i'm fairly new here, so i don't know if this has been discussed before.
we used to have a member of the "remnant" in our congregation (chester g), who lived at bethel.
he was an older man, and had been a witness for a very long time.
It happens way to often imasheilatoo :( My 9 year old daughter was a victim of a very loved and respected ex elder.
Truth is the WTS want these situations to just go away and if it means losing Jehovah's precious innocent sheep, then so be it!
Like the Scriptures say..you will recognize them by their fruit. That's why I got my family out of there as soon as I seen what they really were.
alright, that's it!
after writing this, i am on a serious search for a good therapist~.
i've been coming here on and off for a little over a year now(wish i had found it sooner) ...for validation and clarity in my feelings about how hurtful the religion is...so i don't feel so alone about it, and so i don't feel like i am losing my mind~.
I think your doing the right thing freeflyingfaerie I found this site on a google search that may be helpful..http://www.freeminds.org/psychology/cults/therapists-who-work-with-watchtower-and-other-cult-related-issues.html
Many of us who have left for many different reasons have found the need to talk through our experiences with someone who is removed from the situation. I hope you find what you need to move forward and be the best mother you can be to your precious children.
it might be you (stephen bishop) .
time, i've been passing time watching trains go by .
lying on the sand watching seabirds fly .
Well, having a 14 year old daughter that loves learning to play guitar off of utube..this is the new one that I'm hearing over and over agian
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FZtN7T5PXM&feature=player_detailpage
not to go to my sister's high school graduation.
it's for home-schooled kids and will be at the la quinta.
so there aren't going to be many people there.
That's so sad! I'm very sorry.
goin to be some hot love baby this evening..
HEHE!! Mrs.Jones
goin to be some hot love baby this evening..
Thanks MsDucky
goin to be some hot love baby this evening..
last night, my oldest daughter went to a bingo parlor at a large church.. guess who she ran into there?.
her spermatozoa donor!.
we've been divorced since she was 6 years old; he quit his job in order to avoid paying support for her.. she said he was so flustered and nervous at seeing her that he couldn't concentrate on the calls.. tee hee hee.. think i should go with her next friday and really upset him?.
I'm with FlyingHighNow
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Okay,
So I'm a little controlling...but I'm working on it
I just think I now better...but I don't.
it seems that religion has always been considered the opium of the people.
or at least many tend to gravitate towards religion to have or solidify some sort of future with a supreme being overlooking them hoping to have a reward either in heaven or in the jehovah's witnesses case - living forever in a " paradise earth ".
it seems that people can't just live day to day and let each day come to them with whatever happens.
Great thread Flipper
I admit when we left I was afraid of the future, I mean come on the whole JW thing is doom and gloom! Do this and do that and maybe..just maybe, you'll get this.
Happy to say, two years out, I really don't worry about what's next. I love living each day for what it brings. I think one thing that helps greatly is have teenagers..I mean "thinking" teenagers who happily show us how fun it is to be normal and to think outside of the box we were once in. They openly talk about so many different subjects that they would have never brought up in JW land..it's great!
