Posts by happy@last

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Ex-Jehovah's Witness success story

by Watchtower-Free in

this was just posted to facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/xjwrg3/10152073176825835/?comment_id=10152073536380835&notif_t=group_comment_reply.

by christina jones.

happy@last

I'm in Phizzy's camp (that didn't sound right), I shed a tear over this. What a great person she is, I hope the girl remembers that lesson.

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I have made my decision

by Brother Mike in

i'm sure most of you have read bits and pieces of my story throughout the last year being on this site.

i've decided as a human being, and as an adult, i'm going to make the decision on whether to stay with the jw religion or leave it.

i of course have many doubts about the organization which has lead me to do research.

happy@last

Great decision, don't expect it to be plain sailing, but it will be worth it. Life is for living, not for being in expectation of a future that doesn't exist.

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JW lifestyle is the best way to live!

by FL_Panthers in

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being a jw is amazing!

who agrees with me??.

the jw is a protection from the world.

JW lifestyle is the best way to live!

by FL_Panthers in

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being a jw is amazing!

who agrees with me??.

the jw is a protection from the world.

No thanks, I want to live in the real world, not a place where pedophiles are protected whilst their victims are treated like dirt. I want to find things out for myself, not be fed deception and lies and told they are truth.

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Hello, I am new

by LillyC in

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i am not a jehovah's witness but i am very interested, i have many questions and hope they can be answered here.. i do believe in god, privately.

i do say my prayers daily and do believe god helps me in countless ways.

but i don't go to any church.. i have always been impressed at how smart, polite and nice jehovah's witnesses are and i always make time to speak to them when they call at my door.

happy@last

Welcome here, never stop asking questions. Enjoy life and stay open minded. A lot of good advice above, I was once told believe nothing of what you are told and half of what you see. Works well if you are looking at JWs from new.

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This is my first post

by Make Lemonade in

i wanted to express appreciation to the members of this forum.

there are resources here that are deep.

like we heard from the stage, "what is your depth and breadth of bible knowledge?

happy@last

Welcome ML. A huge well done for standing up for what you believe in. Always be true to yourself. In my town a man was hounded out his home and made to leave by the community after the police found thousands of images of children on his PC, yet the same time the JWs refused to cooperate with the police when asked about a pedophile in their congregation! Us 'wordly' people are disgusted by pedo's actions, JWs want to protect them!

I wish you peace and happiness in your journey through life.

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A Saturday Knock on the Door & the JWN Forum

by kepler in

this is, of course, a recurrent topic that's made possible whenever a kingdom hall decides to march out on your neighborhood and street.. today it happened again in my neighborhood as a drum up for the memorial observance scheduled for monday the 14th of april.. why christ's passion and death should be observed on a monday of holy week i failed to ask this morning.

perhaps someone else might like to volunteer, but it seemed just another reason to be sceptical about the whole thing, though hardly ranking with changing ancient chronologies to get jerusalem's temple destruction 2520 years before 1914.. anyway two gentlemen in white shirts and ties greeted me politely enough at my door and presented me with a flyer about an event which they described as momentous.

they asked me if i had ever intended one and i assented.

happy@last

You certainly left them with something to think about. Nicely handled.

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The End of Circuit Overseers

by wisdomfrombelow in

i am sure that the term "circuit overseer" will be gone soon.

they seem to be changing vocabulary and the presiding overseer is now the "coordinator of the body of elders" and all "district overseers" will be gone in a few months.

they used to be called "circuit servants" but they will never re-hash an old term so they will make a new term.

happy@last

I've always called them area manager

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1000 Posts

by konceptual99 in

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wow!

i've just realised i've reached 1000 posts on the board.. this is a personal milestone and so i think i should take a moment to reflect on the last 18 plus months.. in that time i have completely lost my faith in bible, in jw doctrine and in any kind of hope for a new world as described by the gb and believed by me for 40+ years.

i have stepped down as a ministerial servant after 20 years.

happy@last

Well done in reaching your milestone and being able to change direction in life. Keep going and enjoy life.

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Update of course

by Jon Preston in

so my wife is slowly waking up!

but cognitive dissonance is thick indeed!

my wife knows the gb are false in many ways but she still holds to the "theyre more right than others!

happy@last

It depends on her personality. Appeal to it. If she is open to read crisis of conscience why not jwfacts.com? If you do meeting prep together I'm sure every week you'll find something disturbing. I used to find meetings excruciating as every week something would be said that jarred. Ask her how she feels about the subject being discussed, can she explain it?