I'm so sorry for your agony, but it sounds like you and your son are taking the steps that need to be taken. I cannot imagine for a minute how hard this must be for you and him. Please keep us posted as things progress...
Cadellin
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Saddest day of my life
by WuzLovesDubs ini followed my instincts that the changes my 14 year old son is going through ran deeper than teenaged angst and i made an appointment for him to see a counselor through the county so he could talk to someone.
it took two months to get it.
we went yesterday, he and i. i spoke for a little about our life now, including the separation, the house, the jws, the shunning, my husbands alcoholism and his treatment of the kids, my husbands familial bipolar and depression and adhd...and then she spoke to my son separately.
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What Was The Very First Thing That Came Across Your Eyes That Lead You Down The Road To Doubt?
by Yizuman inany of you remember what was exactly the first thing that crossed your eyeballs to lead you into doubting the wts?.
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For me it was the Creation book. I started reading some of the books quoted by the Creation book, the purpose being to bolster my faith. HA! When I saw how terribly out of context so many secular quotes--supposedly proof for the Society's position on evolution--were taken, the scales started to fall from my eyes, but it was bloody painful. I started researching 607 v. 586, found this site (thank God for the Internet) and the walls came tumbling down...
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Hello from new member DarthFader
by darthfader ini have been lurking in the shadows for a while now i just got my account from the fine administrators of this board.
i have really enjoyed reading the well thought out comments and critiques of the wts doctrine.. i have been around the wts since i was 5 i left for a while during high school got to live a little worldly/normal life then got sucked back in.
my wife has been raised in the truth and even though weve been inactive (for a while now), she still has thoughts about the earthly hope and seeing her grandparents some day.
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Okay, you totally win the prize for Best Name!! Darn, why didn't I think of that???? Welcome to the Board and thanks for the background info. I'm in the midst of a slow fade myself.
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Confronting distortions with truth: my battle with JW apologist websites
by coffee_black inconfronting distortions with the truth: my recent battle with jw apologist websites.
i have recently become aware of jw apologist websites that have used my dad's name as well as my own to distort the role the societys' teachings played in my dad's refusal of a life saving kidney transplant and inevitably his death.
my dad's story is told in brief in numerous places on the internet.
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Cadellin
What a moving experience. Your parents sound like amazing people. It's so sad--one of my biggest frustrations is how JWs conflate God with the organization, as if they were one and the same. And they are not even aware that they are doing it. Thank you so much for sharing the truth.
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I wish I was Stronger
by apocryphal22 inbut im not.
i have lost everything.. i am a third generation jw on both sides of my family.
all of my family is in full time service, pioneers, elders, cos, international construction, anointed and gb.
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You are not alone. Keep that in mind. I feel the same way a lot of the time. I wish I had the courage to speak my mind and not care about the consequences. But you can't live life beating yourself up all the time. Start small. Keep going. I have to live with the belief that it will get better. That's one of the great things about this site. You learn about others who are going through the same thing. And from that comes strength.
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Hi
by First Last ini'm new here and couldn't find a forum for introductions.
so here it is... i'm tom.
born in 73 to jw parents, left home when i was 17 because of the mind control.
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Cadellin
Hey there, Tom, Welcome! This is a great place to learn what's what...
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Special Post: 1 year anniversary on JWN - My intro finally posted
by Awakened at Gilead ini came on jwd a year ago tomorrow, having realized that jws were not the truth, quite painfully, on march 29, 2008. i was here within a week, and within 2 months i was officially dad by my congregation.. ever since joining, i have never actually wrote down a comprehensive look at why i left the organization.
what doubts caused me to leave?
why did a gilead grad leave what i once considered so precious?.
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Howdy from a long time lurker
by Cadellin ingreetings all:.
i just want to say howdy and thank you .
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Wobble: Not a father of Gweir but twin brother to Grimnir.
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The New World Translation Dirty Dozen...lurkers will love it!........
by oompa inok...now this is the last part of appendix 1d in the reference bible...so if you want to check out rev.
22: 18,19 it says we can not change a single thing...not a word about this scroll...and moses was told the same thing about the law if you check the cross reference...so why is it they change ky (not the lube...plus astroglide is way better) ky rios, which is lord....to yhwh!....jehovah!!
!....so if you see the j thingys and numbers....that is all the crappy dark ages bibles that also changed the bible to suit them.....so since they changed the bible...it makes us legit to do it too?!?!?
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Oh, hey--I can make more posts!
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The New World Translation Dirty Dozen...lurkers will love it!........
by oompa inok...now this is the last part of appendix 1d in the reference bible...so if you want to check out rev.
22: 18,19 it says we can not change a single thing...not a word about this scroll...and moses was told the same thing about the law if you check the cross reference...so why is it they change ky (not the lube...plus astroglide is way better) ky rios, which is lord....to yhwh!....jehovah!!
!....so if you see the j thingys and numbers....that is all the crappy dark ages bibles that also changed the bible to suit them.....so since they changed the bible...it makes us legit to do it too?!?!?
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Cadellin
Every time I think I have a grip of the extent of the dishonesty of the society's scholarship, the floor gives way beneath me. I need to explore this a little further...thank you, thank you.