my wife and i live in a rather small town.
around 5500 residents and about another 2 to 3 thousand on the outskirts.. we have a very good hospital here, considering the size of the county and residents.. my wife is a nurse and now is the office mgr.
of the home health dept.. it seems that there is no end to the several things the hospital is involved in that call for volunteers.
That's a wonderful story. Thanks for telling it!
I"ve noticed since being out of the JW's and seeing more of people 'in the world' that there is REAL compassion among a lot of people. Compassion that really moves you and in forty years I have NEVER seen in the JW's.
I know it's not perfect out of the borg but it's far better.
Thanks again!
threads, posts within threads...life events, doctrine, hopes, dreams, drama.....what causes you to post here?
what do you feel you get from it?
or give to others?.
I post because after a lifetime of feeling different from other people because of being a JW I have finally found people with the same experiences and mind set as myself. What ever our different views on things our experience with the JW cult is more or less the same.
I finally know I'm 'normal' and just like all of you and that makes me feel happy and good and I hope I can help someone who wants to leave the JW cult. But I also know that this is not as easy as I would like it to be so I"m learning more and more everyday from everyone else who posts on here.
threads, posts within threads...life events, doctrine, hopes, dreams, drama.....what causes you to post here?
what do you feel you get from it?
or give to others?.
yes Badger! Hurry up with part three!
with the bible god and genitals?.
we had a mini-discussion about this in chat last night.
what are your thoughts?.
Well, I think the deal is that all men are obsessed with their willys and that's all there is to it.
And a little respect here... if it wasn't for willys non of us would be here anyway so they are sort of important in the grand scheme of things.
Let's hear it for willys...hip, hip...hooray!
about 7 years ago i was woken out of a sound sleep by a deafening siren and a blinding light.
startled my first thought was "holy shit, armageddon has come i'm about to die".
the truth was, of course, that a fire truck had passed very close to my second story apartment to put out a fire in a neighboring building.
Shotgun - ILMAO!
Being in the JW's is a lot like getting stuck in a spider's web.
Have you ever tried to rescue some poor fly that's got stuck. Perhaps a leg or some part of the poor thing will get stuck behind or a bit of sticky web gets stuck to it. It's the same with the JW's but with time you learn to live with it.
Unfortunately your brain's been washed, what can you do?
Slowly you begin to emerge but every so often the crackpot thoughts will also show themselves.
Just laugh them off. After all, if Armageddon does come what the hell can you do about it any way?
act ii: dachskampf (badger?s struggle)
?in all of history, no group has done more damage than those who thought they were doing the right thing.?
charles schultz
and....!
Get on with the next part love, this is more exciting than most films I've seen lately
I hope you kicked their asses!
remember this quote;
"the apostle paul was spearheading the christian missionary activity.
he was also laying a foundation for a work that would be completed in our 20th century.
I'm seriously impressed!
I can't believe how stupid I have been all my life!
Thanks for the quote!
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do any of you have the matrix wish i could just forget all this attitude sometimes?
me and the wife were fightitng again and she asked why i can't just go back and pretend or just forget all this... she said as an athnostic you either don't belive in god or don't believe that god cares so why can't you just go and fake it... i was dumbfounded i ask her why can't you just get the f*ck out and stop faking it... she stormed out and i sat down here..... so i ask ya, if you could forget all the negatives about the wbts (i know thats a lot) and just go back like nothing had ever happened would you?
I'd rather be put out of my misery now than go back to that!
Never!
I'd rather die FREE than live a MIND CONTROLLED SLAVE!
Like the saying goes, 'you can't go home again.'
But it's bound to be nerve racking when you first leave. Try just fading. Some meetings, then less meetings, then smile nicely and NO MEETINGS.
What you've learnt doesn't have to make you aggressive and pushy. The freedom could give you the grace to take it easy on those who are still trapped.
after reading ray franzs 2 books and much information on this site we did a search comparing wt qoutes and had a local elder soon to be circuit ovsr at our house and the funny thing was he was unaware of much of the early wts.he also expressed some doubts when he applied to be a ministerial servant and they sent him back a letter making him an elder.his wife was here and when we brought coc out she jumped up like a person on fire.
the elder asked where else could we go?so there is doubt amoung the elders for sure.
i have a sense of loss however cannot support a self proclaimed prophet that is contrary to scriptural teaching and associated with falsehood and bloodguilt.
Welcome KO38 and partner! Congratulations on your beginning freedom!
avishai - well said!
It really is time to begin living and smell the roses. Life is so good out of the borg.
Don't look back and keep moving forward.
My husband and myself were JW's for ALL our lives, forty years in all of brainwashing and it's like we are finally free and alive! Life still has its ups and downs but that's normal. What's not normal is ups and downs and the guilt and unhappiness that being a JW brings.
Good luck! Be happy!
hi, i am somewhat new here although my feelings about the jw's haven't been.. anyway, i am doing the fade thing right now along with my husband.
everything was going fine i have not gone to a meeting in 5 months now(i think) and prior to that i was barely going i guess you could say every now and then.
however, going every now and, then i was going back and forth with my feelings.
Listen to JamesThomas! He's talking serious sense.
Be calm and take your time. There's nothing to fear once you're out of the JW net.
