just found this board late last night and can't stop reading, it's fascinating.. let me give you a quick background of myself.
i was born a jw, never baptized, was labeled bad association when i was 12 due to having all worldy friends and smoking, lol.
i was very confused how being that young i could be labelled as that but i was.
welcome hatchetsup! What they did when I signed up was to send a pioneer over (during the day) who left a note with contact details. I left her a voicemail saying thanks but I've changed my mind! lol
hey megs, i grew up in calgary, maybe we went to the same kingdom hall, lol, it was right by marlborough mall
just found this board late last night and can't stop reading, it's fascinating.. let me give you a quick background of myself.
i was born a jw, never baptized, was labeled bad association when i was 12 due to having all worldy friends and smoking, lol.
i was very confused how being that young i could be labelled as that but i was.
this is weird to say, but ive never felt this kind of support from stangers before, i read posts on here and i get goosebumps from it, dont know if that sounds stupid, but i do, lol. i guess becuase we all have this in common and it takes longer for some things to surface, but all my memories are flashing back. i was talking to my wife about this site tonight and telling her all kinds of things from my childhood that ive never told her before and she was shocked.
thank u to all who have posted, u have made me feel so welcome, this site is already in my favourites list so u will be hearing more from me. im kinda scared now if they do show up for a bible study with me.
just found this board late last night and can't stop reading, it's fascinating.. let me give you a quick background of myself.
i was born a jw, never baptized, was labeled bad association when i was 12 due to having all worldy friends and smoking, lol.
i was very confused how being that young i could be labelled as that but i was.
can i first say thank you to all who have responded, i cant believe how many ex jw's are out there. i feel better already. not trying to sound like a dork, but it feels good to finally say something about my past, ive always kept it bottled up, it feels like such a release to finally get it off my shoulders. i cant believe how much stuff is kept buried until something brings it up.
im already late for work, cant wait to get home at 1030 and research this site some more!!
just found this board late last night and can't stop reading, it's fascinating.. let me give you a quick background of myself.
i was born a jw, never baptized, was labeled bad association when i was 12 due to having all worldy friends and smoking, lol.
i was very confused how being that young i could be labelled as that but i was.
Hey quirky
i think im confused since my grandma passed and dont know better, if that makes sense, ive never been to another church because of what i was told when i was young. i just have questions about death and what comes after, and what is going to happen. what if jw's are right and there is a paradise and i miss out on it. seems stupid to ask these questions after 19 years, i know, lol
just found this board late last night and can't stop reading, it's fascinating.. let me give you a quick background of myself.
i was born a jw, never baptized, was labeled bad association when i was 12 due to having all worldy friends and smoking, lol.
i was very confused how being that young i could be labelled as that but i was.
Just found this board late last night and can't stop reading, it's fascinating.
Let me give you a quick background of myself. I was born a jw, never baptized, was labeled bad association when I was 12 due to having all worldy friends and smoking, lol. I was very confused how being that young I could be labelled as that but i was. When I was 13 I moved from Drumheller, Alberta to Windsor, Ontario to live with my worldly father and never went to another meeting.
There were always things i still believed about the truth, i dont believe in heaven or hell, things like that, its all very confusing.
3 weeks ago i had a life changing event, my grandmother in drumheller passed away. i made it out in time to see her in the hospital the day before she passed. she was a witness, my mother and sister are both still in the truth. we were in her hospital room late the night before she passed, my mom, sister, aunt and uncle. when we were going to leave i asked if i could have a moment alone with her, i just wanted time by myself to tell her how much i loved her and will miss her. my sister asked for the same and thanked me after for asking for alone time with her. my sister said she was happy since she believed things that my aunt and uncle dont believe, eg. seeing her again in paradise on earth. a few days later we spread my grandmas ashes at my granpas gravesite, his gravestone reads until resurrection.
im 32 and have not found any type of religion in my life since leaving the truth because i dont really believe anything, but these events with my grandma opened up a lot of questions for me. what if it is the truth? what if my family will be in paradise and i wont? i find it very scary when i think about it.
so i started researching the internet and came upon the wt website and signed up for a bible study. not like im gonna jump back in but wanted to ask some questions now that im more mature than 12, lol. problem is noone has contacted me, so im sitting here thinking if it is the truth, why would they not come talk to me? why wouldnt jehovah direct a brother to com and speak with me?
my bday was on wednesday and i got the book im perfect youre doomed and read it cover to cover in one day. since then i have found all these apostate websites that i never knew existed and how many people are in these situations. for example i had never heard of ray franz and his books but will be going to chapters tomorrow to get them.
i dont even know what im asking for on this forum, maybe support, maybe advice, should i go through with a bible study to get some answers?? im a 32 year old guy with a bunch of tattoos, smokes, likes horror movies and my favourite band is the insane clown posse, lol, and i used ot be a jw. does this mean im going to die in armageddon if there is one???
any response would be appreciated
thanks
