Once you made the decision, don't look back. Don't talk to them because the elders can confuse you with scriptures and their reasonings. Tell them you need time alone to sort things out by yourself. best wishes...
umadevi
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It's all getting to me now...I let them back in my head, help
by discreetslave inthis was a big week for me.
i've been riding the momentum wave but now i feel like i'm washed up on the shore.
i let them back in my head.
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I'm scared sometimes that the WTBTS might be right about everything.
by Chemical Emotions ini wake up thinking: what if my boyfriend and i die a terrifying death during armageddon?
with no hope of any life afterwards?.
do any of you ever feel that way?.
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umadevi
what if you are right and they are Wrong? Imagine spending our whole lives within the org only to realize that they have been wrong all along...
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I'm new here..... Studying with the Witnesses
by PenelopePaige inhi- i just wanted to say that i have been checking the website out for a few weeks and have read some horror stories and some sad ones.
but i have been studying with witnessess for about six months and can't help but feel that they're completely sincere and maybe even, the true religion.
i love the watchtower and awake and to me, none of that seems crazy.
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umadevi
Hi PenelopePaige, welcome!
see, you may think that there is no harm in just being a bible student without commiting yourself but take it from me it's just a matter of months before you get sucked into the organization.
I had the same thought too when I first became a bible student . I thought I will never ever gonna go house to house to preach. Ten months later I was an unbaptized publisher going door to door and I was baptized a year after that. Now I am out for good. Not that I did anything wrong but I have come realize that the WBTS is nothing but a cult. Please read Ray Franz's Crisis of Conscience and Steven Hassan's Combatting Cult Mind Control before you decide anything. Best wishes!
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I miss my dad and I can't stop crying about it
by Velour inso recently, i've had this urge to write to my father.
i couldn't quite pinpoint why i would try when i know he wouldn't read it and we aren't even that close.. over the years, before i left, my father and i could not relate to each other and we quit trying.
he was always so busy writting and preparing for talks.
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umadevi
So sorry. I feel for you. I can't find the right words that can help you. Is there anyone in you family who can talk to your Dad and knock some sense into him? It would be great if he could just put away his spiritual personality and see you as his little girl.
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I have decided to leave
by umadevi ini have read coc, ccmc, isocf and captive of a concept.
i have been fading since april.
i have nothing to hold me back in wbts so i have decided to leave it.
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umadevi
Thanks, all of you for posts and support
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umadevi
Wow! I like the box and the coffee mugs. How long does it take to produce a mug?
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I have decided to leave
by umadevi ini have read coc, ccmc, isocf and captive of a concept.
i have been fading since april.
i have nothing to hold me back in wbts so i have decided to leave it.
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Retrovirus - Thanks retro. It's for my son's future that I decided the quick exit. Kids absorb everything and I was worried that if I stay 'in' any longer he might be more attached to the cult. He was already a publisher in WTBTS.
wolfman85 - but remember, you left a human organitation and God and Jesus have nothing to do with them. Keep reading the Biblie by yourself
That's what I told my son, that we don't have to be JWs to serve God. Thanks Wolfman.
BTW English is not my first language too so sorry for any errors.
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I decided not to go back to the KH
by Bucholz inwell, as i mentioned before in one of my few other posts, i've been lurking here for some time now and finally decided it was time to face the facts and take action.. i was raised a jw (4th generation) and my parents were quite zealous when they got married.
mom was a regular pioneer and dad was a ms. i was the little jw 'rockstar' in my congregation, got baptized at 10, was giving talks and serving as an attendant at the hall and at conventions at such an early age.
auxiliary pioneered whenever i could.
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umadevi
Congrats Bucholz, and welcome!
These last months I've been enjoying life, getting to know new people, looking at them in the eye and knowing that they won't be destroyed along with 99% of humanity simply because they are not JWs.
Keep posting!
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I have decided to leave
by umadevi ini have read coc, ccmc, isocf and captive of a concept.
i have been fading since april.
i have nothing to hold me back in wbts so i have decided to leave it.
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NewChapter - I was quite surprised when they turned up at my office. I also don't know what they will do next. Will there be an anoucement at KH soon or will they leave it at that?
I feel free now... thank you guys. It would not have been possible without JWN.
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I have decided to leave
by umadevi ini have read coc, ccmc, isocf and captive of a concept.
i have been fading since april.
i have nothing to hold me back in wbts so i have decided to leave it.
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umadevi
I have read CoC, CCMC, ISOCF and Captive of a Concept. I have been fading since April. I have nothing to hold me back in WBTS so I have decided to leave it.
I contacted one of the elders and told him that I no longer wish to be a JW. He arranged for a meeting and I told him that I will not attend as it's not going make any difference. Two elders visited me in my office and wanted to know why I decided to leave. I brought up the blood issue (have doubts on whole lot more but the blood issue will do for now), I told them that I have done enough research on it and I could no longer support the WT reasoning regarding blood transfusion. Of course they used Bible verses to support their stand on the issue but I remained firm with my decision.
I have some close friends inside so I called them to explain my situation. How stupid of me to think that they will understand. So I guess that's it.