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  I am losing

  by NoMoreHustle in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i haven't posted anything for a bit, but wanted to express how i am losing this battle.

  it has been over 3 years now since i woke up about watchtower.

  the battle that i am talking about is the tug of war with my wife (i adore her immensely), watchtower is winning, she simply will not give in to my so-called negative thoughts about the religion that we are in.

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  kairos

  I chose to stay with my JW wife and let life be what it is.

  I'm glad i did.
  She is, too.
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  This Thursday they are going to announce my disfellowshipping and I don't give a $%^&

  by Harvard Illiterate 411 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hubby is on my team.

  i know i'm going to be way happier.

  i might even meet up with the apostafest in colorado with you guys.

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  kairos

  I like smoking, too.

  Freedom is yours.
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  umbertoecho re the ARC

  by umbertoecho in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  hello to everyone.. i hope you are all well and sorting things out between yourselves.

  i have temporary internet access which is probably a good thing for now.

  i have been contacted by the arc in a respectful and loving manner today.

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  kairos

  Thank you for everything you have done.

  Know you have my support and I applaud the courage you have to share your experiences with us.

  The outcome of the process will improve and shape the future for the rights of children. This will only result in good.
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  Chronic relapse - what do I do?

  by wayoutthere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my first post here and unfortunately it is asking for help.. i was a born in jehovah's witness and from my earliest memories, i know i hated being one.

  i hated the embarrassment of being the "outsider" at school and i hated not being allowed to have any friends.

  of course i had the obligatory friends in the kingdom hall - none of whom were my age exactly and none of whom i would have personally chosen to be friends with if i had been left to pick them myself in a natural setting.

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  kairos

  It has been difficult to tell some of my friends that I was a witness.

  I actively started perusing 'worldly' friends around 2004.
  I did not witness to them or judge them.
  ( decade long JW double-life )

  Many 'knew', but did not care. Now all these years later, when I have ZERO JW friends, the 'worldly' friends are still by my side.

  ( the term worldly is stupid )

  Everyone I tell is supportive. None have suggested returning to Jive-Hobo...
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  Leaving the JWs

  by Hurting in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am 32 years and have recently left the organisation.

  i got baptised in last feb. please excuse any typing errors i have dyslexia.

  it has been so hard this year i have gone through so many ups and downs.

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  kairos

  Having to choose between 1. family love and living a lie in captivity or 2. freedom seems like a hard choice- at first. A cruel choice.

  After 25 years in and now 6 month out, I can tell you, in all honesty:

  I wish I had the courage to disassociate immediately and without hesitation at my first doubts and early discovery of the cult and TTATT.

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  I imagine it to be a bit like skydiving. That first leap out of an airplane must be chest-pounding, anxiety overload... until you survive.
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  Hi your df but your invited to the memorial but we will not welcome you or talk to you .

  by poopie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  but your welcome to come as guest we just will not talk to you stupid idiot

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  kairos

  I get very upset when JWs do anything in their minds that they think might 'win us over without a word'.

  My wife's sister sends over food for me now and then.
  Her brother in law texted her to give me a message for a construction project.

  Then the invites...

  I hear:

  "Hey, look at me! I care about you.
  If you sit in the back of the KH and pretend you are obeying the GB until the eldurz are ready to judge you , then we will talk to you again..."

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  Never going to happen. NEVER.

  { That is, me going back to the KH or getting the invitation to do so )
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  Latest Letter

  by Coded Logic in

  1. social
  2. humour

  dear mentally diseased apostates,.

  we are happy to report to you that we are tired of waiting around for jehovah to do his his whole "armageddon thing" and have instead taken steps to expedite the end ourselves.

  we are very confident as "guardians of the doctrine" that we can accomplish this by dismantling the wtbts and its subsidiaries which will, in turn, force god's hand and bring about the coming of jesus riding on a white horse out of the clouds with a sword - or skulls - or scales - err, whatever .

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  kairos

  Just stumbled onto this topic.

  So funny!

  It seems to be working.
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  Memorial Non-Attendance: The Single Most Impactful TTATT Witness to JW Friends & Family

  by AMNESIANO in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  note: the following is submitted in full recognition of and with compassion and due respect for those who, due to personal circumstance, feel they are unable to employ this powerful strategy.. ---.

  anyone who has awakened to ttatt and has conscientiously left the organization--especially a once-prominent, highly-regarded, studious true-believer from a celebrated multi-generational tribe of jws-- after decades of devout, high-profile "serve-us," who continues to put in an annual appearance at the memorial thoroughly subverts and undermines, by this one act, any hope s/he may entertain that his/her departure will stir family or former friends to question the whole watchtower bamboozle.

  by this one concession s/he assigns him-/herself by every single jw to their handy and dismissive purgatory: the "spiritually-weak.".

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  kairos

  Do they pass the emblems to the DF'd section or is it just nods from the passers to the section and a look of shame and heads hung down by the DF'd...?

  If they pass them- eat and drink!
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  Inviting disfellowshipped to the memorial

  by wannaexit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i read in a european ex jw forum that this year they are making a special effort to invite not only the inactive but also a special effort is made to invite all disfellowshipped.

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  i don't know if this as always been a common practice, or something started anew so they can boast about the numbers of attendees..

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  kairos

  If any DARE to come to my house and offer me an invitation...
  I will invite them right in, offer a coffee or something and start in on a full throttle TTATT presentation! Why the hell not?

  I am DF'd for ADMITTED APOSTASY!!
  Come on over friends!

  Any JW that comes to me at this point is already up to there neck in doubt and has no other outlet. I'm not holding my breath.

  ( this comment also fits the JW fantasy topic, I think )
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  Only a few days ago I was entirely lost and without hope the rug was pulled out from under me

  by elderess in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  only a few days ago i was walking around the house in a mindless wander thinking if i needed to seek professional help.

  then i got the courage to seek the comfort of complete strangers on the internet and found a world of support here on this website.

  thank you simon and whoever else has made this website possible.

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  kairos

  I'm very happy for the both of you.

  Such a great experience with the BEST possible outcome.
  ( I have to admit that I am a little bit jealous )

  What a big relief to be able to speak freely and not be accused of evil.
  Best wishes on a successful fade, although a quick DA may have the biggest impact if you want to stir people up.

  The shunning will begin almost immediately after you start rejecting visits or attempt to reactivate you two. I wish I DA'd years ago instead of prolonging the inevitable.

  "Welcome to the real world"