Band on the Run, welcome to the board! Your story sounds completely believable to me. I am impressed by your thinking abilities now. You are a strong person. Yes welcome!
Anewme
Posts by anewme
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37Father Severely Abused Me
by Band on the Run inmy father severely abused me.
several times i fought for my very life.
i was the eldest and the scapegoat.
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When Was The Last Time You Said A Prayer?
by minimus indo you ever pray?.
have you felt, "what the heck?
it's worth a shot"?.
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anewme
I dont bother God with my concerns too much. He knows how I feel about everything because of our conversations in the past. But about three months ago there was some real drama at work and an exiting co-worker brought up some serious but bogus accuasions against me before he left. A meeting was held and I was interrogated for two hours. That night after work I got down on my knees and prayed to God to let this whole thing blow over and go away. Quite miraculously the next day it happened just as I prayed it would! The whole thing just melted away and the charges dropped. The co-worker left and my job and position remained intact (with actually more responsibility entrusted to me) Praying to God and getting in touch with the truth in my heart helps me to remain calm and focused and honest about all things. Laying it all out before the creator of the universe really does seem to contact the powers out there who can help.
I am a firm believer in the power of prayer.
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My Dad's passing
by happyexjw inquite a while ago i wrote about my dad who has been living with prostate cancer for 13 years with secondry bone cancer for the last 2 years.
we all thought he was going to leave us back in april when he had a bad chest infection.
i was talking about wanting to be able to say some words at his funeral.
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anewme
Very well written story. Sorry about your dad and family tension. You are right of course about the JW rudeness towards you.
Show your mom a lot of love.
Peace to you.
Anewme
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Further Education and the Special Assembly Day
by eyesthatsee ini had the misery recently of attending the sad.. the bethel speaker looked and sounded like the usual corporate businessman after your money.. during his main talk, he praised a recent bethel member who left his college (aka university) course early to pioneer and join bethel.. that followed experiences from window cleaners, unemployed, parents home-schooling (aka child abuse - it is a basic human right to be educated) their kids and those baptised as children (youngest was 10).. the brainwashed dubs applauded every ruined life paraded on the platform.. these bethel speakers have been around long enough to know exactly what they're doing - they are evil men, ruining peoples' lives, breaking up families and masquerading as holy men.. their time will come when they face god - too late for the many ruined by their filthy lies and false hopes.. sorry to sound bitter, but to my shame i had a part in this cult as an elder.
what part of my brain did i lose to not see through this rubbish?.
better late then never though.
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anewme
Thank God I graduated from high school before I met the witnesses. But that is where my education ended in the 70s.
Remember 1975? The end was coming!!!! Put all your trust in the organization and do and they tell you in order to survive the coming tribulation and armaggeddon!
Where was my brain?
I wish my parents had called in a cult interventionist.
Instead they just disinherited me.
There went any college future and and any future money from Dad.
Now I am almost 60 and have to work full time in stupid retail and hope they dont can this old lady.
I stayed in the borg for 35 years and have nothing to show for all those years of servitude.
My advice if you are in is to get education and tell the Watchtower to mind its own business when it comes to your education and career.
Anewme
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anewme
Oh God yes! Its quite a sick hobby of mine. But I love to be surprised and add new knowlege to my guiding info.
But it is certainly not helping me to make new friends. Unlike Farkel I dont initially think all people are losers, but eventually I find fault with everyone and scratch them off my list.
I am not even on my list.
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My Life has been a total wreck
by bloominglotus inhi u guys, this is my first post.
i really dont know where to start except for now i have found out the truth about the "truth".
she asked if i want to still be a jw and i said no.
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anewme
Bloominglotus, like the others said, you would do well to take a breath and relax a bit. We compound our problems by acting too quickly sometimes. Stay online here. Talk it all out here. Get feedback. We have all been through hell too like you are going through.
There is light at the end of the tunnel.....and laughter and joy and happiness are in your future again. Just take it slow and easy and day by day try to understand what you have been through.
Be strong! And for the sake of your beautiful children stay calm and relaxed. The people on this board can really help you.
My advice would be to focus on all that is beautiful in your life, your husband and children, and any true friends who stick with you in your hour of need. This time of distress will pass and a new happy life will emerge for you!
We are all thinking of you and wishing you well Bloominglotus,
Anewme
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Ran over my dog today
by BurnTheShips inshe was chasing my car up the road.
i didn't notice her.
she is gone.. bts.
