LouBelle

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  Omg!!! I can't believe it! I'm in tears here (Part of a Convo with a sister on FB)

  by MsGrowingGirl20 in

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  me: hey .

  sally: hey...well, i'm not sure if i'm suppose to be talkin to you, because i was disfellowshipped.

  but i hope all is well with u, love u guys still.

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  LouBelle

  slowly more and more people will wake up, especially as they start looking and searching - man I loves the internets...it is a fantastic tool.

  Happy you and your sis are on the same page - be there for each other and keep close.
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  I just had a thought that made me feel so much better about this fade...

  by sosoconfused in

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  this is not monumental... i am sure all of you think it all the time.. but as a 3rd gen born-in ex-elder ex-pioneer ex-bethelite i spent so much time in this relion believing that for some reason that god, who loves all humans and created all things only wanted a few people to get knowledge of him - and this small group in america was his choice.. .

  now as i said i am sure 99% of you probably came to that realization before and it is common sense, but the very fact that as a grown man i never really thought about this for more than 15 seconds.

  the whole idea is just ridiculous and freaking stupid.

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  LouBelle

  sosoConfused - it's only because those feelings of unworthiness literally have to be UNLEARNED. This takes time, but embrace it and take baby steps....every journey begins with one step.

  Once you leave the faith - there is a lot of healing that has to take place and we go through so many different phases. There's the sadness, the have to disprove, the anger, the madness, the acceptance, the peace. You'll get there, one step at a time.
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  With out Fear

  by Brother of the Hawk in

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  LouBelle

  Welcome to the board.

  It is a great gift to live without fear and to embrace life as it should be. For me Fear is the unknown or the fear of failing a god that doesn't give a damn anyay.

  So happy your wife and daughter are here too!
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  I Didn't See That Coming

  by Wholly in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was raised on air force bases in the us and asia until i was 10 or 11. my mother divorced my father while he was on an unaccompanied tour in turkey and hooked up with my uncle.

  she married him and his children became our step-brothers and sisters.

  i saw my father once when he got back to the states and not again until almost 30 years later.. after two years, my uncle put his children in an orphanage and my mother dispersed her children to the four winds so she could be free to be with my uncle without all the problems eight children who hated each other brought.. my story begins in 1977 in an old farm house in corinth, kentucky, without running water or heat, just electricity for lights and cooking.

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  LouBelle

  Hello Wholly and welcome to the board - you will find a huge amount of comfort here and strength.

  You haven't had an easy life at all and have suffered immense anguish at the hands of your family and the cult. You are still going! You are still fighting. Keep at it.

  I hope you and your daughter can grow closer - you may share physical space but always let her know you love and cherish her, encourage her.

  A great book to help with pain and understanding it better "A New Earth" by Echart Tolle.
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  JC was formed, without even letting me know!?

  by magotan in

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  no one will take my intent to da or df seriously.

  they called me again (three brothers this time) and asked me to meet with them.

  i had no intention of doing so....simply told them there was nothing to talk about.. .

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  LouBelle

  You do what you must to survive leaving the faith, to be true to yourself and to be able to live the life in freedom we all deserve.

  It is an emotional time - remember they will put that "tone of love" into their words because they want you to come back, but that tone can change very quickly to judgemental.

  Seek comfort from good friends, talk on here - this place is a pillar of strength.

  I am glad you went out your way. You will grown from this, you will embrace the truth of who you are.
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  Joke!

  by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in

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  before the meeting at the kh, little billy runs up to his grandma and says, "grandma, grandma!

  make a sound like a frog!".

  grandma gives him a hug and asks, "what are you talking about?".

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  Looking for a partner.....

  by LouBelle in

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  righto, so who would like to get married?

  i'm a great cook, good with kids, can clean and am currently in the process of losing weight.

  in 6 months i'm good to go.

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  LouBelle

  ah man these replies put a smile on my face.

  jgnat - A lot of South Africans go to Canada - the mining industry - mining? My only knowledge is mining gold / platinum / diamons / coal - that is what we mine in SA - and it's purely head knowledge.

  karter - a mate of mine is leaving for new zealand in 2 days - he's going to see if he can find something over there - I'll be keeping in touch and may, just may follow suite - I know after getting your residency it makes getting into Oz a hellofa lot easy.

  Dismissing servant - I like the Swedish neutrality and just their way of life - very forward.

  moshe - eish! (zulu expression for hellofa suprised) I'm not quite in the same legue and as for the madonna bra - I'll stick to wonda bra instead.

  Quaterback - sounds like a great offer but if MIL tries to mark her territory in the kitchen - I'm outta there!

  Glander - hugs for you....You know, my mothers' boyfriend always says it's because I'm too strong - in that I don't take shit....I wouldn't say that, but I am not the settling type and I guess I want someone to get me on a deeper level, I want to be able to have a good conversation with you as well as all the othe bits :)

  FHN - LOVED that move - ah sobbed!

  yadda yadda - I will be super svelt.
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  Girl scout cookies are demonized

  by Gojira_101 in

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  okay so i think it might be the concussion making me go on this rant...not too sure.. the girl scouts started selling their cookies yesterday and for the first time in my life i will be ordering cookies.....i mean wtf is so wrong with ordering cookies from them?

  i love the thin mint's and guess what?

  you can only buy them from girl scouts!!!!!!.

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  LouBelle

  Gojira_101 we don't have the girl scout cookie phenonmenon here in good on south africa I've gots to get me butt over to the USofA
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  Girl scout cookies are demonized

  by Gojira_101 in

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  okay so i think it might be the concussion making me go on this rant...not too sure.. the girl scouts started selling their cookies yesterday and for the first time in my life i will be ordering cookies.....i mean wtf is so wrong with ordering cookies from them?

  i love the thin mint's and guess what?

  you can only buy them from girl scouts!!!!!!.

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  LouBelle

  awww now I want to be part of this whole Girl Scout Cookie thang!
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  Where is Jehovah?

  by His Excellency in

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  how do we reconcile those bullshits being told at the meetings about how jehovah's eyes are upon us and how his figurative wings serves as protection to those who are destitute with the condition of these sickly sudanese refugees at this camp.. .

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oihlh1xd2lu&feature=g-all-u.

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  LouBelle

  jah as pathetic as the greek gods.