Posts by smiddy3

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Believers: How do you know your view of your chosen holy book is the correct one?

by punkofnice in

don't start fighting, darlings.

i am genuinely curious.

after all i was a jobo 50 years and thought the wbt$ was 100% correct.. i ask this because i see that, for example, christian denominations (or whatever), likely have differing interpretations of the same writing.

smiddy3

People cherry pick what they want to believe out of any religious book they want to believe in.In the many Christian religions in the world today a few have a different number of books that they consider as the word of God.

And their are many many more books of Scripture that didn`t quite make it as a part of the Bible canon and not rejected by God ,but rejected by humans who didn`t believe they should be considered as part of Gods inspired word .

God didn`t have a say in it .

Jehovah`s Witnesses adopted the same Bible books as the Protestants why is that ?Because they are a protestant religion against the Roman Catholic Church. Just look at any of their publications throughout their short history of about 140 years ,contrast that with the Catholic religion of over 2000 years.

Catholic religion, by the way had a big if not a great say or even the ultimate say, as to what Bible books were inspired by God or not and is really not disputed by anyone today including the Jehovah`s Witnesses .

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Please find the articles! Thank you!

by Iamallcool in

jw
friends

i recall that some wt articles talk about why people leave the “truth” like maybe they have a secret sin perhaps like masturbation, etc.. i would like to show my worldly friend the articles.

when i told him that, he looked at me like i am crazy!

i want to show him the proof!

smiddy3

Your terrible rubaDub , but I did LMAO

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Marital sex

by Tedeily in

my wife and i have always shared naked photos respectfully over the years.

being the only thing to fill that void in our relationship due to being apart.

recently my wife has become jehovah, and we’re not sure if my wife is allowed to respectfully share herself with me while i am away.

smiddy3

Take your wife to see a therapist before your marriage falls apart because of her being indoctrinated by JW`s. beliefs.

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How do you feel about the JWS religion after being out more than 10, 20, 30 years ?

by Finkelstein in

myself being a born in and completely out for more than 30 years i see more of the damage of what this religious cult causes people .. part of myself leaving had to do with the psychological harm it was causing people back in the 1970's, one guy my age at the time hung himself out anxiety and depression.. the numerous suicides that have occurred in numbers is shocking to say the least.. then there is the many families breaking up.. marriages breaking apart because one member decides to leave the jws.. the deaths of members or their children from refusing a blood transfusion.. this hit me personally when my mother refused a bt when she was ill in the hospital and died.. over the years and observing all of these things reminds me how glad and fortunate i left when i did but i do find it responsible to others to expose this religious cult to what can happen to people who get involved with it and that's what i've been doing on this forum and elsewhere.

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smiddy3

unfortunately, I blazed the trail for my younger siblings in jw-ism. My brothers aften mention to me that if it hadn't been for my "great example" that they probably wouldn't be jws today! wow!

Wouldn`t that be the time to set the record straight and be up front why you are in a fade and help them cut the ties with what you recognise as a bad religion to belong to ?

Isn`t that something to regret ? Had you taken a different course and been honest with yourself and them ,as they said , they wouldn`t be Jw`s today ?

Wouldn`t you have wanted that ?

I find that sad .

Am I missing something here ?

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Please find the articles! Thank you!

by Iamallcool in

jw
friends

i recall that some wt articles talk about why people leave the “truth” like maybe they have a secret sin perhaps like masturbation, etc.. i would like to show my worldly friend the articles.

when i told him that, he looked at me like i am crazy!

i want to show him the proof!

smiddy3

As if the Governing body members don`t have those sort of sins , I LMAO .

As well as these types of crimes.

While they are guilty of being accesararys to crimes committed by members of their religion and withholding such information from law enforcement and child protection authorities .

See the letter about withholding information about a known murderer in the congregation

Sorry ,i can`t help you with your request i just couldn`t hold back on saying something

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Ex JW of 30 years , still messed up from it

by Doubledecker in

jw
friends

hi , this is my first post .. i left jws 30 years ago as 18 year old unbaptised youth and after the initial fallout from leaving pretty much put the whole thing in a box and buried it .. however , i am now starting to realise how much the doomsday messages and the ‘them and us’ doctrines that’s fed to you from birth has remained in my core beliefs.. how have others managed to reprogram themselves ?.

thanks for reading , have a good day .

dd.

smiddy3

Since you ‘buried’ the religion (which it deserves to be really)..you never actually dealt with it or analyzed it. Leaving the religion is one thing..but you have to analyze why it was wrong.

