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  Eff my JW (former) family and freinds... Eff em all

  by AZheat in

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  i am sitting here writing this posting as a way of venting for all the frustration that i have been building up over the years of slavery to this beast called the wbts... i was a born in, and was denied all the normal things in life, i always felt left out as a kid, and even as a young adult.

  i was the only jw for most if not all of my school years, i was harrased, mocked, teased, and even pushed around, because i was taught to stand up for what i beleive in.

  th problem was, i didnt beleive it, i always felt there was something not right about the org.

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  It gets better with time. I'm coming up on 24 years of being shunned by my mom. In the meantime, I married a wonderful man and helped to raise his two youngest kids. I've bonded with my non-jw dad and his new family and made a large circle of friends. Best of all, my jw brother left the cult and is now a full fledged apostate. It took 18 years, but I couldn't be happier with the family and friends I have.

  Edited to add: My mom now has neither of her children and no grandchildren. I, on the other hand, I have two loving step-kids and four little granddaughters. My brother also has two step-children, and grandkids will happen eventually.
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  Today is my 10th anniversary!

  by JRK in

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  none of my three marriages lasted that long!

  today is the tenth anniversary of my being disfellowshipped.

  apparently i am much better at being disfellowshipped than being married.. i might end up getting married again someday, but i will definitely not return to the cult.. say amen!.

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  Saying "Amen!" Congrats John!
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  how do we exdubs deal with family still in?

  by bigmac in

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  i would be interested in hearing how other ex's cope with family members--still stuck in.. .

  example--my 90 year old jw dad--been in 50+ years---continued close ties with me since i left 30+ years ago----yet he says he wont talk to his grandson--age 35 ( my son )--who was df 2 years back.

  my never jw (3rd) wife cant understand this.. .

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  Welcome lohengren!
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  how do we exdubs deal with family still in?

  by bigmac in

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  i would be interested in hearing how other ex's cope with family members--still stuck in.. .

  example--my 90 year old jw dad--been in 50+ years---continued close ties with me since i left 30+ years ago----yet he says he wont talk to his grandson--age 35 ( my son )--who was df 2 years back.

  my never jw (3rd) wife cant understand this.. .

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  example--my 90 year old jw dad--been in 50+ years---continued close ties with me since i left 30+ years ago----yet he says he wont talk to his grandson--age 35 ( my son )--who was DF 2 years back

  my first wife ( above sons mother)--born in /devout---wont talk to her own son--

  i cant imagine what his new partner must think of this--especially as she acts as a go-between to help with child access.

  Other than the need for family medical history and calls regardng illnesses and deaths in the family, I have never contacted my jw mother. Your son's mistake, IMO, is that he allows any jw, related or otherwise, unfettered access to his child. No child should be left alone with a jw. The indoctrination is bad enough. But to top it off, these people are not aware of the pedophiles in their midst.
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  sane again

  by Malteserfalcon in

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  hey fellow miscreants , i've been lurking around in the underbrush of jwd for several years now and this is my first post.. for those setting out on the bewildering disconbobulating road towards un cult think this place rocks like the momydaddyload.. .

  so just wanna say thanks for helping to subvert my cult persona.

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  Welcome....awesome first post!
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  I am thinking of writing a book. Would you read it?

  by ekruks in

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  i had a nervous breakdown, growing up in a very strict, abusive religious community that you know of.. .

  living throughout the world in modern 21st-century cities, we strongly believe the end of the world is nigh due to moral decline, and thoroughly follow a moral code which i respect, seeing drugs etc.

  do harm people.

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  .jamiebowers, the thing is turning my back on the faith seems to be denying morals

  You won't feel that way once you realize just how immoral the organization is.
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  I am thinking of writing a book. Would you read it?

  by ekruks in

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  i had a nervous breakdown, growing up in a very strict, abusive religious community that you know of.. .

  living throughout the world in modern 21st-century cities, we strongly believe the end of the world is nigh due to moral decline, and thoroughly follow a moral code which i respect, seeing drugs etc.

  do harm people.

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  Welcome to JWN! Yes, I would read your book, but I hope you follow Steve's suggestions. Also I hope that by the time you write it, you'll have an ending different than

  I doubt I will ever really accept the world

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  Looking back -- 2 years as sd-7

  by sd-7 in

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  i won't likely be able to post on the 31st, so i'm taking this moment to make a post now, in honor of my 2-year anniversary at jwn.

  happy mother frakking anniversary, sd-7!!

  as we ponder it, we start to realize just how much i've grown.

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  jamiebowers

  Happy Anniversay, dear heart. There are so many funny one liners in yur post that I don't have time to quote them all. It's going to be tough, but you'll get through. Check your email if ou haven't already, hav a good weeked, and GET SOME REST, (yes, I'm yelling at you!).
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  Victoria, Australia: Steven Unthank's Press Release: JW's Hierarchy Formally Charged Today With Child Abuse

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  2. child-abuse

  jehovah's witnesses hierarchy charged.

  immediate press release: 26 july 2011. link to this press release: http://wp.me/p1g1hc-4o.

  worldwide church hierarchy charged with child abuse.

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  Please try to remember this everybody -- There is no fee for a background check for religions in Victoria!

  My mistake then.
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  Victoria, Australia: Steven Unthank's Press Release: JW's Hierarchy Formally Charged Today With Child Abuse

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  jehovah's witnesses hierarchy charged.

  immediate press release: 26 july 2011. link to this press release: http://wp.me/p1g1hc-4o.

  worldwide church hierarchy charged with child abuse.

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  If I remember correctly, an article I read a while back said there is a charge of $75 a year for each person who is background checked. Maybe the Watchtower doesn't want to pay, or they don't want to lose that money indirectly, as dnations will be reduced by elders and other congregants who would have to pay it themselves.