greetings my fellow warriors,.
i have not posted my bio yet, i tried but i can't yet.. however this i can share.
i have been divorced from my jw wife for two years now.
Apostating - Greetings and a warm welcome!
You are surely in a tough situation. I don't have any magical answers for you, but your situation is similar to many on this board have faced and are facing. A lot of good insight can be found from the members of this board.
Hang in there, it does get better.
we experienced this phenomenon first hand and the rationale that went with it- the evil world and satan are out to destroy our minds and faith.. for many of us it meant no college, no institutes of higher learning.
no careers in the sciences and other fields which required university degrees.. our country is deeply divided along religious lines with proponents of the bible and quran holding to claims long disproven by science.. a terrible news story came from afghanistan today- road bombs killed six children.
we hear of this many times, way to often, but here the story takes a sadder turn.
I can remember the day when it finally sunk in that being a JW, that I was in a fundamentalist religion cult. I had always applied the term to either Islam or the Right-Wing Christian evangelical types.
Sam Harris has many thought provoking lectures/video discussions about the long term effects of fundamentalism, both Islamic and Christian.
wow...went to see les miserables at the weekend - it was brilliant!.
anyone else seen any good shows lately?
Saw it once in London several years back. It is probably my favorite stage production also, Les Mis that is.
i thought it was fitting for me to share my freedom from the witnesses story on independence day weekend.. i dont have any secret info, just experiences that happened to me and started to open my eyes.. i was a third generation, raised in the truth kid who was never supposed to be born, and then never supposed to graduate high school.
ive now been out of high school longer than i was in school.. the beginning of the end started a little less than a decade ago.
i was late 20s at the time.
free2Bme13 - Welcome aboard and thanks for sharing your story.
One thing that crossed my mind as I read your story was that your journey and awakening is far from uncommon. It seems that what causes many to question the legitamacy and rightfullness of the borg is the lunacy and ineptness of those that should be shining examples of the opposite.
So often when you give someone a clipboard and a little authority, the power goes straight to their head, and clouds out any reasonable decency or concern that normal humane people show to one another.
The power corrupts and brings to the fore what kind of person they truly are.
Thanks again for sharing!
i have so enjoyed all your threads and input this last year!
i really feel like i know you all.
very briefly, all four of us left da troof exactly one year ago and dissed ourselves within days.
Welcome Greta!
this is my first post even thou ive been lurking for some time.
i was raised in as a jw, and im still in because of my family.
since waking up i found meetings, assemblies and fs stressing and thought writing in here might be therapeutic.
Welcome Viva La Vida !
just when i was thinking i don't like ted talks, this is an excellent take on job creation and wealth distribution.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckcvf8e7v1g.
What? Only 12,000 sq. ft. and only 1 car elevator?
Must be building a hut!
i was wondering if oprah will accept paula deen's apology.
the two women go way back and oprah has even stayed at paula's home for the weekend and paula has been a guest on oprah's tv show.
i wonder if oprah will cut all ties with paula or will she forgive and forget.
blondie - reading that WT quote sickens me that I was ever a part of that nonsense, and for so many years!
my name may be a bit premature...because i'm actually still active within the org, but i guess you could say i've already "left" in my heart.
i'm just scared to take the first steps, because i don't know any "ex's" in my neck of the woods, and i'm very scared of loosing my family.
i just need someone to talk to.. .
Warm welcome from Houston TexasEx!
who recalls viewing this documentary series from the early 80's?.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/connections_(tv_series) .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgop-nz3lhg .
Liked Connections as well as his other series The day the Universe Changed.
Still watch an episode now and then, great programs.
