my name is jim,i have been in a slow but now i feel complete process of removing myself from the chains of mind control.. before i left i was a ministerial servant as well as a regular aux pioneer, i also had book study in my home along with sat.
morning field service.
unfournatley i was raised in the non-truth since i was 8 years old, i refused to get babtized as a youth because even then i felt like things were not like they really should be from a relegion that claims to have love among themselves as well as love for neighbor.. at the age of 16 i started to rebell against the non-truth with the result being that i did not want to be a witness i could not live in my loving witness parent household.
Hi Big Jim and Knight, Welcome to the board
Jim, I hope it goes well with your family. Stay in touch, there a lot of people here that will be able to support you through this. There are alot of threads on the board about talking to still beliveing family members and a lot of good suggestions.
i have a circle of friends.
the kind of friends you can pop in whenever you are in the area, without a phone call first.
the kind of friends i would allow to enter my house if i wasnt home, to borrow sugar, flour, toilet paper, etc, if they needed it.. we are a close knit group and watch out for each other.
Dear Wendy
I'm so sorry to hear this, we'll be thinking of you. Lets us know how things go on.
i've decide to share with y'all a letter i wrote to my sister.
our relationship has been strained of late, and i needed to get a start to fixing that.
we lost 2 family members to death in the last week, and it made me realize how far we have grown apart over the years.
Dear Zev
I'm so sorry to hear of your losses, we'll be thinking of you.
brits v yanks.
this is just for laughs, but let's be honest us brits are most definately ahead of our 'cousins' across the water in the credibility stakes.. i'll kick us off and see where we go;.
[1] the beautiful game.. it's called football.
We don't have Camilla Parker-Bowles committing adultery with Prince Charles while his gorgeous intelligent wife is raising his two sons!
Actually Princess Diana died.
Two points to britain for that blunder!!
god i hated it..every living breathing minute of it.
it was pure hell for me, and based on the pace i see the jws all over the world moving, they aint so fond of it neither.
the persecution that the jws feel they get is from irritated householders who know nothing about their religion except that they hit people over the head with it and then judge them because they dont like being hit over the head with it.
I hated every minute of it, as I was very shy when I was younger.
I used to loved those words ' sorry I'm not interested' OK bye, unless of course you were working with someone who had read the reasoning book from cover to cover and had a hundred different responses to this.
Riz - I remember many times calling on someone from school at the weekend and then I would be dreading Monday morning because everyone would know about it.
Java - I'd like to hear your stories as well
thanks simon,.
you probably get many notes of appreciation but i wanted to extend my thanks for your generosity, work and energy in maintaining this site.
since you have a family (including two little kids) and a job -- your creating and keeping this site humming is a very generous thing to do.
Good luck Robotnik, I hope your travels go well.
I'm glad you enjoyed your time here.
Maybe see you in the future
i love the book lists on amazon; i get lost in them for hours.
recently someone asked me for book recommendations, and i thought it would be fun if we shared our lists of top ten books that helped us think our way out of the jw dogma.
im putting aside the obvious ones, like crisis of conscience and apocalypse delayed.. heres my list, in the order i discovered them as best i can recall.. ginny.
Dark rivers of the heart - Dean Koontz
False Memory - Dean Koontz
The Dr Scarpetta series - Pacricia Cornwell
Interview with a Vampire - Anne Rice
I've read a few good Stephen King as well (), but I can't remember the names at the moment.
so i get this envelope in the mail.
i know it's, like, apostate stuff.
because it doesn't fall to the floor after coming through the letter box.. inside is an invitation:.
Great Expat
because today is mommie and papa dark's tenth wedding anniversary!
the mil took us out to dinner last night; it was very nice.
today i get to go see my sister!!!
Happy Anniversary Mommie Dark
Hope you have a great day!
wow it's great to have so many fresh x'ers or x'ers soon to be visiting and posting here, welcome!
i was a regular poster here from the start of this board while witnesses.net and the original h20 were still active.
i say this not to boast in any way but to make a point and an observation.
Just like to Hi and welcome to all the new ones also, its getting very hard to keep up with all the hello's.
