i'm pleased to have found this site...i've browsed a little ...read quite a lot and gasped at some stories, giggled at the one liners and nodded in recognition of others' strong opinions and can relate to a great deal.. i'll try and keep my intro as brief as possible for anyone kind enough to listen.. i got involved with the witnesses in the late 70's in the uk.
i was in my early 20s and had had a love and fascination for the bible since my difficult childhood.
i soon brought my life into 'line' although it took a long time for me to pack up the smoking which didnt go down well in those days when 6 months of study should have been enough and if you hadnt cracked it then it was suggested that you were some kind of loser.... i reared my 4 children in the 'truth' as well as i could but i cant claim that we were a 'strong' family in their terms...just muddled along really..my husband at the time was a very difficult and abusive man and home life wasnt easy for any of us with his anger, jealousy and violence.
Welcome!
This one point caught my eye.
I didn’t want them to spend their lives treating women so badly and thinking it was acceptable.
This was a huge motivator for me too, except I have girls. One day i realized I was modeling for them, how to be submissive and allow people to walk on me.
I didn't want my girls to live like that.
It's easier to be strong for our kids then it is to be strong for ourselves.
i'm dragging myself, a few pages at a time, through the 192-page report on the 1963 "everlasting good news" assembly of jehovah's witnesses.
these two quotes are from page 47 which described a simultaneous program in spanish at the new rockland palace, while the english program was going over at yankee stadium.
(quoted material in italics and bolding added for derisive effect.
Some of the stoopid applause went on for a minute!
We were sending him our love,
Yes I was that pathetic.
I still can't quite believe i made it to the outside
criticism of vatican in wis. over abuse scandalby carrie antlfinger | posted: monday, march 29, 2010 10:24 pm.
a man who says he was among some 200 deaf boys allegedly molested by a priest in wisconsin said monday the vatican's defensive responses to revelations about the case make him feel like he did when he was 12, when no one would listen to him about the abuse.. arthur budzinski, 61, said at a news conference outside the cathedral of st. john the evangelist that pope benedict xvi is trying to protect himself against criticism of his handling of the wisconsin case against the rev.
lawrence murphy.
Where is Jordon12?
He needs to get over here and defend these poor catholics.
He can explain to us why this is all just lies.
the jw rollercoaster continues!
if you still have to go to meetings, i sympathize with you.
i know a few that keep up appearances so that they do not lose their loved family members.
Its a religion based on what you are NOT doing, instead of what you are doing.
you got that right!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwvy_2eofse&feature=player_detailpage.
you don't need to understand chinese.
this guy is amazing.
Wow, fun demons!
Boy, wages are really low in the States.
Massage therapists here charge $80-100 for 45 mins.
If you are self-employed you can collect that fee also, more if you do medical massage, but then you have all your business overhead to pay.
The place I work at charges about $100 for 50 minutes, but they pay the therapist a lot less because they are paying for the overhead.
I've done both, right now i love having someone else have all the headache and I only have to think about work when I'm clocked in.
When your self-employed you never get to clock out.
the men in the coven i was in knew how to use a sewing machine quite well.
it was required for first degree work that everyone make a ritual garment.
some covens in the assembly had to make their own tabards, too.
but i can and do cook very well and love a clean tidy house which i can do quite well.
Your hot!
massage therapist, earning $20 per hour plus tips which average about $11. an hour.
I should be making $35 an hour at this point but the company I work for is having difficulties and has frozen all pay raises for an indefinite period of time.
For Mt's 20-25 hours a week is considered full time, because it is very physically demanding.
No benefits.
One of the bigs perks is your client is always thriilled to see you, everybody seems to love you, and you get constant marraige proposals from both sexes.
I've had people just furious with the front desk, red in the face and mad as hell, but when they see me they are all smiles and gratitude.
It's a very low stress, ego boosting job.
the men in the coven i was in knew how to use a sewing machine quite well.
it was required for first degree work that everyone make a ritual garment.
some covens in the assembly had to make their own tabards, too.
When I was cheap at Bethel I used to even sew my own t-shirts from my own patterns. I hate the think what I must have looked like.
A bethel boy in a home made t-shirt, I would have loved to have seen that!
i'm brand new to the board.
long time, "big shot" elder, ....taught at km school, conventions, etc.
yeah, i know it means nothing....but it gives you an idea of how deep i've been a jw.. i don't even really know what to write at this point.
Welcome!
How long until you came out of the fog? the devastation? the crying? the feeling that God may just hate you?
For me it took about 3 months for my brain to start to clear, I was raised in so this was a totally new experience for me. Wow, surreal is right.
(notive I said start to clear)
The devastation I'm still working on.
The crying will turn to anger.
I've never believed that god hates me, and now I don;t believe in god at all.
You will find it gets easier, and better and better.
It is very hard to leave, no way around it, but it's worth it.
Welcome to intellectual freedom!
