hello everyone, i am brand new, thought i would say hello.
i am still "in" the org, still serving "faithfully" in the hall that i grew up in.
my father is the po and i am part somewhat of a dynasty, with all my extended family being witnesses.
Welcome Walkaway!
I am still "in" the org, still serving "faithfully" in the hall that i grew up in. My father is the PO and i am part somewhat of a dynasty, with all my extended family being witnesses.
-same here, and I can relate....
Glad you decided to show up and have some fun....
Enlightenment is a beautiful thing....FreedomLover
so what articles in the past few years have bothered you????? wait let me guess- "education" articles!?
bad day by daniel powter where is the moment we need at the most you kick up the leaves and the magic is lost they tell me your blue skies fade to grey they tell me your passion's gone away and i don't need no carryin' on
you stand in the line just to hit a new low you're faking a smile with the coffee to go you tell me your life's been way off line you're falling to pieces everytime and i don't need no carryin' on
so where is the passion when you need it the most oh you and i you kick up the leaves and the magic is lost
Interesting Lyrics.....
Hubby and I were wondering if someone in the band is an ex-witness. FreedomLover
Reconsider Everything - by 311How many times will they do the same thing?
how did they get programmed to your following?
everyone's locked up in their suffering
the only way you can tell is reconsider everything
What if the truth is that there is no truth
the only thing I can prove is there is no proof
don't be so sure that your source is correct
people believed it before, before they had checked
How many times can they tell you
til you just give them their way
how many times can they sell you
til you let them have their say
every time you will ignore your
heart it will come back twice more
never deny your own instinct
reconsider everything
Everybody want something they control
some just want grass some they want gold
either way does it feel good or feel low
taking you down not fast but real slow
Rebellion done for it's own sake
does not a true free thinker make
to go against for it's own sake
you're still controlled by the course
that the other man takes
Reconsider everything, reconsider everything (everything)
reconsider everything, reconsider everything (everything)
reconsider everything, reconsider everything (everything)
reconsider everything
okay, what i want to know is honestly how many of you guys out there were actually attracted to the jw's because of the wifely submission thing?
and girls, how many of you actually had issues with the submission thing even when in the org.
?
stillawitness -
But then sometimes I am accused of being too "stubborn"????When this happens.....smile back as big as you can and say "why thank you!" Men who are worth getting to know will find your "stubborness" attractive......................
okay, what i want to know is honestly how many of you guys out there were actually attracted to the jw's because of the wifely submission thing?
and girls, how many of you actually had issues with the submission thing even when in the org.
?
MrsJones-
I just had a flashback to a song called "Detachable Penis"
LOL! I forgot about that song....
Happy Dad - Ha Ha Ha! you were the submissive husband. I think if you are going to choose to see the lies of the org. you probably aren't a submissive person by character.
Scully / blondie -
Amen to that again!! LOL
dr. sidney b. simon and suzanne simon .
i re-read this book every 9 months or so because forgiveness is an on-going process.
i'm constantly coming in contact with people, jws, non-jws, ex-jws that are working through forgiveness regarding some part of their life.. .
great info. blondie, thanks so much. I'm going to print this off and refer to it often.
It's so true how forgiveness is an ongoing process. Thanks again. FreedomLover
okay, what i want to know is honestly how many of you guys out there were actually attracted to the jw's because of the wifely submission thing?
and girls, how many of you actually had issues with the submission thing even when in the org.
?
Lazyslob - I suppouse that you have your husbands approval to ask this question
LOL! yeah, he finally gave me permission to ask. No j/k - he has never been a JW husband that way. I couldn't have married someone like that.....
Now that we're out he's a little worried about how unsubmissive I may become now!! ha ha
okay, what i want to know is honestly how many of you guys out there were actually attracted to the jw's because of the wifely submission thing?
and girls, how many of you actually had issues with the submission thing even when in the org.
?
Cool, young hearts be free, we'd get along good then!
okay, what i want to know is honestly how many of you guys out there were actually attracted to the jw's because of the wifely submission thing?
and girls, how many of you actually had issues with the submission thing even when in the org.
?
Okay, what I want to know is HONESTLY how many of you guys out there were actually attracted to the JW's because of the wifely submission thing? And girls, how many of you actually had issues with the submission thing even when in the org.?
this has been running around in my head for a few hours so i thought i would put it out there.. there is a woman here that i really admire.
she has done so much to help new posters.
she always seems have the right words to say.
HERE! HERE! Three cheers for JGNAT!!
I agree, I aspire to be like you. You are sublime IMO! I can't wait to read your first book....."The secret life of JW's" One woman's undercover pursuit to get the real truth about being a JW!
but hey..............I think I want cookies too!!
Richie, what did you have to do to get those!?
my brother is a self proclaimed apostate.
i see now that there is a wide variety of posters here.
so to those that have left the witnesses what would it take to get you back?
Left Behind -
I am so glad you have asked such a question. I am so glad you are back! I never posted on your last thread, honestly I didn't know what to say. I could feel your pain and your anger.
I am still a witness, technically. I am moving out of state in the next month and I will never go to another meeting again. I plan to fall off the face of the earth. This is the only way I know how to deal with leaving the witnesses. I too was raised a witness and my WHOLE extended family are still witnesses. All I can tell you is that I am leaving because of inaccuracies, I found in the WT's OWN publications. As you know, we are studying the Daniel book again. When we started this book again I decided to really get the prophecies down in my head this time. I wanted to strengthen my faith. Well when I dug just a little deeper in the Society's own literature, I was shocked at how things didn't add up. I was hard broken. One thing led to another and I have found myself unable to believe many teachings anymore. I was not influenced by Satan when I started researching. I was looking WITHIN the society's publications, and encyclopedias for all of my research.
I truly hope you can still love your brother and find time to really talk to him. I do understand why you feel like he has destroyed your family. He controls his actions, but YOU are responsible for yours. I truly hope you can still love your brother unconditionally. I am still learning this myself because of how I've been taught my whole life.
compassion and sympathy for your sadness - FreedomLover
