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  out for a long time

  by Sledracer in

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  my husband and i have been out for a long time, maybe fifteen years, i must say we are in a bit of a nowhere land spiritually, we find it impossible to attend any other church.

  we really resent so much of how they messed up our and our children's lives.

  we can't get back all those 25 years we were in.

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  And Freddo, that's what the elder's alway's said about me. Thanks for that.
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  35

  out for a long time

  by Sledracer in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my husband and i have been out for a long time, maybe fifteen years, i must say we are in a bit of a nowhere land spiritually, we find it impossible to attend any other church.

  we really resent so much of how they messed up our and our children's lives.

  we can't get back all those 25 years we were in.

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  A year or two ago, they came to my door, so I invited them in and bombarded them with apostasy, oops, I mean the truth. One pioneer sister said that if what I said was true, she would leave and oppose them all she could. They welcomed us in with open arms and said it was very different now. We went to the hall, everyone seemed very depressed, almost like robots, in a haze. They weren't very friendly, and most were very poorly educated. It was the same old stuff, we'd heard a million times. I got literally sick to my stomach and had nightmares when I tried to read the magazines. One elder tried to trick us by saying he'd been to a church and something else, and we ended up explaining that that was against the truth and looking at him weird, trying to get us to fess up, another couple turned their nose up at us, long story. They said they were going to study with us, ect. Wrote our old congregation, never heard from them again. Like I said, I was considered dangerous, from the lawyers up top. Some are missing my point, I feel like I am suffering spiritually and am not following the scripture to sing with others, to praise Jah, I sing at home, I am a professional voiceover artist. To answer about the documentary, I would have to get a copy from my son, that was 10 years ago. Only went to a few meetings, then got out, didn't want to get Borderline Syndrome from them.
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  out for a long time

  by Sledracer in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my husband and i have been out for a long time, maybe fifteen years, i must say we are in a bit of a nowhere land spiritually, we find it impossible to attend any other church.

  we really resent so much of how they messed up our and our children's lives.

  we can't get back all those 25 years we were in.

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  I have found that people in the world will cut you off for a lot less, and lot's of times you will not have a clue what you did. My whole family did this, they wouldn't even tell me what I did wrong, they wouldn't let me know when or how my Dad died or invite me to the funeral. At least with the witnesses you knew what you did wrong, in the world, if they don't like something, you are out, and for a lot less. That's just my experience. I have found good friends of good moral's far and few between.
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  out for a long time

  by Sledracer in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my husband and i have been out for a long time, maybe fifteen years, i must say we are in a bit of a nowhere land spiritually, we find it impossible to attend any other church.

  we really resent so much of how they messed up our and our children's lives.

  we can't get back all those 25 years we were in.

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  The elders from the Bethel told me do whatever it takes to take care of my son, even though he was disfellowshipped and have that recorded. lol

  We fooled them into having the committee meeting in the hall with me there by saying we had our lawyer with us. We didn't of course, he was just a local apostate. lol
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  out for a long time

  by Sledracer in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my husband and i have been out for a long time, maybe fifteen years, i must say we are in a bit of a nowhere land spiritually, we find it impossible to attend any other church.

  we really resent so much of how they messed up our and our children's lives.

  we can't get back all those 25 years we were in.

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  No one who hasn't experienced it can really relate to the unsteady feeling of leaving a cult. Most people are so comfortable in the world, it is nice to talk to ones who have left. That has been very rare for me. I thought the religion was what kept the family apart. Now I feel more isolated from most of them, they are nasty, selfish people. I am more distant now. Who knew? I am very close with my son and family that left, though. We talk about it, he got us out, and is very understanding, and has helped us to stay out.
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  out for a long time

  by Sledracer in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my husband and i have been out for a long time, maybe fifteen years, i must say we are in a bit of a nowhere land spiritually, we find it impossible to attend any other church.

  we really resent so much of how they messed up our and our children's lives.

  we can't get back all those 25 years we were in.

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  I usually hate them, I had a weird phone call, from a friend who was Pentecostal, that learned the doctrines from a Rabbi, majority JW's belief's, she was so glad to be freed from the false doctrines and so excited about the biblical hope, I thought maybe I don't appreciate it. I used to feel excited like that as well.
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  out for a long time

  by Sledracer in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my husband and i have been out for a long time, maybe fifteen years, i must say we are in a bit of a nowhere land spiritually, we find it impossible to attend any other church.

  we really resent so much of how they messed up our and our children's lives.

  we can't get back all those 25 years we were in.

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  I am very busy doing good deeds, I am a behavioral dog trainer, and board dog's regularly. We are both voice over artists and never have enough time to do all the audiobooks, advertisements, and lessons, etc. involved. So isolation contributes to our art, sometimes I think it is unhealthy though.
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  out for a long time

  by Sledracer in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my husband and i have been out for a long time, maybe fifteen years, i must say we are in a bit of a nowhere land spiritually, we find it impossible to attend any other church.

  we really resent so much of how they messed up our and our children's lives.

  we can't get back all those 25 years we were in.

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  I am a little famous, as me and my son put together a documentary with about eight elders from the Bethel disfellowshipping my son for asking questions. He purposely did this, and we recorded it. lol The elder are told they are not allowed to ask us about what happened in Toronto. lol Of course, curiosity got one and he asked. lol
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  out for a long time

  by Sledracer in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my husband and i have been out for a long time, maybe fifteen years, i must say we are in a bit of a nowhere land spiritually, we find it impossible to attend any other church.

  we really resent so much of how they messed up our and our children's lives.

  we can't get back all those 25 years we were in.

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  Sledracer

  I am missing a support group, a little, I am very content and busy in my life. I sometimes think I should desire, spiritual things and association. I feel like so much was shoved down my throat, when I was in, and so much repetition. So nice to be learning new things. Where I live it is very hard to make friends. And yes, I know I would have to lie through my teeth, if I wanted to come back. The thought of listening to the same old, same old makes you kind of want to puke. Sometimes I think I should want these spiritual things, but usually I don't. Which seems is a problem in a way. My husband has left as well, and will never go to a church.
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  out for a long time

  by Sledracer in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my husband and i have been out for a long time, maybe fifteen years, i must say we are in a bit of a nowhere land spiritually, we find it impossible to attend any other church.

  we really resent so much of how they messed up our and our children's lives.

  we can't get back all those 25 years we were in.

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  Sledracer

  My husband and I have been out for a long time, maybe fifteen years, I must say we are in a bit of a nowhere land spiritually, we find it impossible to attend any other church. We really resent so much of how they messed up our and our children's lives. We can't get back all those 25 years we were in. But we did learn a lot of good stuff, sometimes I miss the singing, many friends and the spiritual reading. Sometimes I think maybe I didn't appreciate all the good habits and spiritual enlightenment they gave me, and that maybe I should forgive the screwups and go back. The thing that bothers me the most is the disfellowshipping, and how it really messes up families, big time. Often leading to suicide. I'm onto them now, I don't think they would have the control, they used to, if I went back. I sway sometimes, out of loneliness. And yes I know they are a cult, and have read the great books.