10 Things Every Apostate Should Do In 10 Years

by Mindchild 7 Replies latest jw friends

  • Mindchild
    Mindchild

    10 Things Every Apostate Should Do In 10 Years

    1. Drive a chopper or wickedly cool car, even if you have to rent it. When you were a dub, you were under constant pressure to own and use a vehicle for ?service work.? Screw that, I say you might as well ride in style at least once. The best impractical service car I ever owned was a hopped up, Porsche eating 70 Z-28 Camero that always got me a police escort when I went cruising.
    2. Date somebody ?dangerous.? Wake up tied to a bed with a person who has more tattoos than you can count will give you something to tell your grandkids about someday. Of course, dating the ?dangerous types? will make you realize what jerks they are, and make you less likely to pass up someone who you are really compatible with but doesn?t scare the neighbors.
    3. Pack your bags and see the world. It is easier to do once you leave the Borg and have so many choices and opportunities ahead of you. Even if you can?t afford to stay at plush hotels, you can backpack it and travel light, taking advantage of cheap airfares. Hey, maybe you will meet a cool apostate on your travels to score on dating somebody ?dangerous.? Anyway, seeing the world will broaden your horizons and make you a more interesting person. And after being a dub for all those years, you are desperately in need of that!
    4. Live in a cool place. This can be anything from living in a sailboat to having a beautiful little cabin in the mountains. Personally, for the last several months, I?ve enjoyed living in a beach house on the Florida coast. I just love taking walks on the beach everyday. Comfort isn?t as important sometimes as the adventure, and if you want to get out of the boring lifestyle you had as a dub, it is time to live a little.
    5. Take some risks with the type of career you want to try. No point in being stuck the rest of your life as a janitor, Avon salesperson, or other typical JW brainless job. Take the time to figure out what you want to do and try some different approaches to reaching that goal. There are always the boring burger flipping jobs to do later in life, no point starting out there. If you don?t have experience working in the area you want to work in, either get some education under your belt or try volunteer work in some related area that you can use for your resume. Remember, you need to have some fun while doing all this, so don?t really push yourself into busting your ass doing something you hate just to survive. Haven?t you been there, done that already?
    6. Do something besides playing computer games or watching TV. How about pushing your body to its limits by being more physically adventurous. Hey, you don?t have to do rock climbing but get your ass outside and live a bit. You probably got a fat ass from being a dub, sitting at all those Gawd awful boring meetings, secretly snacking on candy and Cheetos. By going out dancing, riding your bike, going hiking, or whatever you can get rid of that flab and feel better about yourself.
    7. Try a few of those forbidden ?vices? you were never allowed as a dub. Have you heard of anyone in here yet complaining that demons took over their mind for taking a few puffs from pot? Is anyone on here complaining that they are having too much sex? Hey, there is a lot of expert advice you can get in this joint about vice. Lol Let the reader use discernment.
    8. Make sure you have your head screwed on right. You probably had to struggle with yourself with all the baked on Watchtower fecal matter on your brain. Time for cleaning the mess up by making sure you know beyond a doubt WHY the WTS is full of it and WHY they did what they did to you. Now you can take the responsibility for reinventing yourself, yourself but that is a pretty tough road to take. Perhaps a little help along the way by a professional therapist or counselor will go a long ways in speeding up the healing process and getting on with a happy life, Borg free.
    9. Do some volunteer work for something that deserves it, not the WTS. You might be broke, but you can give some sweat and time to a cause you believe in. Besides improving the world (which you sure the hell didn?t as a dub) you can allow yourself to be exposed to the real world instead of the make-believe world of the Witnesses. Yes, there is some sad sh*t you will see, but also a lot of incredible people trying to make a positive future.
    10. Learn to sail. Talk to strangers. Take a road trip. Go to apostofests. Climb a mountain. Try scuba diving. Take advantage of your new freedom, the energy, idealism, enthusiasm and willingness to experiment. The Borg no longer enslaves you. This is a time to learn and grow and become fully human, fully alive.

    These are my 10 commandments?. Got any to add?

  • Aztec
    Aztec

    Those are great!

    Here are ten things I've done that I wouldn't have done as a dub:

    1) Do something illegal! Even if it's something minor like going ten miles an hour over the speed limit. It's very liberating!

    2) Have a one-night stand. (Not if you're married of course)

    3) Read philosophy!!!

    4) Put watching a sport above attending a religious service. Hehe!

    5) Go on a pub crawl...I recommend Toronto for this!

