I feel that way. I still cannot believe that I managed to escape.
I was a believer, no doubts at all, jah was a huge comfort for me.
If I had had a few less incidents with the elders, I would still be in today.
I wanted to believe.
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Still Amazed to Have Escaped
by leavingwt ini escaped the wt more than three years ago.
yet, even today, i'm still amazed, surprised and thankful that i got out.
it's easy for me to imagine having never getting the information i needed to make a clean break.
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DO NOT have children in this system!!
by What Now? ingrowing up, this is something that my other always told me.
i've had several conversations with older sisters who have said that if they could do things over, they wouldn't have had children.
other couples my own age are horrified at the thought of raising children in "this system".
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Anyone who thinks the world is worse and worse simply hasn't studied any history.
This is THE BEST time for a human being to be alive and the comparison isn't even remotely close.
Agreed, and you dont even have to "study" history.
Just pick up a history book and read it.
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Conversation I overheard this morning...
by Morbidzbaby inso this morning i decided to go see if i could find some interesting used books for my flight in a couple of weeks and i saw a jw from one of the local congregations...she didn't see me, even though she was directly behind me looking at the same section of books.
i'm not exactly easy to miss, but i digress.. she was on the phone and was talking about a few things that i found incredibly interesting.
firstly, i guess a woman that just got baptized last year is absolutely fed up with the org!
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an elder pulled him aside to tell him to never wear all black again to the kingdom hall. He told him he looks like a ninja.
It is stereotyping, and it is wrong,
But I find this incident hilarious, how could the one being counseled not laugh in the elders face?
I wonder how many elders have cautioned the bros to "not look like ninjas"
That elder read to many comic books
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in the uk it is illegal to smack children so do children in the kingdom hall still get smacked ?
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I have never seen a child smacked by a JW in or out of the KH.
Wow, Ive never heard that before.
has it always been like that in the UK, or was it different 20 or 30 years ago?
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Personal Story - How a cult got me out of a cult
by CitizenRain ini used to be a bit more active in the community over on the yuku board (i recognize some of you from over there) but have lost touch.
i've been lurking this board for about 3 years now and finally decided to jump in and post, and share my similar but still unique story of how i went from being a born-in true believer to a full blown apostate.
first off, let me introduce myself.
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Welcome!
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Telling a Depressed Person It's Demons!
by NewChapter inwhen a person is depressed, their cognitive abilities are depleted.
they are processing reality through a very negative filter and need help getting balanced.
they often experience fear, guilt, hopelessness and anxiety.
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Mental health is a medical problem . . . not a religious one.
Aaaamen brother
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A concerned JW wrote "mistakes will happen."
by InterestedOne inin the thread http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/213523/1/feeling-a-bit-alienated, concerned jw wrote:.
mistakes will happen.
concerned jw, if mistakes will happen, i was wondering what mistakes you feel the jw organization is currently making?
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Yes, and mistakes will happen in the catholic church also,
why cant JWs just overlook those too?
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VERY depressed
by youngbro ini have severe clinical depression and right now, for whatever reason it is really acting up....
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Ive dealt with depression most of my life. Ive used a number of different meds and have had a lot of couseling. But even with the best help in the world, sometimes it can still just overwhelm me.
When I am overwhelmed with sadness that is elusive and seemingly unfixable. The only thing that helps is to start walking.
I walk until i am exhausted and then I go to bed. if i am cooped up itside with no place to hike, I start cleaning, and I mean some serious house cleaning, wash the curtains, scrub the floor on my knees, etc.
In my opininion, when your depressed is not the time to start analyzing whats wrong with your life. Do something that will make you sweat and get your brain to shut eff up. Then later, when your in a better place emotionally, take a look at whatever the issues are that need to be dealt with in your life
When your depressed you can never work things our in your head. Get out of your head and into your body through physical activity that will make you sweat. Your brain will work better afterwards.
Of course, I am asuming that you are already under a doctors care, you should do the first.
I hope things get better for you soon.
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In response to Standfirm's comment about the two witness rule.
by life is to short instandfirm told me thatl.
ife is to short,.
the jw organization says that two witnesses to separate acts of wrongdoing are acceptable for someone to be df'ed.. "if there is another witness to the same type of sin on the part of the accused, this would be basis for forming a judicial committee.
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Wow, it looks like Standfirms argument has been drowned out be real life experiences.
Great thread LITS........bravo!
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The New Awake is Ridiculous! Special Issue about Childrearing
by serenitynow! ini have just skimmed it, but the parts i've read are laughable!
they talk about how "complete control" is unscriptural and "usually backfires!
" i guess that doesn't apply to the gb controlling it's jw subjects.
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a fresh marijuana joint
Who wants a joint that was rolled yesterday? Not the WT writers!