yo homies.. .
ltr ftp (long time, first time etc.).
i don't really know where to start, but i guess you've all been here before so you'll know where i'm coming from.
Hello and welcome Captain Blithering!!
I agree with you about disfellowshiping...so cruel in my opinion.
I also agree with Balaamsass...bad fruit!!
and with Emery...about the control.....
and with AM Number 1....about humility to say "I don't know".....
Love is everywhere, you just have to look!
I wish for peace and happiness for you and your wife!!
Love, Mrs. Thor
trying to get out after only being in for a year or so.
my wife and i were really taken in by these folks.
we are both have degrees and should have known better.
Hi and welcome.
What kind of bike do you have?
I will be blessing by bike with a new battery this spring, can't wait!!
Thor
as most know, it's that time of the year when the jws go out 'in force' and bang on doors trying to leave their litter-ature for the memorial - aka 'memorial invite'.. this morning (saturday), i was at the local coffee shop - which is normal for me.
my wife was at home chilling on the sofa, in her nightie.. i got a text message around 9:30-ish saying that jws had been at our house.. when i got home, my wife said she was sitting on the sofa when she heard a light 'tap tap' on the door.
we have a doorbell.
We got ours left on our front porch yesterday. Even though anyone in our old hall who knew us would have known when we would be home or not. We put it in our recycling bin.
notes:.
bible says god created us.
scientific principle says - simplest explanation is usually the correct one.
I'm reading a good book on this subject written by a biology professor named John Janovy, Jr. It's called Intelligent Designer: Evolution for Politicians. He claimes that scientific illiteracy is a public health hazard. I'm about half way through and it is interesting. Maybe some on here would enjoy reading it....
Mrs. Thor
i must admit, i feel rather like winston smith from orwell's 1984. i sit here in front of the image of a blank piece of paper on my computer screen.
i am alone in my study, alone, but like winston, i am hesitant to write on this blank piece of paper, fearful that i am under the watchful eye of the telescreen.
it is a form of paranoia, i guess, a paranoia that is synonymous with being in the organization; an organization that worries more about perception than substance.
Welcome to you Separation of Powers!
I'm glad you decided to write!
Mrs. Thor
Hi and welcome thinking_ability!
My family (husband, wife, daughter, son and his girlfriend) all left the organization at the same time almost six years ago. The only thing I wish we could have done better is to have left sooner. So I would say to you to really think about everything that inpact your children and get out ASAP!
I hope you find your way,
Mrs. Thor
i am usually a lurker here.
i was disfellowshipped about 3 years ago.
my relationship with my family has never been the same.
Hello raindrops and welcome!
Congratulations on the birth of your baby girl!!! It is such an exciting time in life! (and you should be surrounded by positive, loving people)
Thankfully she is young enough so you can take a little time to think things out. I wish you success and happiness in your future with your husband and baby! I don't think you would ever regret putting the three of you first in your decision making.
Mrs. Thor
"that which can be asserted without evidence, can.
be dismissed without evidence.
" - christopher hitchens.
WOW! What a spot on rant! Look forward to hearing more from you...
Oh, and welcome!
i am a long time lurker who has finally decided to post.
i am still in along with my wife, kids and extended family.
i am in my 40s and was raised in the org.
Hi newdawnfades and welcome!
How old are your children? Things like education should be encouraged if they are old enough! Of course giving your wife and children your constant love and attention will only help you all out.....
, Mrs. Thor
my wife and i stopped going to meetings in 1988 and da'd in 1989. for a few years we both actively participated in the xjw world, she quit doing that a long time ago, and has pretty much completely moved on.
the other night i told her about my planned blog (which will probably launch this weekend) it will mostly be about my writing, a lot of which is mostly about jw related issues.
she asked why i am still so drawn to this subject.
Hello Jeff!
Our family has been out of the borg for over five and a half years now. My husband and I joined this forum about two and a half years ago, so we're not some of the long time ones on here. As you can see we are not big at posting and I don't get on here often. We do care about people and how they are treated, so if we can encourage anyone else in their exit from the WTBTS, that would be great!
I feel like being a JW for more that twenty years, it's just part of our psyche, and thank goodness there was good with the bad, but some of what we all have gone through and are going through we have in common and can relate to each other. We actaully got to meet in person someone we met on this forum, so that was really nice! We have kept in touch with several people that we personally knew in our area that have come out, and hope to be supportive to them.
So we look to our future, enjoy the present, trying to understand the past and forgive ourselves and finding peace.
Love, Mrs. Thor
