he decided to come out of the closet.
in reality, he's a crossdresser.
and a peeping tom.
Welcome NoDenial!
I must say your "coming out" sure has taken a long time....geez...especially since you were the one that actually started the whole reason "why I came to this board a year ago"..
Puter: thanks for starting this new thread. I agree with you...and thank you for your sympathy!!! Please come and visit us soon: I need some support, can you say a prayer and throw some "holy water" when you are at our house so he will straighten up???? PLEEEEEEEASSSSSSE!!!
I love you,
Codeblue
Welcome!!!
Enjoy your research!
Codeblue
it has been difficult getting my old database to accept new info and then there was no way to edit the old thread so this is it on a new thread.
this is a follow up from the older: .
yrs bethel
I appreciate this thread even though I am a "woman".
I ditto Sabine's comments...she said how I feel perfectly.
Good job Jst2laws
Codeblue
this is my story.
it is my first time telling my story and a little intimidating.
when i was 8 my adoptive family became jw's.
Welcome!
Thanks for sharing your life story. So sorry that you have not been shown true love. You will find that a lot of people here share that same issue: lack of love. Very sad indeed.
There are a lot of kind people here. If you get a chance to meet up with some: go for it!!!
Codeblue
i havent really been keeping up with the latest garbage being spewed forth from the wts to its members, but stumbled on this little gem from
http://quotes.watchtower.ca/bewarethevoiceofstrangers.htm
i'm sure this has been mentioned before and i missed it but i enjoyed this talk.
Good point Rick!!!
I laughed when I read your point, but it is very true. They want the householder to "listen to us" and we aren't angels!!!
Codeblue
i just purchased, at amazon.com, and i am anxiously awaiting the arrival of, two of raymond franz's books, crisis of conscience and the other one .
christian freedom i think it was called.
for those who have read them; would you please give some sort of brief review of these books and rate them either "
I recommend reading both books.
After reading the first 2 chapters of COC...I finally got the "real history" of the WTBS (not what we were told in the Proclaimers Book)...I can tell you that was enough for me. After you read it, you can pm me and I will tell you exactly what I thought!!
ISOCF---is more in depth, and talks about more issues and retalks them so the people that still have doubts can be convinced. (I didn't need all the re-explaining, so I found it a little dry and boring). However, I agree with what was presented.
Codeblue
i just found this sight today and have not had time to read very many posts, but i can relate to some of the ones i have read thus far.
i have been a jw for only 2yrs.
but have had doubts for about 6mo.
Welcome Kibi!
Keep doing your research. The fact that your husband has been inactive for a month (despite no doubts) is saying an unsaid message, "he probably has doubts too". Being that he has always been a JW...(like myself), when you first start feeling a little like "something is wrong" is a huge step for him. Also, he has been told that it is" the mouthpiece of Jehovah"...so he is scared. Don't push him...let him come to this on his on conclusions and research.
Codeblue
right now there's a friend who needs a friend in sydney.. you've all 'been there' and can help him thru' it.. what do you say to someone who knows in his head that the borg just isn't right, yet was brought up "in the troof" and so knows nothing else.. then the borg's inhumane judicial procedures can cause unspeakable mental anguish and emotional disturbance.
yet at this time there's simply no-one to turn to - a recipe for disaster.. so....would you give some words of reassurance to our new friend?
tell him what it's like to be free of the borg.
G'day Mate!!!
I personally want to welcome you to this board. I was in your shoes about a year ago, wondering the same things you are.
I was raised in the truth(tm) and at 10 became a reg. unbaptized publisher. At 17 I was baptized. I was very faithful. I was publishing as a baptized publisher for 29 years!
About 2 years ago, I saw the Dateline Special (USA) about the pedophile problem with the WTBS. I sat very shocked and appalled. How dare they complain about the Catholic Church when "they" had the same problem? My rose colored glasses began to come off!
Lack of love within all my moves all over the US, was also a proof that the (WTBS) was not living up to Christian standards.
So, a year ago, I started lurking here. Took me 6 months to start posting! I immediately felt like I belonged here more than at the KH...there are a lot of kind people that have suffered from such lack of love.
I hope to see you post when you feel you can. Please know that you have many "friends" here.
Hugs,
Codeblue
here's the link, but i copied the article below.
you'll probably have to cut and paste it in your browser window.. .
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apeurope_story.asp?category=1103&slug=russia%20jehovah's%20witnesses.
Jimbob, very interesting info!
<Prosecutors claimed Jehovah's Witnesses destroys families and fosters hatred>
Wondering if any of those prosecutors have been JW's or seen personally how it destroys families and fosters hatred? Whether or not they have, that statement is right on the money!
Thanks for sharing this article.
Codeblue
or click this link... http://www.tekzoned.com/weird/weirdo.html
wow...I can't believe it either...pretty weird...I too am still seeing it as I type this message!!!
