stopthepain
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Did You Feel Stupid Going From House To House??
by minimus indid you just hate going door to door or were you one of the few that loved the work?
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Did You Feel Stupid Going From House To House??
by minimus indid you just hate going door to door or were you one of the few that loved the work?
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stopthepain
Minimus-You stated"it is true we developed thicker skin becuase of our jw activities."I feel this is just another way of twisting this foolishness into a positive that it just isn't.I could have gotten thick skin from challenging myself academically,socially,normally.If I could have participated in normal activities,I would have learned toughness.That is part of life.Being a child magazine salesman and be made fun of or looked at like "the family of quacks" in every nieghborhood did't give me any more thick skin than I would hav e had in a balanced life.Your comment sounded like the verbal diahrea that I would hear from an ignorant JW.I believe your fooling yourself by thinking that.
STP
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Process still going on..........Help!!!!
by purplesofa inthis is like an update to my progression/unraveling.
it has been two weeks since reading coc.
i have tried to read in search of christian freedom and it is going slow for me.
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stopthepain
I'm sad you feel the way you do right now,purplesofa.
Its a shame that the leaders of the WTBTS,and gods sole channel to men,encourage this sort of behavior.
If your "friends " from the hall can't love you unconditionally,and respect your freedom of thought,than I hope you realize,they are not your friend at all.
It is like being in an abusive relationship.It will always be your fault in thier eyes.
Stay strong,peace STP
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Did You Feel Stupid Going From House To House??
by minimus indid you just hate going door to door or were you one of the few that loved the work?
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stopthepain
Is that a rhetorical question?hell yes.more of a waste of time than the meetings.
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An Elder Told Me.... Many To Be Disfellowshipped Soon...
by Doubtfully Yours inan elder told me the book is jehovah's latest provision to cleanse his organization.. he said soon all people that have drifted, inactives, and others baptized and not complying with the biblical mandates for a jw, will be visited and given an option to shape up or ship out.. he said that if the person refuses the help offered by the congregation they'll be notified of the date of disfellowshipping and given time to appeal the decision.. he was so happy stating that this way jehovah's organization was preparing for the final clean-up before armageddon.
he sounded so convincing that it almost made perfect sense what he was saying.
i got goose bumps listening to his reasoning.. dy
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stopthepain
extension of support to weak ones=we'll check up on yopu to see if your ready to obey the WTBTS,if not ,no one will talk to you!
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For anyone who gives a crap!
by rekless ini'll be off the board for awhile.
i know i will be missed; therefore no need to mention anything.i'm moving to south dakota (the froozen bad lands of the real western gendre.
leaving las vegas, nv.
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stopthepain
good luck rekless
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How can you just let go?
by squeaky inmy boyfriend (on/off 5yrs) has been in and out of this religion since we met 10yrs ago.
right now, he is back on.
it's hard for me to cope with his switching back and forth.
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stopthepain
miss muffet,you say "for some people,being part of the jw organization is just what they need".Thats all well and good,but does that include brainwashing thier children?Does that mean putting sqeaky thru an emotional roller coaster?I didn't have a choice.My psyco mom and dad FORCED me to belong to the publishing company.I didn't need it.I'm sure if sqeakies friend had his chance at free will ,instead of being indoctrinated with religous BS,he wouldn't have this inner turmoil.Is true happiness being torn apart inside out,is true happiness destroying your childs joy?is true hapinness 10 years of exteremes in emotion?Your obviously covering up for whatever reasons you want,mayber it's your own guilt,or trying to rationalize something that doesn't make sense.If someone wantas to join a cult,thats thier problem,but don't make it everyone elses!!!!!!!!
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How can you just let go?
by squeaky inmy boyfriend (on/off 5yrs) has been in and out of this religion since we met 10yrs ago.
right now, he is back on.
it's hard for me to cope with his switching back and forth.
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stopthepain
IMHO sqeaky-he loves the religion more than you.He should live life on his own terms.I believe there is a period of time where you go thru some real ups and downs,guilt,and general mixed emotions.But 10 years seems like a long time to battle with that ,to me.He needs to either choose your love,or the false love of a mind control cult.
Best of luck to you.STP
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Strange Burger King Commercial... What the.....?
by pseudoxristos inthis has nothing to do with witnesses, but it's driving me nuts.
the new burger king commercial has to be the strangest commercial i've ever seen.
i can't help but watch it every time just trying to figure it out.
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stopthepain
it encapsulates everything that is wrong with the world!
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social retard
by MerryMagdalene ini finally figured out why i'm so socially retarded...it just hit me.. here i was sitting and wondering why i have such a hard time meeting new people, making friends, thinking of relevent things to say, and so on.
it really is painful and scary for me.
i was told who i could talk to, who i couldn't talk to, what i could say, what i couldn't say.
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stopthepain
thanks for that reply breck!It's funny how you can see the same exact pattern in your life when you read someone elses experience.My sister,19,totally immature jdub.Insecurity is the number 1 trait of being raised in a cult.IMO