(on proofreading this, I feel that this is more preachy then I meant it. So as a disclaimer, I hope you know that if you get that impression, that I didn't mean it that way. Having said that, this is what I feel, so if you relate to this in any way, enjoy. If you don't, thats cool too....)
Just a thought or two on the thread title.....
It occurred to me that there are many people with many reasons to be here. And often, what we choose to talk about (check your post history for example) often will tell a lot about you. It's not that your opinions or mine are not important. They are. And they aren't.
Who here hasn't enjoyed the streuous debates with some who claim to be JW's (whose name, like the holy tetragrammaton, I will not utter here). Or perhaps me and BTS arguing politics. Or something. Or trying to be funny. The occasional smartass remark. (hi there John Doe )
But thats what makes us fun I guess. Each of us need something that we get here. Some need to vent, to cry, to laugh, or even to be controversial, or see how many people they can piss off. Certainly, most of us can't stay away who were JW's, but now here.
And so, when it comes to what we talk about here, we can actually learn a lot about ourselves if we just look at what we have posted, whether that be recently, or further back, esp when you first left. Sometimes it's quite healthy to do that.
Which is why I wonder..... what if you or I are stuck?
Any chance we get to take a leak and piss on the WTBTS, we do it. If there is a "will not mention the unholy name" JW apologist, "we" gang up on her.
Oh the chance to let out all the vitriol and steam, the hate and anger, the embarassment and shame, the stupidity... And we feel like LETTING THE SOB'S HAVE IT!!!
Over and over and over and over and over and over again. Years go by. Waiting for the next JW pinata to swing at.
It can be good fun on occasion. What I worry about is simply, "What about you?"
The occasional anger is cool. And while I am no therapist, (nor do I frequent Holiday Inn Express) there is a long term concern about being stuck in that mindset.
I am just curious if you feel that way, or if that anger is so great, have you made progress? The only person you need answer to is you, so you would know best.
You see, from my point of view, YOU are more important then whether or not JW are going down, or if there is a rouge JW here trying to bait and piss us off.
Ever notice why non JW's don't come here much? They don't get it and can't understand. But they also aren't angry. They have their own problems, and their own past, but they don't have that cult cloud weighing on them.
We do, to one degree or another. And sometimes, all we know how to do is stay in 1st gear and bash those bastards, because they deserve it.
We do it on the internet, alone, often anonymously. When there is a life waiting to be reclaimed. Yours.
Thats it. I just wanted to wish peace to all. In the wake of Michael Jacksons death, a former JW, I thought it would be good to wish everyone here will find themselves, and know that they aren't an "EX JW", as if it were a title, or our race.
We can be former JW's. People who at one point were in a cult, but left. I know that is easier said then done, but that is what I wish for everyone tonight.
Love you all! PEACE!!!