Posts by arwen

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Besty Unplugged - My Life Story Part III

by besty in

<< part ii.

leaving home and losing my religion.

sometime in early 1986 my dad asked me the hitherto unspoken question i had been in patient dread of.

arwen

Thanks for sharing.. Fasinating life story...Looking forward to more.

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Regarding DNCall 's story here, to anyone who is still on fence

by apostate from way back when in

jw
friends

i am barbara's sister marilyn, and i was first introduced to the jw's at age 13 and met frank then along with all of the other young people.

i knew frank's parents well for 3 years.

since barbara and frank were dating we were at his house or he at our's quite a lot.

arwen

Welcome and thanks for posting. Good to hear from someone who was there "way back when".. Hope you hang around.

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WHAT HAS HELPED HEALED CURED YOUR BITTERNESS WITH THE BORG?

by freewilly01 in

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friends

is there or has there been anything that has aided you in your quest to rid yourself of the bitterness and resentment of the jw's .

i know for some it has appeared that they have a newfound religion or religious belief, but that is not the case with myself.. for some maybe visiting these sites encourages them to shed those miserable memories?

for me it just builds more resentment.

arwen

Time has helped and distance from JW's. I call myself a "recovering JW". There is a lot of recovering to do from this cult that is for sure. I use humour as well. When I stop by to visit my family I always ring the bell or knock and when they come to the door i say.. "I was just in the neighbourhood sharing some magazines with others" or something like that.. always good for a laugh.. I could not have done it without Simon's board. The support and encouragement I got from there a few years ago was crucial to my sanity. I too, have met some ex JW's and it is amazing to know we share the exact same feelings. The most important thing that has helped me to get over my anger and bitterness is the fact that I am out and I am so grateful to God for that!

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If you could change one thing in your life what would it be?

by Quirky1 in

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friends

i would like to be able to change many but one really sticks out to the front... what would yours be?.

arwen

I would have taken a different life path at age 18.

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How Many Are Watching the Jackson Memorial Now?

by cabasilas in

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friends

it's on msnbc right now.....

arwen

I watched it from start to finish. Beautifully done. very tasteful. The family is very close and loved him dearly. My prayers for the family and his children.

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Michael Jackson's Death Is Exposing Jehovah's Witnesses In A HUGE Way!!!

by minimus in

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friends

if you read comments made regarding mj's death, there are tons of people talking about his religion.

the fact that he was a jw that disassociated himself, is giving bloggers all sorts of ammunition regarding the rotten witness religion.

jws are trying to defend themselves and their religion and outsiders are clearly seeing how effed up jws really are.. good..

arwen

the guy who said the final prayer was also the same guy who began the service.. He said he was Pastor ??? and his prayer seemed to be that of a Christian man so I am sure he was not a JW...

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KH weddings

by rockmehardplace in

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friends

i did not want to hijack the other thread on kh funerals.

when i got married, my wife and i were married at the kh.

i wanted a particular family member as my best man but because he was not a baptized brother, they would not allow it.

arwen

A young girl that I was very close to is getting married in the KH soon. I met her only sister the other day in the street and she told me she that she was not ALLOWED to be in the wedding party.. She said the elders at first said it was because she had tatoos on her arm and then just flatly made the bride tell her she could not be in the wedding.. she is not baptized and has not attented meetings since she was a teen but is very close to her sister.. Her father is "allowed" to walk her down the aisle and he was never a JW nor attended meetings.. so it is very hyprocritical that this is happening and the sister of the bride is very hurt. The groom's parents.. both JW's are making a lot of the wedding plans as they have some bucks.. anyway, it is sad...I love both of these girls..and know if things were different ....... The sister of the bride is going to protest the way things came down by standing outside the KH and not going in for the wedding.. She is very upset.. I hope this will make more than a few people think how sad things are in this "cult"..

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