Welcome hope you stay around!!!
Leslie
nice to have you onboard!.
please tell us about yourself.. .
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/137680/2456549/post.ashx#2456549.
Welcome hope you stay around!!!
Leslie
you know here lately, my life has had lots of ups and downs.
this was my first year of not going to district convention, my (step) grandpa developed brain cancer, my dad and most of his family won't speak to me, and my girlfriend and i were having troubles.
on the other hand, my mom and her side of the family have embraced me, my cousin (that left the borg) and i are closer than ever, my girlfriend is super, my band plays all the time, and i've got a great group of friends.
Just remember to go slow with your family. If you start hitting them with all kind of information at once, it just makes them defensive and they shut down. Alittle at a time seems to be the best.
Remember right now the rank and file is being told to watch out for apostates. So if they even have a hint they think you are an apostate they will not listen to anything, and will feel justified in shunning you and your cousin. Good luck let us know how it is working out for you.
Leslie
i've been thinking a lot lately about how much i've changed over the last year.
i've only been out of the borg for a year but i've changed so much.
my father called me the other day and told me that he found out that my husband has been going on these xjw boards and wanted to know how i felt about it.
wow you are only 19 years old? You should be very proud of yourself...most of us here did not see the JW religion as a cult until we had put many, many years into it. Good for you...go live your life the way you want to, not a life defined by what you are told to do.
Leslie
..i`m driving down the highway..and..theres a group of bikers having a group pee on the side of the road..they all seemed quite pleased with themselves..a vehicle coming in the opposite direction.drove into my lane while watching them and drove me off the road.....dam yur-a-pee`n bikers!
!...outlaw
Gee maybe I need to meet a few of those bikers... Is it a requirement to have a wanker that long in order to ride????
Leslie
i have thought off and on about the jws for years.
my little sister brenda converted about 30 years ago and raised two sons in the truth as she called it.
one boy, mason, is still being raised as a jw (he is 15) and my other nephew, aaron, left the organization on his 18th birthday.
Welcome Johanna...I love your name it was also my grandmothers..she liked to be called Jo. You found out that the JW religion loves with conditions attached to it. They love you as long as you do what you are told, and you fit in the mold. If you are different, you are treated differently. Hope you decide to stay.
Leslie
is a certain "uptightness" creeping into our community?.
should we be scolding one another?.
especially kids?
I have to say that as a teenager I also did somethings that I am not overly proud of, but Mincan's posts were different then just stupid teen stuff. His post is full of pain and anger. He talks of drinking to black out, suicide, only one person he cares about and he hurts that person. I do not judge him, I am concerned for him...period.
When anyone speaks of suicide you had better be paying attention. His age group has the largest suicide rate in the US. I always worry about those at such young ages see the cult for what it is. They do not even have the emotional maturity to deal with life, let alone possibly loosing everyone that you cared about. For myself when I walked away I felt like I was in purgatory. So if you thought anything was said in judgment of him, for myself it was said in deep concern for him.
Leslie
..i`m driving down the highway..and..theres a group of bikers having a group pee on the side of the road..they all seemed quite pleased with themselves..a vehicle coming in the opposite direction.drove into my lane while watching them and drove me off the road.....dam yur-a-pee`n bikers!
!...outlaw
Wow I don't know wankers were big enough to throw over your shoulder. Don't know what you would do with a wanker that long.
This thread is hilarious.
Leslie
so behave your selves.
i am shut down tomorrow the 1oth.. dont say thank god!!!!!!!!
cos if i dont"kick the bucket while moving" i will be back to send misbehaviors to their room..... love ya all even those who dont love me :).
Hope this move is everything that you want it to be. Really you poor thing you need to stop moving. Good luck Grace, we will be looking for you in August. Please be careful, and stay safe.
Leslie
dear all,.
those of you who have posted here regularly for the past four years have helped me immensely in my recovery from watchtower and have shared with me in my journey.
you will also know that, after winning my battle with watchtower (save for one daughter who is still stuck fast in the org and shunning the rest of us), i have been fighting an even greater battle these past three years - cancer!.
With this many people sending you positive energy, love, thoughts, and prayers...you can only get better. You and your wife are in my thoughts and prayers. Please have someone keep us posted, we all will be worried about you. Take care Ian...
Leslie
i guess even though im supreme now i'll stay the same ol' ip attention 'ho.. love me or hate me .
Congrats to you and Mrs Jones. I don't think in this lifetime I will ever be supreme.
Leslie