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  tears of sorrow, tears of joy

  by Mommie Dark in

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  coming out of this religion nearly killed me.

  every single core belief i ever held has been mangled, strangled, drawn&quartered, dipped in pitch and burnt and reduced to carbon ash.

  my mind and heart got buried in the soulquake; a protoplasmic blob of rage of pain of stifled grief was all that remained of the human who was born me in lodi ohio.

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  Reading Recommendations

  by Kristen in

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  i'm a bookworm and would love to hear some of your recommendations.. besides the traditional coc, in search of christian freedom, etc.

  books that help facilitate one's journey out, please feel free to share the titles you found helpful to your own growth after leaving the organization.. thanks a bunch!

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  Self Hypnosis

  by TR in

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  just wondering if any here have tried this, and what were your results.

  or, does it offend your religious and/or spiritual senses?.

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  Poor JW children again (touching a sore tooth)

  by Mommie Dark in

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  i've been reading the thread about children and brooding over the whole issue of kids-n-cults for a couple of days now.

  yesterday i had to outwait a group of immovable amish youth blocking the doorway out of the local grocery store(to many local amish, 'english' are generally invisible unless they want to sell us something.

  ), and they got mixed into the brain stew with the jw kids and the recent moral self-righteousness of certain jw posters here.

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  What did you do?

  by StiLLinTruth in

  1. jw
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  to all those who have in some way left the organization (be it disfellowshipping, disassociating, dis-whatever):.

  come now, i know the amount of people who "realized that wt doctrine was in serious error" and politely handed in their letter of resignation has to be very small.

  the level of bitterness and hostility towards the closest-to-what's-biblical organization has to develop some other way.. what did you do?

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  Why...

  by Simon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ...is no one posting here?.

  ok, i'll be the first !

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  DF`ing Committees Need a Chaperone.

  by Englishman in

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  2. friends

  i remember, when i was but a lad, how a young sister of 15 was publicly reproved to the whole congregation for being sexually experienced.. a couple of years later, the same thing occurred with another young lady, who was forced to sob in front of everyone.. even then, with all my j-dub imprinting, i recall feeling outraged at the congregations treatment of these girls.

  i felt that the way that they had been dealt with was far more intrusive and abusive than anything that they may have experienced in their first sexual forays.. i recall feeling very deeply that it was very wrong for a female to have to submit herself to the interrogations of 3 middle aged men, whilst she had to be alone in her guilt and misery as she endured their probing.. in later years, my ex-wife had to go through this experience.

  ok, she was no shrinking violet, but again i felt most indignant on her behalf.. surely, this is not right?

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  Amish - JWs similiar problems

  by larc in

  1. jw
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  something to read,.

  i just found a site where david yoder describes the amish culture in great detail.

  it is fascinating to get an inside view of their world.

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  The Poor JW Children

  by larc in

  1. jw
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  the children.

  there are many things that could be changed, and even though i would never go back, i think there are some very basic changes they could make in their child rearing practices, simple changes that would make a big difference in their society.. 1. don't force small children to sit for two hours in a chair.. this was discussed at length on the thread about slapping children at the kingdom hall.. 2. don't bring children to meetings where the subject has to do with adult sexual practices.. 3. don't tell teenagers that they can't ask someone out for a date unless marriage is on their mind.. 4. don't tell them that they are not special, that they have to humble themselves and be like everyone else.. 5. don't tell them they have to get good grades through high school as a reflection of what jehovah has given them and then tell them they can't go to college when they graduate from high school at the top of their class.. 6. don't tell your wordly neighbors that you give your children presents all through the year, but not on their birthday, when they have never seen a special gift wrapped present in their life.. 7. don't expect a shy child to enjoy going from door to door and don't expect an extroverted, lively child to sit still at meetings.. 8. don't tell an inquiring child not to ask questions and don't tell them not to read interesting books.. 9. don't surprised if you don't change your ways that your children will leave you, even though they love you.

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  Do Kids Hate Being JW`s?

  by Englishman in

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  my kid brother, tom, was born to witness parents.

  he was something of a surprise package and my parents were delighted.

  my father said that tom was:.

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