Posts by TheCoolerKing

This topic really made me think about something. At one point in my life, after I had left the JWs, I was extremely depressed. Yet whenever I would talk to someone about my problems, I always had a smile on my face. People would ask me all the time, "Why are you smiling as if you are happy, if you are really so depressed?"

Finally a friend of mine said something to me that made it all very clear. She said, "I've finally figured you out. You smile all the time to hide the pain that you are feeling." After she said that I thought about it and realized that she was absolutely right! That "smile thing" was something that I learned as a JW. Many times I was sad and unhappy as a child and a teen. But "The Organization" always said that we should be happy people, so I always made sure I smiled, regardless of how bad I really felt on the inside.

I think that it's actually the same for many JWs. While they may appear to be happy on the outside, they are in reality in alot of pain on the inside. It's a really sad situation.

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Raised a JW, left at 18, 5 years later...

by NomadSoul in

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wow, i can remember like it was yesterday.

raised a jw, after i left i was complexed for the next year, didn't know what life had for me.

i was uncertain, and scared.

TheCoolerKing

I can relate to that familiar "confused" state that you mentioned. I too was born & raised as a JW. I left when I was 23 and never looked back. It was difficult at times, but I managed to stay away and rebuilt my life. I no longer regret my decision to leave "The Organization".

Sounds like you are on the right track...Congrats!!!

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Maybe this was posted

by mouthy in

before ...but anyway for those who didnt see it( if it was ).

jan15th 06 page 23 of the watchtower.

"because of listening to the devil & not rejecting his lies.the first human pair apostatized.so,then,should we listen to apostates,read theor literature ,or examine their web sites on the internet?if we love god& the truth,we will not do so.we should not allow apostates into our homes,or even greet them,for such actions would make us "sharers in their wicked works".

TheCoolerKing

Greetings my Happy Fellow Apostates!!!

Those errors are well known- the support for the majority of their teachings comes, not from Scripture, but from mere humans in Brookln, NY.

Well said Brother Apostate! I love when the Watchtower Society instructs its membership not to read all that "Apostate Literature". When all you have to do is pick up some copies of the older Watchtower publications (Ebay anyone??). Try anything by C.T. Russell, like his writings regarding the Great Pyramid in Egypt. Or any books by Judge Rutherford, and his 1925 end of the world predications. Their own Watchtower publications reveals the real "Truths" about them better than any apostate material!

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Do you still feel guilty, not going to the memorial?

by JH in

the first time i missed the memorial, i was sick and couldn't go, and felt guilty because that meeting was so important.. then another year, i missed again, this time i wasn't sick.

i still felt guilty, because i still believed in the religion to a certain extent.

i didn't go because i didn't want to go back to the meetings, and feel trapped once more.. maybe some feel guilty that they aren't doing anything for the memorial or easter, depending which religion you think is right, because after all jesus did say to remember him..

TheCoolerKing

Do you still feel guilty, not going to the memorial?

Nope, No, Nadda!!!

Why would I feel guilty about missing out on seeing a whole room full of deceived people rejecting Jesus?

Well said Honesty!!!

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OK now, I'm really an apostate

by dawg in

so, i go to my jw uncle's funeral for obvious reasons!

after the funeral my family invites me to dinner, something we haven't done for some time (probably 8 years or so) as i'm considered disassociated not disfellowshipped.

i guess this is allowed per the new jw policy but since that crap changes from time to time i'm not sure.

TheCoolerKing

Isn't freedom a wonderful feeling???

Way to go Dawg!!!