What LongHairGal said here is so true .My take on it is this ,some people leave the religion but the religion never leaves them .

To many Jehovahs Witnesses its a "feel good" religion and they have never really analysed why it cant be anywhere near what you would call "truth"

And I`m sad to say the WT religion conditions people to be interlectually / spiritually lazy as to what they believe .

If WT or the GB says its so, it must be so, and they do not investigate it any further .

They let the religion do their thinking for them.

As LongHairGal said you have to analyze why it is wrong ,otherwise you will remain on a treadmill never knowing whether to believe the WT or not believe the WT.

You need to research it for yourself without WT influence .

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How do you feel about the JWS religion after being out more than 10, 20, 30 years ?

by Finkelstein in

myself being a born in and completely out for more than 30 years i see more of the damage of what this religious cult causes people .. part of myself leaving had to do with the psychological harm it was causing people back in the 1970's, one guy my age at the time hung himself out anxiety and depression.. the numerous suicides that have occurred in numbers is shocking to say the least.. then there is the many families breaking up.. marriages breaking apart because one member decides to leave the jws.. the deaths of members or their children from refusing a blood transfusion.. this hit me personally when my mother refused a bt when she was ill in the hospital and died.. over the years and observing all of these things reminds me how glad and fortunate i left when i did but i do find it responsible to others to expose this religious cult to what can happen to people who get involved with it and that's what i've been doing on this forum and elsewhere.

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smiddy3

I can relate to what you are saying Fink when you say you find it responsible to others to expose this religious cult .

I was not a born in but a convert and was active for 32 years and I feel a moral obligation to help others see the dangers of ever becoming involved with JW`s or as I like to think help newbies and lurkers who come on this site to question things they may never have thought of before.

Having said that I myself have learnt a lot more about JW`s from fellow posters over the years that I never knew about .

I have been out now for about 27 years , and in about 10 years on this forum.

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How do you feel about Social Media?

by caves in

i personally hate it!

i've tried for years to find a way to enjoy it, but i do not.

i tried.. at the end of the day i feel its just people getting there ego stroked and miss-information.

smiddy3

I`m with you caves I think a lot of the people are just narcissts not all but some with a look at me look at me attitude.

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How Satan has helped the WT

by joey jojo in

satan is the number one enemy of gods chosen ones a.k.a.

the jw's.. as far as they are concerned, this whole world belongs to the devil and is designed by him to make life hard for true christians.

with that in mind, why has satan made it easier than ever before to preach the good news?

smiddy3

Joey JoJo must be about a 10 or 12 year old naive child ,lets hope someday he grows up.

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How Satan has helped the WT

by joey jojo in

satan is the number one enemy of gods chosen ones a.k.a.

the jw's.. as far as they are concerned, this whole world belongs to the devil and is designed by him to make life hard for true christians.

with that in mind, why has satan made it easier than ever before to preach the good news?

smiddy3

Haven`t you been paying attention to your Bible readings joey jojo ? Jehovah God and Christ Jesus are buddy buddy`s with Satan .

Its all here in the Bible.how have you missed it ? O.K. in the book of Genesis God gives Satan a rap across the knuckles so to speak for speaking the truth to Eve , saying that she wouldn`t die and that her eyes would be opened knowing good and bad. All true right ?

Thousands ? of years later in Heaven God asks Satan whats he been up to and then God makes a bet with Satan about how Job would be faithful to him .

Again thousands of years later , up in Heaven , after about 6,000 years God says Ok i`ve had enough of you I`m going to confine you to the earth so you can reap as much trouble down their as you like .

Us humans / Thanks God ,we know you love us ,and you send Satan down to cause havoc among us.

Think about this God Jehovah .......never shunned Satan.

Now what about Jesus Christ ?

Jesus spent Fourty days with Satan up on a mountain , Fourty days ? what the hell were they doing all of that time ? having a ball by the sound of it .

And after it was over apparently Satan left it till another time to meet up with Jesus again.And Jesus didn`t say no it ain`t gonna happen .

It is all recorded in scripture.

Think about this Jesus ........ never shunned Satan