Good thread.
scarredforlife
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What is definition of a true friend, once outside the cult?
by suavojr inafter leaving the cult of jw's or waking up to ttatt, it is a struggle to trust people again.
i am personally starting from scratch although i am still in.
each moment i spend with my current jw friends, i know they are all smiles and loving towards me because of my good status with the wt.. outside a cult you still find fake people and it is also a struggle to find true friends and it is even worst when we've been hit hard from people we used to trust and care for.. .
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Terrys New Book
by SAHS ini just finished reading terry walstroms new book i wept by the rivers of babylon, and i just had to say that i thoroughly enjoyed it!
i just purchased the kindle version from amazon about a week ago and found it quite hard to put it down.
(heres the direct link: http://www.amazon.com/wept-rivers-babylon-prisoner-conscience/dp/1492902063/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=utf8&qid=1394547792&sr=1-1&keywords=i%20wept%20by%20the%20rivers%20of%20babylon&tag=vglnk-c1113-20.).
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scarredforlife
Thanks for the recommendation. I just bought it on Kindle.
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Anyone going to see the Noah flick?
by ctrwtf inwifey says she wants to go to see the special effects.
i suspect she wants to go to see russell crowe.
if you want to see special effects watch gravity.
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scarredforlife
I plan to see it. It looks good to me with a great cast. If nothing else, the story is a great classic from the Bible, a great literary work. I have been out of the JWs so long that I'm not freaked out by Bible stories anymore.
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Describe What a Jehovah's Witness Elder Is Like
by minimus ini know what they are supposed to be like.
but at this point in time, do you think the elders look joyful?
are they serious bible students?
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scarredforlife
I agree with Splash. That has been my observation in the past.
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I have an honest question!
by FL_Panthers init's with regards to disfellowshipping.. is disfellowshipping a legal procedure?
like is there something i can use to prevent this from happening to me if it does happen.. no jokes about me being a bad little boy.
i need honest answers to this.
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scarredforlife
I agree 100% with Troubled Mind. You are at a perfect age and time in your life to do this! Concentrate on meeting new people and making new friends. There are all kinds of volunteer opportunities and other activities where you can meet new people. Consider seriously moving to a new town maybe even a new state. YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT! In 2 years , you can have a whole new life . You will hardly remember the life you left behind.
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What was the most rebellious thing you did while you were a devout jw?
by DuvanMuvan ini was just thinking about how humans being imperfect and satan's influence was the root of everything bad that anyone has ever done.
well i know that apparently everyone is vulnerable which got me thinking about what "bad" things people have done while they were a jw.
i'll start it off.
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scarredforlife
I was a good little JW. Until I was about 15 and I stopped going to meetings and then I went to COLLEGE!!!!!!!! And then when my father died very suddenly I refused to agree for my mother to have a JW funeral.( My parents had become pretty inactive while I was in college). When the JW elder and his wife came to our door to give his condolences and possibly to plan the funeral with my mother, I went outside and met them coming up the walkway. I told them to LEAVE and NEVER COME BACK TO OUR HOUSE AGAIN!!!! And they didn't. No one else ever knew that they had come. Including my mother. Come to think of it that is the most rebellious thing I ever did. And it had decades of consequences. All the way up until now.
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Finally free of JWs!
by Julia Orwell inwe moved house and no active jw knows we live there.
it's in another congregation territory too so when they finally come knocking, they won't know i'm a dirty apostate when i tell them to put me on the do not call list.
problem is, the local discount supermarket across the highway is frequented by jws from my previous previous congregation!.
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scarredforlife
I think you can become totally free. You must make new friends and build a whole new life. It will eventually be a distant memory and you can just hang on to what you have learned from it.
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My daughter asked me why we don't go to meetings
by JWinprotest inlast night, completely out of the blue, my 6 year old daughter, asked my wife and i why we don't go to meetings anymore.
she actually said that she misses them.
i know, where have i failed!!!.
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scarredforlife
As someone who was raised from birth as a JW, I would say it's very possible that your daughter is full of fear that she and her parents are going to die at Armageddon very soon. Her grandmothers may be making the fear worse. Children do hear what is being said at meetings. Horrible, horrible religion.
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I've been sad all my life since my parents got into the JW's
by Star tiger inthese evil manipulative b*****s have ruined any normal life i could have had, are there any other people that have shared the same experience, my wife does not understand as she has had nothing to do with this evil cult, i welcome your comments!!
thankfully my wife puts up with me but she will never understand!!!.
star tiger.
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scarredforlife
forgive & forget and move on. Time waits for nobody.
Good advice. I'm still working on this. Don't take as long as I have.
But, yes, I do understand that feeling of sadness and isolation. And I think it is directly related to being raised a JW. It's good to get on this forum and talk about it and release those feelings and anger.
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How many received the memorial invitation?
by IMHO inhow well is this territory being covered?.
how many on here (active jws excluded) received an invitation?.
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scarredforlife
I did not. I haven't seen a JW or any sign of them in 3 years.