Posts by Carly887

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Anybody from Los Angeles,CA

by carlitos71 in

looking to get in contact with any xjw's in la, especially in the southeast-downey,hp,bell

I COULDN'T DO IT!!!!

by Perfection Seeker in

i know i just posted a few hours ago- but need to vent.

my mom was at the district convention last weekend.

i had found this site shortly before she went.

I don't know how long it has been since you left but i can give you some advice. I am the only non believer in my family (grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc.). I left 3 years ago. My mother still tries to get me to go to meetings. What I have done is told her I am not going. I do not want to be a witness right now in my life. I told her that I think the witnesses are great for her if she feels she needs that in her life. I told her I am not trying to change the way you beileve but please to infringe your beliefs on to me. I don't believe God is going to kill everyone. This was the first year she didn't harass me to go to make a apperance at the district convention or curcuit assembly. My mother still calls me on a daily basis and always brings up the witnesses and what she did at a meeting and how her talk went. I am very accepting of that and tell her that i find that to be wonderful for her. Your mom will always be your mom and you have to accept that. I realize I could never tell my mom if I started going to a different church. I can't tell her about the Valentines gift or Birthday gift my husband bought me. But that part of my life . o be honest with you my mother doesn't need to know those things. I know she was hurt when I left as was my whole family. But I think they see I accept them for who they are and don't try to change them or get down on their religion to them and they have stopped harassing me for the most part.

Edited by - Carly887 on 7 July 2002 1:20:15

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How Common is this amongst JW's?

by stevieb1 in

i found this material on a pro-jw newsletter, and i've had this personal experience myself and know many others who have also.

before i became a jw i experienced a tremendous amount of "love" from the congregation i associated with, but once baptized they leave and move on to the next potential convert.

as a single person, i was never invited out to gatherings very much and always felt a little left out in the very clique-ish congregation that i attended.

Carly887

I was raised a witness and my father once was removed as an elder and the second time he stepped down. I never really had any friends or anyone that cared to associate with me because i was a thinking being that questioned everything. I scared off the witnesses because as my father puts it "you are not to have independent thought" That is what they actually told him at a elders meeting with the curcuit overseer. I am very sorry they did not say stop and say hello to you but you know all they care about is their own salvation. When have you ever known a witness to be truly giving?

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KEEP THROWING THOSE STARFISHES!

by new boy in

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friends

all i can say is i take my hat off to the many posters here.

you have no idea how much you folks are helping people!.

i only visited this site once before i left the borg back in sept. 2001, but what a impact wow!.

Carly887

I was raised a witness and even married a witness in 1998. After we did some soul searching we realized this religion was not for us and we left in 1999. We have never been happier. I am glad to see that there are others out her like me.