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by oompa 34 Replies latest jw friends

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  oompa

  I am still a newbie compared to many here, and I don't even know who does what, nor have I ever read all those numbered rules and such that are below every post. So thanks for not kicking me off. Simon, Ladylee and Jgnat as well as any other veterans on this site......I sincerely thank you for you efforts regarding JWD....(like elders...your pay is low I guess). But that also goes out to everyone from newbies on up....everyone can contribute. Therapy comes in many forms. I had struggled in so many ways for two years. Many in my hall knew it....one person...a young elder, cared a bit. What a difference here! I am pretty sure I bottomed out twice in the last two years and mentioned it once here.......thank you all so much.

  I am not crazy. I don't know why it doesn't bother those around me that we have our "own" bible that is full of fraud, but it bothers me... A LOT. While that is not the only thing that inspired my transition out of JW, it was the catalyst, the last straw.....such a basic little thing to many. Yes the whole thing has been pretty depressing, but I think it should be. I am on my way out of a deep dark hole, and Readers Digest used say "laughter is the best medicine" so I do enjoy cutting up a little (and flirting is fun too!). I know I spend too much time here and post too much....but I need you guys now. I may be a little addicted, but so many of us have been through so much. There are kids 18 posting here all torn up, and there are middle age and up, from all over the world. Look what this faith has done to us. Maybe there really is no "normal" to be found as a standard, and I think those here are going to have a hard time ever finding that place and recognizing it. You guys will help me and others here fit in...fit in as (double life almost) faders, fit in as DF'd throw away rejects, and fit in as DA's that to me have the strength to create their own true freedom...sometimes at great cost. We all have a price to pay though, and I don't think there is any place that understands that as much as JWD.

  Thank You All........and Good Luck! man that feels good....don't it?.........................................oompa
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  AuldSoul

  WHAT an incredible Jedi Master post!!!
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  snowbird

  Congrats on reaching Jedi status.

  Yes, some things about the JW's bother some of us more than others.

  The New World misTranslation is a thorn in my side also.

  The WTS founder's racist attitude ticks me off to no end.

  We're all in this together.

  Sylvia
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  sweetstuff

  ((Hugs)) So true Ommpa, this place has people from every walk, every sector, on it, all with one common thread, we "get" each other. We can cry, even laugh about elders, CO's, meetings, FS and with no worry of that "what the heck are you talking about" response. I luckily have some great personal friends who helped me cry and laugh through it, one of our favorite jokes actually is to say, Oh I am SO calling the elders on you NOW! Someone with no experience with the WTS would never get it. This place is a safe haven of expression for all of us to be understood.
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  Gopher

  Oompa,

  Good for you, you're a Jedi. Your sense of humor and research on older publications are two reasons I like to read your posts. That Marty Feldman avatar, well I'm coping.
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  oompa

  Sweetstuff, could you PLEASE change your avatar!!!!....oompa
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  ninja

  hope your stutter gets better.....he he he he he he he he he he
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  mathilde

  Ooompa, understand what you´re saying and it´s so true.

  This place has been my rescue too.It´s almost inpossible for those who haven´t been JW´s to understand just how hard it is to get out and it´s so healing to have contact with the people on this board.

  I too was very unhappy for a long time but today I can only say:

  Thank God we´re out of that mincing machine!!!

  Mathilde
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  Open mind

  Congratulations to Oompa on leaving the dark side of The Force!!!
  
  Oompa said:
  
  "Many in my hall knew it....one person...a young elder, cared a bit. What a difference here!"
  
  I think plenty of JWs care about others but the Org won't allow them to show it in any ways that are not WT Approved. After enough time being in an emotional and spiritual strait jacket, the urge to care begins to wane I'm afraid. It can be ultimately dehumanizing, IMO.
  
  I'm glad you found this place Oompa.
  
  Open Mind
  
  p.s. Do your close friends call you Oompa-Loompa?
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  flipper

  OOMPA- My friend it has always been good to have you on this board since you joined ! I too enjoy your bawdy humor and my wife and I have a " dark" off beat sense of humor anyway. You have a lot of good solid takes on life, and realize you can be a help to others ! That's what it's all about bro! You are correct in saying this board has helped a lot of us ,including myself, and we certainly can relate to much of what our fellow posters have gone through ! It is and continues to be an incredible support group with unconditional caring among it's members ! Boy, we never got that in the witnesses ! So I'm right there with ya bro' , keep on posting and we will all keep supporting our combined efforts to eventually see others freed from the grasp of the mind controlling cult . Peace out my friend, Mr. Flipper