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happpyexjw
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Out of the Closet
by darkl1ght3r inhi everyone... you might remember me from the username 'darklighter' ... if you don't, no big.
i used to post on here about a year ago.
i was stuck inside the watchtower corporation, with everone around me still believing.
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happpyexjw
Benjamin, thanks for sharing your story with us. I admire the courage it took for you to take a stand and leave. It sounds like you have truly started to move on with your life. Good for you! You are still a young guy and have plenty of time to live your life fully and with joy. Many of us here wish we had known the real truth when we were younger. I look forward to your comments in the future.
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Hello everyone.
by vilot ini'm new here.
i da'ed myself a few years back.
hope to get to know you..
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Welcome Vilot. Spent about 30 years in, since the age of 9. Been out about 19 years now. We look forward to hearing more of your story.
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Raising Children In The JW Cult Is Child Abuse
by George Yurich inraising children in the jw cult is child abuse because the jw cult is the most dangerous organization on earth.
the jw cult is totally satanic.
anybody who is a jw is insane and psychotic and incapable of logical and analytical thinking.
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Anybody who is a JW is insane and psychotic and incapable of logical and analytical thinking.
What? Back up a bit here. I doubt most of the posters here fit this description - not even close. It is OK to be in pain and be angry, but making such blanket statements is way out of line. This is the same kind of extreme statement most of us found so offensive when the WTS made them.
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Hello there...
by IronHill inhello everyone.... honestly i dont know how to start my first post.
i have been an avid reader of jwd for some time now, and now have decided to say hello.
i was raised as a witness, and have been baptized for 17 years.
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Welcome to the board
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gimme a break!
by stillin init's persecution, i tell ya!
ok, so i went out in service yesterday, ok, so i went to a meeting today.
i'm not ready to just chunk out everything i've believed even if there's a lot wrong with the picture.
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StillIn, I admire your sense of ethics, despite the fact that you now know you were lied to. That being said, you will have to sort things out for yourself and it all will take some time. Forums like this one can sure help with the process. I faded out in 1990, before boards like this existed. I didn't know of anyone else who had done the same thing, so for me it was uncharted waters, so to speak. There are many here who will support and respect you as the individual you are, with a unique set of circumstances.
Best of luck to you as you find your way out of the WTS, if that is what you want to do.
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WTS causing more anguish
by GapingMouth ini don't really know where to start on my first post; i feel i have so much to say and yet i am so emotionally tired that it is hard to go through it all again in my head.
but, i do need support and advice and so i will make the effort.. i started having doubts about certain beliefs of the witnesses about 2 years ago and did research since that i now come to the belief there is no god, and witnesses definitely are a cult.. at first it bothered me more on the god issue, but now i am more bothered by the cult issue, mainly because it dictates my life even though i am aware of it.. when i was a child, my mother and father divorced and my mother told me i will live with my father because she was going to die at armageddon being a non witness.
i think, as well as many other pressures i cant list for fear of a very long post, this was the main pressure that made me get baptized even though i wasn't that happy being a witness.
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Come on folks...this is not the place for a a nasty fight! Gaping Mouth came here for support and advice, not to watch other posters argue about their particular ideas on religion or the lack thereof. He politely requested that his thread not be hijacked and here we are with a hijacked post.
Gaping Mouth, I hope you will return here and pick out the posters who are able to give you the support and ideas that are useful to you in your situation. Having loved ones still in the WTS is very difficult and no two people have handled it the same way. What is right for one person may not work for you, but at least it will give you some ideas about what to expect. I agree with Oompa, who has a believing spouse - slow down and take a deep breath.
Most importantly, know that you are not alone in your struggle. There are thousands of JWs who wish to leave and are in various stages of accomplishing that. Many of them are posters here, but there are others as well. I send you my best wishes as you plot your course.
Mary
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WTS causing more anguish
by GapingMouth ini don't really know where to start on my first post; i feel i have so much to say and yet i am so emotionally tired that it is hard to go through it all again in my head.
but, i do need support and advice and so i will make the effort.. i started having doubts about certain beliefs of the witnesses about 2 years ago and did research since that i now come to the belief there is no god, and witnesses definitely are a cult.. at first it bothered me more on the god issue, but now i am more bothered by the cult issue, mainly because it dictates my life even though i am aware of it.. when i was a child, my mother and father divorced and my mother told me i will live with my father because she was going to die at armageddon being a non witness.
i think, as well as many other pressures i cant list for fear of a very long post, this was the main pressure that made me get baptized even though i wasn't that happy being a witness.
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GapingMouth, welcome to the board. I'm sad to hear of your struggle. Many of the posters here have had similar experiences and will be here to support you in your situation. Whether to believe in an Almighty God or not is up to you based on your own research and how it fits into your life. No one here or anywhere else, for that matter, can tell you what you should believe. After all, that is the very thing from which you seek to escape right now.
For many of us, beginning to truly see the destructiveness of the WTS beliefs was a time of exhiliration and fear at the same time. While it is liberating to shed many of the beliefs that have held us back from leading a normal life, it is also scary at times to try and fit into the real world. When we have loved ones who are part of this cult it is even more difficult.
Spend some time here absorbing the experiences of others and take your time before making any big decisions about what to do next. You are not alone my friend - thousands of others are also trying to make their exit in their own way. What works for you may be entirely different than what works for someone else. I wish you peace and good luck.
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What type of person makes a good JW?
by Sour Grapes ini know many hundreds of jw's and there are several common.
threads that tie them together.. 1. they were born into the truth and got married, had.
children and now have deep jw family ties.. 2. people who are so gullible that they believe everything.
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I don't think all of these apply to everyone, but there are definitely some points to ponder here.
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Have you ever fell from the roof or do you know someone that fell from the roof?
by asilentone inhow long does it take for someone to recover from that kind of fall?.
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Two guys. First one was a contractor who fell off the roof and landed in a tree with just a few bumps and bruises. The other one wasn't so lucky. He was taking down his Christmas lights and fell face first. He had some nasty facial fractures and a broken arm. He was laid up for a long time.