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  so much happier since leaving!

  by starbox120862 in

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  i was loosely allied with the jws thru my teens after my mum studied with them, finally getting baptized at 30. no one else in my family went, my mum had stopped, i used to hang around on the edge at meetings,mainly ignored.once an elder came over and reproved me for having a little coloured sticker on my bible to distinguish it from all the other identical ones.

  once a sister offered to give me a lift out on the work, then another sister, an elders wife, came and said i couldnt go because her daughter needed the lift.

  theres a lot more, it was totally a clique.

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  Welcome! Isn't it funny that nobody in the Hall seems happy there?
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  Hello from me!

  by Gonefullcircle in

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  hello everyone.. after many months of lurking through my the worst time in my life and then not reading any posts since the website changed hands, i just wanted to say hello!.

  all the stalwarts on here helped me so much through the worst times (born in, left when i was 34) i was too emotional to ever comment, but now i am ready to help others start to rebuild their worlds.. i just want to give all those doubters of that religion hope and help now that i have gone full circle- hence my user name.

  there is lots to say, but i will join in and you will get to know me.. for anyone that is in turmoil with worry over whether to leave or not, i can empathise, but it will be the best decision you ever make!.

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  Welcome Julie, I am new to this. I am feeling guiltless also.

  xoxoxoxo

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  Starting all over again

  by feeling good in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just became a member last week and picked my name feeling free because that is exactly how i feel free at last.

  i have stopped going to meetings and field service about 6 months ago, and feel great.

  there are jw's in my congregation who email me they miss me and are missing me at the meetings but i just respond that i am fine and taking care of myself.

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  I just became a member last week and picked my name feeling free because that is exactly how I feel FREE AT LAST.

  I have stopped going to meetings and field service about 6 months ago, and feel great. There are JW's in my congregation who email me they miss me and are missing me at the meetings but I just respond that I am fine and taking care of myself.

  I am so grateful because my husband feels the exact same way that I feel and we have becomer even closer. I love GOD and I feel that he loves me too and I told my husband that I am not going to allow men tell me what to do anymore, he is on the exact same page as I am. I have a 14 and she is a very happy girl who is enrolled in after school activities and is making friends outside the organizaton wonderfully.

  We have decided we are going to celebrate the holidays this year as well and we are going to live our life to the Fullest. My only regret is wasting 13 years of my life in the organization letting them control me. All I want is to be a good mother, wife, and friend.

  I have a question was it hard starting over after leaving the organization? I have a few friends who I never cut off while in the organization and I expressed how I feel to them and they agree the Organization is a CULT.

  Thank You all for your posts. I can see the LOVE here!

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  How JW's Label each other (size the other up)

  by xelder in

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  my experience has been that among jw's, its very important that they understand each others spiritual status.

  this is accomplished within the first 5 min of meeting a new person.

  this is necessary so that they know what kind of person you are.

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  True Christianity and then they talk about other religions
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  Do You Miss The Witnesses Even A Little Bit?

  by minimus in

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  a smidge??

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  Not really the friends I had don't talk to me anymore and I definitley do not miss the organization- No way
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  What made you think?

  by greenie in

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  i know this topic has been covered, so feel free to ignore me or point me to another post for your response, but i'm just curious: what made you first think the jws didn't have it all?

  what it a slow process or like a lightening strike?.

  for me, a non-jw, it was like a lightening strike when i started reading about the blood issue..

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  My mother committed suicide and oviously I was seriously depressed, and I smoked secretly for about a month. ( used to smoke prior to being a witness. ) I felt bad and talked to the elders, then they had me talk to about 5 elders and decided a judicial meeting should be made. I was pubicly reproved you gotta keep Jehovah's name clean. But I hated the questions why did you do this, what were the circumstances, do you think you are going to smoke again? what will you do so that you won't do it again. One of the brothers said I need to humble myself and get help before it escalates to smoking. I wasn't going to the hall as I was emotionally exhausted a few who would call me said they worried about my spirituality, and they only loved me when I was at the hall.

  I wanted real friends who love me.
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  Ever been the victim of gossip from JW's?

  by highdose in

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  i was many times, the final bout was what drove me out of the borg altogether..... .

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  Of course, they have nothing else better to do!
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  What do I say??

  by feeling good in

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  i am not df'd i am have been inactive for about 6 months.

  i have many doubts in the organization.

  because i haven't gone to the meetings nobody calls me ?

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  Than you all for you comments I value your opinions.
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  Disfellowshipped and Armageddon

  by IMHO in

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  will a disfellowshipped person survive armageddon?.

  will a disassociated person......?.

  will an inactive person.....?.

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  If there is a Armageddon, it will be Jehovah and only Jehovah to make that decesion. Jehovah is LOVE and he sees our hearts.

  No man or organization can decide.
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  What do I say??

  by feeling good in

  1. jw
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  i am not df'd i am have been inactive for about 6 months.

  i have many doubts in the organization.

  because i haven't gone to the meetings nobody calls me ?

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  I am not df'd I am have been inactive for about 6 months. I have many doubts in the organization. Because I haven't gone to the meetings nobody calls me ? SUPRISED, but I do not call anyone either, except from one girl who I love but she is a little blinded she will say things that she sees my daughter talking to WORLDLY KIDS, and they are bad association etc. She has been calling me and wanting me to go service with her. I do not want to loose her friendship as she is the only person who calls me.

  Any words of wisdom?? I would love to hear from you!