Posts by FayeDunaway

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Being in a cult - what good did it do?

by Garrett in

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so, here's a bit of a different point of view.

while most of us will agree that our time within the jw cult was rather terrible, however, i'd like to look at another aspect.

did anything good come out of being in a cult and then waking up from it?.

FayeDunaway

I'll always wonder that too. I'm thinking, tho, that I would have still had kids, since I've been obsessed with babies all my life. Would have been nice to have been told to do my best in school tho, and that my parents supported me in my education. That doesn't matter so much when the world is ending, AND you are female and can't get anywhere in the org anyway. The very best you could ever hope for was to be a circuit overseers wife....oh goody!

one thing that did help me a bit, was all the bible page turning. I am faster in the bible than most people in my church. It was all of that going back and forth, back and forth, pulling scriptures from here and there to prove bizarre stuff.

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Is door to door activity over?

by badcompany in

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just curious about others experience.

i've been living just a few miles from a kingdom hall for 9 years.

i've been called on 0 times.

FayeDunaway

But it's hard to act like that when you are as sweet a person as lisarose!

lisa how about a note saying you are an exJW, but if they would like to hear all about the true history of their cult, as well as how much happier you are since leaving their cult, you would be happy to tell them, and if that was the case, please knock!

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Being in a cult - what good did it do?

by Garrett in

jw
friends

so, here's a bit of a different point of view.

while most of us will agree that our time within the jw cult was rather terrible, however, i'd like to look at another aspect.

did anything good come out of being in a cult and then waking up from it?.

FayeDunaway

Jw's teach you not to follow men because you must follow THEIR men.

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Hold Me, Thrill Me

by Hold Me-Thrill Me in

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i'm going to be honest and from the heart when i say that for 40 years in the jw religion i was very happy in my ignorance!

man, what a trip it was.

i loved every minute of it but then i was absent the bad in my religion.

FayeDunaway

Other churches teach Jesus' teachings way more than witnesses do...i left jw's and hear way more about him than I used to! But I agree with you on the thrill. You have an interesting viewpoint. You are still a believer, your registered here, have read apostate stuff...but are obviously very kind and not one of the über dubs we see. Maybe you are a very liberal sort of witness! We'll see. Welcome!

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Being in a cult - what good did it do?

by Garrett in

jw
friends

so, here's a bit of a different point of view.

while most of us will agree that our time within the jw cult was rather terrible, however, i'd like to look at another aspect.

did anything good come out of being in a cult and then waking up from it?.

FayeDunaway

I just enjoy everything so much now. Doing things I never could have done when I was in. Singing the national anthem, voting, watching the kids on their sports teams or fun activities, birthday parties, holidays, going to church (and not being forced to), celebrating the change of seasons, enjoying my time the way I want to, enjoying volunteer activities by choice, not feeling judged all the freaking time.

I think we don't take anything for granted, like people who have always had these things often do. We enjoy them to the full, knowing what it's like to be repressed and voiceless and forced to do stuff, and kept out of fun stuff.

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Got invited to Sundays pep rally

by WasOnceBlind in

so my mom who sadly is still in the "truth" asked me if i was going to the circuit assembly this sunday.

she knows i don't go to meetings anymore but usually when she would mention the assemblies i would say yes and go pretty much just for her sake.

however, this time i couldn't bring my self to saying yes, i've been reading "crisis of conscience" and i just can't bring my self to go anymore, even if it's for my mother.

FayeDunaway

Definitely don't go! It would be torture. Take your kid on a nice nature hike that day, tell your mom you just wouldnt enjoy it.

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Recycled WTS beliefs

by Simon in

we all know the wts abandons and invents beliefs faster than apple can churn out new shiny stuff.

but have they ever abandoned a belief and later picked it up again?.

i remember many years ago we had one of those post-district-assembly review parts (part of the service meeting) where they were discussing some "new light".. there was some confusion about which was the "new" and which was the "old" and a semi-discussion ensued with people commenting.

FayeDunaway

All they have to do is read the first chapter of Hebrews to see Jesus is not Michael!!

I had no idea they used to think he was the pope tho...LOL....weird! This religion has always had the most bizarre teachings. Witnesses are quite the acrobats aren't they.

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Why do we get TTATT and others don't?

by quest81 in

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friends

i have thought about how ttatt came full circle for me.

how the connecting the dots was simple and just made sense,.

how silos of information are literally at our fingertips today.. why is it that the ones we love cannot get ttatt?.

FayeDunaway

People who have had doubts their whole lives (like myself) often just try to go through the motions and be good sons and daughters for their parents and to not let them down. For me, I would have just kept going along with it, except for 2 factors. 1.(and this sounds cheesy) I fell in love with Jesus along the way, by reading the New Testament, and couldn't reject him at another memorial. And 2. My kids were getting older and I didn't want them to feel pressured to be baptized and repeat this cycle. Like dozy said above, those were my tipping points.

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Praying in Public?

by Garrett in

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hellloooo fellow apostates, mentally diseased devil worshippers :) how is everyone?.

today, i listened to a song about praying and how one can pray anywhere.

well, this song brought back the horror of sitting in restaurants, mcdonalds, coffee shops etc and having a group of brothers and sister bow their head and pray for what seemed to be an eternity.

FayeDunaway

I hated restaurant praying too. why couldn't people just say their own prayer if they had to? When someone wanted to say it for everyone that was just horrid. Look down, fiddle with the napkin in your lap till it's over.

I actually do not normally pray before meals (and I'm christian). I just don't like to pray then.

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Hi Everyone. Answer to prayer countdown...

by Stumpy in

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friends

i've been lurking for about 3 months now and thought i'd better finally sign up.

you have all been an immense help to me as i have come to realize that this isn't the truth so i want to say a great big thank you!

what a crazy, emotional ride it is to finally face the truth about the doubts that i have carried for many years.

FayeDunaway

I don't think it will take you as long, stumpy. You've already read all of those books! I mean many people take YEARS to ever let themselves look at apostate stuff. You will be in much better shape. Be sure to research doctrine too. Tear it apart at the seams. It doesn't take much, since their doctrine is held together by a few threads.