i was raised on air force bases in the us and asia until i was 10 or 11. my mother divorced my father while he was on an unaccompanied tour in turkey and hooked up with my uncle.
she married him and his children became our step-brothers and sisters.
i saw my father once when he got back to the states and not again until almost 30 years later.. after two years, my uncle put his children in an orphanage and my mother dispersed her children to the four winds so she could be free to be with my uncle without all the problems eight children who hated each other brought.. my story begins in 1977 in an old farm house in corinth, kentucky, without running water or heat, just electricity for lights and cooking.
Wow, you are such a brave woman and have been through so much.
You are a gifted writer, you should write a longer, more detailed story and try to get it published. I think this would be a useful and meaningful human interest story anyone would be interested in.
before the meeting at the kh, little billy runs up to his grandma and says, "grandma, grandma!
make a sound like a frog!".
grandma gives him a hug and asks, "what are you talking about?".
Love this joke!
me: hey .
sally: hey...well, i'm not sure if i'm suppose to be talkin to you, because i was disfellowshipped.
but i hope all is well with u, love u guys still.
As more and more people wake up and realize this is not the true religion, the more stories we are going to hear like this. I am sure you will be a friend and help her. Keep us updated.
i have not been able to post for a while due to my health issues.
i am in need of prayers because i am still having problems with diarrhea and very bad stomach cramps every single day that will not go away and my gastro doctor has taken me through stool tests and x-ray tests and cannot find out what is causing the diarrhea at all and i have been crying because the diarrhea is very bothersome.
i also need some prayers because i really need to know someone that has gone through the rny gastric bypass surgery and has had their gall bladder removed because i have a lot of questions.
My advice is to see a holistic doctor.
I don't know your history, but I would definitely do a juice fast/colon cleanse for at least three days and then reintroduce fresh fruits, veggies, lean meats only. I bet you will see amazing changes. Stay away from all grains and dairy until you are feeling well.
no one will take my intent to da or df seriously.
they called me again (three brothers this time) and asked me to meet with them.
i had no intention of doing so....simply told them there was nothing to talk about.. .
Billy the Bethelitte said it spot on. Don't look back, don't second guess yourself. You are doing the right thing.
this is not monumental... i am sure all of you think it all the time.. but as a 3rd gen born-in ex-elder ex-pioneer ex-bethelite i spent so much time in this relion believing that for some reason that god, who loves all humans and created all things only wanted a few people to get knowledge of him - and this small group in america was his choice.. .
now as i said i am sure 99% of you probably came to that realization before and it is common sense, but the very fact that as a grown man i never really thought about this for more than 15 seconds.
the whole idea is just ridiculous and freaking stupid.
First thing you need to do is stop equating the Watchtower Society with Jehovah. You haven't left Jehovah, you have left a group that falsely claims to speak for Jehovah. After all, they have no proof whatsoever that they are God's earthly organization. There is no mention in the Bible that we need a corporation to be saved through.
All you need is time for it to sink in.
dear member of the governing body,.
thanks to you, i did something a few nights ago that i promised i would never do again.
i lied to someone.
Wonderful news...there is hope for the kids. Thanks for the update.
this is a perfect example of how the cult mind-control fear, hate...etc works in the jw mind.. sorry this is going to be a long post.
these are emails from the 2 days worth of conversations, so it's going to be long.. this was a message i got from my cousins mom...this was the first email i got.. i was recently informed of your fathers recent visit to his mother and the volatile conversation he had with her and the apostate things he said about jehovah's organization.
i did not talk to your grandmother and hear from her personally but through and reliable friend whom i trust explicitly that talked with her.
JW's love to judge and label people, don't they?
i presented myself to the do recently at a circuit assembly.
i told him that i've been inactive for a year now but that i'm still praying for an answer to a problem.
jehovah has not answered my prayers and i can't find any reason to tell my neighbors about him.
Question: you have been a member on this site since July of 2008 and you just stated that you have no problems with the Watchtowers interpretation of scripture???
Is this true are are you just saying this for some strange reason???
after today's watchtower study which was basically a mind controlling article about shunning your loved disfellowshipped ones, i've come to see just how sick, twisted, vile, rotten, repulsive, disgusting, and just plain evil you all are.
so i stormed out.
i don't know if i'll ever come back to your meetings again.
They are putting a nail in their own coffins. Any normal person will say they have had enough of this total control and leave the org.
