hi, i've been lurking for a few days reading the site, interesting stuff ;).
i've been out of the org for 23 years, i was 27 i left an agnostic and became an atheist many years ago.
i knew i was going to leave for 7 years before i did but had stayed in because i didn't want to hurt my family, it hadn't occurred to me that they might shun me.
Welcome Gemmel
I enjoyed reading your story, I just love it when people realise it's all crap and just walk out.
Very sad about your family but cult's love this shunning business, keeps the drones from finding out the truth.
I'm from Melbourne :)
3Mozzies
the story of jrk , a.k.a jk666.
i came out of the birth canal a normal kid, i guess.
unfortunately, my mother was studying to become one of jehovah's witnesses at the time.
3Mozzies,
Thank you for thinking that my life means a shit.
Your life surly does have meaning! Don't ever think otherwise JRK. For one thing reading your story makes me hate this religion even more, now that's always a good thing in my book. The WT$ should burn in hell for what it has done to us all.
3Mozzies
jk666- the really sketchy years-part 4. a lot of what i am going to say here, is piecing together fragmented pieces of my memory.
i really was a good kid that fell into bad circumstances.. i was the fair haired boy in my congregation.
i was a true believer, even after that awful incident.
They had me conducting a book study at age 13.
That is just plain wrong!
Somewhere around this time, my mentor became a pervert and tried to grope me in an unwholesome way in field service.
I feel so angry hearing about this while knowing my JW family think that this is gods clean organization....BULLSHIT it is!
3M
jk666-part 3. this really was weird!.
as i said in the previous installments, something weird happened when i was nine that let me know that the authority of the congregation was not necessarily on my side.. one of my friends was extremely overweight.
according to today's standards, he was morbidly obese.
What an absolute bloody moron, thinking you were gay!
One great thing come out of that, your trust for this crappy cult broke...
3Mozzies
the story of jrk (aka jk666) part deux.
i recently had some of my past thrown in my face by my mother.
how wonderful a jw kid i was.
I only found out within the last decade or so that I had a large period of time that I completely went blank on, about the abuse I received from my father. He actually took the bedroom door off of my room so that he could yell at me nonstop. According to my sister, this lasted for over a year and a half. I have no conscious memory of it.
Oh my!!! I can't even imagine such abuse.
No wonder your mind blocked it all out.
3M
the story of jrk , a.k.a jk666.
i came out of the birth canal a normal kid, i guess.
unfortunately, my mother was studying to become one of jehovah's witnesses at the time.
you'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea earl nightingale quotes (us motivational writer and author, 1921-1989).
let's forget that most members leave due to the wrong beliefs,doctrines and practices of the wts!.
i was bored out of my mind from the repetitive: talks,prayers,ministry school demonstrations,field service talks(peddle magazines),assemblies,special talks and watchtower magazine study articles.
I left (faded) two times before because I couldn't be bothered listening to the same crap, the religion was boring, so bloody boring!!!
BUT I thought it was God's organization, so I came back twice.... ahhh
This time I have left for good because I found out it's ALL BS!
Religion is THE biggest scam to hit the human race.
3Mozzies
hmm.
and maybe even live a heck of a lot better, to be quite honest, as i'm kinda poor right now.
if not, then what the heck am i doing being a christian?
Wonderfully written SD-7
I've got to stick to what I know is true. And what I know is true is that this religion is false.
We're far more than mere 'wicked opposers'. We're not 'disfellowshipped' or 'apostates' or whatever other labels they brand us with. We are men and women. Let's all hold our heads up high and remember that well.
Powerful words that I wholeheartedly agree with!
Thank you for your post . . .
3Mozzies
while it is true that the "proclaimers" book is not always as open and honest about the society's history as it claims to be, it is open and honest enough to bring into question the society claim to being god's organization.
it's a matter of (1) knowing what to look for, (2) where to find it and then, (3) to be able get the sense of what it means.. take for example the extremely important matter of the second coming of christ.... on the top of page 47 the book truthfully explains how president charles russell came to believe that jesus returned invisibly in 1874 to begin his second coming ("invisible presence").
and then a careful reading of the footnote on page 133 shows that the date of jesus' return was not changed to 1914 until 1943.. it is likely that even if some witnesses notice that fact, they do not get the sense of what it means.
Great post!
I loved your book Don, thank you for putting it together :) When I left the cult it helped me add the final nails into the Watchtower Coffin. I appreciate it quite a lot.
3Mozzies
hi im grandmajones grandson and would really like to be a member here but my account hasnt been activated i was wondering if there was something i needed to do?
my screen name i made was revolutionary rebel.
It took days for my account to be activated . . .
Just need to wait, hopefully it will be sooner rather than later.
By the way, welcome :)
3Mozzies
