most of my dates including my ex wife in my lifetime was born in the month of august.
i was born in april.
i am trying to figure out why i keep dating someone that was born in august.
Iamallcool, I try not to buy into the astrology thing ..however I have the same weird coincidences. I am born in April (Aries). My closest girlfriends are born in August (Leos). The love of my life is a Leo and by astrological standards we are best zodiac relationship match out there.
Go figure, I try not to buy into it too much. I figure just live life, meet people and have great experiences with them, and ignore the “signs.” LOL!
hi guys...is it me...i am beginning to wonder: is a happy ex-jw a target?
i have had a few run ins this week on fb with random jws trying to check me for things that have absolutely nothing to do with the org.
(please dont ask me why they have not un-friended me!
FirstLastname : Ummm are you my twin? That was my life!!!! Isn’t it amazing how when you’ve gotten far away how ALIVE you feel?
shopaholi c: It’s like a twisted form of reverse cult psychology, to serve a loving God you must be miserable. But if you don’t you’re serving Satan and you’re happy, but not really, you know because you’re going to die. INSANE!
DarthFrosty: I am going to use that! Yes I am! Yes I am!
Sister JW: Sophie, did I you miss you at the convention this year?
Sophie: (launches into the Harry Met Sally restaurant scene) Yes!!! Yes!!! YES-YES-YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! LOL!
And yes folks it happened AGAIN today. Posted something neutrally positive and yep, I had a JW on my butt. NOW I never go to their pages and rip their beliefs apart and preach my POV! Such presumtiousness !
hi guys...is it me...i am beginning to wonder: is a happy ex-jw a target?
i have had a few run ins this week on fb with random jws trying to check me for things that have absolutely nothing to do with the org.
(please dont ask me why they have not un-friended me!
Gosh…thanks everyone…Thanks for chiming in!!!
rmt1: Precisely! I have maybe 40 good years left, I want to spend them doing something more worthwhile than existing in a cult environment!
Narcisstic Supply! LOL!!!!
Problemaddict: Yes, it was ‘Going Clear’ by Lawrence Wright and it took forever to read because it was a bit much on the brain, but awesome. I highly recommend it.
Exwhyzee: People like that are generally one reality check away from completely "falling out of the truth" and the lecture they give you is actually intended to reassure themselves. I totally agree. I feel her faith is “weak”, but I also sense an underlying fear in there. She is the type if I did sit her down and tell her the emotional and mental reasons why I left she’d freak out and go on a complete mind bend. She is always right, knows everything and judges others. I chose to leave her alone. She creates drama and I don’t need that in my life whatsoever!
truJw: My mom is 80 plus faithful, but reasonable. We chose not to talk about the org. But she knows her child…her child lives with intent…hmmmmm
whathappened: Thank you. It’s so weird, when people left or “disappeared” I realized after thinking about it never felt that way. I was kinda like hmm…ok…and never dwelt on them anymore. When I started fading however, I felt like I’d much rather live a richer, more fulfilled life NOW, versus “waiting on Jehovah” and Paradise, sacrificing and struggling and “maybe I would be concealed” in the day of His judgment. MAYBE? No thanks. And if the “Day of Judgment” comes, my fireball will be pretty pink and I’ll have a big ole grin on my face! LOL! No regrets!
hi guys...is it me...i am beginning to wonder: is a happy ex-jw a target?
i have had a few run ins this week on fb with random jws trying to check me for things that have absolutely nothing to do with the org.
(please dont ask me why they have not un-friended me!
Thanks Powerful1. The WTBS got 40 years of my life, 20 of which I willfully signed over. I walked away barely functioning mentally and emotionally and swore I’d get my happy back. I am one of the lucky ones….they can try and rain my parade all they want. I am “still dancing and singing in the rain….”
hi guys...is it me...i am beginning to wonder: is a happy ex-jw a target?
i have had a few run ins this week on fb with random jws trying to check me for things that have absolutely nothing to do with the org.
