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hello my fellow "apostates".

just wanted to say hi.

i'm still in the borg but mentally out.
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Hortensia - Thanks! :-p
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by fakefading in
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hello my fellow "apostates".

just wanted to say hi.

i'm still in the borg but mentally out.
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Found Sheep - Thank you for your kind and wise words :-)
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hello
by fakefading in
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hello my fellow "apostates".

just wanted to say hi.

i'm still in the borg but mentally out.
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Londo111 - Where to start answering the question. Just EVERYTHING. I think it takes time. Years before I had seen some stuff on the internet but I told myself it wasn't true, I continued with my delusion of the "truth". Years later maybe 1 year ago, I started to do more research that lasted for maybe only a week. The evidence against the Watchtowe was, I guess you can say, "true", I thought to myself, "surely this is Satan's trap trying to take me away from the Truth!" So I stopped completely and again continued with my delusion. So then again a couple of months back I started doing more and more research. Watching and reading more "cult" like behaviors of other cults/religions. All the irrefutable facts were now right there, in front of me, impossible to deny. I asked myself, "Should I continue with my delusion or just ACCEPT the facts and the truth about this religion? That I have been lied to my entire life and made to believe something that isn't true." This was very hard to accept but I had no other choice because of all the evidence and irrefutable facts. So I accepted the TTATT. At the time I would call it, "the truth that I once thought was true isn't true". I just had to be honest with myself and accept the facts no matter how hard.

Like Carl Sagan says (brackets are mine): "It is far better to grasp the [TTATT] as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."
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hello
by fakefading in
1. jw
2. experiences
hello my fellow "apostates".

just wanted to say hi.

i'm still in the borg but mentally out.
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Londo111 - Yeah, let's just hope many more wake up!

straightshooter - thank you :-)

Mum - Thank you :-)

kneehighmiah - Yeah it's pretty funny. When I got named an MS, the weekend just before that I had gotten so drunk my wife almost told the elders on me lol.
Hey good to know about "new light" before it comes out!
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hello
by fakefading in
1. jw
2. experiences
hello my fellow "apostates".

just wanted to say hi.

i'm still in the borg but mentally out.
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The Searcher - Thanks searcher, you're right WE are not alone :-)

fulltimestudent - thank you, I only believe what the Bible teaches not what men want me to believe. My mind is free and not bound by the teachings of men. I actually smoke a cigarrete every so often. It's kind of my way of giving them the finger and putting my mental freedom into something tangible.
I may actually be the only current MS that gives talks that smokes a few hours before going up in the platform and giving a "talk".
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hello
by fakefading in
1. jw
2. experiences
hello my fellow "apostates".

just wanted to say hi.

i'm still in the borg but mentally out.
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BluesBrother - I hope to get to that point soon.

Gypsy Sam - Well i haven't hit the 70 mark in a few months so I'm good :-) More like 7 hours :-D

cantleave - Hi can't leave, I can't leave either :-p
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by fakefading in
1. jw
2. experiences
hello my fellow "apostates".

just wanted to say hi.

i'm still in the borg but mentally out.
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problemaddict - good to hear about your story and that she has hope :-p
I'm in Texas!

ABible Student - thanks for the tips! I Have already tried some of those but to no avail... yet! We shall see what happens down the line. Thank you :-)

whathappened - Thank you :-) Yes I was for a while but feeling much better now thanks for the kind words

Honesty - Whoa that really sucks. Too bad I already told her TTATT and things are not going very well for us. But we shall see what happens. Thankfully we have no kids.

Bugbear - I think the same will end up happening to my wife she is in the same boat that she "needs" something like that in her life for it to make sense.

KateWild, LisaRose - Yes it is difficult and I do have a plan B. Plan B is stepping down from it all and just become a regular publisher. This will happen sometime this year. Plan C is getting divorced and leaving all of that behind. But plan B is where i'm headed, hopefully. But plan C will probably also happen if the wife continues to be a B****

Thank you all for all the kind and welcoming words and great tips and suggestions :-)
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hello
by fakefading in
1. jw
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hello my fellow "apostates".

just wanted to say hi.

i'm still in the borg but mentally out.
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I have 2 very close friends that know TTATT but they don't serve with any privs so I don't know the estimates of how many there are faking it.

It's not that hard for me also because I have those good friends that also know TTATT but being married with a believer of the lies is what makes it the hardest.
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by fakefading in
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hello my fellow "apostates".

just wanted to say hi.

i'm still in the borg but mentally out.
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I've only been mentally out for about 2 months. I will stop Regular Pioneering very soon! Just can't atm but I will soon :-D
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hello
by fakefading in
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hello my fellow "apostates".

just wanted to say hi.

i'm still in the borg but mentally out.
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Hello my fellow "apostates". Just wanted to say hi. "Hi!"

I'm still in the borg but mentally out. Will probably remain like this for a long time! But i'll have fun with it :-P

I'm married with a JW who is completely brain-washed and I serve as a Ministerial Servant and as a Regular Pioneer.