now that i can see right through the crap that is the jw religion, i sometimes ask myself - how come you blindly believed all that rubbish for 30 years??!!
i am so annoyed with myself for that - i have a degree, yet i was totally duped for such a large part of my life.
and now that i can see how so full of holes it all is, i kick myself for not seeing it before.
'There are none so blind as those who will not see'
When we were trapped in that so called religion, we could not afford to see, we had to stay deluded
the consequences of looking and listening to those doubts would and eventually did rock us to our core.
I think those of us who have chosen to really look and examine the facts have been tremendously courageous.
It takes a strong person to admit they have been wrong or duped.
any particular event sparked this change of heart ?.
Nearly four years ago when I joined this site and attended a post cult workshop.
It has taken ages for it to leave my dreams/nightmares, but recently in them too now I am anti and fighting against it.
i only went twice right before i left in 2001.. my then jw wife.... thought in would be a good idea.
she thought all "my angry issuses" were against my dead nazis jw mother.....they were really about me living a lie for over 10 years... so anyway...i went to this dr. and in just 2 visits, told him my whole life story,begining to end.
he did't really say very much.. at the end of the whole thing i said "well doc...you can see that i'm pretty much screwed no matter what i do...if i stay in the cult i'm screwed...and if i leave i'm screwed!.
yes I went after leaving JW's for about 6 months and then went to a post cult workshop
It helped
but to be honest not as much as this forum which is awesome
we are great friends now....but he wasn't much of a father growing up.. worked all the time...we went on few vacations....pretty much pussy whipped my my nazis jw mother.. he never did believe in the whole jw thing.
he just when along with it, for my mothers sake.. she never did respect him for not being a "spiritual head" and pretty much let us kids know about it.. i, like my mother became very self rightious and judgmental.. i wished now he had just came to me just once and said "keith maybe the jws are not the people you think they are.
" but he was to afraid of my mother to say that...even though he knew it to be true.i would have never believed him....back then....but it would have planted a seed.... .
My dad was an elder too, well loved, well respected and adored by his congregation, do anything for anybody anytime.
He was however extremely dogmatic and unreasonable when it came to the organization. He knew he could not win me around, when I said I would never love a god willing to kill family members who are not devout JW's I would never want to live in paradise knowing billions had died. I was liberated from it and he knew it.
He thought he knew best..............He refused to come to my daughter's wedding as she was marrying a D'ad man, when it came to his loyalty to the JW's there was no reasoning with him.
He died two years ago and begged me to return to the congregation, he tried so hard but in the end in our last conversation just before he died,.. he told me he loved and respected me for taking my stand
all in all he did what he thought was right I miss him! but not his religious dogma.
I loved the man, my father and not the elder part of him
this thread had helped me so much more than you could believe possible thank you
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mum aged 22 dies for jehovah.... http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article427045.ece.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/7078455.stm
what a waste of precious life
needless tragedy for the innocent twins
i like elmore james, robert johnson, dave hole, blind willie johnson, george thoroughgood....
so i'm curious to get your opinions.
in your minds what is the worst part of the wtbs?
the abuse issue, money, false teachings/doctrines, control?
They are evil liars who are accountable
It is impossible to know the extent of their damage, deceit, deaths and destroyed lives
i opened my myspace and received this letter:.
hello sister ,.
hope to find you in good health am a jehovah wittness xxxxxx by name i saw your profile, am single looking for a good jehovahs wittness sister to be my life patiner, am black african if u are in trested please contact me here to see my pictures [email protected], or call me +xxxxxxxx.
He asked me too..... aren't we blessed by Jehover
hi i'm18 and am a pb going to college.
i have not been inmeaninful contact with anyone my age for the last 2 years.
no prom for me.
Well you have come to the right place here for help
Try to relax and smile it helps in the making friends department
welcome to JWD!
i sent the following email to trevor following the revelation of trevorgate a few days back.. trevor [or whatever your real name is] - this is not hate mail.
and it won't be long.
i have like 5 minutes before i leave for work.
This man will be back on this site.... with another sob story before long, with another alias....he is an addict IMO
Do not buy into it. He is a loser and a liar
