Posts by Abandoned

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I HAVE TO KNOW WHAT DOES duh stand for?

by inlove in

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"as mentioned in last nights meeting, keep knocking, keep searching for it (the truth.. little-by-little, jehovah will reveal it to those with the right heart.

condition at the proper time.as mentioned in.

i have no need nor the desire tolook anywhere else for the truth or consider any other view points, be it letters from people that "claim" to be witnesses or from web sites and the.

Abandoned

(((inlove)))

Take heart. The best way to help your husband is to give him his freedom to consider his doubts on his own. If he feels pushed, he'll think it's persecution or you're working with satan and all that crap.

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I SALUTE YOU ALL!

by new boy in

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i have been on and off this forum for 4 1/2 years.

its a nice place to vist ---------------but i can't live here.. i think i have made peace with my 52 years as a "watchtower slave" and as chris said in the movie "platoon"--------"but it will always be with me in my heart and my mine"----------------and as he said also "we now have a duty to help others, so maybe they will not have to experience the waste years as we have".. so let us be patient with all who visit here.----------- because i think of myself, many years ago, at 21 years old, the self rightious nazis jw.

who if i met today, would have no problem pouring gas on me and setting me on fire!-----------most people need time to figure this all out------it took me 52 years -----------yes thats right "the dub"ist person on the board.----------everything happens at the right time.

Abandoned

Thanks new boy. I know I get a bit tough at times, but it was only seven days ago when I first let my anger about being mislead out. I left four years ago and have never dealt with any of the feelings or guilt, shame, anger, etc. It's like I've been stuck in the denial stage for four years.

I'll mellow out eventually, but in the mean time, I'm going to stand up those who want to indoctrinate me all over again.

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Has anyone gotten a restraining order on elders??

by mzliz in

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here's the story,.

been "inactive" for 2.5 years.from that day forward my elder brother, sister and parents have treated me as an apostate, seeing how i told them i didn't believe in their bible or god.

i have been exluded from everything but since getting pregnant, my parents now want to be part of the babies life (just to "save" the child i'm sure, but thats what monitors are for).

Abandoned

Since the elders have found out about coming child, they are harrassing the hell out of me. I have successfully blown them off for months, but now are coming by my house, (I dont answer) last night at 5 this morning at 10,

They're not satisfied with prophesying the destruction of millions of babies at armageddon, they want to make sure yours experiences HELL right here on the earth.

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Who else would never accept to go to a Judicial Committee?

by JH in

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i was never df'd.

if ever the elders asked me to attend a judicial committee for some reason, i would refuse.

i would never accept to go to their kangaroo court.

Abandoned

I thanked them afterwards!!!

If I had one or a couple specific people to thank for getting out of the jw, I think I'd send them a christmas card and thank you card every year. I'd send the thank you card on the anniversary of my baptism, but then I'd have to remember that horrid day.

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I'm coming out on my blog.

by Abandoned in

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no, i'm not talking about being gay, although if i was, i'd come out about that too.

no, i'm talking about coming public about having been a jw and explaining why i feel the jw is a dangerous cult.. now, i don't have a huge readership on my blog, but i've never talked about my jw past to anyone outside of that organization or this board.

i would love to hear any advice from those who have been out and successfully dealing with the mental and emotional abuse that the jw poured out.

Abandoned

I have my the second part of my story up on my blog. Check it out here: http://blog.myspace.com/improg

Thanks.

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What faithful JW's do you pity the most?

by OnTheWayOut in

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many of us have family in the borg, we are anxious to get them out, .

we might be very angry with the borg.. but who among the jw do you really just pity?

is it elders, pioneers, retired folks w/o decent retirement?.

Abandoned

The ones that I pity the most are those that gave up following their dreams because the jw teach that doing our things is disrespectful to god. Hitler tried to create a race of perfect human clones. The wt has created a race of clones that want to be perfect.

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I am still AMAZED at how much I have learned and keep learning

by megsmomma in

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this board has helped me so much in clearing my head and becoming myself.

i feel like i used to be such a shell of a person......and when i would hear the things the wtbts taught....i just numbly took it in and didn't really even really "hear" what they said.

then, i was so well "trained" to respond to questions from people that i could give the "right" answers to questions from studies....."wait on jehovah...." being a common one.. after i left years ago...i still wasn't free from the teachings.

Abandoned

Now....It seems that my whole brain (and heart) works together and I really have never been happier or loved myself so much. I am such a better person and I don't feel like I live in a pretend world anymore. Wow.....thanks everyone for being "guides" on my journey to myself! And anyone starting out on this journey.....just keep reading and researching....the freedom is great!

Very well stated. I've been ditching jw teachings ever since I left four years ago, but this is the first time I've really loved myself and finally believed that I have value regardless of what the angry old men in brooklyn say.

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