i have been on this site daily, almost from its beginning, since i left the jws in 2001, but i have been more of a reader than a poster, as you can see from my post count.
i know few here know me, although i know many of you through reading your posts.
maybe it is not right to ask for support, when i generally stay quietly in the background of this forum, but i want only to speak a human misery of the deepest kind.
Dear Truman , I am so very sorry to hear about this tragedy and the loss of your son. My sincerest sympathies. I am sorry they are belated but I haven't visited this forum the past few days and had not heard about this.
I have a 35 year old son myself and can not imagine the pain you are going through.
Deceived aka Paula
witnesses came around with invites we had not been to meetings.....since last memorial.
wife wanted me to go, "but your taking me to dinner and drinks afterwards ok..." i went.
suit came out of moth balls, alittle snug, need to go to the gym?
Your story gave me a laugh Witness 007, BUT I am shocked to hear that your kingdom hall has windows that you could see them praying and they could look out at you arriving LOL. Most of the Halls now have few windows and if they do have them they are way up at the top so you cant see out or in.
by "shadow elder".
before i express my opinion to the readers and contributors to this website (www.ex-jw.com), i would like to explain who i am and to present my bona fides as someone qualified to comment on this website and jehovah's witnesses in general.. first of all, i am an active jehovah's witness living just outside of new york city.
being a large metropolis, new york has many kingdom halls located within the city and several more in surrounding boroughs, counties, and suburbs.
Thank you for sharing Shadow Elders post. I find it very interesting indeed. He still thinks its the truth but also thinks there is a lot wrong with the Governing Body and that they aren't directed by Holy Spirit. By doing this anonymously he is being safe and expressing his doubts. There are so many out there that must be in the same boat. Its very good to hear this.
I think he has serious doubts and is putting feelers out there to try to convince himself otherwise.
Then he advices apostate posters and websites as to how to make themselves more credible. Atually I think he has some good points LOL about the way some exjw's present the truth about the truth.
season two is almost done.
anyone watching?
do you think any self respecting jw would watch this show?
season two is almost done.
anyone watching?
do you think any self respecting jw would watch this show?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrlk4vdy28q&feature=artist.
I love Leonard Cohen, used to listen to it in the evenings with a glass of wine. Puts you in a Zen Zone LOL
i regard the information below as true until proven false because of corresponding with a young man in s. africa for a few years whose story i posted on my website: http://www.watchtowerdocuments.com/stories/caleb.html, "freedom from an unsafe haven, by caleb.
" although some of the accounts of abuse of children in s. africa in the story below are older, calab wrote me details of abusive treatment meted out to young people in his area that he chose not to put in his story for fear he could be identified.
calab in now in university in another part of africa and very happy after breaking the chains that engulfed his mind.. barbara.
It is indeed shocking, and I am have no doubt that some of this is true. So sad to hear.
Is SA JW jargon the same as North American? Because over here we don't call the seats in the Hall Pews. This person said pews so it set me to wondering how much he was involved in the religion.
Quote: "all while their parents sit “haughty” in the front pews during church meetings and this organization’s elders look the other way, or rather take their abusive parent’s side, when children bring these transgressions to light!"
I absolutely love playing scrabble, my boyfriend hates it so I do it online. I play Words with Friends on Facebook and on my Ipad, I need to find new people to play with. Any takers LOL.
I am a shut in, in the winter so I need stuff to keep my mind busy. The problem with playing scrabble everyday is that you get better at it and I keep losing partners as I keep winning. I need a new challenge ;-)
don't know if this has been posted before, but i just saw it on cracked.com, so i thought i would share.. .
http://www.montrealmirror.com/archives/2002/012402/dawg.html.
january 24, 2002. the calling.
OMG that is so ironic and priceless. Great Post!!!
Hi Fireflower and Welcome!!!
Nice to meet you
Deceived aka Velvet
