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  Whats the most bizzare way a JW has ever tried to "encourage" you?

  by highdose in

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  in my case it was my best freind in the cong who decided to encourage me to answer up at the wt by... refusing to talk to me afterwards if i hadn't answered up!

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  scarredforlife

  I don't recall anyone connected withthe JWs encouraging me in any way whatsoever. It was all negativity and guilt. A horrible way to be raised.
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  I realized a positive outcome from my JW upbrining!

  by scarredforlife in

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  i have been on this board for over 2 years.

  one thing that i have read over and over is to find something positive in my upbrining as a jw and i have been unable to do this.

  all i have seen is negative.

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  scarredforlife

  Yes, Nathan, I left the Jehovah's Witnesses when I was 15. I have been dealing with my anger and resentment of all the damage that the JW cult did to me and my family the last couple of years. I found JWN in July 2008 shortly after my mother died. I had hoped to have many questions answered by her at some point but that never happened. She would never talk about the JWs or why my sister and I were raised in this cult.

  I don't really know why you thought I stayed a JW past the age of 15. I gave no indication that I had and I have written about it several times over the last couple of years.
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  I realized a positive outcome from my JW upbrining!

  by scarredforlife in

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  i have been on this board for over 2 years.

  one thing that i have read over and over is to find something positive in my upbrining as a jw and i have been unable to do this.

  all i have seen is negative.

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  scarredforlife

  Hi Flipper,

  I appreciate what you are saying but I see a "worship" of the Governing Body among ALL people that are baptized and profess to be Jehovah's Witnesses. Just the fact that every word that comes out of their mouths or is written in a Watchtower or WTBTS publication is considered to be the "word of God" is evidence that these 12(?) men are above the average man or woman. Like we have talked about before, JWs worship the Governing Body in Brooklyn.

  But as we all know now, they are just men, just people like me and you.

  This type of worship of men and individuals can be seen all over the place in churches. But I thought it was particularly bad in the JW cult.
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  I realized a positive outcome from my JW upbrining!

  by scarredforlife in

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  i have been on this board for over 2 years.

  one thing that i have read over and over is to find something positive in my upbrining as a jw and i have been unable to do this.

  all i have seen is negative.

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  scarredforlife

  I have been on this board for over 2 years. One thing that I have read over and over is to find something positive in my upbrining as a JW and I have been unable to do this. All I have seen is negative. But today I realized there is a positive and it has been there all along.

  I live in metro Atlanta, not very far from the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church. All the local TV stations were broadcasting live from that church and Bishop Longs "sermon" this morning.

  I don't know if Bishop Long is guilty or not . The truth will come out. But I could tell that many people at that church WORSHIP EDDIE LONG! I learned very early, at least by the time is was 15 years old to not put any religious person, church, or denomination on a pedestal. And I never have. You see it all the time. All the time. People put their faith in a man.

  But that was a life lesson that I learned early.
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  Hi!! New Here and need to express some feelings

  by Knb1983 in

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  i'm so glad i happened to stumble across this website cause i really need to express what i've been holding inside for quite some time.

  i'm 27 and was born and raised in the "truth".

  i'm married and my husband was also raised as a jw, been married for almost 7 years and have two kids who have just started kindergarten and preschool.

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  scarredforlife

  Knb183, My childhood and teen years were very much like yours. Many similarities. I agree with the above poster. Dump the guilt that has been indoctrinated into you since birth. All the books that have been recommended are excellent. The more you read these books the more you will fully realize that the "truth" is all a lie.
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  For those still in- why do you (really) stay, and what would it take for you to leave the org?

  by serenitynow! in

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  for the so-called conscious class, those of you who know it's all a disgusting lie, what is the real reason you stay in?

  i find it hard to understand how ones who know what the org truly is would continue to be an active jw.

  i'm not talking about the "faders"- those with an actual plan to get out as painlessly as possible.

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  Wobble, I agree with you. Just try it. Play it by ear. Adjust as you need to. Be who you are and follow your conscience.
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  Hi!! New Here and need to express some feelings

  by Knb1983 in

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  i'm so glad i happened to stumble across this website cause i really need to express what i've been holding inside for quite some time.

  i'm 27 and was born and raised in the "truth".

  i'm married and my husband was also raised as a jw, been married for almost 7 years and have two kids who have just started kindergarten and preschool.

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  scarredforlife

  Welcome to the board! You are an adult. You choose the way you live your life and even more importantly how you raise your kids. You are on the right track. The further you get away from the JWs the less guilty you will feel. This board is always here to listen and support you. Congratulations on your freedom!
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  I didn't even know i WAS an apostate!

  by GrandmaJones in

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  i am currently just sick with grief.

  i can't believe this is happening to me.

  all the jokes i've made about me never "falling out of the truth" and self confidence about my spirituality.

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  scarredforlife

  Thanks. But I'm not new. I'm the same as scarred for life. I'm on a different computer and I didn't have my password. I had to set up a new account.
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  LOOK at JUPITER!!!

  by cameo-d in

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  i looked at the sky tonight and saw the brightest star ever and it appears in very close proxmity to the moon.

  then, here's what i found:.

  earthsky tonight - sep, 22, 2010harvest moon, jupiter, september 2010 equinoxtonight is sep 23, 2010courtesy u.s. naval observatory.

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  scarredforlife

  I saw it last night! Beautiful.
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  I didn't even know i WAS an apostate!

  by GrandmaJones in

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  i am currently just sick with grief.

  i can't believe this is happening to me.

  all the jokes i've made about me never "falling out of the truth" and self confidence about my spirituality.

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  scarredforlife

  Grandma Jones, Welcome to the board. You've gotten great advice. Always feel that you can post here. We understand you completely.