To all JW lurkers (page 2)

nvrgnbk

Hello to all you courageous lurkers!

I'm going to quote something from a good friend on here on JWD. He sent it to me in a private message.(You know who you are) "This is the real brotherhood."

Truth! No, no , no claims of this being God's mouthpiece or chosen group or organization or any crap like that. Just simply that this a support group for JWs. Here, even with healthily differing views on topics religious, political, etc. we all seem to believe in one thing that holds us all together:

UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

Feel it, give it, be it.

Best wishes to all in our different phases of recovery,

Nvr

betterdaze

Welcome lost%confused!

It does take a lot of courage to make that first post. The initial guilt will dissipate, the more you learn about people in your same situation and how they are coping.

~Sue

betterdaze

Welcome to you too, mrchuffster!

***The propaganda bounces off me like bullets on a tank.***

Great quote for the day!

~Sue

lost&confused

Thank you all for the warm welcome. It is more than I can say for my own congregation,who I dont think even notices that I am not there except when they are counting their numbers at the end of the month or year. I did get a call the other day..not to see how I was but to let me know that the memorial was next week and I SHOULD be there. I am really just sick of not being able to be my own person. I have always just been catagorized as a jw..not a person with her own thoughts and feelings. I have missed out on so much of my life by being part of this. I feel like I should be able to rejoice and celebrate the days my children were born. To me those were the happiest days of my life. It breaks my heart to see my kids faces when their friends at school invite them to their parties and they cant go. I just need to get up enough guts to stand up to everyone and be my own person. Which I am sure most of you know is easier said then done.

moshe

Welcome, welcome, to the new posters.

Maybe we need to set aside one day a month to post a story like Junction-Guy did- well done! It worked.

free2think

Welcome lost&confused and mrchuffster. I too was an 'active' jw with lots of doubts. But as soon as I found this site I realised my doubts were well-founded. Am now in the proccess of fading.

Crumpet

look what you did junction guy - you found us some lurkers!

Welcome lost and confusede - dont worry yes you make sense. The guilt is residual from what you have been repeatedly taught but it goes away as honest real truth and common sense replace it!

Welcome fellow brit Mr Chufster!

Zico

i wonder how many JWs do actually lurk though...often the lurkers who become posters seem to say they had already left the borg anyway. There never seem to be all that many who are active dubs who become posters...

Some do. When I signed up, I was an apologist, I had doubts about a few doctrines, but still believed it was Jehovah's religion.

vitty

Hi and welcome

I stopped going to meeting nearly 3 years ago..................I was in it for 20 of my adult years.............what a waste. I wish I had left when my children were young, now I have the pain of seeing my daughter stuck in something I know she hates ( but still believes in the concept). if it wasnt for her husband I know she would be out. Shes expecting her first child in the summer, so the legacy continues.

Please think about your future and your children future. Those who would shun you will not help you when you watch your children being turned into drones, they are not there when YOUR children are missing out on normal childhood memories please dont do it.

If someone had told me to be courageous and do the right thing years ago, I wouldnt have the bigger problems I have now.

My extended family may shun me yet but im started not to care if they do ................my daughter isnt shunning me at the moment but her hubby could at any time to do so. And I know what would be worse...................I could except my extended family not speaking to me but my daughter is a different matter.

So my advice do it now you can fade slowly over time.

Clam

Welcome Lost n Confused and Mr Chuffster. Good thread Junction Guy - the call to those in the wilderness needs to be made regularly and often.

Don't dedicate your life to a fraud -

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