Posts by jemba

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Thank you Jehovah for JW Library App! - Food at the proper time ... actual comments from users

by wannabefree in

warning!

awesome!

so thankful for all the amazing provisions jehovah has given us.

How many victims of the blood issue do you know?

by refiners fire in

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friends

i knew two personally, in my congo.

i suspect this is pretty rare.

not that man people die of refusing a blood transfussion i think.

jemba

I almost died with both my kids in childbirth. I didnt have anymore kids because of it.

Of course though if you survive it just makes the JWs more certain they are right.

With my first child it took two weeks for me to be able to get out of bed, I was so pale I matched the white linen on the bed.

Such a dangerous thing to do, yet it was the only way I would go, even when Doctors begged me and then my Husband to take the blood, telling him he was going to lose his wife.

My very emotionally and physically absent Elder Father was on the Blood Committee and spent a lot of time at the hospital, in reflection I know it was just to stop me having any blood, it surprised me at the time to think that he finally wanted to spend time with me and my new baby.

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hello!

by gamergirl in

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friends

glad to be a new member and find others with similarities of background.

some background info on me: my dad became jw when i was young, so i spent maybe a third of my life in the religion.

although i respect everyone's beliefs, i personally knew many genuinely selfless people in my congregation, but the way i was raised, now that i am an adult i am realizing was very sheltered and unrealistic.

jemba

Welcome Gamer Girl. What part of the world are you from?

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Proof the anointed aren't being resurrected yet.....

by EndofMysteries in

the society teaches that since around 1919 the anointed who have died and do die, are resurrected as spirit creatures.

the only one to be resurrected as a spirit that is documented in the bible is jesus.

when jesus was resurrected, did he appear to his disciples yet his body was still buried?

jemba

Ha ha you are so funny 'snare&racket'. Love the beard idea 'stillin'....sexy!

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I don't love my family

by noontide in

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friends

how can i love people that dont really know me?

how can i love people i dont really know?.

thats not love.

jemba

I would love to get to this point, it would hurt much less when they do yet another shitty thing to us. Maybe many of us will eventually be able to achieve this point of concerned and friendly relationship with detachment as Hortensia mentioned.

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Paleo Diet. What do you think?

by DATA-DOG in

i have been suffering from fatigue, burning in my stomach, and i have always had canker sore issues as long as i can remember.

whether it's from stress or not, i can't say, but i might be getting an ulcer.

the burning in my stomach and intestinal puffiness is getting to be be chronic.

jemba

I live by the Paleo/Primal diet, it has changed my life for the better. I finally have energy. I feel best with lots and lots of fat, butter, coconut oil.

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ARE YOU AN ANGRY and BITTER APOSTATE?

by Hummingbird001 in

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friends

i have noticed that there are different reactions to learning the "truth about the truth".

some become quite bitter and angry and become very activist.

others seem to just move on quite easily.. .

jemba

The pain and the hurt and the lies the cult and their followers spread is justification for us being angry and bitter. Of course I work on it everyday but when it hurts so much anger and bitterness does seem to be my first response. I feel far from pity for any of them, especially those who chose the cult as an adult like my parents.

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ARE YOU AN ANGRY and BITTER APOSTATE?

by Hummingbird001 in

jw
friends

i have noticed that there are different reactions to learning the "truth about the truth".

some become quite bitter and angry and become very activist.

others seem to just move on quite easily.. .

jemba

Everything 'Muddy Waters' said on the first page is so true.

Hell yes Im angry because everyone we ever knew including all our family, parents, siblings, lifelong friends, want nothing to do with us and thats only to do with our fading away. We cant celebrate a birthday or xmas in public, have to hide the xmas tree etc.

Every damn part of our life is affected by the cult, oh and then theres the shitty childhood with parents that always put their stupid god before their kids.

Yeah Im angry and bitter but I try not to be and sometimes make a little progress then as I turn a corner theres another stumbling block in my way to freedom.

Today is a bad day but most days I am happier than Ive ever been with a light feeling of freedom to think and be what I want.

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Please allow me to apologise.

by quellycatface in

i have been posting on here for a few weeks now and i know i have been quite colourful in my language.. i hope i have'nt offended anyone, if so, i am sorry.. i'm just so damn angry about everything.

i feel like an idiot.

i'd been falling for the bs for so many years.. will these feelings ever fade?.

jemba

Im not the least bit offended 'cat' I think swearing can be quite cathartic. Keep venting here.

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Finally decided to introduce myself here

by cookiemaster in

hey guys !

i've stopped believing the watchtower crap a few years ago.

i achieved this on my own, despite being raised as one.

jemba

Welcome!! Sounds like youre a smart cookie.