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anewme
Sickening loss. So sorry.
Try to focus on the good times with your pet.
It was an accident. It happens all the time.
Pets are always running out into the street.
Just last year I ran over the neighbors dog and I was only going 17 mph in the neighborhood. But the dog just ran under my wheels after a cat across the street.
The whole family came out in unison screaming "Nacho! Nacho!" I was a nervous wreck because I thought I ran over a child named Nacho.
I was shaking so hard I could hardly think or operate my fingers to write my name down.
But there was little Nacho behind the car still alive, a little beagle. The family said they had no money to take him to the vet.
They all cried and cried. They didnt blame me they said. I offered to drive him to the vet in the morning if he survived the night and pay to have him examined and treated by a vet. Nacho survived the night and was seen the next day and treated with a cast and medication for pain. ($375)
I see Nacho every now and then when I drive by, staying obediently in his yard (attached now by a chain to the post)
Hope the pain of your loss goes away and is replaced by happy memories of your dog.
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hi ,im new here!!
by TheTruthAboutTheTruth inhi guys,.
i have been snooping around on this site the last few months(this site is great, has helped me big time!
)and have decided to introduce myself and stop being so nosey and start commenting!!.
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anewme
Welcome too. I hope that creepy JW who molested your son goes to jail and the elder who knew about it should be disciplined as well.
Be glad you and your children are out. Dont be concerned what anyone else thinks.
Just focus on getting well and away from them.
Anewme
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Why did/do you go door to door?
by carvin ini thought about this for years even when i was in and still believed.
i always wondered why very, very few if any jw ever said we get to go in service, it was always we have to go in service.
if you do it only because you have to and not because you want to, does that not nullify the whole giving to the lord theme?.
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anewme
Yes, going door to door is compulsary among the JWs. Do refuse to do so is considered rebellion.
And to become a rebel is to become like Satan they told us.
The consequences of rebellion were too painful. Counselling, chastisement, retalliation, reproof, marking, shunning, elder, family and congregational dissapproval and finally disfellowshipping.
So most of us sucked it up and dutifully went door to door for as long as we could stomach it.
But that is where the obedience stopped for most. Many wouldnt write down the Not -at- homes carefully, they would do a poor job at going back, and even potential interest was not followed up.
As a pioneer I could hardly find someone to accompany me on any given summer afternoon's F.S., let alone join with me on a bone-fide Bible Study.
I have always been an obedient person when the order is to do something for the benefit of all.
But after so many missed Armageddon dates (I got baptized in 1971) and realizing as the great crowd we were neither the faithful slave nor were the scriptures speaking to us ever, nor was our future secure, (remember "maybe you will be saved" talks?) I started to resent all the door to door work. Why dont they try television or internet advertising or go back to radio or postal flyers?
AND HONESTLY NO ONE WAS HOME ANYWAY!!!!! Everybody was out working!!! Something I should have been doing!!!!!
Instead my husband and I were squeaking by on his parttime wages and getting handouts from family and had no health insurance!!!
What a stinking situation psychologically, mentally and physically!!!!
I hated going door to door.
It was an embarrassment to approach neighbors houses and invite them to our Sunday talks where you never knew if the speaker was going to be a good one or an embarrassing one. It was beyond absurd and ridiculous to assume they had no religion and were in the hands of Satan and needed my help to survive!!!! ME WITH NO JOB AND NO HOUSE AND NO MEDICAL OR DENTAL AND ROTTING TEETH!!! It was insane. And my years being pressured to do that studid door to door work for the Watchtower are shameful for me to relate.
Anewme
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What have you achieved after leaving the Watchtower Organization?
by anewme ini was curious to read what you have achieved and accomplished since leaving the watchtower society?.
in your opinion are you heading toward the success of your goals?.
personally i am determined to have something near the life i was meant to have before the watchtower organization got a hold of my mind and bent it towards their own purposes and uses.. i think many here would be overjoyed to hear of your successes!.
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anewme
I was curious to read what you have achieved and accomplished since leaving the Watchtower Society?
In your opinion are you heading toward the success of your goals?
Personally I am determined to have something near the life I was meant to have before the Watchtower Organization got a hold of my mind and bent it towards their own purposes and uses.
I think many here would be overjoyed to hear of your successes!
Please share!