Posts by Aroq

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D'Fd coming to the aid of a JW in good standing

by keynumber in

no he's not my biological brother, nor has he ever been in the position to help me, we'v in the past have been out in the ministry togethor, very quite, single brother in his late 30's.

drives a little truck, he gives a ride to a specially challenged brother all the time, they never sit with each other as sister do that ride with each other to the hall, not a good speaker, reads with difficultly, sits in the back, only i quess has two suits, boots that are rounding out at the heals, a sign of walking in the city on concrete, always sits in the back looking in total peace, after the meeting stands alone in the back with a smile that tells you he's in total confidence not careing if the brothers just pass him up, real handshake, just a nice guy, getting to what i want to say.. we were moving and in the move i found hedgetrimmers and blower still in the box brand new, not even opened.

i had them for such a long time, never needing them, just keeping them stored along other 'junk' as wife calls it, keeping stuff just in case the tribulation comes so i won't have to depend on jw's when were hiding from the caos, that is determined to get jw's.. thought of him..,but didn't have his phone #.

Aroq

Hey, Keynumber,

Good on ya for recognizing some one in need, and doing something about it. There is no praise, there is no shame.....we are all in need of something. Thank you for helping. The other thing I wanted to say was, shouldn't the "group" "organization" "collectiveness of the cong" help those who need it? Do others not see the need?

The Love you gave may not be appreciated or seen as good from men, and maybe not even seen from the individual as being helpful, but it is your heart that matters and that's what God loves.

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I could do with some help please?

by chrisuk in

so the elder i studied with called round last wednesday.

i didn't tell him i'd lost my faith, i just said there are a number of reasons i wouldn't be able to return to either my studies or the meetings.

he asked me whar 2 or 3 of my reasons are so we could discuss them.. my reply: 1 i think all christians should partake of the bread and wine.

Aroq

I want to add something to all of this.

The partaking, this has helped me understand and prove that Jesus was not meaning to only the anotined. Straight from the Bible:

Starting at John 6:1-14 where Jesus is feeding the 5 thousand we see a large group of people (5,000 plus the disciples). In verse 15 Jesus withdrew until evening. After this the disciples were crossing the sea in and Jesus followed by walking on the water (verses 16-21).

This part is pretty simple and basic, but when we get to verse 22 thru 24 we see that the large group were still trying to follow Jesus. They find Him at verse 25. Now this group was said to be 5 thousand, but we can gather that not all of them went.

In verse 25, the growd asked Jesus " When did you get here?" Jesus goes on to answer them and talk with them. Jesus speaks about the bread they ate, and what "works" are works of God. Jesus continues to tell them of this bread in verse 32 that comes down from Heaven and how God provided for Moses and the Israelites. Then they said in verse 34"give us this bread". Jesus said He was this bread in verse35.

So who is asking for this bread? The crowd that were fed. This is a large group and were they baptized? Anointed? I think not, they were still learning from Jesus and seeking.

After Jesus told the crowd that He was the bread, the Jews heard of this and were grumbling (verse 41). They could not grasp how Jesus could be from heaven. They did not believe. They were not anointed. They were not baptized either. But Jesus spoke to them and told them about who He was and that He is the bread of life. Then the Jews began to argue (verse 52), and then this is where Jesus said verse 53 "...unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you hvae no life in yourselves."

So who did Jesus tell this to?

Read it, not from what I wrtoe here, but in the Bible itself. See for yourself who He was talking to.

I hope this helps.

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Disfunctional families of JW's

by JakeM2012 in

this past summer has been rewarding and distressful, as some would say, it has been bitter sweet.

my wife finished her degree and is now working at a hospital, (as a janitor cleaning windows), lol.

oh, we also live in a van down by the river!.

Aroq

Thanks for venting!

This quote sparked something in me to speak up:

"While not disfellowshiped or disassociated I sometimes think it would be an answer in a diffinitive way. I just wanted to vent."

