Posts by Joliette

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JW upbringing - the gift that keeps on taking

by Simon in

the things they take from you:.

first they take your childhoodthen they take your familyfinally they take your memorieswe all know that you limit your social interactions so you have few school friends who are not jws.

they openly promote this in their magazines and it's repeated at meetings throughout your formative years.

Joliette

I have mixed emotions reading this thread...

One of my biggest goals is to have a successful life away from being a Jehovahs witness. I am 30 year old, and I want to prove EVERYONE WRONG, my J dub family, former kingdom hall 'homies' etc, that I can survive without the help from 'the towers.' I'm taking it step by step everyday. I was SO DEPENDENT on my parents throughout my 20's (especially my mid 20's), and if I could go back, would have left the hall with I was 18. I am still working on my dependency issues, but lets face it: WE WERE NOT RAISED TO BE FIGHTERS, TO SURVIVE IN THE WORLD. We werent told that we could be all we could be (I know it sounds corny, but its true). We basically were taught to: wait on Jehovah, wait on the faithful and discreet slave to clear the matter up, etc. One thing I do know is that I'm gonna have to stop communicating with certain JW's cause I have to get that out of my system. I think I'm gonna do a video on this 2nite.

Revisiting this thread!

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2014 Event

by enigma1863 in

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i know its a year away but i wanted to inquire about the hundred year anniversary of 1914. it would be amazing to have a world wide event reguarding all exjws.

i am nowhere near capable of putting this together but i'd like to propose the largest assembly of exjws ever on october 1st 2014. can it be done?

am i the first to bring this up?

Joliette

When i was a kid, 1914 was literally drilled in our lil heads (well, not literally but pretty damn close to it). Now, they act as if they never said it. Oh, you were just hearing things.

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Oh I thought JWs were just a "normal" religion

by fresh prince of ohio in

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i have found that, since leaving jws, that few "wordly" people seem interested in hearing my escape story (although some certainly have shown great interest).

when i've mentioned that i used to be a jw and that i left, the reaction i've gotten on more than one occasion is a "oh i thought they were just a normal religion", and not only that, it's like they just weren't at all even open to the idea that jws could be a really strange and cultish group.

on these occasions, i felt a little lost for words trying to explain to people just how crazy jwism is, because there's so much crazy to tell about, where do you even start?.

Joliette

No Jehovahs Witnesses is not a normal religion. But most people think there innocent.

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Free today - the book I wish I'd found when I was getting out of JWs.

by AngusOg in

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it's called quitting jehovah's witnesses & other cults: how to do it & why you should, and i hope you'll check it out.

i wrote it because other books seemed to focus on personal experiences (boring, irrelevant) or doctrinal discussion of why i should convert to some other religion (boring, irrelevant and insulting).

anyway, it's an ebook, it's free, and it's out today..

Joliette

Wish I had read something like this when I was a teenager.

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Upcoming KM!! Why we are not False Prophets!

by DATA-DOG in

this subject is coming up this month in the tms.

i just thought i would start a post for newbies or lurkers.

if you have any scans of the awake inside cover that would be awesome.

Joliette

Of course its not them! Its satan! Apostates: satan. We are not false prophets, satan is deceiving you. The media says were a cult: its satan. Children abused: its satan. Jehobo will clear the matter in due time. Noo liiiight. Its always satan! Cause Jehobo the loser bully god is allowing satan to exist and he has to prove a point, whatever the hell that means!!!!

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Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word For The WTBTS To Say!

by JW GoneBad in

sorry to raymond and cynthia franz for expelling them on trumped-up charges and forcing them from there bethel home.. sorry for demonizing many of raymond's accomplishmets, such as 'the aid to bible understanding' (the blue book) that he had a hand in putting together and that too many old timers remember who grew fond of reading to expand their bible knowledge.. sorry to oompa for disfellowshipping him and causing him to be shunned to the point where he couldn't take it any longer and wound up taking his own life.

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sorry seems to be the hardest word for the wtbts to say!.

Joliette

Indeed it is. Indeed it is.

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Did being a JW affect you socially?

by Mahtaw in

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i feel like i'm awkard in social situations.

i hate going up and talking to people i don't know.

i have trouble making friends.

Joliette

Yeeeeeeeees! I made friends luckily growing up, wouldnt say that I had a best friend, but I did have friends. At the age of 11, I went through this uppity phase, thought I was holier than thou. I even stopped talking to a lot of Witness girls at my hall cause they werent 'spiritual enough'. Whatever the hell that means. I really regret it, cause I didnt know I was under mind control. Missed out on getting to know people. Huge regret. But growing up, people did call me a weirdo, thats even people at the hall, them of all people. But I still made friends growing up, I was really lucky. But I still got lonely and I got nervous. And my family always made fun of me for being awkward and strange. Always.

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A sad day for a JW- they lost a study 'cause of me.

by Gojira_101 in

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a few weeks ago i posted a topic about a deaf woman studying with the jw's.

the deaf preacher from the woman's parents church contacted me to know more about the jw's because the parents were allowing their daughter to study with the jw's because "they are such nice people.

" anyway the deaf preacher contacted me because he knows i just left the jw's last year and he wanted information.. i was more than happy to provide it.

Joliette

Yeah had a situation where a coworker was studying with Jehovahs Witnesses. I told her if she HAS ANYTHING to ask, let me know. Eventually she saw it for what it was. I think that people (especially women) love being a part of groups, especially when it has to do with God and religion. But with Jehovahs Witness even though there are more women, males are seen as more important.

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No Natural Affection...

by lostinnj83 in

my latest encounter with my mom has me furious and i needed a place to vent:.

i don't post alot but for anyone who has read any of my posts knows that while i have been struggling for some time, i am still an active jw working towards leaving.. anyway, i got into a car accident yesterday.

fortunately i am well enough to type this up so for that i am greatful.

Joliette

Yeah in the dub world your either damned if you do or damned if you dont. They always see themselves as being the victim even if they caused the whole situation. Its never there fault. Its always your fault. Sorry about your ordeal and I hope that you heal fast.

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After 2000 years since JC was executed ,why have we heard not a whisper from GOD ALMIGHTY ?

by smiddy in

he/she had no problem talking to adam and eve ,though they were sinners in his/her sight .throughout the hebrew sriptures, ot, he /she had no problem communicating with fallen man ,imperfect humans , to dictate his will to his subjects by means of prophets , male and female ,according to the bible , the old testament ,the hebrew scriptures , god communicated not once ,not twice ,not even thrice ,but dozens of times during the first 4000 years of human history according to the bible.. why has this god been so silent these past 2000 years ,when their have been atrocities above the scale of anything that has ever been seen these past 6000 years of human existence .. oh you may say that the atrocities were not committed by god they were committed by man.

fair enough .but god intervened in human affairs in such smaller infringements.

with prophets or so the bible says.. the so called apostacy after the last of the apostles , the influence of satan in the world ,( or was that after 1914 ,) and the 2000 year gap when christ was supposed to return ,never mind about all the crap that went before it .. the fact remains we have never heard from god ,any god, or even" a " god, with either his/her approval or disapproval of events good or bad these past 2000 years... smiddy.

Joliette

Basically I can give my opinion and what I think the answer is. I know a lot of people on board believe in God, but for me, I do not. But if you want God I believe you can have him, her, it. I just dont believe in God, but that should effect anyone elses belief(s). But do I believe there is going to be an end of the world? Nobody can say whats gonna happen. But I am pretty sure there never will be. I believe its all mythology and mind control. ((Again, my belief(s), do not want to offend anyone who does)).