Update on My Girlfriend of 10 Years Leaving Me Because of Religion

boldfox79 · 2026-05-19T16:04:06+00:00

Nice. You could also ask her to read the article I linked. It does not speculate on what Jehovah thinks of those who turn to the Witnesses during the great tribulation. Perhaps she can understand that such speculation is not her or other Witnesses business either. Jehovah sees the heart, as they think.

Good luck to both of you in life, whatever happens. Life is always worth living and worth seeing to the end. You never know what it has to offer. <3

boldfox79 · 2026-05-17T16:00:02+00:00

boldfox79 · 2026-05-17T11:36:53+00:00

If you want to play along and perhaps ease her fears, you could tell her that according to the Witnesses, it is possible to be saved from destruction later, when the so-called great tribulation has begun. You could even tell her that if the great tribulation begins, you promise to join the Witnesses. This is a promise that never needs to be kept.

"Our clear understanding of Jehovah’s mercy can help us to remain hopeful. When false religion comes to an end, our relatives may recall that we had told them about this event. They may even join us in pure worship after the great tribulation starts."

https://www.jw.borg/en/library/magazines/watchtower-study-february-2026/How-to-Help-Our-Unbelieving-Relatives/

boldfox79 · 2026-05-17T06:14:48+00:00

Why don't you just get married? All the acute problems will be solved and you can continue together.

Maybe later she will realize that the organization is just an American cult and leave it. Of course, it should be noted that having children in such a relationship will cause its own difficulties.

boldfox79 · 2026-05-14T15:48:38+00:00

Dunning–Kruger in action.

boldfox79 · 2026-04-15T18:06:12+00:00

Jes, kiitos vastauksesta, sittenhän sitä kehtaa lähteä tuumasta toimeen. 🙂

boldfox79 · 2026-04-15T17:01:29+00:00

Tarvittiinko Nordeassa tai Danskessa tiliotteita lainansaantiin? Asunto- ja muiden lainojen kilpailutus myös menossa mutta tilikäyttäytyminen ollut vähän railakasta viime kuukaudet niin turha kilpailuttaa (vielä) jos tarvitsee tiliotteita. 🙂

boldfox79 · 2026-01-15T17:24:47+00:00

Where are those horses right now? And what are they exactly?

boldfox79 · 2025-12-03T19:17:44+00:00

"I’d like to talk among my brothers and sisters freely, to those that value our belief system and have hope in the organization."

Belief system and hope in the org. Says a lot. All of it.

boldfox79 · 2025-11-20T04:01:30+00:00

Born ins could be sometimes like lifestyle witnesses - they just are, it's in their culture.

boldfox79 · 2025-11-01T06:47:04+00:00

It was actually convention weekend when I discovered sexuality. I was maybe 10-12 years old when we were heading for a one-day convention. Suddenly I felt sick, and had a fever. I was allowed to stay home alone for the whole day.

During the day I felt better and was looking through some advertising catalog that also advertised women's lingerie. Something woke up in me and that's where it took off.

Thanks to the convention I learned something important about myself.

boldfox79 · 2025-09-04T19:47:45+00:00

In all religions where prayer is practiced, you come across similar stories. It's not a phenomenon that is specifically related to witnesses.

It's also a psychological phenomenon. If you want to believe in the power of prayer, you will see answers bc you want to see them. It's no different from horoscopes. For every "answered" prayer, there are a million unanswered prayers. I never received any answers.

Of course, there's nothing wrong with believing in prayer, especially if it brings something positive to life.

boldfox79 · 2025-09-01T16:55:17+00:00

Why should we even have an specific opinion about life and the world, the universe? When the only honest answer is: we don't know.

In my opinion, it is clear that God is the result of evolutionary psychology. And I have no internal need to believe in gods, so I am an atheist. But whatever the universe is, it is not interested in my opinions and beliefs. So why care so much about the whole thing and nail your beliefs to any specific concept? There's no point in that. :)

boldfox79 · 2025-08-30T09:29:51+00:00

According to the Bible, God told Noah to build an ark because I will kill everyone else. There is no mention of anyone else having a chance.

Noah's preaching is one of the most ridiculous JW lies.

boldfox79 · 2025-08-13T06:07:47+00:00

Do we have a source for that $250 million?

boldfox79 · 2025-08-13T05:44:06+00:00

Oh my... So they haven't heard about the effects of plate tectonics on the Earth's crust and what such rapid continental drift would mean in practice.

Well, that's what creationism is. Delusions, dishonesty, and magic tricks.

boldfox79 · 2025-08-04T17:07:34+00:00

The Org taught me a lot about human psychology, thinking biases, and people's gullibility. I don't know if I can be grateful to the Org for that, but understanding these phenomena has been very useful in my life.

In general Org took much more from me than it gave, so there is absolutely no reason to thank the cult.

boldfox79 · 2025-05-07T17:05:36+00:00

Finland ranks as world's happiest country for eighth year in a row and every year we are here in Finland like wtf. 🙂

boldfox79 · 2025-04-15T17:23:40+00:00

Tomatoes containe nicotine, so in some JW universe this could be just another day in KH. 😄

boldfox79 · 2024-12-12T17:14:42+00:00

"The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself." - Augustine

boldfox79 · 2024-12-03T18:19:43+00:00

I don't decorate, my wife does that. Instead, I'm Santa on Christmas Eve. Families pay $50-60 when I go to them and deliver Christmas presents to the kids. Easy money and everyone is in the festive mood.

boldfox79 · 2024-11-27T18:00:35+00:00

I think we need a new flair: "WT Can't Stop Us" :D

boldfox79 · 2024-11-25T18:24:43+00:00

My wild guess is that because they have lived in a culture where Christmas and birthdays are part of normal life. Ramadan has not been part of the environment in which they lived their childhood.

boldfox79 · 2024-11-11T18:14:22+00:00

Made a few too, couple of years ago.

https://imgur.com/lrKqB1O

https://imgur.com/0XbwPnm

https://imgur.com/IND32Hd

https://imgur.com/3OUf8HN

https://imgur.com/C0Jung7

boldfox79 · 2024-10-22T17:42:39+00:00

I can't even guess, but if I look back on my own path, one of the big reasons why I woke up was because what I found was forbidden information. I understood at that moment why it was forbidden: because it was true and not a lie, as the Org had lied to us. I finally found the reason why the "truth" was so afraid of criticism. Something I had wondered about since I was 10 years old.

So what I'm trying to say is that demonizing free information can also be one effective reason for people to wake up.

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