Welcome, I also lurked a long time before slowly posting, sometimes I feel like - wow someone feels EXACTLY how I feel and it's really affirming. What you said about the GB- did it start during the 3 part wt where they completely changed the core belief that they (7 obscure) men are the faithful slave- not the 144,000? I read that article 3-4 times, prayed about it, endured the wt studies on it and could not resolve the truth in those articles. I simply saw it as them taking more power on and we Lowly ones having to believe cuz they said it...thoughts?
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Saying hello for first time
by pimojw ini have been sneakily looking at this forum, almost every day, ever since it began!
it has taken me till now to actually register and contribute.
(actually i did register with a different name in the beginning but never commented).. i am a pimo elder with a fairly long history of senior "positions" in the organization.
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lf you could be god would you and why and what would you change?
by atomant innot sure if this question has been asked before but thought it would be interesting to read peoples response..
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We watched the movie last night about Cambodia - "first they killed my father" and this very topic was discussed, between my husband and I-even when I was a faithful brainwashed jw- I could never, never accept the jw reasons why suffering is being tolerated by the person we called god. Also if we as humans were supposedly created in gods image, so that means the human ability to slaughter innocent people, according to jw beliefs originated with god.
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How Many Here EVER Considered Going Back To Meetings?
by minimus inonce i left ,i was done.
in over 10 years i didn't return except for my mother's funeral.
did you ever re enter the kh after you left?.
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Old navy- how can I best wake up my still in family that they are in fact part of a high control cult as you put it?
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last psychology session tomorrow
by Phoebe inso tomorrow is my last appointment with my psychologist.
we are going to commemorate it by giving each other a letter.. sept 2016 i sat, a quivering wreck, in her waiting room.
i was terrified.
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I look foreword every night at the end of my day to read what is on this board and this post has been so encouraging! Congratulations on making it through the fog into the bright light of happiness!! We deserve to be content in the present and that should be our focus. Being also raised in this cult, I have contemplated going to a therapist about the indoctrination we have been force fed. How did you choose yours?
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Study article for this week, more self delusion
by stillin in"set your heart on spiritual treasures.
" i have been thinking about this during the past week.
i always knew that there were no treasures on earth.
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"I was friendly, wholesome, honest and made every effort to be encouraging and loyal"
i almost said word for word this exact statement about us. It made no sense to mess with us- cuz we were the perfect wt drones. I prayed every day for years for jah to resolve the problem that was endangering us spiritually- doesn't the bible say he won't let u be tested beyond what we can bear? And he answers prayers that are according to his will and purpose, etc. it reminds me of others who put him to the test without any results who have posted here and made me realize - WE ARENT CRAZY- flee from the cult!
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What Simple Pleasures Do You Enjoy Since Leaving Watchtower?
by pale.emperor inwhat simple pleasures do you enjoy since leaving watchtower?
here's some of mine, in no particular order:.
a cigar: i dont smoke cigarettes at all, but i do enjoy a good cigar from time to time.
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- reading fifty shades of grey without an ounce of guilt
-not stressing about field service time every month
-not worrying about "satan" and if he is going to "get" me
-Enjoying life instead of just enduring it.
- Living in the present not for the "future"
i feel more free and easy going now🤗
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A Short Life Story - Part 4 (Finale)
by pale.emperor ina continuation from part 3, which is here: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/4807117397557248/short-life-story-part-3#!#4918071166763008.
my wife had settled into a routine of waking up at 6am each day, cleaning (so no chance of a lie in for me or our daughter with the vacuum cleaner going), eating very little, picking the skin off her lips while she sits there in a trance obsessing over things that are out of our control and dont matter anyway.
she never did return to work.
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Your story originally about the laptop made me realize how important it is to hide my tablet when our families are around- I still can't believe your sister in law went all Scotland Yard on you- who does that- wow
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A Short Life Story - Part 1
by pale.emperor inin the spirit of some great life stories i've read on here i'd like to share mine.
sitting comfortably?
good, then we shall begin.. i was born into a jw family in 1984. dad, mum, two sisters (twins) and two brothers.
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This is great! Thanks for sharing your story!
I also used to read bound volumes from cover to cover lol
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WT shooting themselves in the foot, or rather the mouth, finally
by oppostate in"stop the presses!".
awesome blog article at bereans.net !.
http://beroeans.net/2017/08/07/stop-the-presses/.
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Thank you for posting this. When I heard the type/ anti type "change" I was like... Wait!!!! Everything we have been taught as "truth" stems from this...I saw the foundation of this whole cult crumbling... Just waited for anyone else to notice.😉 Lol
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A WTF Moment While In the WTS
by Searching inhas anyone else had a moment, while still within the organization (and before learning ttatt) that caused them to stop and go, "this is kind of messed up.".
for instance, back i believe in the early 2000's, i was attending a dc with my family.
it was announced at the beginning of the convention that there was going to be a special announcement at the end, so for everyone to please try to remain until the very end of the meeting.
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Yes, I have had so many of those moments. The tight pant tony rant was the one that actually made me physically ill as I looked around the KH and no one seemed visibly bothered by everything unchristian coming out of his mouth. I still am so confused how more people didn't wake up that day...