Dragonlady76

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  Do you let JW's make you feel insignificant?

  by Dragonlady76 in

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  i have read so many posts and topics about how people are treated after leaving the org.

  so i would like to share with you my take on this.. i cannot help but notice that most people seem to feel that they are looked down upon by the jw's.

  whether it be from shunning: a mean look,comments, avoiding someone etc... i can honestly say that i have never felt this way, and i have run into several jw's since i left.

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  Rebel8,

  Other people's opinion of them matters to them

  Liz2cool,

  Most JWs are little people who, outside of their respective congregations, are uneducated, powerless, and insignificant. That's why they gossip about people or criticize them. It makes them feel important. It's also why they zealously endeavor to climb the theocratic ladder. Where else can a toilet cleaner gain respect and power over others?

  I think the above lines offer some insight as to why some people feel looked down on, as a JW you learn & yearn to look for acceptance and respect form the others in the cong, and what people think of you becomes an unhealthy obsession that is hard to let go, being out on your own without the people who you have come to love or respect is difficult, but what about when those same people you loved and respected, shun you or just treat you like s**t?

  I think that is what makes it so hard. Letting go of that judgemental/what will people think of me reasoning. Until you can let that go, you will continue allowing yourself to feel bad. Dragonlady76
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  Do you let JW's make you feel insignificant?

  by Dragonlady76 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have read so many posts and topics about how people are treated after leaving the org.

  so i would like to share with you my take on this.. i cannot help but notice that most people seem to feel that they are looked down upon by the jw's.

  whether it be from shunning: a mean look,comments, avoiding someone etc... i can honestly say that i have never felt this way, and i have run into several jw's since i left.

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  Ip_Sec,

  No one can demean you or make you feel insignificant with out your permission. Do not allow them to demean you and you will not be demeaned.

  Exactly!

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  I NEED YOUR HELP!!!!!

  by chuckyy in

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  my wifes father has just died.

  he wasn't a jw but his wife is.my wife and i are recently disassociated.. the thing is, the reason my wife and i disassociated is because of cruel comments made by certain sisters toward my disabled daughter.

  now my wife has to see these 2 particular people everyday at school (their 2 kids are in class with ours) now usually, they stand away from my wife waiting for their kids and walk out after us.

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  Dragonlady76

  My sincerest condolences to your wife.

  My advice: You should let it go, they do not deserve your energy or time. These women are stupid and selfish, they are probably very unhappy in their own personal lives, and need to make themselves feel better by making others suffer. If you should have the opportunity to see them again smile and tell them sex with an orgasm will do wonders for their mood.

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  Do you let JW's make you feel insignificant?

  by Dragonlady76 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have read so many posts and topics about how people are treated after leaving the org.

  so i would like to share with you my take on this.. i cannot help but notice that most people seem to feel that they are looked down upon by the jw's.

  whether it be from shunning: a mean look,comments, avoiding someone etc... i can honestly say that i have never felt this way, and i have run into several jw's since i left.

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  Dragonlady76

  I have read so many posts and topics about how people are treated after leaving the org. so I would like to share with you my take on this.

  I cannot help but notice that most people seem to feel that they are looked down upon by the JW's. Whether it be from shunning: a mean look,comments, avoiding someone etc..

  I can honestly say that I have never felt this way, and I have run into several JW's since I left. I was raised a JW but never baptized just so you know.

  I actually pity them, I feel superior to them, because I know the real truth and it has set me free. I live a great life, free of rules, guilt and control.

  I laugh my a** off when I see them on field service shlepping out in the hot sun on a beautiful Saturday, while I drive myself to the spa, or think that I, as a woman can make important descisions without consulting or needing my husbands permission and that he admires me for my brain as well as my looks. Every day that I get up, I am thankful not to be a JW. If a JW should try to make me feel ill at ease I smile, and I know that I am the one who gets to look down not them, maybe they don't know or don't get it, but I do and that's what counts. Keep your chin up folks, you are the lucky one!

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  Male and female he created them - talk at DC in the mid 1990s

  by truthseeker in

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  does anyone recall the talk given at a district convention in the mid '90s, "male and female he created them.".

  a friend of mine who attended the brighton center heard that some gay activists were going to break into the center and start protesting.

  it didn't happen, but i wonder if this did occur anywhere else?.

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  She shows lowliness of mind by not trying to dominate her husband, even when she has superior abilities in certain areas.

  What kind of bullsh*t is that?

  I remeber the above quote being talked about when I was a little girl.

  I asked Maggie the sister that gave me bible studies to explain this, because I knew that there had to be some kind of mistake or maybe I misunderstood, I was only a kid.

  Nothing could have prepared me for her response , I was appalled at the explination I recieved, I argued with her and she told me I should never get married so that I could always feel like the smarter one and never subject mysef to male authority.

  As long as I live I will never forget this as the day that I knew all JW's were crazy.

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  Music & Anger

  by Dragonlady76 in

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  i love music, my taste in music is very eclectic, classical, opera,techno/trance,spanish, pop, metal, rock, musicals etc.............. when i am angry my taste turns dark and i listen to marilyn manson.. what do you listen to when you are angry?.

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  Big D,

  OMG!

  I love Manson!

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  Were Stories Told About You When You Left The "Truth"?

  by minimus in

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  did stories, exaggerations and fables turn up after you left the "faith"?

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  No one said a thing about me that I know.

  I will say that the KH gossip depended on who you were. If you came from a "good JW family" were an elder, MS or a pioneer elders wife no wrong could be said of you. On the other hand if you were just a regular dub then you would be treated in the traditional cruel fashion. At least at my cong it was like this.

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  Music & Anger

  by Dragonlady76 in

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  i love music, my taste in music is very eclectic, classical, opera,techno/trance,spanish, pop, metal, rock, musicals etc.............. when i am angry my taste turns dark and i listen to marilyn manson.. what do you listen to when you are angry?.

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  The kingdom melodies

  Hadenuf,

  you are a riot!

  Megadude,

  Thanx for the link

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  Male and female he created them - talk at DC in the mid 1990s

  by truthseeker in

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  2. friends

  does anyone recall the talk given at a district convention in the mid '90s, "male and female he created them.".

  a friend of mine who attended the brighton center heard that some gay activists were going to break into the center and start protesting.

  it didn't happen, but i wonder if this did occur anywhere else?.

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  A man who displays the fruitage of the spirit is easy to respect, and a woman who does so is easy to love.

  And they think they respect women?

  The above quote is very clear, women are not to be respected, just loved. I thought that showing someone respect was a form of love. Am I wrong Blondie????

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  Music & Anger

  by Dragonlady76 in

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  i love music, my taste in music is very eclectic, classical, opera,techno/trance,spanish, pop, metal, rock, musicals etc.............. when i am angry my taste turns dark and i listen to marilyn manson.. what do you listen to when you are angry?.

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  Dragonlady76

  I love music, my taste in music is very eclectic, Classical, Opera,Techno/Trance,Spanish, Pop, Metal, Rock, Musicals etc.............

  When I am angry my taste turns dark and I listen to Marilyn Manson.

  What do you listen to when you are angry?

  Dragonlady76