ok people we need to talk.. if you put up on this forum the n word, the d word, the c word.....i don't even want to spell them out because i am not going to offend people i care about.
if you need to know send me a pm.
you know the words that trigger the gut reactions.
i have worked with developmently disabled citizens for seven years. i love my work
anyone who makes fun of these people should try to face tht challanges these people have to face every day .
i think a lot of people that consider themselves "normal"could not do it.
hello everyone, my name is debi.
dfd for 2 weeks.
i don't know if i'll fit in here but i would like to give it a try.
Hi Debbielee'
you will get a lot of help here as i have.welcome.
i was at the meetup this week and had a couple of interesting comments about what people have done to mark their progress away from the wts/jws.. one person said that when she recognizes that she has taken another step away she rewards herself with her own private birthday party, cake and candles and sometimes even a gift.
she is doing this for all the birthdays she missed.
and it needn't fall on her birthday but it does mark some change in her.
i put up a christmas tree , and i have started attending the monthly birthday party that is held in my building
for whoever has a birthday in the month. i am throwing out books and magazines .this was hard at first ,but i am
still working on it.
were you discriminated against for any reason in the "christian congregation"?
i was looked down on becauce i didnt drag my children kicking and screaming to all of the meetings.
my husband would not allow our children to be forced into a religion if they didnt believe it ,but now i have to admitt
that he was right all along.
iwas baptised in 1984 and have never felt like i belonged in jw land .have felt ashamed ,guilty, and worthless for 23 yrs .. i could never do it all.i havent been to a meeting in 6mos.but i have been reading these posts ,and i found out the jw .
make every one feel as i do.
what a relief it,s not my fault .
iwas baptised in 1984 and have never felt like i belonged in jw land .have felt ashamed ,guilty, and worthless for 23 yrs .
i could never do it all.i havent been to a meeting in 6mos.but i have been reading these posts ,and i found out the jw
make every one feel as i do. what a relief it,s not my fault . i will write more next time .i have to go to work.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU>
i was asked this by so many people i had met outside of the jw's.
i could only tell them about protecting the sound system from theives.
that is the answer i was given.
when i asked why no windows i was told it was because they wanted to save money on utility bills.
but the first kh that i attended did have windows.and i enjoyed the warm sunshine on my shoulders.
i was bored to death when i had to listen to prophecy bullsh*t. especially the isaiah books!
suffer and sacrifice. the last meeting that i attended i walked out halfway through the meeting .i am fed up with hearing about the sacrificeswe are to make in order to be a good christian .if our employment prevents us from any of the meetings we should quit our jobs,but my bills will not magicaly get paid if i dont work . i havent been to the kh in six months ,and i dont intend to go back .
perhaps you have been reading this board for awhile, and you may believe some of the things we have been saying, however you are still gripped in fear of armageddon.. .
the wt society has been predicting armageddon for well over 100 years, and when the prophecies fail, they blame you and say "we never said that".
if i can impart any words of wisdom to you, it's just this:.
i have been lurking for about six months.i have been inactive for almost a year.i havent been to a meeting since nov .
because i have decided i can never be as good as the jws THINK they are .i have been in the truth since 1984.and have always
been made to feel guilty because i could never do enough .no mater how much i did in fs ,meetings and all of the other stuff i was pushed
to do more ,more,more, i begain asking questions ,but the only answers i got was go out in service more pray more study more ..
so i begain looking for answers on this site.and i am so glad i did . i have found out that i am not the only one who has been made to feel
guilty, ashamed,and worthless, i dont think i will go to the memoral,but different ones have been calling ,and putting the pressure on .
but i am not going back.
i was a new ministerial servant and figured i better take on all the assignments that were asked of me, even the ones i did not exactly like.
which brings me to how i got to know, brother johnson, he was an older man in his nineties and in all the time i was growing up, i could count on my fingers how many times i actually saw him make it to the meetings.
ever know someone that was just so old when you were born, and you knew so long, that you convinced yourself they were just always old?
to free to be me .
this is my first time here ,but i just had to let you know how much i enjoyed your story .the best gift a friend could give .
reminded me of tuesdays with morrie by mitch albom .i willlook foreward to the nex t one.
