Posts by Abandoned

"if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours.

Abandoned

When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life. - Christopher Morley

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What were your "coming out" of the WT stages?

by changeling in

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i think that we all leave the wt in stages.

i think that when we first "see" the wt as false we do not fully understand the implications.

i think we all go though stages before it's all settled in our minds and that the stages and the "road" may be different for each one.. here are my stages:.

Abandoned

Interesting question. I guess my stages were something like that.

1) Not feeling comfortable in the congregation (primarily due to how many were going to be destroyed)

2) Smoking because of guilt from #1

3) More guilt from smoking so I stopped going to meetings

4) Overdosed on video games to forget about guilt

5) Marriage breakdown due to host of issues

6) Moved away from witnesses to be with real family

7) Witness teachings went into semi-hibernation state. Still affecting me but not consciously.

8) Switch back between periods of intense guilt and intense anger

9) Did "jehovah" search on internet and found JWD

10) Lurked for a month or so and then signed up for account a llittle over a year ago

11) Learned that JW is a cult but still had lingering doubts that I was being mislead by satan

12) Started posting HUGE CHUNKS of my story here to make test to see if I really belonged

13) Felt like I found a home

14) Needed some time away to figure who post-cult Tom was.

15) Learned a lot about myself and for the first time, liked what I was seeing.

16) Learned how to defend myself emotionally and say "no" and stand up for myself.

17) Life started throwing more at me. More than I THOUGHT I could handle

18) Came back here to JWD and realized I COULD handle what life had to throw at me

19) Realized I need some therapy to help me deal with some issues

20) Have confidence in my abilities to take on life.

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This is All of Our " Let's Laugh at Something Funny " Thread-Feel Free

by flipper in

so, at the end of a hard work week , i find it nice to have a cocktail, relax, and watch a comedy or tell funny stories !

so i welcome you to share anything funny in your life that has happened !

or someone else's life too !

Abandoned

Only on Spike TV......

Hmmm, you know Tatiana, watching a gal take a nibble on her own breast usually gets me going and that didn't do anything for me.

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Apostafest Christmas at A&W's- Guess who's coming to dinner?

by AWAKE&WATCHING in

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friends

i am so excited about christmas, i've only celebrated 2 since 1978.. i will be having a mini - apostafest with some jwders on the saturday after christmas along with family (even some of my ex-husband's family).

whoo hoo !

bumble bee and memario will be coming from canada and they are also bringing mincan!

Abandoned

Awesome pictures. I'm glad you all had a wonderful time.

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If you could get a Bible Study to visit ONE WEBSITE....

by inkling in

ok, so right on the cusp of my awakening, i had a sorta-bible study with the man who had almost died in a nasty car wreak .

(he was saved by a like a gallon of tranfused blood, btw).

when i stopped going out in service, the study was taken over by a rather dimwitted witness on conservative side .

Abandoned

This one or http://www.freeminds.org

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This is All of Our " Let's Laugh at Something Funny " Thread-Feel Free

by flipper in

so, at the end of a hard work week , i find it nice to have a cocktail, relax, and watch a comedy or tell funny stories !

so i welcome you to share anything funny in your life that has happened !

or someone else's life too !

Abandoned

coffee_black, ROFL-LMAO-CUCAOB!

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VIDEOS: Former Jehovah's Witness goes to give blood in defiance of JW dogma

by B_Deserter in

part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a8lfamxp98.

part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jllj8uc6544.

part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lijuwqcaxnk.

Abandoned

That was great. Doing something to help others, having fun with it, and rightly sticking up their nose at the cult that mislead them. Woohoo!!!

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This is All of Our " Let's Laugh at Something Funny " Thread-Feel Free

by flipper in

so, at the end of a hard work week , i find it nice to have a cocktail, relax, and watch a comedy or tell funny stories !

so i welcome you to share anything funny in your life that has happened !

or someone else's life too !

Abandoned

Interesting stuff Tatiana. Incidentally, is it just me or does anyone else think this guy would look just as dorky without the tin foil?