    6) Smoke a cigar

    7) Hang out with apostates. You'll never have as much fun as you will with people who have thrown off the chains of a cult. They know how to party and they have the best stories to tell!

    8) Watch and appreciate the Smurfs.

    9) Study Eastern religions. You don't have to ascribe to any particular belief but, understanding other ideas and cultures is great!

    10) Watch a porno! You may just learn something.

    ~Aztec

  • GentlyFeral
    GentlyFeral

    1. Well, first I'd have to learn to drive. But I've done much scarier things this year; learning to drive in '04 should be a piece o' cake.
    2. Um, so far I've dated a couple of delicious women and been to several orgies with very well-behaved people, all while married and with spouse's permission. I guess that qualifies as "dangerous." Somehow.
    3. Now living in a third-hand trailer with homemade cedar paneling, very cute though claustrophobic and somewhat rundown. Hoping that a major pay hike comes through next year which will enable me to move to an actual apartment in Hippietown!
    4. Ahhh, dream career. Poet. I think I want Allen Ginsberg's job. I don't think I'll have my first book finished by the age of 50 - that's a little more than a year away - but 25 years or so is plenty of time to be a poet.
    5. Speaking of the pay hike, it'll happen when the doctor I'm working for now takes the practice private. New businesses are risky, but she has nailed everything down as far as humanly possible.
    6. Was getting out more, in between fighting the IRS to a standstill and helping a dear friend with a serious legal problem - two of the scariest things I've ever done. I hit the ground running and struck hard, "not pummeling the air," as Old Paul said (hahaha). Yes, I suppose it's about time to go back to the dyke poetry readings.
    7. Which brings me to the forbidden vices, I suppose. I just missed an orgy 'cause I had the flu or something Saturday night. Maybe I'll take in a strip show next weekend or something.
    8. I realized the WT was a fraud as soon as I understood that it was carrying me farther and farther away from the Golden Rule. That is now, and always has been, the moral benchmark of my life, despite the "strange lecheries"* and whatnot.
    9. Volunteer work: No time for it right this minute. I have found a charity that makes me happy, though -- the JT Leroy Fund. Check it out.
    10. This item I will take as a personal challenge to run a workshop at the next pagan convention - an idea I've been having a love-hate relationship with for a couple of years.

    Thanks, Mindchild :)

    GentlyFeral

    *found that phrase in Elmer Gantry. Ain't it cool?

  • avishai
    avishai

    I'm just gonna add one, go to the burning man festival, & you can take care of most of those on the list. Ya gotta go just once!

  • RAYZORBLADE
    RAYZORBLADE

    Mindchild, those were absolutely great!

    I dunno about my 10 things to do, but I've done some of what you mentioned.

    1. Get your blood typed, and if possible: give blood

    2. Regardless of your sexuality: get laid, and enjoy it (safely)

    3. Put faith in humanity, instead of god/organization.

    4. Celebrate ANY holiday.

    5. Listen to whatever music you truly enjoy, regardless of genre. (go to concerts)

    6. Read your horoscope, get a tarot reading, play with that Ouija board.

    7. Stand for your national anthem; salute your flag

    8. Get a tattoo/piercing if you wish.

    9. Save for your retirement.

    10. Visit exJW forums, and participate in them. Who knows who may be reading, and may can be helped by your words, posts, and shared information.

  • avishai
    avishai

    10. Visit exJW forums, and participate in them. Who knows who may be reading, and may can be helped by your words, posts, and shared information
    Ray, this point is HUGE. There are so many people out there that have bailed, thinking no one listens to them, whose words have helped me personally to a great deal. You may not always get the feed back you want here, but something you say may literally change or even save a life.

  • Aztec
    Aztec

    I just want to bump this back to the top cause I think it's a great post! I've really enjoyed all the comments so far!

    ~Aztec

  • iiz2cool
    iiz2cool

    1. You must not backslide into cultism.
    2. Be filled with Holy Spirits, particularly Wellington Lager and single malt Scotch.
    3. Do not forsake the gathering of yourselves together at monthly Apostofests.
    4. You must not covet the beer, liquor, or narcotic of your fellowman/woman. Bring your own and be willing to share.
    5. A cord of three strands is stronger than two, or one. Threesomes are to be encouraged.
    6. An expletive spoken, or shouted at the proper time accomplishes more than a dozen scriptures.
    7. Take in spiritual food daily at JWD.
    8. Vote Liberal.
    9. Put on the full suit of armour - or something - and go to a Halloween party.
    10. Worship the Goddess Clitora and render her service day and night.

    Walter

    Ontario District Overbeer

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