Posts by Butyoucanneverleave

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Lurkers: A truth is either true, or it isn't. There is no in between.

by cappytan in

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friends

truth is absolute.

there is no such thing as 2=1 or 1=2.. if one starts out with the equation 2=1, one has already failed.. truth = truth.

you cannot change whether something is truth or not.. when the organization teaches one thing as a truth (ex.

Butyoucanneverleave

They don't care about the truth. They only care what they tell you the truth is. We once had a elder hold up his bible and say if the GB tells me this bible is purple then this bible is purple. SMH! But thank you mr. Elder man. That was one of the nails in the coffin!

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Our Letter to Our Family

by What Now? in

our families have cut off contact with us for the last several months.

they found out that we were celebrating holidays with our non-witness family.

our families were our last tie to the organization, as our former friends stopped associating with us about 3 years ago.

Butyoucanneverleave

Wow! That really puts things in perspective. I hope that your family can see what that cult does to families. It destroys them. So much for family values. I have to say that those bible stories are disturbing.

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I've been depressed lately.

by Butyoucanneverleave in

my husband and i went to visit his family for the holidays.

not everyone showed for the visit ,the weather was lousy, and it just generally sucked.

now we're back to the same old routine with work and life and we're both depressed and alone.

Butyoucanneverleave

Just got back from having a massage. That has done wonders for my mood. Just wanted to thank everyone for your suggestions and encouragement. It means a lot.

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I've been depressed lately.

by Butyoucanneverleave in

my husband and i went to visit his family for the holidays.

not everyone showed for the visit ,the weather was lousy, and it just generally sucked.

now we're back to the same old routine with work and life and we're both depressed and alone.

Butyoucanneverleave

Thanks everyone for the encouragement. Sometimes it feels like me against the world. Yes this religion does a number on me . I think of all the what ifs. I'm trying to let go of the past and move forward. At least my husband and I both left. He is my best friend. I could write a book on the stuff that we have gone thru with this cult. It has to get better one day.

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I've been depressed lately.

by Butyoucanneverleave in

my husband and i went to visit his family for the holidays.

not everyone showed for the visit ,the weather was lousy, and it just generally sucked.

now we're back to the same old routine with work and life and we're both depressed and alone.

Butyoucanneverleave

Thank CoCo. His family are ex jw's . They live out of state so we rarely see them. But it's like we all have this residual guilt I guess you could say about being in this cult for so long. At least I do. It's hard to let go. I was raised in this so I have no emotional attachment or memories of holidays. But my husband does and he was expecting things to be like they were a long time ago when he was younger. Memories and all. Things are never going to be the same. I get that. Sometimes the memories are better than the reality.

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I've been depressed lately.

by Butyoucanneverleave in

my husband and i went to visit his family for the holidays.

not everyone showed for the visit ,the weather was lousy, and it just generally sucked.

now we're back to the same old routine with work and life and we're both depressed and alone.

Butyoucanneverleave

My husband and I went to visit his family for the holidays. Not everyone showed for the visit ,the weather was lousy, and it just generally sucked. Now we're back to the same old routine with work and life and we're both depressed and alone. Our whole lives revolved around this stupid cult and neither one of us has family because they are still in it and won't talk with us. Must just be this time of year. I hope this miserableness passes.

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How did you feel when you found out "the truth about the truth"?

by stuckinarut2 in

jw
friends

so when you first found out specific facts about the organisation, how did you feel??.

the un membership.

the way 1914 was calculated from pyramid measurements.

Butyoucanneverleave

I was in shock. I was born into this cult and felt like my whole world was a big fat LIE! I literally had a breakdown. That was in 2008. Things are better now but not great. I still have family that will not speak to me. I pray that one day they will see this for what it really is. A CULT.

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Interesting Factoid - Religious Decline

by WireRider in

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friends

on the news today - pew research center study on religion.

(sampling size about 40,000. us samples.

margin of error +/- 0.6 %)americans who say that are "absolutely certain" that god exists2007 = 71% 2014 = 63%americans who say they are "religiously affiliated"2007 = 83% 2014 = 77%americans who consider religion is "very important"2007 = 56% 2014 = 53%i just thought it was interesting to see.

Butyoucanneverleave

I live in southern Mississippi. We have churches about 100 feet of each other. No lie. The people around here attend church regularly but are some of the most hypocritical, judge mental, self centered people that I've ever seen.

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