i have very recently come out of a bout of severe depression which lasted for years.
i have ginormous underlying issues which i hardly talk about, especially to my family.. today my sister came in, wanting to force me to do something she wanted.
her strategy was to make me feel bad for feeling bad, just to show me that my problem (which she has no idea of but thinks she does) wasn't the biggest in the world.
Teacup,
Feeling sad is a very difficult feeling to carry. Many on this site have been or still are there.
Please keep looking ahead. Try your best to see past what you feel now.
And please, try to close out the burden of guilt many of us have felt both while we were in as well as after we left the Organization.
At time I still need to put my ear buds in and go for a long walk with Pandora playing that evil music!
Thank you for your post.
i've watched the reaction to the nepal disaster for the first time with eyes opened.
lots of comments about praying for the brothers and sisters affected.
the official release on the website references only the sister and her two children that died, along with the impact on the brothers there.
It was the same with 911 in Manhattan. They talked about how they gave "hope" to those effected.
The Society teaches that there is no need to help others in dyer situation. Hey.... we are all going to die in the big A anyway.
Once again.. ez to see when we are out. Almost impossible when we are in.
we thank our informant for these documents and hope he/she will remain under the radar safely!.
click the green download button... 2015 april 17, boe (re: meeting medical needs in the foreign-language field).
.. http://wwwb.fileflyer.com/view/gukk6aq.
Wifibandit ..
Thanks, I was not able to open the other posted format! Keep being a Wifi super smart bandit!
i am new to this forum - it is only a couple of weeks since i have allowed myself to acknowledge and research my doubts.
i am trying to be fair by reading both sides of the story and considering jw official explanation of confusing matters.
one of the issues i have been looking at is shunning - and i was shocked to see the misleading information about shunning on the jw.org website: .
LHS123
Keep an open mind. When I was in I would never listen to any one who had a different view.
Now I know why.
I deeply regret a conversation I once had with my brother who left.
I shunned him for 14 years. Once I came to senses I spent a year trying to find him to apologize.
i am new to this forum - it is only a couple of weeks since i have allowed myself to acknowledge and research my doubts.
i am trying to be fair by reading both sides of the story and considering jw official explanation of confusing matters.
one of the issues i have been looking at is shunning - and i was shocked to see the misleading information about shunning on the jw.org website: .
Many prohibitions are not directly stated by the Society, however you as one of Jehovah's Witnesses know that shunning is being stressed at Assemblies and conventions.
Just as they say voting in a matter of conscience. They do not have the balls to put what they really believe on their web site or in print. Once again, however, what do you think would happen to an Elder or Pioneer who went down and cast a vote for the president?
Please read and learn from this site. There is a lot of good information.
the roller coaster ride of leaving the jw.org cult..... guilt .
fear.
anger.
We all , who have left, gone through many of your list.
Keep going... it will get much better. Even great!
so this sunday we arrived at the meeting late.
like towards the very end of the public talk.
local elder delivered the talk.
WOW! I was an Elders for many years. I just looked up and read the letter from Judge Rutherford to Hitler.
Amazing... No wonder the "New WBTS" wants to distance them self from him and Russel.
No way God speaks through the GB of today. Its just like any other cult. I want a refund!
from last weeks meeting.
"we are now going to talk about experiences from trolley witnesssing" .
this is the honest to god response.
conn. firefighter who is jehovah's witness files federal discrimination lawsuit.
http://www.ctlawtribune.com/id=1202722980377/conn-firefighter-who-is-jehovahs-witness-files-federal-discrimination-lawsuit#ixzz3xhkbpznt.
I find this ironic. A Fire Dept. Captain in Prescott Arizona prohibited me as a licensed real estate agent with a qualified buyer from entering his home , that was listed on the MLS, to show it because I was DFed.
His name is James Baker, elder in Willow Creek Cong.
Should I have filed a federal lawsuit? HaHa.. The house never sold!
its a rainy day and have been reading posts.. i would like to respond to the comments of those still in, post to those who have decided to leave.. what ever you have been told or may think about what will happen without "the truth" , is not true.
my life without the wbts is fantastic.
no stress, live in a beautiful place, great new friends and total peace of mind.
azor
I know what you feel. Print your post and re read it in a couple of years.
You will be amazed how well things can turn out.
Alive
Thank you
