Good for you Eldersmurf,
and Welcome to the board. You sound like you left recently. Hope you will tell us more.
Steve
What a blessing to leave the Cult
by ElderSmurf 21 Replies latest jw experiences
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nowisee
merry christmas. may your days be joyful and bright.
may you find happiness and blessings showing the spirit of genuine love and generosity.
best wishes to you and your family.
nowisee
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shamus
Welcome Friend!!
Doesn't it feel nice to not be so haughty around "walking corpses"? How they can twist the scriptures around and make us feel so privleged is sacriligous! What happened to humility?
And doesn't it feel good to help your fellow man out?
God will take vengence on anyone defiling his name. I don't know if that will be me or not, but my goodness, it won't be because I left the Jehovahs Witnesses. They are just as Scribes and Pharisees!
Have a merry Christmas!
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Sentinel
Welcome. Glad you are enjoying your Holidays with family. Yes, the JW experience has been heartbreaking for many on here; however, for others, at the time it was a life saver. I feel there is good in all things, and we must take the good and leave the rest.
The important thing is to begin the healing process and to understand why it was that we made the choices we did to belong to such a group, or continued following the choices others made for us when we were young. Dispite all the issues of being in the "borg" and the type of religion/cult it is, we were there, so we have to accept accountability for our being there.
Coming to terms with those issues will help us build a strong personal foundation of love and compassion. You are very fortunate to have supportive family around you.
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CruithneLaLuna
Yes, all things considered, it is a blessing to leave. Some of us, including me, have been through a lot of trauma in connection with leaving - although my personal trauma was more connected with being in than with leaving - leaving was the first step toward healing the wounds and defects that led to the trauma. If it has been relatively easier for you (though I suspect it is never easy in an absolute sense), then consider that a blessing also.
Warm regards, happy holidays,
George
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freelife
WELCOME to you our new "brother". I am happy to see yet another family see what the WTS has really been doing. I am sure that if you have any questoins or problems that you want to talk about most of us in here have gone thru it ourselves and would gladly talk to you. Feel at home here and welcome to the family.
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wannaexit
Eldersmurf,
good for you and your family for doing some good in your community and congratulations on having been set free.
wannaexit
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ElderSmurf
Thank you all, we were not born in the cult, but joined about 10 years ago... Now only a few from our families remain but maybe one day the can be released from slavery to the organization too. :)
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JamesThomas
Welcome.
Hope to hear more from you soon.
j