Why do you owe it to anyone to DF or DA? What good will that do for you? not much I presume. The only thing it will do is give other's a reason to behave a certain way. Why should you make that decision for them on how they treat you? Isn't that for them to decide based on their own morals and beliefs?

I am only voicing my opinion, nothing more nothing less.

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DA'd then what to expect.

by Crazyguy in

so the impending doom of the end is coming and i will not be df'd so they can tell others i sinned or something else.

i will da, but not sure what to expect next and what they will say to my family and children.

i have 5 kids one baptised and ofcourse a wife, so what should i prepare for??

Aroq

They are not masters over anyone's faith - each one will render an account for himself!<------ this!

I just spoke something of this nature to my Mother-in-law. Kinda made her step back and think for a moment.

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IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR!!!

by DATA-DOG in

just getting a jump on the holiday season!!

i figure that i will post this every year for discussion.

these were my observations when learning ttatt.

Aroq

This is great! I think that your digilance in finding out what the Bible says is something we all should be doing. We need to fact check what is told to us. The Bible is the ONLY truth in which we can rely on, not what men say.

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The elders came by and my DA letter

by Crazyguy in

the lead elder co of my hall said he was going to push for a jc meeting.

i could tell all along all hes interested in is protecting his god the org.. so i'm 90% sure now of going on the offesive and first having a family meeting telling them i'm offically quitting and how its going to play out and how i'll will be shunned even though i have commited no sin.

i also may explain a little of why and how i came to this decision with out bashing the org to much out of respect for my wife.

Aroq

I cannot speak from direct knowledge of being DF'd as I have never been a JW, but when the chips are down, you find out who your real friends are. Jesus has ALWAYS been my friend.

There are a lot of views from people here that I agree with.

"I would never give a judicial committee the honor and dignity of my time and attention. They have no authority over me and cannot require me to do anything."

"what's more important to you, your relationship to God and Christ or your relationship with your family."

I think your letter is great. It tells from your heart what you really think. Short and to the point.

Along the lines of what I quoted I do not see myself giving anyone the time of effort to condemn me if I have in fact stopped believing what they tell me to.

I also know that in the end, the very end, we are going to be judged according to what we as individuals have done, not our family, not our friends not anyone else. I alone am responsible and will be judged according to what I have done.

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Wife and kids are officially OUT!!

by Oneoutallout in

my wife has told her jw best friend and jw sister that she is givng up the religion!!

and there was i worrying about losing her when i left the cult.

and, to top it all, my 15 and 13 year old children are using their critical thinking skills and can see it all for what it is.

Aroq

This is great and it gives me hope that it is possible!

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got baptized today

by unstopableravens in

Aroq

I am happy for you Unstoppableravens!

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Why do you still go to meetings?

by Aroq in

i'm asking this because there are a few on this site who do not agree with the wt or gb, but yet still go to meetings.. .

why?.

Aroq

For most people I see it is because of family.

How truly sad is it that we have family trapped in and we allow the suffering to drag us down for the sake of our family. We love our family so much it hurts. I cannot say that I am in the same position as most of you, as I have never been a JW. But my family is in. So me leaving makes no difference to them because I never was in. It still hurts though.

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Why do you still go to meetings?

by Aroq in

i'm asking this because there are a few on this site who do not agree with the wt or gb, but yet still go to meetings.. .

why?.

Aroq

I appreciate all of your responses so far.

Dutchdelight and BU2B, I can see how family is the dirving factor for obvious reasons.

Legacy, I hear exactly what you are saying too. some of the things you mentioned are man made anyway, gift equality, depression, debt, some holidays. There was more to you answer and it seemed to me that you have a genuie desire for God, that's great. There was little parts where you defined your beliefs as well that aligned with the WT teaching. That's ok too and you clearly said that some do not follow the WT completely and come here to vent. I thank you for your honesty.