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The Impact of this Discussion Board in your Present Life
by The wanderer 22 Replies latest jw friends
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restrangled
Its funny you ask, I would have never considered this Board in the past. I was long gone from the witnesses and considered myself recovered......untill......my mother decided to shun me because I stil smoked cigarettes after 25 years.
I will not go into the details of the above here, but after finding this site, I found myself rethinking everything I had ever thought about being a JW.
It has been so powerful, my non JW husband also joined.
The people here and what they have to say has been more than I have ever expected. I am not a "forum" person but this place is addictive along with the people.
So I guess I will be here for a while. .......Thanks to all.
r.
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purplesofa
I was DF for nine years and came back.
Most of those nagging things in my mind about the society have been confirmed for me here.
If I had this when I was DF I probably would not have gotten reinstated.
Presently, I need this board to unravel the wound up teachings in my head. It is a source of socializing, there is hardly a topic that does not get discussed. I am amazed at the collection of diverse people here and the amount of knowledge. This board encourages me to think again. I feel growth and look forward to what another year down the road brings.
purps
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OUTLAW
Wanderer..There was a time when this board did not exist..There was a time,when you left the JW`s,you were alone..The WBT$ made sure of that..Consider the impact of this board,on the WBT$ World..It`s only going to get more interesting...OUTLAW
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choosing life
This board helps me to know I am not alone and not crazy. There is strength in numbers and if I had to go it totally alone, I don't know if I could have made it. After 30 years in an organization who claims to speak for God, it is slightly intimidating to say wait a minute, this just does not make sense. It is like saying the emperor has no clothes on. Obvious to you, but others are appalled that you dare to mention it.I love all the different personalities and the rather deep level of thought from various posters. So thanks for everything and keep it coming.
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Thegoodgirl
I've stopped posting for a while because this board was taking over my life, and I was sort of living in the past. I've not been a JW for 6 years, and not stepped in to a KH in just about as long. (faded, but still baptised). Anyway, I left the JWs before having access to internet, or these websites. I also never would have visited one of these sites as "The Good Girl" JW that I was.
I found the site 2 years after I had decided to leave on my own.
I find that it was easier to have an opinion about JWs before coming to here. Before I kind of thought they were stupid, and had some anger. But when I read some of the really awful stories here, I have so much more hatred for them. Sometimes I think that's not good to carry around. On this board, you hear some of the most tragic things that happen to people. YOu would never hear that stuff from people who you have only a casual relationship with in "the real world". So it can be a bit overwhelming and can be sometimes depressing when you worry for other people.
I'm very grateful for this site validating my feelings. and it has helped me through the long and lonely years of grad school. And I have learned so much about life just from reading your stories. But sometimes I think I have to purposefully wean myself away. Still love you guys, though!
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AK - Jeff
1.) What if this discussion board did not exist?
I would not have been aware of the large community that exists, consisting of thousands of former witnesses, and other never-witness supporters. The intellectual stimulation has been enormous in healing the wounds for me, seeing that the world is so much larger than the single dimension we had served to us in the Tower.
2.) What if there was no real way to know that
what you were feeling was right or wrong?Precisely where I was prior to finding this forum. Although awareness that others were out there had occurred to me, the vast empirical information that I was not alone, and that my reasoning about the wrongs I saw was important.
3.) In other words, how important has this
discussion board been, and what sort
of an impact has it had on your life?Scale of 1-10. A gigantic 10. Thanx Simon et al.
Jeff
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Dismembered
Greetings The wanderer,
1.) What if this discussion board did not exist?
That would suck. I like many of the JWD members here. It's enlightening and very entertaining. Fun really.
2.) What if there was no real way to know that what you were feeling was right or wrong?
This board has strengthened my resolve to see the day Watchtower dwindles to oblivion. I hope to live to see it. Hopefully we can all help the ones leaving that dreadful high control group. Just by virtue of being here, and helping them to realize they are not alone.
Great looking group BTW
Dismembered
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fullofdoubtnow
1) If this board didn't exist, I would probably have stayed a jw longer than I did, though I still think I'd have left eventually. I came here just before I da'd, and it was the realisation that there was somewhere to go for support that helped give me the courage to take the step and quit the org.
2) I don't think there is any real way to be cetain whether you're right or wrong about the wts anyway, but the research I did gave me a strong enough indication that the wts does not have the truth, so I left.
3) The impact of this board has been huge. It helped me to realise just how many people there are out there that have left the jws, and shown me that I am not alone in my doubts.
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OnTheWayOut
What I meant was: How would you gauge your feelings
about the Watchtower Society without the discussion
board? Would it be easier or harder? Sorry!In some ways, I am more mad at WTS because of what I read on the Board. Not for myself, but hearing the injustice and tragedy for others gets to me.