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  Give Reasons Why You're Happy That You're No Longer A Witness

  by minimus in

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  one reason is that you don't have to go to boring meetings 5 times per week and field service where you knock on doors knowing no one will answer.

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  glenwoodswoman

  pantyhose, watchtower study, being told I cant do something because it will be "looked down upon"
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  newbie hooked on this board

  by glenwoodswoman in

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  i am new to this board, posted only a few times so far.

  no i find myslef going to the computer time after time to check this site and i feel like i am getting hooked!

  what is the matter with me?

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  Grace

  Your name fits you well. You have more grace then all of them, and you know you did the right thing.I am so glad you are well, and have found a place for you.

  "Living well and being well is the best revenge you can have."(or example you can set, if that works better for you)

  I have learned so much on this board in just the last few days, I feel like i am waking up from a 13 year sleep/stupor. I never once thought of all of the other df'd and shunned ones out there.and the pain they may be going through.I just left and never looked back. I will thikn about all of you every day and send you love and healing!

  Glennie
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  newbie hooked on this board

  by glenwoodswoman in

  1. jw
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  i am new to this board, posted only a few times so far.

  no i find myslef going to the computer time after time to check this site and i feel like i am getting hooked!

  what is the matter with me?

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  glenwoodswoman

  Thank you all.......Already getting things in perspective again...you guys are awesome....I am going to keep coming to this board to hang out with you guys and to let the those that are sitting on the edge know there is life after the WBTS and it is incomparable

  Glennie
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  After all the wts crap, do any of you still believe in Jehovah?

  by ButtLight in

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  i have learned alot about the wts.

  and disagree with allot of it.

  but i still believe in jah.

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  glenwoodswoman

  Hey Sunnygal Terri again..

  Noticed in your post your reference to a connection to God/Godess. Loved that..

  Bright Blessings,

  Glennie
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  After all the wts crap, do any of you still believe in Jehovah?

  by ButtLight in

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  i have learned alot about the wts.

  and disagree with allot of it.

  but i still believe in jah.

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  glenwoodswoman

  Hey Sunnygal Terri,

  Nope, sorry, never been in Ticonderoga, more like Buffalo and north of it. But I'll be you sister, anyway...

  Irene (aka Glennie)
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  newbie hooked on this board

  by glenwoodswoman in

  1. jw
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  i am new to this board, posted only a few times so far.

  no i find myslef going to the computer time after time to check this site and i feel like i am getting hooked!

  what is the matter with me?

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  glenwoodswoman

  Hi everyone,

  I am new to this board, posted only a few times so far. No I find myslef going to the computer time after time to check this site and I feel like I am getting hooked! What is the matter with me? I have been Df'd for 13 plus years, and never looked back. I did it by myself...well not really, with the help of some "worldy" friends who were way more compassionate and loving then any self righteous JW I had ever met. I never read the Franz book, didnt know about the waffling on Blood, political confictions, child abuse, sexual abuse etc etc etc or any of the developments in the Organization since I had left.

  I had an incident at work the other day where a JW from my old congregation was newly hired and the little bitch played her shunning game with me and it affected me more then I want to admit. What the hell is her problem?? I have worked in this place for the last 11 years without her snooty selfrighteous bullshit. I feel like she has upset my balance and my peace . Anyway, that incident sent me poking around the internet and thats where I found you guys. Now I feel like I am catching up with the JW organization, and the question is...Do I want to?? I was done with them...Totally... until that little snot walked into my building I guess. Christ, I used to give her my kids's hand me downs, for crying out loud...What the frick, why is this making me so mad? Have I never really ealt with my feelings, I wonder?? Did I just walk away and bury everything? I am good at that,actually..I know I cant continue feeling angry like this and at her...Thats giving them control again and I cant allow that. All I know is she is in my space and acting like I don't belong there...I think I'll approach her and tell her I have turned pagan...that will really freak her out..maybe enough so she'll quit cause her holiness mught be blemished ...

  Anyway, I am glad you guys are here...I dont now where i am going with this..but I have to get my equilibrium back, this is not me!

  glennie
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  After all the wts crap, do any of you still believe in Jehovah?

  by ButtLight in

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  i have learned alot about the wts.

  and disagree with allot of it.

  but i still believe in jah.

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  glenwoodswoman

  Hi Buttlight and everyone

  I am new to the group also, and thanks for letting me in..

  Here is my take on your question, buttlight: Religion is for controlling people, spirituality is a personal expression, something that is uniquely YOU, also the Jw's would have you believe otherwise.

  You are not weird by discarding some of the teachings and keeping some. You are experiencing personal growth and personal choice, and thats an awesome thing! After all, your spirituality has to fit you, not some cookie cutter (mean cookie cutter at that) recipe of faith. You will likey adapt some beliefs that are contrary to JWs'and that great and very liberating!

  Its OK..".When the pain of staying the same is greater then the pain of change..change is inevitable!"

  Take care

  Irene(who has since turned pagan)
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  Fuming, Angry, seething, seeing RED!!!!!!!!!!

  by Gill in

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  my parents went to the assembly this weekend.

  they were telling me about disciplining children... the speaker was saying how all babies are born selfish and demanding for their own needs and not anyone elses.

  the jist of the talk being about discipline, and training children ...ie taking them out for a good beating.. well, i don't know if any of you have ever 'just seen red!

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  Love11,

  My heart aches for you, when I read stories like yours, I am truly at a loss for words.I like your quote about forgiveness being understanding...Do you understand why he did that?(father) Surely that is beyond the "spare the rod, spoil the child" philosophy. I am truly sorry and i hope that you are well or getting well on every level of your being.

  Irene
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  Fuming, Angry, seething, seeing RED!!!!!!!!!!

  by Gill in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  my parents went to the assembly this weekend.

  they were telling me about disciplining children... the speaker was saying how all babies are born selfish and demanding for their own needs and not anyone elses.

  the jist of the talk being about discipline, and training children ...ie taking them out for a good beating.. well, i don't know if any of you have ever 'just seen red!

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  glenwoodswoman

  Gill,

  I absolutely agree and I do not have an answer. I well remember trying to keep my children quite through endless meetings and long assembly days. I honestly do not remember how I did it. God, I have not even thought of it in years. It remonds me of something I read about children adapting to situations. The author said:"children do not adapt. They mutate."

  Thanks for the warm welcome and acceptance, and also the food for thought.
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  Fuming, Angry, seething, seeing RED!!!!!!!!!!

  by Gill in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  my parents went to the assembly this weekend.

  they were telling me about disciplining children... the speaker was saying how all babies are born selfish and demanding for their own needs and not anyone elses.

  the jist of the talk being about discipline, and training children ...ie taking them out for a good beating.. well, i don't know if any of you have ever 'just seen red!

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  glenwoodswoman

  Hi everyone, I am new to this board.

  I am reading some of your posts and I am in awe of how angry they are. Dont get me wrong. I was a JW for 13 years, I raised my children in that organization.I know well all of the scenarios you are all talking about. I have had no contact with either witnesses or exwitnesses in all these years, so I guess I just healed myself over the years. I have apologized to my children, they are now adults and are also no longer witnesses. I have sent them to therapy when they were teenagers and I have asked them move forward with me.

  You have a right to be angry...But for your own sanity...you also need to work on getting past the anger. If you relate to the child abuse stories, and yes they are horribe, then you need to work on healing YOUR inner child. dont let the anger consume you. I am sure other people in your lives are affected by this demon that haunts you. Dont feed him and let him grow to consume you. It will be no better for you.

  Living well and being well is the best revenge you can have.