A belated welcome to you.
Your meeting is tomorrow.....and I wanted to wish you all the best, and look forward to reading about the outcome.
Paula x
i was 25 years a congregation member; ten years an elder; all told, up to 18 years an appointed man; a decade or so as a full-time minister; assembly speaker, with the pinnacle giving the public discourse at a district convention.. .
i stopped being an active member of the congregation in november 2010, but it had been brewing for several years, with the customary gradual drifting away - all the necessary mental gymnastics as my spiritual views changed and doubts set in; quitting the theocratic ministry school; ceasing to answer; sitting quietly off to the side.
i think the straw that broke the camels back was when family worship inevitably became family worship.
A belated welcome to you.
Your meeting is tomorrow.....and I wanted to wish you all the best, and look forward to reading about the outcome.
Paula x
apologies if this has been discussed before, or is in the wrong forum, but i could really do with some advice.
two years ago i met the love of my life; someone i regard as my soulmate.
he is an active jw and i am a practising church of england person.
A belated welcome to you.
Has he replied to your email yet? He needs to give his attention to your questions.....why hasnt he responded?
I really feel for you. You are clearly a very intelligent and articulate woman, and youve had so much good advice here. I hope it works out for you. You may be in for some heartbreak, but that will heal. He will ALWAYS put them first, and you deserve better.
Best wishes from sunny Wales.....Paula xxx
i've been lurking here since late last year...was very hesitant to join the forum because of fear that satan would control my pc.... .
i'm born in, but always had my little doubts about "the truth" since i was young, but went ahead and got baptized ect.... .
i stumbled upon this site while looking for a km and initially thought it was a jw forum, but after seeing some of the titles of various threads, i thought to myself "i'm on an apostate website".
Welcome to the board, glad you stumbled across us! Divine intervention?
most of the website vistors and members have experience the wonderful conditional love (if not, why are you here?
), by the followers of the watchtower society.
feel the love "that no other organization or group of men and women have experienced" or was it elusive during your tour of the religion?
Since I stopped walking around thinking I was special, and would be saved........its opened my eyes up to the uniqueness of everyone I meet, and I appreciate people far more. Actually, an even bigger surprise, was that people in the world were actually happy! and enjoying life and its quirks.
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/16/big-deal-jehovahs-witnesses-list-prime-properties/.
so this story was discussed earlier in another thread.
a line from the story has really been bugging me since reading it:.
Doesnt this demonstrate a total lack of faith?
Surely, harmaggeddon is right around the corner brothers!
With a mall, and spa........wow!
i am happy to announce that today marks 22 years of married bliss to the most beautiful girl on earth.
my lovely wife was always being harassed by the local overlords for wearing too much makeup, having her hair too wild, and for not being submissive to them.
when we began dating the overlords pressured me to get her to change.
Happy Anniversary both!
You are so clearly in love, thats wonderful
Have a great day together x
...no heads were beheaded!.
no one got drunk (it was held in a public park where it's illegal to drink anyhow).
no one took drugs.
I love birthdays!
in this book on mind control cults and recovering from abusive relationships that my wife and i are reading titled , " take back your life " by janja lalich & madeleine tobias - it discusses in detail how damage we've received from cults or abusive relationships stays with us after we exit .
in the chapter " coping with emotions " it states some interesting things under the subheading " loss of self esteem ".. it states regarding after leaving a cult ( jw's, scientology, etc.
) on pg.
When I made the decision to fade away, I felt strong. However, within a few days, I felt like the rug had been pulled from under my feet. What did I have left? No real friends, nothing to focus on, I questioned my relationship with God, I felt lost........
I was depressed for a long time. My anxiety and panic attacks came back with a vengence. I worried constantly if I had made the right choice. I didnt realise how deeply entrenched my thinking had become............it took a long time to start thinking independently again. In fact, if it wasnt for my friends on JWN, I would probably still be mentally beating myself up on a daily basis.
My eyes are open now, and get so much strength and support here! In fact, if it wasnt for the Borg, I wouldnt have know any of you.....and I thank them for that! :)
Peace to you Mr & Mrs Flipper. So happy to know you xxx
i will be 60 tomorrow.
on the one hand, it's just a number.
on the other hand, it's a big number.... .
HAPPY 60TH BRITHDAY FOR TOMORROW, ENJOY YOUR DAY!
you might be a jehovah's witness if .
you know when nisan 14 is but you forget you own birthday.
you wash windows for a living but you own five suits.
You are a man, and everytime you pass a property with dirty windows, you have a sudden urge to wash them
You think the horizontal tango is a dance from Spain
You are confident in the knowledge that none of your best crystal will ever break because you dont toast
You are worried that you are supposed to be the happiest person on the planet, so how come everyone else is having all the fun?
You have lots of late night "emissions" because you dont masterbate
You are a woman and you have a fabulous collection of special teatowels that you utilise for headcoverings
Paula x