LittleSister

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  My experience

  by spawn in

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  thought i'd better say hi!

  to say i was once a "worldly person" would be an understatement.

  i consider myself to be a man who has "been there and done that" and enjoyed all the pleasures of the world.

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  LittleSister

  Hi Hun at last we can put the hell of the last few years behind us and look forward to our new baby and our new life together.
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  To those who were ‘born in’

  by poopsiecakes in

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  while you were a witness, did you ever play the what if game?

  i would occasionally sit with my friends and wed bandy the ideas around...if we werent born in would we be interested if someone knocked at our door...would we want to go to college...would we be promiscuous.... it was interesting to hear the responses and i think about that now.

  one thing i always knew was that if someone knocked at my door a) chances are i wouldnt answer and b) although i would be polite, i would not have any interest whatsoever.

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  LittleSister

  Sadly never played the what if game, would have been fun.

  Had I not been born in I think I would have partied a lot more so chances are if someone knocked on my door I would be out, asleep or hung-over. Either way I don't think I would have been converted.
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  How long will the WT Org. help the Haitians?

  by moshe in

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  they have 16,000 jw's in haiti who are now mostly desititute and will be for a long time.

  how long will the wt hand out free food, clothes, shoes and pay for their medical care?

  or will they just tell them to go to caesar for medical care?

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  LittleSister

  With the billions the Org make they can certainly afford to help their own in Haiti, but the sad reality is that they will probably only make a token effort.

  In the future there will be a watchtower about the help they have given with lots of JW propaganda stories and photos.

  Long term the JW Haitian's will still be poor and many of them homeless.
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  Belated Introduction

  by LittleSister in

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  first i must apologise for not posting an intro before and for the length of my intro, once you start it just keeps pouring out.

  i grew up in what the jw org likes to call a divided home.

  my mother had become a jw a few years before and was raising her 4 children of which i was the youngest in the truth.

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  LittleSister

  Thanks for all your warm welcomes.

  Stephen I agree keeping my family safe will also involve some degree of education about why the Org isn't God channel on earth. I want my children to be able to reason for themselves and not just take things on face value.

  Yes getting rid of the literature is one thing, but years of indoctrination will take a longer time to remove. One personal example was how hard I found it to reject the blood doctrine, however, by talking to medical professionals and reading up on the subject I found that the doctrine could not be supported. Education and discussion are great healing tools as well as time.
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  Favorite Watchtower words or short phrases

  by darthfader in

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  i have seen these words/phrases used frequently by the wtbs and rarely elsewhere.

  ** warning, this may become a barf inducing list.

  your mileage may vary.. faithful and discreet slavefield servicemodern day antediluvians (pulled that one out of my hat)what words or phrases strike you as uniquely "watchtower"?.

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  LittleSister

  I used the term "Local Needs" the other day and my husband said it gave him flash backs.
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  Belated Introduction

  by LittleSister in

  1. jw
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  first i must apologise for not posting an intro before and for the length of my intro, once you start it just keeps pouring out.

  i grew up in what the jw org likes to call a divided home.

  my mother had become a jw a few years before and was raising her 4 children of which i was the youngest in the truth.

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  LittleSister

  Thanks Mouthy I think our family have been truely lucky to escape although some are still trapped.
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  Belated Introduction

  by LittleSister in

  1. jw
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  first i must apologise for not posting an intro before and for the length of my intro, once you start it just keeps pouring out.

  i grew up in what the jw org likes to call a divided home.

  my mother had become a jw a few years before and was raising her 4 children of which i was the youngest in the truth.

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  LittleSister

  cantleave surely birthday cards come first
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  Belated Introduction

  by LittleSister in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  first i must apologise for not posting an intro before and for the length of my intro, once you start it just keeps pouring out.

  i grew up in what the jw org likes to call a divided home.

  my mother had become a jw a few years before and was raising her 4 children of which i was the youngest in the truth.

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  LittleSister

  Thanks everyone
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  Help - my husband wants to buy scratch off tickets!

  by doublelife in

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  but, i don't see that as a bad thing.

  he asked me over lunch if i think it's wrong and i told him no.

  we discussed why the society says it's wrong and i told him why i don't agree with it and he agreed.

