by ButtLight 14 Replies latest jw friends
Just for the heck of it, I decided to go look back at some of my posts when I joined the jwd. It was almost 2 years ago. I had a different username back then. But just reading over the things about me being df'd and how upset I was then, and how I feel now is strange!
For those who have been here a while, do you ever go look back at some things you have posted?
I also noticed that alot of the posters back then, arent around anymore.
I was lurking here for a few weeks, then decided to post full steam, and never stopped since....
I was looking back at some of my first posts a few weeks ago. The first time I ever posted, I was still a jw, though I hadn't been attending meetings for a while, and had almost decided to da, which I did soon after joining here, after the elders had visited me threatening a jc. I knew so little about the wts then, despite having spent the last 25 years of my life in the org, and had so many issues that being here has helped me to resolve.
Now, 15 months later, I know so much more about the religion I was part of for so long, and am pretty much over it, apart from the odd thought that sneaks into my mind from time to time.
I also noticed that there were a few posters back then who aren't around now, or aren't here very often, but many are still here.
Linda
I was looking back at mine only last night because I noticed that JWdaughter registered on the same day as me.
I had almost zero netiquette skills then and I said my first hello on another newbies hello thread - Cyborg - they only posted for a few months, but if you're still lurking, I hope things are going well for you
I was scared when I first came here.
This was my second post:
Welcome Mrs. Jones, from a fellow newbie. I was never baptized, either, and I've recently stopped studying after 4 years..realizing it wasn't for me. Finally, I'm free to worship God and not become a slave to the WT.
Look forward to your posts and conversating with everyone.
LMAO!! How quickly life changes.
I was reading a few of my threads just now, and all I can say is WOW! Good thing they are buried far far away lol!
they are buried far far away lol!
Yep, until some wise guy brings them back up and then you look like a fool again...
Yep, until some wise guy brings them back up and then you look like a fool again
Had that happen before, I kept saying, finally its gone, then turn around and its back up and running!!
Sometimes you wish you had one of these!
I just looked back at some of my early topics and posts, and one thing I noticed is how my terminology has changed.
I still called it the "truth" then, and said stuff like I am now part of "the world" again. I capitalised jws, which I don't do now, and I never call their religion the truth, as I know it isn't. It's good to look back sometimes, I think, it shows how much progress many of us have made away from the org while we've been on here.
I looked back on my first post and I remembered how scared I was to take that step. It was a big deal in my mind at the time. I was always looking over my shoulder to make sure my family didn't catch me.
What I posted about is probably the biggest problem that I still have with the dubs. That is how they misguide people on the blood issue, although I have learned many more things that make my blood boil.
There was a poster who went by the name of eyeslice then. I don't see him anymore and wonder what happened to him. If you're out there still, stop and say hello. Always enjoyed your posts.
