Posts by Thor

Interesting song! It made me remember when I first came out of the Borg I really enjoyed a song by the Bodeans called "Closer to Free" the chorus goes... "Everybody wants to live how they wanna live and everybody wants to love how they wanna love and everybody wants to be closer to free"...(the music helps)... I had the CD in my car and would listen to it a few times and sing along (I only do that in my car when I am alone, because I can't really hold a tune) I don't know, somehow it made me feel better....

Love, Mrs. Thor

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Hello JWN

by johny5 in

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hello everyone,.

also hello bethel, you can tell your superiors there is another one that no longer accepts your authority.. right now, i just want to say hello.. i think everyone understand what is to wake up to reality.. .

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Thor

Hello Johny5!

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New here

by Druid in

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hi guys, long time lurker first time poster.

i will give you a summarized version of my background so as to still stay somewhat anonymous.. .

i was never baptised, but i grew up having most of my life stolen to the society.

Thor

Welcome Druid!

Good for you for avoiding getting baptised

Enjoyed your story, look forward to hearing more from you.

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New Here!!

by Free!! in

i've been watching from the sidelines for a while... reading about your experiences and it has helped me a lot!!!.

i am a 27 yo girl, i converted into a jw @ 20, at was going thru a difficult time in my life and they bastards sucked me in!!!

i did not realize how controlling things were going to get... about 1 year into my study i moved w another single sister and then baptize, looking back i think i went thru w baptism because i fell pressure by the "loving" congregation that wanted the best for me... i remember coming out of the pool and one of the brothers saying "another victim" and taking a pic of me... anyways, that wasn't the worst of it.... remember single female!!

Thor

Welcome Free! Glad you are here!

I hope you get to finish college and do all the things you want to do.

Have fun!

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Any of you folks from the awesome state of Colorado??

by SweetBabyCheezits in

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my wife and i are thinking of moving our family to a better place in the us....away from jw family and out of the southern bible belt.

just curious how many of you live around co and, more specifically, near fort collins?

of course, we're open to any city that is less conservative and has awesome summer weather and outdoor activities.

Thor

We moved to Boulder in 1981 and still live in the area and love it. The weather is great, the mountains are awesome in all seasons. Before we became witnesses we would go camping just about every weekend in the spring, summer, and fall. There are hiking trails everywhere for every level of difficulty, mountain biking galore, skiing in the winter and spring, tons of festivals of every kind, and tons of other stuff that we are now enjoying even more since we left the borg. Boulder also has a bunch of breweries! We would definitely recommend the Boulder area. Check out Louisville, Lafayette, Erie, Broomfield, and Superior. These towns are all close to Boulder. The Loveland and Ft Collins area are also nice but further from the city. If you have any questions you could PM us.

Thor

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new poster

by doughnuthole in

hi, i'm not new here, been lurking forever, just a new poster.

i was a jw for 25 years, did it all,been out now for 7 years, for the most part have healed pretty good.....but some things can't seem to shake.

the thing i'm most regretful of is raising my children in that cult, if i could just re-do that, i think i could be totally over the trauma of the 25 years i was in.

Thor

Hi Dough! and Welcome!

So much of what you have said we can relate to! We were in the borg for more than twenty years. Our biggest sorrow is that we raised our kids in the organization. Some may feel that at some point you just have to get over it, and I agree, but being in something so life consuming for so long we all need to understand it's going to be part of our psyche forever. We have been out for four years now, and I still have some pretty vivid dreams about it all.

We have also been helped by this site. It's good to know that you are not alone in some of these feelings.

Our kids have said that they forgive us, and we are each others best friends. We do still agonize about it sometimes, but are doing ok and we are happy. So I would say to you, to keep being positive and forgive yourself!

Mrs. Thor