etna

Joined

• started 14 topics
• posted 324 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by etna

• 
  82

  My Mom has decided to turn me in... I am not afraid (Letter Inside)

  by sosoconfused in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the only reason i am posting this is because i know many of you are going or will be going through something similar and wonder if it is worth it.

  i personally feel that it is worth it regardless of what i lose.

  my wife is backing me and i have my children.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  etna

  sosoconfused,

  Thanks for sharing, there are so much good advice from everyone, I just want to say, CULT CULT CULT CULT CULT CULT.

  Keep us updated. Etna
• 
  77

  I just informed the parents about me and the TTATT... heart wrenching

  by sosoconfused in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  well first i want to thank everyone here for the good points etc... i have received over the last few months.

  you guys have really been helpful!.

  so the other day my mother wrote me a 3 page letter telling me how she was so scared for me because she could tell my love for the truth was gone etc.. so i decided i wanted to totally rip the band-aid off and get this matter over and done with.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  etna

  sosoconfused,

  Thanks for sharing your experience and I hope you keep us up to date with things. You are brave in spaeking out, I can't speak out to my kids otherwise they won't talk to me. They just know I will never go back and I just ask them questions on things that don't make sense, for instance the "new light on the generation". They get confused explaining it and they have the look of disbelief. I just show them how happy I am not being in this CULT, even though I was born in and was there for 45 years.

  Keep us up to date.

  Etna
• 
  59

  So, my husband would not even meet the elders who just happened to drop by this morning.

  by Julia Orwell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  he stayed inside and kept going about his business like they weren't even there.

  i engaged them on the verandah hut politely explained that they'd caught us at a bad time as we were doing a big cleanup of the house.

  the elders had even bought a pack of chocolate cookies around, so they were expecting to be invited in and offered coffee.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  etna

  Was brought up in Homebush cong, just at Strathfield bethel when it was there, then Bonnyrigg, worked my butt off on the "quick build", then went to Camden, then faded. Now at Balmain and I wish I would talk to some jws and show them how much of a cult it is.

  Etna
• 
  59

  So, my husband would not even meet the elders who just happened to drop by this morning.

  by Julia Orwell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  he stayed inside and kept going about his business like they weren't even there.

  i engaged them on the verandah hut politely explained that they'd caught us at a bad time as we were doing a big cleanup of the house.

  the elders had even bought a pack of chocolate cookies around, so they were expecting to be invited in and offered coffee.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  etna

  Hey Julia, I've just noticed on another thread you said you are from Australia. Where abouts? I'm from Sydney. No one has bothered contacting us, I faded 6 years ago but my wife stopped a while ago. We both had been married before and our kids are still in. Can't say to much to them.

  Etna
• 
  30

  What to Say When a Witness Comes to Your Door

  by Darth Rutherford in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jw: yes thats right.. me: good!

  jw: yes, thats true.. me: good.

  jw: yes, sure do.. me: tell me, john, what would you do if jesus christ told you that you shouldnt follow jehovahs witnesses?.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  etna

  love it

  Etna
• 
  17

  Achieving Reinstatement and then immediately fading

  by Tylinbrando in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  over the past 8 months or so three people i have known since childhood have accomplished a goal of reinstatement back into their congregations after many years of being disfellowshipped primarily so that they could gain their jw family members back and do away with the condemnation of onlookers judging those family members and the contact they have had during those years of being disfellowshipped.. all of these newly reinstated ones immediately began a proper fade.

  no meetings, no service, nada.. is this happening everywhere and regularly?.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  etna

  My wife got reinstated so she could see her kids and grandkids, and just stopped going. The elder that went after her in her old cong didn't want to reinstate her. When she did get reinstated, I rang him up and let it rip. His son had been going to prostitutes and someone saw him and then he confessed and they only privately reproved him, so I let him have it and said if he ever spoke about or against my wife again he would answer to me. You know, once they have no power over you, you don't realise how liberated you are and how insignificant they are....

  Etna
• 
  8

  ...Barbara Andersons Resignation from AAWA...

  by OUTLAW in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  good evening jwn... .

  barbara is no longer vp at aawa..nor is she a member of aawa... she will not be discussing aawa on jwn,or on any other forum... barbara has friends at aawa and will help them out when she can... .

  barbara has not given reasons to anybody for resigning... i believe she had too many irons in the fire... she had been expressing for weeks to friends that she was exhausted... from working on another project... everyone concerned will see the fruits of this project in the future... .

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  etna

  Thanks outlaw, I think Barbara is a treasure, good luck.
• 
  33

  There was a knock at the door....

  by exwhyzee in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  or more like a thunking sound really, which set our little dog into a fit of barking.

  i crawled out from behind the fridge where i was doing a repair on the waterline for the icemaker, so i could go see what all the commotion was about.

  i fugured it was going to be my neighbor returning my ladder but instead it was jw's handing out memorial invites.. the woman and the young man (her 20 something son) were people i had known but hadn't seen since we faded 4+ years ago.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  etna

  I'm so happy that your son is cancer free. I'm glad you vented and told your story.Thank you.

  Etna
• 
  41

  Shocking Email from a Dear Friend who is No Longer a JW

  by rubadubdub in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i received this email tonight from a dear, dear friend who i believed had died.

  she was in very bad shape when i last spoke with her over a year ago.. "i'll make this short in case it is not functioning.

  besides i'm not sure whether it is alright for you to read it or not.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  etna

  Please contact her and keep in contact with her. Hope she is well.

  Etna
• 
  56

  Dear watchtower bible and tract society, governing body, and all of your twisted teachings...

  by OneDayillBeFree in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after today's watchtower study which was basically a mind controlling article about shunning your loved disfellowshipped ones, i've come to see just how sick, twisted, vile, rotten, repulsive, disgusting, and just plain evil you all are.

  so i stormed out.

  i don't know if i'll ever come back to your meetings again.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  etna

  CULT CULT CULT CULT CULT CULT CULT CULT

  Etna