hi friends.
i have some questions for all who are fading.. .
do your friends in the old congregation know, that you maybe don't attend the meetings in the new congregation?.
i have heard of people changing congregations, moving their publisher cards, attending a few meetings and then saying they have to move again (due to work, school, etc). then they move their cards again and never have to attend. it sounds pretty foolproof to me.
good luck :)
i'm pretty sure it is, just wanted to confirm.
this would be someone who went once and only looked....
i didnt go. i am female, although i guess maybe some women are into that kinda thing. its someone i know.
i'm pretty sure it is, just wanted to confirm.
this would be someone who went once and only looked....
i'm pretty sure it is, just wanted to confirm. This would be someone who went once and only looked...
someone suggested i post an introductory thread.
i am a married, rather young grandma of four precious rugrats, ages 2-9. i guess our only child son and his only child wife didn't want their own kids to be "onlies".
my other half and i married rather young (18 &22) and will be celebrating 31 years together this summer.. i am sort of add, keep thinking i am still 28, love my husband now more than ever, and am so glad i woke up and left the crazy cult.. my husband and i began studying months after marrying and then decided to take the dunk.
what a nice experience. It is nice when one can not be bitter and take the cult experience and realize that it made us who we are today. It is amazing that you all faded together without even planning it!
i've wanted to do this for some time now.
i've had enough beers tonight.
anyone here from the boston ma spanish congregation?
there was also brother Ross, an old white dude who Spanish with a heavy gabacho accent. i dont know the ones you mentioned.
i've wanted to do this for some time now.
i've had enough beers tonight.
anyone here from the boston ma spanish congregation?
i was in a Spanish cong in California. had bro Izquierdo as a CO. he's been around the country. do you know him?
my husband is inactive, but still very much believes in the borg as having the truth.
i now have coc in spanish.
i am currently reading it, but i would love to know if anyone can point me to any specifics.
thank you all for your comments and suggestions. i will check out "Captives of a concept" and "The search for Christian Freedom."
even though my husband became inactive quite soon after i did a couple of years ago, is still haunted by his guilt. we celebrate many of the holidays at my insistance. He consents because he loves me. My young daughter's birthday is coming up. i want to have a party. He doesnt. but, he probably will take part anyway, as he has in the past. I just wish he could be freed and see this cult for what it is. We dont talk much about the religion because it has been painful for both of us, but we are starting to talk about it, which is good.
my husband is inactive, but still very much believes in the borg as having the truth.
i now have coc in spanish.
i am currently reading it, but i would love to know if anyone can point me to any specifics.
My husband is inactive, but still very much believes in the borg as having the truth. i now have CoC in Spanish. i am currently reading it, but i would love to know if anyone can point me to any specifics. i am planning on printing out whatever i think may catch his eye. i dont think he would read the whole thing just on his own.
He seems to be interested in/ affected by injustices by the elders. so maybe something along those lines.
i just wish that he could be freed from the guilt of not being active and from his desiring to "go back" someday.
i think of how judgmental we were as witnesses.
"worldly ones" were almost as bad as disfellowshipped ones but not as bad as "apostates"..
i come from a family of people who question everything. They are fairly liberal. When i converted (or was converted - i was 11), my critical thinking all but stopped. the most positive way of facing my past is to realize that it made me who i am today. But, yes, i felt superior. The Jdubs really feed into one's ego. I am just glad that i am out now.
i just tried ordering it on amazon, and it says it is unavailable.
does anyone know where i can get a copy?
i want to conveniently leave it around the house for my husband to find..
thank you! i was hoping to get my hands on the actual book, but i'll settle for an online copy :)
