I am so new at leaving and finding out the truth about this religion that it is hard. I know in a few years I will totally say no. But right now with my husband still in so strong it is hard. There are so many chooses to make that sometimes I just wish I could undo what I know and just go back to being very stupid. I would never do it but life would be a lot easier.
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JWs just came to my door and didn't even knock
by hemp lover ini was working in the back room of my house, transcribing an interview with lara logan (she's fascinating), when my dogs started barking at the front door.
i ignored it for 30 seconds, because that's just what they do.
figured it was a cat or the mailman.
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It all sounds so crazy. Why were we doing this anyway?
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Did You Personally Know Any JWs That Were Sexually Molested By Other JWs?
by minimus ini knew of a handful (which is too many) that were molested by a jehovah's witness.
it was not typical in my experience.
what about you???.
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JWs just came to my door and didn't even knock
by hemp lover ini was working in the back room of my house, transcribing an interview with lara logan (she's fascinating), when my dogs started barking at the front door.
i ignored it for 30 seconds, because that's just what they do.
figured it was a cat or the mailman.
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I was at one of my cleaning jobs about a year ago and saw the JW's coming I kept waiting for the door bell to ring. There were two sisters about 40 something working together and a young sister in her late teens or early 20's working by herself house over house. The home I clean for has this very loud door bell you can hear it through out the whole house and in the back yard. The door bell never rang. When I went to leave I saw the track in the door. I stuck it in my cleaning stuff and threw it away. So much for this meaning everyones life. I guess the people I clean for Jehovah does not want to live forever
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Are There Certain Posters You Trust Here?
by minimus ini've been on this site for a number of years now.
i don't easily trust just anybody.
having said that, there are a few persons here that know my real identity and i'm comfortable with them.. are there certain posters that you trust here?.
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I forgot to mention Mouthy and her taking me under her wing. Letting me call her on the phone. I was scarred out of my mind the first time I called her. She started me on my way to healing. I probably would not have gotten in contact with Flipper without her pushing me. Mouthy looks for lost souls and finds them. I swear she saves lives. She a wonderful person. Thanks
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Are There Certain Posters You Trust Here?
by minimus ini've been on this site for a number of years now.
i don't easily trust just anybody.
having said that, there are a few persons here that know my real identity and i'm comfortable with them.. are there certain posters that you trust here?.
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Mr and Mrs Flipper. I do not even begin to know how to thank them. They have been the best thing in the world to me in this hard journey. I do not know how I would have made this last year with out them. Mouthy who helped me get in touch with Flipper. Big Tex has been so kind to me, helping me to see I was not alone in being abused as a child in the religion. Palm Tree has been through a lot of the same kind of things I have as an adult and has been so kind also. And of course Jo and Barbara Anderson. Those are who come to mind with out any thinking. Oh also on the way out and Jamie Bowers.
I am just so glad to have spoken to them people or emailed them. It has been such a hard time for me and to read and talk with people who have been through this hell of finding out the truth about this religion means so much. I do not know how I would have done it without them. Thanks.
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"Jehovah will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear"
by highdose ini used to pin all my hopes on this scripture, cling to it no matter what.
eventually i realised that it was rubbish!
life in the borg is so tramatic that it will often be way beyond what you can bear, and the only "comfort" you might get?
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That is what I have been thinking too what about the JW's that have committed suicide.
I have been close myself to wanting to take my life because according to JW reasoning everything is my fault. It was my fault for being molested, for not taking care of my parents who molested me when they got old. Oh I could fill pages of things according to the JW's that are my fault.
When I bring it up to an elder or the CO, DO, or Bethel it is always sister LITS remember Jehovah will not let you be tested beyond what you can bear. So Jehovah felt it was OK for me to be raped as a kid? They just look blank.
No wonder there are so many suicides in this religion. There is no love, no caring. Blame the victim seems to be the way to go because Jehovah will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you can bear and if you can't bear it than there is some problem in you because Jehovah will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you can bear.
You can spend hours trying to reason this way and all you do is feel dizzy.
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Did You Personally Know Any JWs That Were Sexually Molested By Other JWs?
by minimus ini knew of a handful (which is too many) that were molested by a jehovah's witness.
it was not typical in my experience.
what about you???.
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Yes and handled very horribly. We have a sexual psychopath in the hall we go to now and NO IS ALLOWED to know. We have this charming man along with a man who molested an eight year old went to prison for eight years and one of the elders gives a public talk saying it was all a miscarriage of justice about this poor man and that this man is just a gentle giant who should never have been sent to prison as as he is just too kind of a person. A child molester who was convicted of raping a child is a gentle giant. The elder is sick also as far as I can see. We also had a brother who had not only been a child molester but was also a pimping out girls and no one was of course allowed to know.
Lovely hall. I was molested by my JW parents who were on the fringes of the truth no really JW's so does it really count?
The thing that hurts the most is not no one can know. No parents, the poor house holder who these men call on their doors. The CO and Bethel have a do not tell policy. WHY?
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All the time. I think for me it comes for being a JW. I could never say no to anything that was asked of me and I always felt like I was letting everyone down. I always felt guilty and it has carried over to all of my life. I hope to be able to stop the madness sometime soon. LITS
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A gun was pulled on my mum.
by LouBelle in11 am in the morning, a very busy road, a very busy banks' parking lot.
my mother walked down the stairs to her car and saw a masked man run around her car and come up to her.
he pointed a gun at her chest.
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Lou
I have to say I am sorry about my post. I was up in the middle of the night when I first read your thread I do not sleep well and I do not think well either at that time of the morning. I did not mean to sound like I was going off on my own story.
What you and your mom has been though is horrible. And I am sorry if I sound wrong in telling my story. It just brought back so many bad memories of what we went through. I am still not over it.
I am sorry that your mom has been through. It is horrible and there is nothing you can do about it. That is the worst part of it. Our lives mean nothing to these people.
Again I am sorry. LITS