#9 Twisted me. Will never be the same. Don't even know who or what I really could've been. hg
heatherg
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Ozzie's Weekend Poll #126 (It's all about feelings!)
by ozziepost inand a great big g'day!
to all those who've joined us in the past week or so, especially those from the land downunder.. how's things with you this weekend?
the weather's gloomy around bethel today (so what's new, you reckon!
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who is who on here??
by holly ini know there are mostly ex jw's on here.
i just wondered how many of you are ex jws, left or df'd, how many are still in but have lost heart?.
are there any jws on here who still believe its all the truth, go to meetings and trust the organisation?.
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heatherg
Was a good girl Jw for first 19 yrs of my life. Got myself df'd on purpose, realized that there was more to life and I needed to live it. Hated organized religion, didn't even know if there was a God. Yrs. later, I do believe in God and feel that I'm ready for organized religion again. My kids are getting to that age where I feel a church of some sort would be good for them. Not to shove it down there throats but to give them structure and a belief if thats what they want. hg
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I'd like to share this with you
by heatherg infebruary 26, 2005
i hope this is the final time i will be annoyed by letters from the witnesses.
i have had many dealings with your membership; all of them bad.
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heatherg
February 26, 2005 To Whom It May Concern: I hope this is the final time I will be annoyed by letters from the Witnesses. I have had many dealings with your membership; all of them bad. If you have been given my name by someone, tell that person that their tactics are not working. I am only annoyed by finding garbage in my mailbox. When a group of people can tear a family apart and pronounce a member dead because they no longer believe what they have discovered to be false, then they are NOT doing God?s work. I know my God, and he is not the one you have made up by skewing the Bible?s words to fit some illogical theory. Keep your garbage out of my mailbox, and I pray you will find the path to true faith one day. This was a letter my Grandmother sent to a local cong in Chicago. She keeps recieving Witness letters in the mail because she lives in a security condo and they can't get in. I'm so proud of my Gram! hg
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Hello
by sweet tee inthis is my first forum post though i've been out here reading yours for a while.
i didn't know how to post my bio.
i became a jdub at the age of 16. i had a child out-of-wedlock who was 1 year old at the time and i was searching for answers - i wanted my son to have a future and the one the witnesses portrayed was better than anything i'd ever heard!
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heatherg
Hi Sweet tee, isn't it nice to be free! To be able to live a normal happy and healthy life! I was always scared to leave, I was told the horror stories of how bad life became for people who left. They did drugs, were alcoholics, lost thier lives etc... What a farce! I have the best life ever now, and am the happiest I've ever been! Welcome, Welcome, Welcome!! hg
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Should I go sit at the kh next thurs when they announce my DF
by cindykp ini could get there early, and save you all some seats!
at least i would have someone to talk to after the meeting
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heatherg
ha ha jgnat! All us apostos should go and save all the seats for the big df'ing announcement. They probably would think that we're all possesed, it would be great fun! hg
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Hi Everyone...I'm New
by exjwshell injust wanted to say hello to everyone on this forum.
i've "lurked" for quite some time, thought it was time make my first post.
my story is long and boring and too complicated to remember so the short version is this:.
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heatherg
Yeah, another cheesehead!!! As an another ex-elders daughter to another, WELCOME!!! hg
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heatherg
I have found it hard to make friends outside of the JW life. I have lots of acquaintances but not close friends. Not someone I'd trust like a close friend. Undercover. I feel the same way. It has taken me 10 yrs to finally develop some realationships outside of my husband, that I would consider close. Still not true friends or 'bosum buddies'. hg
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heatherg
I had a few close friends that sometimes I still miss. I mean I grew up with these people, they were all I knew. The only friends I'd had, I felt very alone after I left, not being able to talk to them. Very hurt also that they wouldn't have anything to do with me. I have new friends now, even ones that I've made on here 'Dustin'. I can't really blame them for not staying in contact though. They aren't brave enough or ready to make that next step to go agaisnt the WTS. So maybe someday they'll see the light. hg
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JWs and Clothing
by the_classicist inwhere i live, its not usual for people to "dress up," especially business people and executives, you are more likely to see them with a button up shirt, khakis, and one of those fleece vests on.
so, on the whole, jws look very out of place wearing their cheap suits (though a few elders didn't wear cheap suits and they made that known, "look at this, i got a spot on my new $200 designer shirt" -- really, something like this happened).
but what i did notice is that, in my area, dressing guidelines usually weren't followed, or enforced for that matter, for good looking women.
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heatherg
I was always amazed at the level of strictness of the dress code depending on each cong. In central WI it wasn't as strict, we got away with knee length, makeup, and trendy hairstyles. Of course I didn't, elders daughter, had to set an exmaple!!! Then when I moved to a cong in Chicago, man it was anything goes. It was great, and at the assemblies down there, both guys and girls dressed the part to pick up each other, and no one thought anything of it. But then when I moved to northern WI watchout! Floor length skirts only, nothing trendy, no makeup or as little as possible. And because it's cold up here for service you had to dress like an Eskimo, and only stuff from the 2nd hand stores. God forbid you actually have a nice formfitting warm coat! But no pants for us sisters when it was below zero out in field service. Gotta love their stupidity. hg
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Spirit appointed elders reveal information. Elders are disfellowshipped
by garybuss inelders meet scriptural requirements before being 'appointed .
by holy spirit.
' knowing this will strengthen your confidence.
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heatherg
The gossip among the JW's is terrible. Three years after I had been df'd, my dad an elder called to tell me that another elder in a former cong of mine let him know that I was a reason for someone else's df'ing. This other person that was df'd I hadn't spoken to or seen in about 5 yrs, back when I was still a goodie two shoe JW. So not sure how I could've been the reason, but hey anyone I can help out, right? But what right did that elder have calling my dad who isn't even in the same cong, to tell him this? Obviously nothing is confidential. I also found out that when I was df'd, they announced it in every cong I'd ever attended. Good grief, like they wouldn't figure it out anyway. hg