Posts by aprostate

21

AM I NORMAL?

by bay64me in

jw
friends

i have been meeting-free for a year now, (although i did attend the last memorial mainly out of curiosity).

i have learned enough now, since leaving "the truth" to know that i'm never going back.

but i was wondering how long it takes to get all of the shit out of your head?

aprostate

I was raised a JW and was a witness for about 30 years. I have been out for 20 years.

I think leaving JWs is like mourning a death. A death of others and a death of part of yourself.

How long you have to mourn is different for everyone. IMHO I think there are alot of variables. For example, being brought up as a JW, the length of time you were in the org, if your family are JWs, how long it takes you to find support from other people and I'm sure many other things.

When you first leave you are so afraid because they say "where will you go." Eventually you find that despite what the Witnesses say, there are people that are loving who are not JWs

My love to all of you who are struggling.

Cheri

42

Q for Everybody, So let me get this str

by Legendary U.2.K. in

jw
friends

nobody here wants to lived in the new earth aka the coming earthly paradise?

nothing in the bible is symbolic, because saying things that are symbolic in the bible, is like calling jehovah a liar, god would not write something like in the bible, then out of no where, it really means something else... example: 144,000, some people said's that's symbolic, lol yea right.... .

anyway it seems like no one here wants to lived in the new earth, my question is why?

aprostate

You're right. I want to live in paradise. I want there to be a Santa Claus also.

Cheri

15

Constant Craving...

by SPAZnik in

friday i was dejected.. it had been a rough week.. it all came to a head and.

heres what i craved.... trust.. i crave trust.. the word itself.

the very concept.

aprostate

I just wanted to thank you for your post about trust. It really touched my heart and was expressed beautifully.

Cheri

20

Hi, I am new to this board

by rebelledat12 in

my name is jessi, i am 24 and new to this site.

i spent the last hour or so reading some of the posts and wow!

i think i am in the right place.. a brief bio, i was raised as a "full" second generation witness (my grandmother converted) but always knew that i didn't want to be a witness.

aprostate

Welcome to the board Jessie. Thanks for sharing your story.

I was a third generation also.

Cheri

23

Life at School - as a Witness

by trevor in

life at school.

as a schoolboy i lived a double life.

in the evening i would go from door to door with my father or attend a meeting.

aprostate

I was in elementary school in the 50's and high school in the 60's. I don't remember caning; but, I do remember going out in service in the evenings.

In high school I remember going to an assembly where everyone stood up for the pledge of allegiance. Of course I was the only one sitting and someone kicked me in the back. I was about 15 and I remember it was very embarrassing to me.

In elementary school I also remember being sent to the office when they would have birthday parties or other functions that I couldn't attend.

One day when I was only in about second grade the class was studying about George Washington. Because they were talking about celebrating his birthday I said that I couldn't listen to it. They called my mom in and my mom told me that I could learn about George Washington. I guess it was kind of confusing at 7 or 8 years old.

Cheri

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YOU ARE ALL SORRY LOSERS

by JWs_suck in

you are all sorry losers you should be pounding the streets and forcing people to take your stupid watchtowers but instead you are sitting on your fat azzes complainging and crying about how you were treated!!

if you had kissed azz a little more in the kingdom halls you wouldn't be here!

!

aprostate

So you have nothing to do this morning; but, sit on your big azz complaining about us complaining?

Get a life

10

1975 Quotes

by Beans in

as brother quotes is away he has informed me that a new section has been added 1975 http://www.quotes.jehovahswitnesses.com/1975.htm.

you can also listen to brother fred franz tell us when exactly the end is coming http://www.watchtowernews.org/media/fredfranz75an.html.

beans.

aprostate

I think Joe has only been a Witness for seven years. I think anybody who was a Witness pre-1975 and now is saying that the witnesses didn't preach the end coming in 1975 HAS to know inside that it is a lie. And they call it "The Truth" LOL

Cheri

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.

Einstein

15

Personal Experience

by Joe Nigma in

my experience.

read, enjoy.. i grew up in another religion.

i believed in everything i heard.

aprostate

Hi Joe,

I am sorry you are still entwined in the JW cult.

