i have been meaning to post my experience at the pioneer school and i will as soon as time permits but theres something that has happened recently in my life that has impacted me in such a horrible way that i just have to get off my chest.. as you may know ive been trying to fade.
its very hard.
hard as hell.
ODIBF,
Sorry about being blindsided like that. I know it feels like a kick in the taco.
I suggest that you try to develop a network of friends on the outside of the congregation. Go to meetups and apostafests, and make some of your virtual friends here real and tangible friends in real life. Get phone numbers and talk to others in the same situation.
JK
here is one i am listening to:.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsfl6atx1i4&feature=related.
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we knock a lot of things about the witnesses.
i wonder if we're really all that much different in our personalities as exjws.. .
I don't believe that my personality changed after leaving the JW's. What changed was my worldview.
After finding out that it was not the true religion, I first was overcome with a wave of anger, that they could make moral judgements about me while they were sleeping with the UN. Then a wave of peace came over me because it was the first time in my life that I had no morbid dread of Armeggedon.
After that I had to reevaluate everything that I thought I knew. I started with "Is the sky really blue?" Then I went on to adjust my viewpoints on everything with an open mind.
I always felt like a square peg being pounded into a round hole as a Witness. I think it was because I had a personality.
JK
i like to think that i'm perfectly rational at all times.. so in the interest of making myself more awesome i'd like to admit to and try to to fix a prejudice i think i may have.
but i'd also like to make sure it's not grounded in reality.. .
so earlier i saw a story about a woman who killed her baby in the microwave.
Casey Anthony was cute, just sayin.'
JK
on the suggestion of the office of public prosecutions, mr steven unthank made application to the magistrate that the case be transferred to the summary stream and listed as a summary mention on 11 october 2011.. .
on the suggestion of the office of public prosecutions, mr steven unthank made application to the magistrate that the case be transferred to the summary stream and listed as a summary mention on 11 october 2011.. .
following a request by mr steven unthank, the magistrate ordered that the case be transferred to the summary stream and listed as a summary mention on 11 october 2011.. .
Thank you for the update Barbara, and look forward to your next posts.
John
how much money flows into the watchtower coffers at their annual fund raiser the district convention?.
former witness lurene stanley working along with her high ranking jw.
husband had the opportunity to see what goes on in the back room at disrtict conventions.
"#4... Are those serving in administration allowed alcohol to relax during the sessions?"
The rest of us were drinking in the parking lot, I would only be shocked is if the Org PAID for the drinks.
JK
Shocking! ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww spewwwwwwwwwww
okay, for those of you who don't know, i was raised jw by really great though uber-zealous parents.
i'm now an adult and have been inactive for about two years due a bunch of reasons, the primary one (or at least the one that got the ball rolling) being the pathological intellectual dishonesty of the wt in how it handles secular quotes and citations.
anyway, my parents are aware of all that and have left the issue alone for about the last year.
Big hugs for the Mermaid!
Your post is very frustrating to me. I had the same issue when in University, but I had the double whammy of finding out about the UN/NGO scandal at about the same time. I almost was charged with plagiarism for quoting one of the Watchtower publications in a paper. I cited them correctly, but their lack of quoting honesty got me in hot water.
I still am very interested in the other story too. How does your elder husband fit in? Is he a wannabe fader too?
JK
as from today i am disfellowshipped.
my parents cant talk to me and alot of issues have arisen which i have mentioned in my other posts.
i got baptized at 14 and i think it is way to young to make such a decision which will affect your whole life.
yeah thatnks jw step grandmother bitch.
i can't believe that she would not call her step sons and let them know their father had passed away.
my father is a jw also and my little sister sees this woman at assemblies and she didn't bother to call anyone.
I feel for you Noni, most of my family is just as worthless as your step-grandmother.
JK
dad was a great man, great, despite the religion.
he was powerful, tall and intelligent, yet humble and kind.
he was an introvert, and a circuit overseer.
My thoughts and condolences are with you.
JK
