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  Hello fellow ex-JW's

  by 2good2bad in

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  i'm new (duh) to this message board.

  i usually frequent message boards of a more sinful type...lol...but i have been on a search for quite sometime to talk with people who understand where i'm coming from when i talk about the religion i grew up in.

  i get tired of getting that deer in the headlight look or the infamous "for real you sold bibles door to door and woke people up in the morning?

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  HadEnuf

  Good for you and Welcome!

  Cathy L.
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  PICTURE OF JR BROWN THINKING OF GOING AFTER THE NORRIS/LOVE TEAM

  by hawkaw in

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  HadEnuf

  Very, VERY funny hawk!

  Cathy L.
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  Back from the Memorial......Special Announcement at the end....

  by ScoobySnax in

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  the special announcement read at the end was an invite for any interested ones (tm) to ask if they wanted a bible study.....and that a special meeting will be held next sunday in all the congregations worldwide, and an invite was given for all to attend.

  i loved going and was good to see all the brothers and sisters again, the po who gave the talk made a bee line for me straight after the closing prayer, straight off the platform (i had to stand as there were no seats) and asked to speak to me, and directed me to the back of the hall, i thought here we go......jc convening shortly......but no he said the wt society in london had contacted him as i'd wrote them asking for the magazines, and he would be happy to drop by and had done, but never found me at home.

  so we arranged a date for him to call next week.. the hall was packed, and from my standing point i had plenty of opportunity to have a scan about, despite being horrified that their were brothers there who were betting looking than even me ( in my newly bought outfit!

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  I feel absolutely no need to go to the memorial. I can stay home and contemplate on what Christ did for us without having to associate with liars and hyprocrites. I'm afraid I would be in the bathroom vomiting if I had to step back inside a KH.

  Going back to the "vomit" can only bring heartache and repression by the "Boy's Club".

  Hoo boy...guess I'm pretty outspoken about this scooby. Don't mean to hurt your feelings...but jeeeeeeeeeeshhh...why let yourself in for more crap???

  Cathy L.
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  skipping Memorial & joining forum instead

  by Art In Me in

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  this is my official liberation-opting to miss a memorial and joining the community here on this day.

  i've been to the memorial maybe twice in 12 years but was "this close" to checking it out again for curiousness sake to see if i would feel differently as so much time has passed and beacuse i've changed so much.

  anyone here ever wonder if you just imagined the horrorness of being a jw?

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  Greetings and Salutations Art in Me!!

  Enjoy this forum. It is such a wonderful support system for us X's. Most people here have "been there and done that"...so it's a comfortable place to stick around.

  Wishing you well. May your posts be many and your problems be few!

  Cathy L.
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  hello

  by robo-church in

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  just thought i would introduce myself.

  i've lurked here for a while, lately i feel like i need some support.

  i was born a jw.

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  HadEnuf

  Welcome Robo-Church!

  May your posts be many and your exit from the Watchtower be made swiftly!

  Stick around. You'll find that most of us have been where you are and some how, with the encouragement of those of this board, have made it to freedom.

  Cathy L.

  P.S. When I left the JW's I left behind my mom, sister and brother who are still in. It's been rough emotionally, but even being deserted by my family pales in comparison to the feeling of being free from oppression in the cult of JW's.
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  First Post

  by Purza in

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  i am currently supposed to be working on my homework for a college course i am taking, but i seemed to be hooked on lurking.

  i have been lurking for about a week now.

  i made an appt.

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  Welcome Purza!

  You definately have come to the right place. Here you will find wonderful, kind people who have gone through much of what you are experiencing. Stick around and air out some of your worries and fears. Good for you for seeking professional help also. That is a step that will no doubt help you immensely in dealing with exiting the Watchtower org.

  Keep your chin up. It really does get better.

  Cathy L.
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  The good in Jehovah's Witnesses.

  by ScoobySnax in

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  i don't think i've made any apology for my leanings here towards jws, whilst i don't imagine most here will agree with me, i just think its good sometimes to redress the balance on this forum in a small way to let people who might be reading/lurking/ know that.. despite feeling messed up a bit in my own head about which direction i want/have to take in my own life, and despite many struggles as deep and traumatic as many have experienced here, i still hold jws as a group in the highest esteem.

  i can remember what it was like to try and do the "right" thing and follow the way of the truth, it was bloody hard, and i fell down many times.

  i always used to try and pick myself up dust myself down and start over again, sometimes with success for longer periods than others.

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  Support system at the Kingdom Hall? You've got to be out of your mind!!! Never had it when we WERE JW's...because it does not exist. Not in any of the congregations I've associated with. When you've been "gone" for five years and have not had one call, visit or letter from any of your dear, loving "brothers & sisters"...you better believe the only support you might get from them is if they buy you a new bra!

  GOOD RIDDANCE TO THEM ALL!

  Cathy L.
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  Has anyone read Diane Wilson's book, "Awakening of a Jehovah's Witness"?

  by carefully faded in

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  today, i just received diane wilson's book, "awakening of a jehovah's witness".

  i cracked it open tonight and in reading the first page, found something that makes me question her authenticity.

  she states, "in my 22 years as one of jehovah's witnesses, i had attained the position of "traveling overseer" both in the united states and brazil.

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  Yes, I read the book. I always find books written by x-JW's (though they are few and far between) interesting. It was a fairly good read. I won't be reading it twice though as I have Crisis of Conscience and In Search of Christian Freedom.

  But it is always good to get another perspective on what people go through when exiting the Watchtower org.

  Cathy L.
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  Comments You Will Not Hear at the 4-4-04 WT Study (Dates vary this week)

  by blondie in

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  comments you will not hear at the 4-4-04 (varying) wt study

  review comments will be in black and parentheses ().

  wt quotes will be in red and quotes "".

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  No vomit alerts Blondie? I think this article deserved about a million of them! To me this was a particularly heinous article because to me the Watchtower org. is the biggest liar and deceptive org. in the whole wide world.

  Lying generally involves saying something false to a person who is entitled to know the truth and doing so with the intent to deceive or to injure him or another person.

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  12/15 p. 22 Why Is It So Easy to Lie?

  A lie is defined as "1. a false statement or action, especially one made with intent to deceive . . . 2. anything that gives or is meant to give a false impression." The intention is to cause others to believe something that the liar knows is not the truth. By lies or half-truths, he strives to deceive those who are entitled to know the truth.

  These statements just really hit a nerve. In the case of what they did concerning our son and his wedding; how they lied about him and never humbled themselves to admit their own wrongdoing in the case...they are the ones who "talk the talk but don't walk the walk". They're hypocrisy makes me cringe with disbelief that I ever could have been a member of this lying, deceptive, APOSTATE organization for so many years.

  You just keep outdoing yourself every week Blondie. Thanks!! Cathy L.
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  I want to hear "Happy Birthday" for the first time ever!!!

  by HadEnuf in

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  yes...it is true.

  though my picture here is fairly close to what i really look like50 tomorrow.

  since i shall be busy tomorrow celebrating my fifty years of existence and especially my almost 5 years of freedom from the (b)org...please be kind to this old lady and stop by and wish me a happy birthday!

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  <<<<<<Oh you guys have outdone yourselves! I appreciate each and every comment here.

  AND I'M GONNA HAVE SOME CAKE BECAUSE I DON'T CARE AND SO THERE YOU DASTARDLY DIET!!!

  Life is good when you have the freedom to do what you want and not hurt anyone.

  Big hugs to all...Cathy L.

  P.S. AND...we don't plan on beheading anyone today either which of course would make a birthday celebration a very bad thing!