I was a Witness for 26 years. I started going door to door when I was four. In all those years I never saw them help anyone who wasn't a JW.

The way you feel about JWs is probably the same way that the people who followed Jim Jones or David Koresh felt. Their followers found what they would have described as a loving place with them. They helped their people with their needs when they were in trouble. I am sure their followers thought that they proved everything from the Bible to them. I don't belive that these things necessarily make a religion a good place to be.

The Witnesses close you off from the rest of the world. They always talk about the evilness of the world the way that you do. Yes, there is a lot of bad in the world; but, there is also a lot of good. They tell you what to do and what not to do in every part of your life.

Go in service. Not enough.......bad

Don't masturbate.......you do......bad

Read witness literature....Not enough.....bad

Study your watchtower....oops didn't .....bad

Wear the proper clothing....ooops skirt too short.....bad

Don't associate with people who aren't witnesses.....oops I had lunch with a boy at work.........bad

Don't listen to music that is not upbuilding.....oops I listened to I Can't Get No Satisfaction AND I liked it.(I'm old, okay?LOL) ...........bad

Don't have independant thinking.......oops I looked at an ex-JW site and posted on it......bad

GET IT?

Living in constant fear even as a small child isn't my idea of happiness.

I feel sorry for you that you are still caught in that web. I hope you find your way out.

A big hug to you.
Cheri

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.

Einstein

17

diary

by DanTheMan in

today was really rough.

feelings of suicide.

feelings of maybe i've made a big mistake in leaving.

aprostate

Hi Grace,
I have been going to the Unitarian Universalists for about a year now and I haven't heard them make fun of other religions. I don't understand on what grounds you are calling them a cult. Is it because they don't require you to believe that the Bible is written directly by God? No they don't require that; but, some do believe that. I personally don't. That is the whole point of what I like about them...they don't REQUIRE that you have any beliefs. I feel like I can breathe there.

I left JWs 20 years ago. Thank goodness I found a therapist that helped me get through it at that time. She helped me to be able to think for myself. I was so full of fear after being brought up as a JW and then going through the 1975 scare as a young adult. I went to the library and found everything I could about the Witnesses. I was just flabergasted when I found out how they had started out and what the founder of JWs was like. I had thought that the answers from Jehovah just appeared in the JW publications; but, I found out there was a group of men that sat around deciding what God wanted us to think and do.

I decided to just start reading the Bible from the beginning. I asked myself: what if I had just picked up this book and noone had told me that this was Gods official word? When I read it,it just seemed so silly and crazy to me. That is just my opinion and I respect those whose opinions are different than mine.

I am currently reading a book written by an archaeologist and a historian called The "Bible Unearthed". Very enlightning for those of you who are interested.

I believe in freedom of thought and religion. As long as you don't force your belief on others or hurt others with your belief, as the Witnesses do with disfellowshipping, I feel that you should be allowed your choice.

I have no reason to convert people to my way of thinking. It will not give me brownie points or everlasting life. I just want those who need the option to go where they can explore what they believe and not be alone, to know that the Unitarian Universalists are there. The unitarians only creed is love. It is not for everyone.

If someone needs to be a member of another christian group and that is where you feel comfortable and happy, by all means...go.

Hugs to you all Christian and non :)

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.

Einstein

17

diary

by DanTheMan in

today was really rough.

feelings of suicide.

feelings of maybe i've made a big mistake in leaving.

aprostate

Hi dantheman

I tried to go to a christian church several times; but, I am so afraid of brainwashing and losing my own thinking that I panic whenever they start telling me what I have to believe.

I finally found Unitarian Universalist. You can be a christian, atheist, pagan, jew, etc and still be a Unitarian. I feel like I can be who I am there and if tomorrow I feel differently it is okay.

I am not pushing this religion. I won't gain eternal life if you go LOL. I just want people to know it is there if they feel like they need that kind of support. It is a good way to be with people without feeling any pressure about what you believe.

hugs,
Cheri

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.

Einstein