if you've read my previous posts you'll know that my relationship with my mom has had its ups and downs since i left the org.
while my parents (both jw) still speak to me, the relationship has been strained.
well, this past week i got up the courage to call her and invite her to lunch, something we haven't done since i da'd last august.
this is so nice to hear
do u have periods with her that she is hot and cold?.....i have a friend is df'd and her mother is still quite active and goes thru bouts where she will share stuff and then all of a sudden get cold and will stop and this is a never-ending thing with her.....i dont have the same thing with mother cuz she is severely inactive....just wanted to know cuz this could get quite frustrating i would think
i was just reminiscing about things i remember being said to me by elders about disfellowshipping.
a person can be disfellowshipped because of gross sin(could mean anything), being unrepentant etc.
an elder said to me that a person may be disfellowshipped even though he is repentant if it is gross sin and his sin widely known.. so my question is why doesn't this also apply to the governing body?
?(com'on Govnerning Body, even the regular witness wouldn't sign up for the YMC)
lmao.....do as i say not as i do
did you use the bible to support the magazines?.
it was only in the last year or so before i 'saw the light' that it dawned on me.
i knew co's who could quote wt texts, page and line, but almost never really used the bible.
i guess in all honesty it was in support of the magazines even though in my head i was sincere about reading them to understanding the bible....i mean how often did we get counsel to read read read the magazines as if they were more important than the bible anyway
I'd make it a point to exhale heavily when I spoke to them, so they'd have to suffer through my garlic breath.Once it was even mentioned in a local needs™ part, but it didn't stop me from doing it regularly.
a local needs, r u serious? what was their defense for that? LMFAO!!!!!
from the "official" wt site comes this gem:.
for a man who was a child molester before he was baptized, there may be another consequence.
when he learns the truth, he repents and turns around, not bringing that cruel sin into the congregation.
Strange too that in the magical world of WT "repentance" is the damage done to the abused child taken into consideration, just read the WT pubs, go to meetings etc etc ad nauseum.
agreed---there is way too much leeway and rights given to the abuser.....SICK SICK SIC
Are you looking for someone / something in particular?
no just wanted to meet some new ppl
i do
but u live in cali 
i stumbled across this site last august and created an account but a series of events led me to run away (i can post the story if you like) and i have been moving around a bit until i finally got settled some.
along the way due to my mother's sheltering i had some bad experience because i didn't know as much about the real world as i should have.
i ingested as i have before a psychoactive one night and a surge of memories came rushing back to me of my childhood and a massive handfull of them were tied to the time i was made to endure going to the kingdom hall and socializing with many members outside of.
Thanks everyone. I just got off the phone with my mom and .... does anyone find it hard to talk with their mom if they are a JW and you are a former?
yes at first.....but shes mom and she will always love me....lol
i stumbled across this site last august and created an account but a series of events led me to run away (i can post the story if you like) and i have been moving around a bit until i finally got settled some.
along the way due to my mother's sheltering i had some bad experience because i didn't know as much about the real world as i should have.
i ingested as i have before a psychoactive one night and a surge of memories came rushing back to me of my childhood and a massive handfull of them were tied to the time i was made to endure going to the kingdom hall and socializing with many members outside of.
I thought I'd throw myself out there and introduce myself and see if I can resolve some things or possibly even help others do the same.
welcome and definitely keep sharing....i have found alot of healing here myself and im sure u can share some while finding some urself.....
Sin
so the other day my family and i were surfing the net...and came upon this and other websites about the use of subliminal messages in the j.w.
books and magazines.
the web sight below is one of the better ones and creepy ones!!
Off the dollar bill link. Anytime you have to manipulate the art, fold, twist, hold upside down, hold up to a mirror, stand on one leg close one eye and swing a dead cat around your head while jumping up and down in a bucket of cow shit you are way way beyond reality!
true.....buuuuuut all the symbolism and things like the pyramids and such were created by ppl in govt who were freemasons
someone in a completely different segment of associates from you old ex-jws here posed this wish:.
i've often wished someone would do a study to see if there is a real correlation between personality type and religious/spiritual leanings.
i've long noticed that in fantasy subcultures and "new" religions, as well as those that attract many adult converts (and have trouble retaining people born into the faith), the same types keep showing up.
There are certain types that are less religious/spiritual than others
would u post it here....i am interested also, ty