I ordered this book when somebody mentioned it before. I have not read it yet but my husband is reading it now. He is enjoying it.
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Reading the Book: Karen Armstrong - The Bible
by mentallyfree31 inhey everybody.
i just started karen armstrong's book the bible last week.
i have found it quite interesting.
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Top 10 reasons why JWs don't have the truth - please contribute
by oldlightnewshite ini thought it would be an interesting exercise to ask everybody on here what their 'top 10 reasons why jws don't have the truth' actually were.
maybe we can see some correlating views/patterns/ideas that may help us de-programme the newbies that come on this site.
if eventually most people have an outstanding gripe/concern it'll help everybody understand the ex-jw mindset a little better.
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coffee_black: Great job in telling your story. My father also died in 1978. He had been advised to get a heart valve transplant. Well, as you know, organ transplants, blood transfusions with the surgery. He never agreeed to have the surgery and he died of cardiac arrest. I hate the JWs and all the effects they have had on my life.
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My Life has been a total wreck
by bloominglotus inhi u guys, this is my first post.
i really dont know where to start except for now i have found out the truth about the "truth".
she asked if i want to still be a jw and i said no.
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Welcome to JWN! I agree with Mouthy above.
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1975 - Lest We Forget
by GetBusyLiving ini find the topic of the 1975 end of the world scenario facinating, especially since i never lived through it.
do you old schoolers ever feel concerned that people will one day forget about what really went down?
with whitewashed tripe like the 'proclaimers' book informing dubs that it was just the false expectations of over enthusiastic apostates, are you at all concerned that the legacy of bullshit that is 1975 will be a forgotten moment in history blamed on you instead where the blame really belongs?
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My mum thought she'd be playing frisby with a tiger and eating tropical fruit in an alpine glade with a bunch of peruvians playing pan pipes.
LOL! That's what I was taught, too . From birth. And it was all supposed to happen in the fall of 1975. Happy 35 year anniversary! I knew for sure that I had been lied to all my life at this time. I was 18 years old. Bastards!!!!!!!!
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how many in your cong had nervous breakdowns?
by highdose inof the congregation i spent my life in i would say a good 75% had nervous breakdowns at some point.
and often there was never really a obivous reason for it.
well not that we jw's could understand at the time.. even the queen bee's/ elderettes were not immune to this.. what about you?.
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Yes, exwhyzee, that's perfect. No one has ever said it better!
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newbie on this forum.in lower alabama.
by bchaase inim new to this forum and looking for exjws around the mobile baldwin county area to talk to or hang out with.reply back if serious.
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I live in Georgia. Please tell us more about yourself.
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Top 10 reasons why JWs don't have the truth - please contribute
by oldlightnewshite ini thought it would be an interesting exercise to ask everybody on here what their 'top 10 reasons why jws don't have the truth' actually were.
maybe we can see some correlating views/patterns/ideas that may help us de-programme the newbies that come on this site.
if eventually most people have an outstanding gripe/concern it'll help everybody understand the ex-jw mindset a little better.
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Lack of love in the congregations. I feel that I was raised with no true concept of what love of friends and fellow man is.
The disgraceful and unscriptural way that disfellowshipped people are treated. It never happened to me or to anyone in my immediate family. But to see that happening to to other families and to people just a few years older than myself was traumatizing to myself and to my younger sister. We have talked about it in the last couple of years. Our memories are from 35+ years ago. We cannot believe the cruelty that was just accepted as normal.
Meeting nicer, more "Christian" people on the outside than the inside. This was probably my #1 reason for leaving. My non-JW friends were better people than anyone I knew in the cult.
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DF'd and struggling....LONG POST........my story.
by confuzzled777 inhow do i make a long story short?
i am fully aware that if anyone in my area were to read this that they will know who i am.
i was disfellowshipped on january 28th 2010 after an "interview" about an evening of bowling with friends and family back in november 2009. i was among 4 who were disfellowshipped and 6 who were publicly reproved.
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Welcome to the board. You have come to the right place. You will find sympathy and healing and good advice here.
I agree with the above people. Start reading the posts on this forum. Look at the websites that are suggested and read the books that have been mentioned.
I know you are hurting badly right now. But this may turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to you and TO YOUR KIDS! Do you really want to continue to raise your children in this religion? Think about it HONESTLY. If you end up never going back your kids will love you for it. I can just about guarantee it.
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how many in your cong had nervous breakdowns?
by highdose inof the congregation i spent my life in i would say a good 75% had nervous breakdowns at some point.
and often there was never really a obivous reason for it.
well not that we jw's could understand at the time.. even the queen bee's/ elderettes were not immune to this.. what about you?.
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This is a great thread.
I feel very strongly that the JW cult had severe effects on the mental health of my family and extended family. My father had at least a minor "breakdown" and asked for a demotion at his work. This was back around 1973. I remember another man in our congregation that was hospitalized about the same time for a "nervous breakdown."
Almost everyone in my extended family that is still a JW are on anti-depressants or anti-anxiety medications. They consider this to be completely normal.
Many of my cousins and an aunt and my mother who died 2 years ago and are no longer JWs are or were on medications to help them cope with depression and anxiety. This cult has life-long effects on your mental health if not dealt with properly.
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Thousands of people have come and gone from this site....is this part of the healing process???
by Witness 007 ini see alot of new names here lately and if you look at the log on names here there are thousands who have moved on....every 2 years the posters change.....some vent and leave, others stay on for years.
i guess moving on with your life is a good thing, i think this site helps...any thoughts?.
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Yes, this site helps. Some will get their help and move on.
I agree with you, Sylvia. I wish were were neighbors. Of course, you're only about 6 hours from me.