I'm from the Midwest USA, but I met a couple ladies online from the UK in recent months that temp me to visit them sometime in the future. I really like the accents over there. :-)
Introducing myself
by Jeremy430 54 Replies latest jw friends
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Cadellin
Welcome, Jeremy and Cook My Socks (love that name)
First, it takes a lot of courage to come here when you're active, esp. Cook as an elder, b/c all the warning bells are going off in your mind and you feel like someone is going to break in at any moment and grab you by the arm and say, "Aha! Spiritual Porno!!" But, beneath the alarm, there's been a part of you that's been standing back now, for some time, just shaking his head and saying, "Something ain't right here," and finally you can't take it any longer and you've got to find out.
Cook, be prepared for shock and awe. I'm a born-in in my mid-forties and when I started to learn the truth about the truth, I spent a lot of time crying (okay, I'm a mermaid, after all) and when I wasn't crying, I was furious at how the WT had manipulated information to suit their own agenda. Needless to say, it's not a good time emotionally. On top of that, ALL my family is in and super-strong. Laughably, I was always that way myself, pioneering, Bethel, etc. You will get through it, you will find a way to cope. Reading other's experiences is incredibly helpful because you'll find very quickly that everything you've been feeling (1) has been experienced by at least one other person and probably numerous others and (2) is completely justified. For me, it was a huge relief to find that I wasn't, in fact, crazy.
Peace to both of you. I look forward to reading your stories if and when you're ready (btw, actually telling your story has a strong, therapeutic value.)
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jeremy
did u ever live in ss ark and branson mo?
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donny
but there is that part in the back of my mind that fears they have the truth. Stupid I know, but it's there
Many of us here had that thought lurking at the back of their minds when they took the shackels of the Society. Believe me that it will fade in time. Now I look at myself and ask "How could you ever have really believed that?"
Donny
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cyberjesus
Welcome guys! Hey if you want to see the originals... go to bethel they have them for sure in the library and there is no way apostates falsify them and put them there :-)