by journey-on 27 Replies latest jw friends
The logo in the upper LH corner says "everyone welcome".
I believe those this forum is an excellent location for those who are curious about JW's or even about ex-JW's.
Sometimes people don't understand the ex-JW experience, even after having been here for a while and tell us to "just get over it". This is an opportunity to educate them, if they're open to it. If not, then oh well -- this forum isn't for them after all.
I think a lot visit for confirmation of what they already thought about JWs.
thank you...
i am not a JW.
i don't have a background of experience.
i only thought that perhaps i could bring comfort to someone in need.
i guess i was wrong.
We do get the occasional Born-Again preacher. Sometimes the evangelist means well (trying to save our souls is a noble gesture even if some dispute its plausibility), sometimes they are simply irritating.
INQ
thank you...
i am not a JW.
i don't have a background of experience.
i only thought that perhaps i could bring comfort to someone in need.
i guess i was wrong.
Not wrong... I'm not an exJW either... but the more the merrier here... Says he, who has appeared here and made himself at home
Summer,
I think that is a great reason to visit and contribute. Thank you for your kindness!
I post to converse and learn . Hopefuly my understading will be of aid to a troubled and confused indivudual.
One of the purposes in life is to be imposed on by others and to impose oneself on them.
People in religions are seeking understanding for the most part , I was just curious about what I saw as another venue to enlightenment when I had an experience with JWism.
In my time here I have developed a much greater sense of a humans place in creation. Only through exposure to dissent and experience can one achieve understanding .
Understanding the fundamental nature of our state of existence is the highest achievment , the greatest reward , the purpose of life and the fullfillment of that pupose , we all seek understanding.
Posting here has opened the spirit of a great many and allowed the light of consiousness to illuminate the dark recessess of our self imposed delusion.
I post here becuase I love and want to show where love can be experienced as it was meant to be experienced
It is my desire to share myself with others in the most benificial way in which it is possible
Posting is an expression of love and healing
I post to converse and learn . Hopefuly my understading will be of aid to a troubled and confused indivudual.
One of the purposes in life is to be imposed on by others and to impose oneself on them.
People in religions are seeking understanding for the most part , I was just curious about what I saw as another venue to enlightenment when I had an experience with JWism.
In my time here I have developed a much greater sense of a humans place in creation. Only through exposure to dissent and experience can one achieve understanding .
Understanding the fundamental nature of our state of existence is the highest achievment , the greatest reward , the purpose of life and the fullfillment of that pupose , we all seek understanding.
Posting here has opened the spirit of a great many and allowed the light of consiousness to illuminate the dark recessess of our self imposed delusion.
I post here becuase I love and want to show where love can be experienced as it was meant to be experienced
It is my desire to share myself with others in the most benificial way in which it is possible
Posting is an expression of love and healing
It's like as soon as I find out they haven't lived it, I pull my personal covers aroundmyself and clam up.
Maybe part of what I am saying is that believing some of the absurdity of the witnesses is a little bit embarrassing!
Sometimes you wonder how in the world was I that stupid to actually believe it and on top of that, give of my time...my life...my
money...my soul...to a company whose sole purpose is to print and distribute books and magazines to sell, albeit religious ones. Even when they stopped
asking for a contribution from the householder, they still asked the congregations to purchase the literature from headquarters,
so they were and always have gotten their money either way. Now I feel duped. Now I'm embarrassed to even admit I was once JW.
I think I'm a fairly intelligent person, but when I admit to being a JW, some look at you like you just told them you were a Moonie or had just
gotten out of the loony bin.
I can tell a fellow ex-JW that I feel stupid and they understand. But someone else might think: Yeah, you were stupid and gullible
and weird and perhaps a little insane to go along with it.
I find I only have a problem with it when they use it against you in argument. Which is really dumb. I mean if I am a loser for being a JW, how much lore of a loser or you for posting that on a JW recovery board.
