Posts by troubled mind

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Elder keeps calling and calling and calling

by troubled mind in

since the sheparding visit a few weeks ago i have had three phone calls and two drop bys from the elders .

we have been gone both times they stopped by (but our son saw them and did not answer the door ).

the phone messages are directed to me not my husband, and the one left today he sounded a bit on edge .

troubled mind

thanks for the replies .......I am going to continue ignoring

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All I can say about thr finale of "Lost" is...

by changeling in

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wtf???!!!.

they are all fucking dead!.

troubled mind

Yeah well that's six yrs of your life you won't get back .....

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Elder keeps calling and calling and calling

by troubled mind in

since the sheparding visit a few weeks ago i have had three phone calls and two drop bys from the elders .

we have been gone both times they stopped by (but our son saw them and did not answer the door ).

the phone messages are directed to me not my husband, and the one left today he sounded a bit on edge .

Since the sheparding visit a few weeks ago I have had three phone calls and two drop bys from the Elders . We have been gone both times they stopped by (but our son saw them and did not answer the door ). The phone messages are directed to ME not my husband, and the one left today he sounded a bit on edge . My husband thinks they just want to give me more information about blood fractions since this came up during the sheparding call and they had said the KM 06 had an insert explaining it all . I on the other hand do not feel that is all they want because why wouldn't they just leave it in the door with a note ? I have ignored all the phone calls with the Elders plea for me to return his call ......I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO HIM ANYMORE ....don't you think he would get the message ??? So what would you do ? Continue to ignore or return his call and see what is so important ?

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Why Doesn't Armageddon Freak Them Out ?(Why didn't it freak us out ? )

by BluesBrother in

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on t v i recently saw some of the film "knowledge" starring nicholas cage .

the idea of the film was that the main character had knowledge of coming disasters .

he was distraught - desperate - panicking to try and stop it happening.

troubled mind

HELLLLOOOOO ........TROUBLED MIND !!!!

Hadit, Cult Classic I felt the same way as a born in JW

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Which one is safer?

by asilentone in

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acetaminophen or ibuprofen?.

troubled mind

Acetaminophen is safer for me ........I have become allergic ibuprofen

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What to write in my niece's (JW) wedding card

by voodoo lady in

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my very militant jw niece is marrying a jw boy who i know little about, though i presume he must have priveleges or be a pioneer for her to have dated him in the first place.

though i feel so sad at the reality she's about to face - marrying a man she barely knows who she's probably never spent time alone with - i would still like to celebrate her love, or at least these exciting new feelings that she's experiencing that she believes to be love.

(and for all i know may certainly be love).. .

troubled mind

Her wedding day is not the time for you to 'try and make her think ' . If you don't support her marriage decision then don't send anything .

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How did you find the strength to leave?

by SAHARA in

to all of you exjws, i'm sure you've been asked this question one way or the other many times and i'm sure the answer is different for many of you, i'd like to know directly from you never having a chance to hear or read many exjw's answers to this.

knowing that you would be cut off from your family and friends and other consequences for your decision to leave, how did you ever get the strength to do it?

i mean really, i find it fascinating to know that there are so many of you who were at one time very devout, if not at the very least loyal to one of the most successful mind-contol organizations ever who believed all if not most of what the society taught and still you found the courage to risk everything once you accepted that it isn't what it claims to be.

troubled mind

I was born in and raised all three of my children as Jw.

In a very short time period six yrs ago I went through some very traumatic experiences . During that time i came to realize I only had myself to really rely on . I began seeing the flaws of the religion I had dedicated my life to .

I was extremely unhappy and felt my faith had been a pack of lies . I reached a point where I just had to take my chances on leaving otherwise I felt I would die .

I worried my adult children would shun me . I didn't know what my husband would do . I wondered what my JW relatives would think . But none of those concerns or worries were as powerful as my need to keep my sanity and loyalty to myself .

I was extremely angered when I realized I had put my childrens lives in danger because I believed some old men's ideas that God would be dishonored if they had a blood transfusion to save their life . I had refused blood for three operations myself and once when my son was operated on at five yrs of age . The sober reality of what could have happened slapped me in the face and woke me up to the awakening this is just another man made religion .Men making rules for other men ,period .

One morning during the public talk I looked over at my husband and said " Let's go home " . At home i told him I was done with this religion . He was shocked and hurt . At that moment I thought he might walk out on me and leave . Instead after a tumultuous week ....we BOTH just never went back .

At first we just stayed quiet and low key . My adult children eventually have all faded on their own over the past four yrs . My in laws have cut back contact with us to just a couple of phone calls a yr . My Witness relatives have slowly cut us out of their lives ,but that is their decision not mine .

I have my husband and my kids ......and what's left of my sanity . I am happier than I have ever been .

Now after four yrs though the Elders are poking around ,I wish they could just leave me in peace . They are pushing for me to officially DA myself .....but I am a stubborn Irishwoman that has a streak of selfish pride .

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I think I have a sub-conscious desire to be D'Fd

by troubled mind in

after fading for four yrs i live like i want ,but big brother is always watching out there .

1 ) fading is not conducive with putting christmas lights on your house when witnesses live in close proximity.

2) putting apostate videos in your favorites on youtube when one of your contacts is still an active witness ,again not a good idea for a fader that still has witness relatives.

troubled mind

Well I am pretty sure my actions this weekend will not go unnoticed ...thus the Elders phone call .....it probably will be a relief for me ,but not for my husband and his parents ...

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I think I have a sub-conscious desire to be D'Fd

by troubled mind in

after fading for four yrs i live like i want ,but big brother is always watching out there .

1 ) fading is not conducive with putting christmas lights on your house when witnesses live in close proximity.

2) putting apostate videos in your favorites on youtube when one of your contacts is still an active witness ,again not a good idea for a fader that still has witness relatives.

troubled mind

I don't really want them having any power over me ....but they f'n do .......I can't just do what I want because it is always hanging over my head .....

I HATE THIS SO MUCH

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I think I have a sub-conscious desire to be D'Fd

by troubled mind in

after fading for four yrs i live like i want ,but big brother is always watching out there .

1 ) fading is not conducive with putting christmas lights on your house when witnesses live in close proximity.

2) putting apostate videos in your favorites on youtube when one of your contacts is still an active witness ,again not a good idea for a fader that still has witness relatives.

troubled mind

After fading for four yrs I live like i want ,but Big Brother is always watching out there .

1 ) Fading is not conducive with putting Christmas lights on your house when Witnesses live in close proximity

2) Putting Apostate videos in your favorites on youtube when one of your contacts is still an active witness ,again not a good idea for a fader that still has Witness relatives

3) Drinking a bit too much in public and sharing a drag off a cigarette in front of an exjw blabber mouth that still reports to her Mother REALLY bad idea .....

4) Admitting to Elder you think 'new light ' is BS .......felt really good ,but will no doubt go over like a lead balloon with his buddies back at the KH club

Getting a message on answering machine from Elder wanting to come over for another visit ..........feels like my sub-conscious may get it's wish after all