episode 5 of the podcast is now up.
i will take you into the fog, tell you what it means, and explain it in the context of the jw culture.
i also use another known cult model and show how it applies, along with some of my own stories thrown in.. http://thisjwlife.com/episode-5-enter-the-fog-the-culture-of-jehovahs-witnesses/.
Episode 5 of the podcast is now up. I will take you into the FOG, tell you what it means, and explain it in the context of the JW culture. I also use another known cult model and show how it applies, along with some of my own stories thrown in.
http://thisjwlife.com/episode-5-enter-the-fog-the-culture-of-jehovahs-witnesses/
"keep alive until 1925" - j.f.
rutherford.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fhjnywjhh8.
Interesting, nice share!
so in my last post i talked about how i had told my younger siblings how i didn't plan to get baptized or ever be a witness.
i thought i could trust them but i guess i was wrong, they're just kids after all.
my oldest brother (who's 11) told on me today.
You're probably feeling extra awful right now since you just went to a convention. I cannot imagine. Ugh.
Use that as motivation, as if you needed any, and a timeline. Work every hour that you're not in cult related activities and save money. Money = options. Be determined never to go to a convention again so as to avoid this feeling. You have one year to kill it.
Focus on one thing, working and saving money. I bet you could save a lot in one year even while doing dub stuff. Work full-time. Don't be distracted by things they throw at you. Work, save, leave, live free.
thought i'd share this article i was sent today.
it's getting to where you can't go and take a leisurely stroll or hike without being bombarded with the stufff we want to get away from.http://www.citizen-times.com/story/sports/outdoors/girls-gone-outdoors/2017/07/06/proselytizing-blue-ridge-parkway/452390001/.
Thanks for telling us how to feel Steve.
thought i'd share this article i was sent today.
it's getting to where you can't go and take a leisurely stroll or hike without being bombarded with the stufff we want to get away from.http://www.citizen-times.com/story/sports/outdoors/girls-gone-outdoors/2017/07/06/proselytizing-blue-ridge-parkway/452390001/.
That is horrific. I'm going backpacking next month for my 40th birthday and second out of the cult. I don't know what I would do if I came upon a cart while backpacking, but it makes my blood boil. They are truly disgusting.
what a journey!.
it was a year ago today that i was announced from the platform by brother paul "twofaced" castley that i was "no longer one of jehovah's witnesses".
i didn't go to that meeting to hear the announcement because i already didn't believe the watchtower religion.. how was my first year?
Love it P.E.! I'm sorry about the family drama, but your little girl is freaking adorable and she alone is enough reason to get out of the cult. Just think of what this will mean for her life too.
I think it's great that you examined your life and beliefs and had the courage to face up to what you saw and made needed changes.
Happy shunniversary to you! I'm glad to count you as a friend even though we've never met. Your progress is a win for all of us.
spent all day yesterday writing two episodes and recording and editing one podcast of this jw life.
so, episode 4 of my podcast is now out.
i took a minute away from my story (though it is still laced throughout this one) to lay out what goes on inside of a kingdom hall, who the players are, what they believe, and hopefully set a foundation that will help explain my story as one.
Lol Fishy, although I did mention that the one thing some take away is that speaking ability, let's face it, the TMS doesn't create something out of nothing. There are plenty of great speakers that never set foot in "da troof" and plenty of horrific speakers that have given talks in the Borg for decades. I threw them a bone in my episode, let's not get carried away. They made me what I am, lol.
creationists often refer to the words of darwin when he pondered the evolution of the complex eye.
he said that to suppose that the complex eye evolve by natural selection seems "absurd in the highest possible degree".
what they always ignore is that darwin went right on in the very next sentence to propose how the eye could have evolved and that numerous gradations must exist between the simplest light detecting organs and the complex vertebrate eye.. in the 150 years since darwin published his book not only have those gradations been discovered in the natural world but the very genes that build the eye have been discovered by science.
Thanks for posting this one in particular. Evolution is still something that I know little about, and honestly I don't care to be an expert in, but this was easy to understand and made total sense vs. the creationism I was indoctrinated with. This is a simple, yet powerful refutation of an argument agsinst evolution.
spent all day yesterday writing two episodes and recording and editing one podcast of this jw life.
so, episode 4 of my podcast is now out.
i took a minute away from my story (though it is still laced throughout this one) to lay out what goes on inside of a kingdom hall, who the players are, what they believe, and hopefully set a foundation that will help explain my story as one.
@jambon - Oh yes, when writing out the beliefs I couldn't help but snicker, and I took some shots here and there. I once took such things so seriously, and I haven't had to explain them in a while, so it just hit me how ridiculous it all was, and saying it aloud was funny to me.
The next podcast isn't specifically about shunning, but believe me that will be addressed. It was a big part of my waking up. I do address it in the next one, but will hit it even harder later in my story.
The next episode is about the FOG, fear, obligation, and guilt, and I will lay out how they use it to form their culture. I will also use the BITE model. I want people to understand what really makes them so dangerous.
so as of july 2nd my wife delivered by c-section our little one pound, three ounce daughter izabella.
it was a very scary night that started with a decel and turned into multiple decels that greatly concerned the doctors.
by early morning they felt the need to take her for her safety.
Congrats to you and the wifey, and although the beginning may be a struggle, congrats to Izabella because she gets to have two parents that love her like crazy and already show their willingness to do whatever they can for her. Thanks for the pic, that's awesome, and best wishes on the developments going forward.
