Steven
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JWs Could Never Steal This Feeling
by DakotaRed ini have stated in other posts that i am a vietnam veteran.
when studying, i was told how "stupid" i was for going off to that war long ago.
even though i was often made to feel less a person because of my military service, i still was baptized and eventually, saw the light and left the borg.. i also belong to a yahoo message group comprised of fellow veterans that i served with long ago.
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New Study All Over Again?
by Francois ini'll be moving soon to a new city about 300 miles from here.
i'm so tempted to wait, just like a spider, on the jws to come by with their current offer and get all "interested" in what they say.
then get myself a study.
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Disassociating==shunning...yes or no???
by sadiejive ini have had several here tell me that if try to disassociate yourself from the org that you will be subject to shunning.
is this true?.
i discussed this issue with the witnesses with whom i study.
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The Very Christmassy Photo Drama of Creation!
by ISP inthose darn jws are so contradictory!
the official site recites the photo drama of creation in its history.
see if you can find the statement 'the first christmas'!
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re Milton Keynes
by Jim Dee inan update on the bethel moving to mk.
there was a very high powered meeting at the holiday inn in mk on friday.
(the holiday inn used to be the thf, rebranded a few weeks ago).
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If Im NOT JW, what can I be?
by Sirona ini have a jw friend who said to me "i'd be interested to know if there are any other religions that teach what jws teach".
after the post on "food for thought" which gave details of modern day bible students, i thought i'd ask the question:.
what religions are there that either have similar roots to the jw religion, or that have similar teachings?
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HELP - Elders want to talk about Disassociation
by Steven ini thought that this was all out of the way when 2 weeks ago my wife & i handed in letters of disassociation.. we have been since then trying to adjust & just when i thought i was getting somewhere - starting to feel normal again - i got a phone call 1hr ago from our presiding overseer saying that they haven't announced it yet & wanted to talk.. he is a very nice guy & i was caught totally unprepared so i put him off - said i would ring back later - 2pm'ish uk time.. now i have that horrible feeling in my stomach again - help!.
basically, when it comes down to it i don't think we want them to come over - it will open us up too much & i don't want that.. also, though, i want to sort it out; so i am thinking of just chatting to him for a bit on the phone.. i didn't really want to do this since it could knock their faith & also i am not fully ready to argue all of the facts with elders.
however it looks like i will have to.. anyway when it boils down to it they can argue away all of the facts like the un thing etc.
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First post..kinda long.. sorree
by Parliament inhey all.
this is my first post to this group.
ive been lurking for quite awhile and to say the least, this board makes me late for work as i oversleep from a late night of reading and wondering.
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The three reasons we leave the "Truth"
by sleepy inseems to me there are mainly three roads most of us have taken.
1.we did something "wrong" and were disfellowshipped and after felt able to look at the society in a different light.. 2.we didn't like the "truth" and were looking for a way out.. 3.we wanted it to be the truth but were overcome by the mountain of evidence against it.. which is the most common i wonder.. also do our motives play a large part in how we deal with information criticising the org.. without a reason to act information seems useless.. for instance if a person feels he has nothing to gain by leaving the org will he read different things into the same info as us?.
i think so and that all who leave must have a reason to do so, something to gain.. this does not make their reasoning wrong or prove they we are looking for just excuse.. but is a normal way in which humans deals with information.. two humans can have the same information but if they want or desire different things they may use the information differently.. maybe thats wht so many say "where else is there to go?