i keep reading on here that jw's don't make friends outside the cult, and this is what i used as an excuse for stepping further away from being baptized.

she tells me it's not true, and they can have what ever friends they want.
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Counting time
by roxanesophia in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
forgive me if it's a stupid question, but it's on my brain now that i don't trust the motives of witnesses out to recruit a new fruit loop to the bowl.... .

can they count their time driving "interested ones" to meetings?

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Reasons "love bombing" ceases
by roxanesophia in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i study with a highly esteemed pioneer & elder's kid and i've learned on here that pioneers are right up there when it comes to gossip, as are elders kids, so i've got a double whammy.

unfortunately i didn't learn that until after i'd trusted her.

call me a moron but i'm totally drawn in by the kindness.
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For people who are out but still believe in Jesus Christ...
by roxanesophia in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
since the bible speaks of being blood guilty if one knowing the truth doesn't tell others, i'm a bit tortured by the fact i've learned the jw doctrine is false and i've found the truth in the bible, but there's no way in hell i can talk to other jw's about it.

i would so love to just plant the seed of doubt, and turn them to the real truth, but i know how futile that can be.

i was never baptized - with good reason.
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Everything is "Satan" ... Now what?
by roxanesophia in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
firstly, i'm a study who initially believed every word of the jw's.

figured "no other religion takes the time and effort to help people understand the bible by publishing the watchtower and the other literature" not realizing that all it does is pick and choose scriptures to suit whatever sentence they'd just written, which can be done using any book, not just the bible.

i felt foolish, after that.. .
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The big bad "worldly" person
by roxanesophia in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
considering this looks to be mostly a ex-jw site, you're probably thinking "coming into it?

run.

" but i have friends in it who have persuaded me to have a bible study and attend meetings, and well, hey... it isn't doing me much harm.