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  I have made my decision

  by Brother Mike in

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  i'm sure most of you have read bits and pieces of my story throughout the last year being on this site.

  i've decided as a human being, and as an adult, i'm going to make the decision on whether to stay with the jw religion or leave it.

  i of course have many doubts about the organization which has lead me to do research.

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  scarredforlife

  Thanks for sharing. I agree with cofty. There is no easy solution. There is joy in being mentally free. I wish you the best. Keep us posted.
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  Avoid Going back to the JW's - Educate Yourself about Mind Control

  by flipper in

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  2. friends

  i've talked with some good friends on the board about this before and we seem to be in agreement : one reason ( among many ) that some disfellowshipped jw's go back and return to the wt organization is because they are full of uneeded guilt or uneeded fear because they haven't educated themselves about how the wt society uses mind control tactics to deceive them into thinking they have " nowhere else to go " .

  i understand that some dfed ones may go back to the organization for family and friends- however- it's an exrecise in futility because once you learn the truth about the truth you cannot undo what you heard.

  so some may just go back and live a fake jw life to appease family- but just think of how that can damage a person's emotional and mental health playing the fake jw game the rest of their lives !

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  scarredforlife

  Amen, Oubliette.
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  Avoid Going back to the JW's - Educate Yourself about Mind Control

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've talked with some good friends on the board about this before and we seem to be in agreement : one reason ( among many ) that some disfellowshipped jw's go back and return to the wt organization is because they are full of uneeded guilt or uneeded fear because they haven't educated themselves about how the wt society uses mind control tactics to deceive them into thinking they have " nowhere else to go " .

  i understand that some dfed ones may go back to the organization for family and friends- however- it's an exrecise in futility because once you learn the truth about the truth you cannot undo what you heard.

  so some may just go back and live a fake jw life to appease family- but just think of how that can damage a person's emotional and mental health playing the fake jw game the rest of their lives !

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  scarredforlife

  I choose freedom from the chains of cult mind-control. Yes, it is sad that families are torn apart. But that is the cards I was dealt in life. I have no regrets about my choice. I built a life seperate from anything JW.
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  3 year olds giving talks now....

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i thought i was young giving one at 6 or 7 years old, now there are 3 year olds giving talks.

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnyjkzxg-j8.

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  scarredforlife

  Spiritual abuse. We all experienced that.
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  Ex-Jehovah's Witness success story

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this was just posted to facebook.

  https://www.facebook.com/groups/xjwrg3/10152073176825835/?comment_id=10152073536380835&notif_t=group_comment_reply.

  by christina jones.

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  scarredforlife

  Thanks for posting this. Fantastic!

  I was right at this age when I started questioning things in my mind. I was never baptized and I was not going to meetings by the age of 15.

  Thank goodness for this wonderful teacher! I hope this girl is able to get out early also. It takes inner strength and determination. No one can do it for you.
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  Did you ever attend meetings while on vacation?

  by keyser soze in

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  i remember when i was a kid going on vacation somewhere with my family, my parents would always have to find out where the local kingdom hall was.

  god forbid we should miss a meeting because we were actually enjoying our time away from work and school..

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  scarredforlife

  No. Thank goodness my parents were never quite that zealous. We even on a few occasions went to assemblies in "vacation" type spots and skipped a session or 2 to go see some sites.
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  Circuit Overseer wakes up, packs his bags and leaves!

  by Anony Mous in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i just heard this about a co i knew back in the day before he was even a co. he must be in his mid-late 40's now, my mother told me the story as she knows the family very well (the entire family has gone 'apostate' including several elders, circuit overseers and missionaries - this was an "example" family, always on the stage etc).. he wasn't 'feeling well' so he took time off from his co duties.

  that week he packed his suitcase, told his wife he can't do it anymore and he's leaving, leaves her the car and the house and went to live in a small apartment, bought a small car and a week later got a decent job.. this was very recent so not everybody within the org has heard yet what happened..

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  scarredforlife

  Good for him! I wish him all the best! I do not think he will ever regret his decision. The broken relationships are sad but inevitable in this impossible situation.
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  What is definition of a true friend, once outside the cult?

  by suavojr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after 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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  scarredforlife

  Good thread.
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  Terry’s New Book

  by SAHS in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i 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 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  wifey 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.