I got my voting paper today!!!! I think for myself and love who I am. I don't judge others and love other people!!!
Found Sheep
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What Do You Value in your Life Now that you Exited the Witnesses ?
by flipper ini was talking with a friend of mine on the board yesterday and the discussion gave me the idea for this thread !
( thanks friend !
) and it seems as we were talking the thought came up that many of us when exiting the mind control of jehovah's witnesses we really come to appreciate the freedom to think how we want and be able to have access to other views which helps us to have a broader scope , or broader world view than just the tunnel vision of the wt society.
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JW's being more "secretive" than usual?
by cameo-d inanyone noticing any odd "more secretive-than-usual" type behavior among jws very recently?.
kind of like "somethings-up" mode?.
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Found Sheep
yup!!! I think they need to make them think they are "SPECIAL"
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Ex JW to be on 700 club this week...
by awildflower injust happen to catch this on tv.
his interview will be on thursday for those interested.. .
http://www.cbn.com/700club/features/amazing/daniel_morales020910.aspx.
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Found Sheep
that was good!!!! i didn't think it would be on the 700 club? But think of how many people watched that
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Found Sheep
big step!!!
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I have a touchy situation...could use some advice
by tenyearsafter ini just got an e-mail from my 80 year old mother asking my wife and i to join her for the memorial this year.
i really don't want to go, but i am also trying to maintain some degree of a relationship with her.
she is breaking the "rules" by not shunning me, but i don't know how she will react if i reject her invitation.
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Found Sheep
I would go if it was that important to her, but then again this is going to be my first NO GO!!!
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Why do some of you JW's stay in the organization?
by dgp ini have read that up to 67% of all jw's leave the religion when they come of age.
so i wish i could know why the others stay.
in your opinion, what keeps them in?
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Found Sheep
when i was the age people start to leave i became a pioneer and married young and JW was my entire life!!!! Didn't start to look out side the box until i hated my marriage and didn't want to spend forever with him.... It took years for me to truly know they are 100% wrong
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Found Sheep
the control they take!!
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What was your initial reaction to finding out the religion is a cult?
by make yourself inmine was filled with shock and anger but mostly anger.
it made me feel that way because i have never been lied to like that growing up in the religion with it being all you know.
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Found Sheep
took a while for me to think "cult" but now that is all i see and i want to get my loved ones out!!! I think my initial reaction was relief!!!! I KNEW they were wrong!!!
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how long in truth,,,what was the final "straw"
by peaches ini was in for 30 years.....my ex was an elder...."holy spirit appointed" he tortured me....i was married 33+ years....you know,,,marriage is sacred...you can leave,,,i know,,,,if abuse is intolerable....but that starts a series of events...etc etc etc....i finally left everything...and moved far away.....people actually believe "holy spirit" appoints people,,,my ex would not pray unless there was an audience...you know,,,,people invited over for supper kind of thing,,,you get the point..... my best friend had a mental breakdown,,,,she basically became psychotic.....had to be hospitalized....she took up smoking,,,got disfellowshipped...and lost all emotional support....to this day,,,,as far as i know,,,she is still disfellowshipped...needs to be hospitialized every so often....she is on complete disability.....and still trying to get back into the org....her mother does support some what,,,,even though she is a witness herself,,,,,takes her to assemblies,,,,memorial,,,etc,,,,this has gone on for years.....she cannot mentally handle the organization,,,nor can she mentally handle not being a witness...lost everything....guilt....etc..... did not mean to ramble on so much......i have mental scars that will not go away....because i stayed in a "mess" for god,,,,i could write page after page of things like the above....as being my "last straw".......curious about you here on the board....any specific "breaking point" or a collection of many things..... thanks for your in put...peaches.
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Found Sheep
that is so so so sad let kids be kids
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...The 10th Birthday of JWD/JWN...
by OUTLAW ini have just recieved a very important pm from asilentone... .
as he is out of topics for today,i post this for him... this is asilentones thread... ...................... ...outlaw.
today is jwd/jwn`s birthday!!...
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Found Sheep
Happy Birthday!!!!! just had my 1st birthday this week to celebrate my 35th year of life!!! now i love birthdays