I guess legalism also protected me as well. I was also scared of having sex and getting an STD (still am). That's pretty much it. Hated meetings and field service, especially talking to people. I can never recover all those lost Saturdays and Sundays of not sleeping in. Never liked being forced to comment; I thought it was stupid because we were either summarising what was in the paragraph, or reading directly.
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Anyone with Happy Memories from being a JW born in, please post here....
by SkyGreen infirst up, happy new year .
hi everyone, ok i guess this is controversial, but im doing it as therapy for me - so im not bitter about the way i was raised.
plus i want to see if i can be the op of an "epic thread"!!.
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Any successful methods to discreetly reach out to someone who is studying?
by sseveninches inmy father had me go with him to do a study, and the guy looked like he's a pretty smart guy, and he was asking legitimate questions that i had my own answers to, but of course i couldn't say them.. i'm wondering if anyone has successfully been able to convince/warn anyone that they're getting sucked into a cult.
i wanted to just secretly slip him a note, but i'm always scared to do that from fear of the person throwing me under the bus.
then i got the idea of sending him a text message from a number that can't be traced back to me.
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I like Fernando's idea of writing a letter and signing it " from a concerned neighbour who noticed JWs calling and visiting". But before that, try to find out what was used to bait him in the first place.
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What did you do with your books?
by mamamo ini was in an used bookstore this weekend and saw a new world translation and some other society publications.
this made me think, what did others do with their books?
i gave mine to my mother, 22 years ago.
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I'm going to try and sell what I can online because I live in a rural city. The rest will go in a recycle bin, with the litterature defaced.
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The Emphatic Diaglott, still being published by the WTB&TS for the benefit of ... NOT JWs but for Christadelphians, Church of God Holiness and Abrahamic Faith folks.
by illoowy inthere are english speaking denominations that actively use the emphatic diaglott.
the wtb&ts is the only publisher providing new printings of this nt interlinear.
the r&f jehovah's witness doesn't use the diaglott (not even the jw version of it "kingdom interlinear translation" that supplanted it).
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I don't know why the Watchtower doesn't offer it anymore, but anybody can buy the reprint version being printed by Kessinger Publishing, LLC. And for some reason, it is being offered in two parts. Maybe it has to do with the paper thickness?
Part 1: http://www.amazon.com/The-Emphatic-Diaglott-Containing-Testament/dp/1162916842/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_3
Part 2: http://www.amazon.com/The-Emphatic-Diaglott-Containing-Testament/dp/1169336884/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0
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What's The Main Reason You Do Not Believe That The Witnesses Are The Best Religion?
by minimus insome people leave because they are fed up with the elders.
others have personality issues.
some have doctrinal and prophecy reasons.
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The two-witness rule that allows pedophiles a free pass in Kingdom Halls and blood transfusions, plus all the academic dishonesty.
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New Here! So many questions! :)
by TeenageInsider inhey everyone!
i'm so happy that i finnally joined i just turned 17 and i have so many questions about the org.. i've been lurking around the site for months, and love reading experiences about bethel, and all the hypocricy that the wtbts spews out.. so i finally joined in and hope to make some great friends.. a little about me:.
im male, 17, and i am a born-in, so this is all i know... i was baptised at age 13 i beleive.... my gramma, and grampa and mom , and sisters and brothers, are all jw's.
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You won't be able to stand the cult for a lot longer, so be prepared to get out on your own and be an independent person in life.
I'm 20 and I woke up early July of this year and I can't stand meetings or field service any longer. I have about a year and a half to two years left to finish my degree and get a job. It has been suggested to me that I get a job at a hospital and move out, but I see how my classmates that have a job struggle with the school workload and it makes me nervous. I won't move out until then.
Make sure to make good [positive] 'worldly' friends to help keep your sanity. None of mine understand what I'm going through, and at times they probably think I'm exaggerating (e.g., like my parents not talking to me when I leave the JWs), but at least I can safely talk to them without them ratting me out to elders.
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Listen, Obey, and Be Blessed - corrected version
by finally awake in1. if we have listened to herd, we will show it.. his demands oppress, and screw up our day.. it makes us unhappy to hear and to know it,.
and well be stressed if we know and obey.. (chorus).
2. this way of life, like a jail, is a sentence.
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When they played the child rendition at the District Convention...
It woke me up from my nap. LOL
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Saving Lives
by snare&racket ini always believed i was saving lives on the ministry, it's why i took it so seriously.
upon realising i wasted all those years working for a book publishing business, pioneering etc, i felt so hollow.
all those years feeling fulfilled, feeling like i was making a difference.. vacuumed out instantaneously leaving nothing but a feeling of being duped out of the worlds most precious commodity... life years, and to top it all off i had not helped a single soul, quite the opposite.. .
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Congratulations on your hard work!
Thank you for sharing your experience; it is really motivating. I want to go into the medical profession as well. I'm finishing a bachelor of science in nursing (4 years) right now, but I'm undecided about going back to finish my pre-reqs for medical school. I put off going for doctor (at least 10-11 years, depending on residency) because I thought Armageddon was just around the corner, and that Jehovah disapproved of higher education. I felt so guilty for going to college.
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Leaving JWs/Christianity reading list
by Captain Obvious inpart of this has been discussed to death on here but here goes.
since waking up, i've read or listened to: .
crisis of conscience.
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My list of books includes those, but I haven't even finished one of them, not even Crisis of Conscience. I can't get myself to finish reading CoC because I also just don't care anymore. I've read plenty on JWN to deprogram me.
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Would you know or figure out what this is supposed to be if someone didn't tell you?
by Theocratic Sedition ingirl at work gave me one of these.
i was very appreciative of her doing so, yet too embarrased to ask her what it was.
i thought it was the toyota logo at first.
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I saw an angel too