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Memorial Day, 2012I AM POSTING TODAY TO HONOR THOSE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR MILITARY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES OVER THE LAST 236 YEARS TO INSURE THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WOULD REMAIN A LAND OF FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITY TO THIS WORLD. WE ENJOY…See More
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Cochise Pendleton’s is a former 18-year member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, he serves the Body of Christ and others by using his gifts to investigate and educate regarding the teachings of different religious groups

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At first, the Watchtower Society seemed harmless to William J. Schnell, even valuable as a way to develop his faith in God and pass it on to others. This book is Schnell¹s fascinating account of his involvement with the cult, which effectively enticed him in the 1920s and continues to lure countless individuals today. Readers will learn, as Schnell did, that the Jehovah¹s Witness religion he had joined was anything but…
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WE ARE ALL VALUABLE SOULS NEEDING LOVE !

You made it here, Welcome!

Members of this forum are either thinking of leaving the organization, have left, or want to learn more about the Watchtower Society and why so many of its members leave.

Leaving the organization is, for many, mentally, emotionally, and physically draining. This site is all about healing and recovery. A place that honors each one's freedom to ask questions, explore, and discover who we are as we regain trust and move forward in life.

Whether you have remained devoted to God and His Son, found or are exploring a new way to express your spirituality, or want nothing to do with religion you are welcome here. We invite you to share your struggles and triumphs as you discover new ways to relate to family, friends, and the outside world. If you have questions about the doctrinal teachings and policies of the Watchtower, as many do, those topics are discussed also. 

This site is about healing and recovery. A place that honors each one's freedom to ask questions, explore, and discover who we are.

Your moderators are, Nate (the site's creator) Barbara, Ben, Gus, Sandi, and Watching Crows.

 

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My wish for all to enjoy the best times of this season
As we know the reason

Go traveling with safe miles
To distant lands and isles
Sooth and relieve your tired minds
With family or wonderful friends
Keeping God's word sublime
Find happiness inside and
give it to others
Your peace you will find~

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    A New Commandment


    Galatians 5:22,23 NWT
       the fruitage of the spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, 23 mildness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.


    John 13:34-35 NWT
      I am giving YOU a new commandment, that YOU love one another; just as I have loved YOU, that YOU also love one another. 35 By this all will know that YOU are my disciples, if YOU have love among yourselves.



    Rom. 13:8-10 NWT  
       Do not YOU people be owing anybody a single thing, except to love one another; for he that loves his fellowman has fulfilled [the] law. 9 For the [law code], “You must not commit adultery, You must not murder, You must not steal, You must not covet,” and whatever other commandment there is, is summed up in this word, namely, “You must love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does not work evil to one’s neighbor; therefore love is the law’s fulfillment.


     
    1 John 4:7-8 NWT   
       Beloved ones, let us continue loving one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born from God and gains the knowledge of God. 8 He that does not love has not come to know God, because God is love

     
    1 John 4:20-21 NWT   
       If anyone makes the statement: “I love God,” and yet is hating his brother, he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot be loving God, whom he has not seen. 21 And this commandment we have from him, that the one who loves God should be loving his brother also.




    Romans 8:35 NWT
       Who will separate us from the love of the Christ? Will tribulation or distress or persecution or hunger or nakedness or danger or sword?


    Gal 3:2 NWT
      This alone I want to learn from YOU: Did YOU receive the spirit due to works of law OR due to a hearing by faith?

    Gal 3:26-29 NWT
     YOU are all, in fact, sons of God through YOUR faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For all of YOU who were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor freeman, there is neither male nor female; for YOU are all one [person] in union with Christ Jesus. 29 Moreover, if YOU belong to Christ, YOU are really Abraham’s seed, heirs with reference to a promise


    Romans 10:9 NWT
     For if you publicly declare that ‘word in your own mouth,’ that Jesus is Lord, and exercise faith in your heart that God raised him up from the dead, you will be saved.


    Romans 3:23 NWT
     For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,


    Eph 2:8-10 NWT
     By this {GRACE}, indeed, YOU have been saved through faith; and this not owing to YOU, it is God’s gift. 9 No, it is not owing to works, in order that no man should have ground for boasting. 10 For we are a product of his work and were created in union with Christ Jesus for good works





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    What Would Jesus Do or What Would I Do

    We see that a lot and I understand the sentiment behind it but it really should be: WWID...What Would I Do? That's really what's important. Jesus provided the example and he gave us the guidelines but unless we DO then it's of no use to us at all. He’s already done what he was supposed to do and now we must follow the example and admonition he’s left behind. Jesus could have changed the world but he didn’t. His miraculous cures and resurrections, although beneficial for a few temporarily, did not last very long. He cured people of blindness but he did not eliminate blindness. He raised people from the dead but he did not eliminate death. He left the world as he found it but gave the people he encountered not only something to live by but also to pass on to succeeding generations. So What Would Jesus Do? He did it already and now it’s our turn. And what we end up doing should be done not our of peer pressure or because we think others would approve of our actions. It should be because of the convictions of our very essence. - VIP. Healing XJW's Moderator, Ben.




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    Let us know if anyone would like to post books written by ex jws that you liked, or other books that helped you on your journey.,br>
    Websites, books by ex jws:

    Crisis of Conscience - by Raymond Franz
    A former member of the Governing Body gives a unique insight into the authority structure of that religion.

    In Search of Christian Freedom -
    by Raymond Franz
    Discusses teachings of organizational loyalty, door-to-door activity, disfellowshipping, blood, and many others.

    The Truth Will Set You Free-
    by Randall Watters
    Basic Christian book on doctrine, serving as a a refutation of the Watchtower's new "Knowledge That Leads To Eternal Life" study book.

    http://www.freeminds.org/shop.html

    Apocalypse Delayed:
    The Story of Jehovah's Witnesses
    M. James Penton
    Former Jehovah's Witness and professor emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Lethbridge. As a long-time member of the sect, now expelled, Penton offers a comprehensive overview of a remarkable religious movement. His book is divided into three parts, each presenting the Witnesses' story in a different context: historical, doctrinal, and sociological.

    Some of the issues he discusses are known to the general public, such as the sect's opposition to military service and blood transfusions. Others involve internal controversies, including political control of the organization and the handling of dissent within the ranks.
    http://www.amazon.com/Apocalypse-Delayed-Story-Jehovahs-Witnesses/dp/0802079733



    www.outofthecocoon.net Book title - OUT OF THE COCOON: A Young Woman’s Courageous Flight from the Grip of a Religious Cult

     

    Attic Alone:

    A wonderful life story of a former Jehovah's Witness! A great read and wonderful ending.

     


    God Bless You All

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    GET OUT and GOTO JESUS

    John 10:3 The doorkeeper opens to this one, and the sheep listen to his voice, and HE CALLS his own sheep BY NAME and leads them OUT.

    Rev 18:4 "...“GET OUT OF HER, my people, if YOU do not want to share with her in her sins, and if YOU do not want to receive part of her plagues."


    Gal 4:17  They zealously seek YOU, not in a fine way, but they want to shut YOU off [from me], that YOU may zealously seek them.

    Eph 4:14-15  Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. 15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.

    Gal 4:2-5 with complete lowliness of mind and mildness, with long-suffering, putting up with one another in love, 3 earnestly endeavoring to observe the oneness of the spirit in the uniting bond of peace. 4 One body there is, and one spirit, even as YOU were called in the one hope to which YOU were called; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism;

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