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  LittleSister

  Scratch cards and the lottery are a definite no no JW wise as it is all considered gambling.

  One argument I remember is that you are winning money at the expense of others loses. They seem to ignore the fact that people are happy to take their chances and the money raised (certainly in the UK) goes to charities and community projects.

  If you want to do this and still be in the Org you need to do it on the sly or expect trouble.
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  Belated Introduction

  by LittleSister in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  first i must apologise for not posting an intro before and for the length of my intro, once you start it just keeps pouring out.

  i grew up in what the jw org likes to call a divided home.

  my mother had become a jw a few years before and was raising her 4 children of which i was the youngest in the truth.

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  LittleSister

  First I must apologise for not posting an intro before and for the length of my intro, once you start it just keeps pouring out.

  I grew up in what the JW Org likes to call a divided home. My mother had become a JW a few years before and was raising her 4 children of which I was the youngest in the Truth. My dad was not interested in being a JW, but let my mother have her way as far as we were concerned.

  To say I was a terrible JW would be an understatement, I rarely studied, going on the ministry made me shake with nerves and physically sick and my mind often wondered at meetings. I did really try and it wasn't that I didn't believe I just couldn't meet the grade. I always felt there must be something wrong with me; I am just not good enough.

  In my early twenties I met wonderful man and fell in love. He wasn't a JW, smoked and had tattoos, so not the ideal man from my family’s point of view, but he was the kindest and most loving man I had ever met. I left the Org to be with him and a year after we met we eloped and married. There is a lot more to this part of the story, which I might cover at another time.

  I never wanted or asked my husband to change I love him for who he is so how we got sucked into the Org again I don't know, but at some point we did and my husband studied and got baptised. Everything seemed perfect from a certain point of view; however, this time round I was no better at being a JW than before.

  When our son was born getting to meetings became very difficult so my husband often had to go alone. There were problems in the congregation and I could see the effect was making my husband very unhappy. I asked the brothers for help and support, but got nothing. This wasn't the first time they had promised to help and then let us down, but it would be the last.

  Then my husband had a health scare relating to his heart, I was frantic with worry we didn't know what was wrong or how serious. I was also made redundant from my job around the same time. People in the congregation knew, but did anyone phone or pop by to see how we were no. My husband had an anagram around the time of the district assembly, just before he received a letter saying because he had not been attending meetings he would not be able to do parking duty (so caring). The fact that we were not going to be there due to his health had gone completely over their heads.

  That was it I was done with the congregation, but I still felt this was a local problem that overall the Org was right. Then just before Christmas my Dad let it slip to my sister that I had let my son take part in the nativity. She called me worried that if my other sister found out they would have us Dfed. I told her I didn't care what they thought anymore then she and her husband confessed that they were fading from the Org and had found out things were not right.

  They opened my eyes and at last I could see the problems in the congregation were only a reflection of more deep seated issues higher up. I took their advice and starting doing my only research, which I shared with my husband. He then confessed he had doubts for a long time.

  I couldn't sleep for two nights my mind had so much to process, but once it had I felt a great inner peace. I didn't just know what I was reading was right I felt it. It was like my instincts all along had been screaming this is wrong and now I could listen to them.

  I am so thankful to my sister and her husband, the last two years had torn me apart emotionally and mentally, had this continued I don't know what might have happened. I used to be so angry, but now I feel great. My husband and I are much happier and we both love the network here you guys and gals are great.

  Future wise I want to:

  1. Help my sister’s family fade and give them all the support they need.

  2. Keep my family as far away from the Org as poss

  3. Get in touch with lost Dfed friends and let them know the truth if they don't already

  4. Tell people the truth if they ask me about JWs

  5. Tell my dad he was right never to be involved

  6. Get rid of all JW literature (poison)

  7. Look forward to the day when I can tell certain people what I really think of them

  8. Look forward to the birth of my second baby happy in the knowledge that I won't risk dying in the process due to lack of blood