(please dont ask me why they have not un-friended me!
Please for give me it's long. This does not even need a set up...
SophieG Initial Post:
After having my brain fried from reading about the Church of Scientology and having to relive some of similar experiences, I am think I need to read something more zen. Anyone read this book (The Four Agreements)
JW-Sooooo…ummmm why r u reading about Scientology? U really gonna have to explain this one to me.
SG- What can I say I have a morbid fascination with corps who masquerade as religion?
JW-Ummmmmmmmm…what’s so fascinating about straight up buffoonery when you know the truth. The Four Points and The Secret are similar but they all point to self and not giving reverence to Jehovah God. Why stir up confusion in your mind? There is no such thing as a liberal Christian. You either for God or against. You can’t serve 2 masters and straddle the fence.
SG- Hmmm…there is a fence? (I will tell you why I said this later!!!!)
What can I say, I am completely open to learning. Next I am going to read about the Joseph Smith and the Mormons. Lots of similarities with the WTBS. I love information, it’s power. ( I admit here I was digging at her…)
JW- Like I said you can’t serve 2 masters. Why dabble in untruths. You open up your mind to doubt when you do that. But obviously you’re searching, what do I know? I have researched those things when I was searching for the Truth, but when I learned the Truth I left those things. Satan is the author of confusion. You should know all these things. I guess you have fell away :/
SG- Nope…not searching. Just learning. So much to learn beyond what we already know J
JW- Ummmmm…ok???? And it’s in the Bible. Not to say that self help books are not good, all my help comes from Jehovah. Book of Mormon, the Lost Books, Koran, Scientology etc are not things to learn anything about Jehovah, it’s basically the opposite. You’re searching, what else do you learn from other religious beliefs such as the one you described. What are you learning might I ask???
SG- Actually I am learning so I can hopefully better interact with people and understand them. Because I like people and am fascinated by what we believe and how our beliefs shape our lives. So I guess I am learning about myself and people at the same time. I am not one to shy away from a mental/spiritual challenge. You should never feel inhibited to examine and compare your beliefs with others. The fun part is when you start to learn and then you start to grow.
JW- Trust me I have studied all of those religious beliefs…..i don’t indulge or get so deep into those things because u will start to question things you don’t understand yet. It may not be time for it to be revealed to you. that’s why the Bible says do not listen to false doctrine or dabble in it.
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After this my friend who is DF’d basically jumped in and quietly ripped the truth off her face by stating any God would not hold in contempt a heart that is seeking truth.
JW- LET ME CORRECT YOU XYZ! JESUS IS THE TRUTH. Jesus said I am the TRUTH AND THE LIFE!.... Amen! That’s what’s in the Bible!
She closed out by saying this:
JW: The only reason why I did comment on this post is…because when you go around professing to be one way and your actions show another you are a double minded man.
THE END!!!!
Here is the clincher!
This person is an unbaptized witness and has been studying for years and has shared with me her personal reasons why she just “can’t get baptized”. She tried to call me out for ‘straddling the fence” and being “double-minded”. I realized that she did not get the memo and has not realized that I have no religious affiliation on my FB page and I have told her in the past when she got nosy that I pretty much “live my life” in peace the way I chose to. I know the life that she lives and the types of people she associates with and it's not "wholesome association". I was really holding back A LOT, because I could have ripped her apart.
All this because I read a book about Scientology and now I want to read a book about positivity. I guess I am just too dang happy, and I want to learn and grow and OH GOD NO! That’s just not allowed!!!
They get so alarmed when you appear to be able to navigate life outside the WTBS, free to learn and grow and experience things and you're not drugged out, sleeping with a bunch of people and just useless to Society.
God help me!
*this little light of mine....*
hi guys...is it me...i am beginning to wonder: is a happy ex-jw a target?
i have had a few run ins this week on fb with random jws trying to check me for things that have absolutely nothing to do with the org.
(please dont ask me why they have not un-friended me!
LostGeneration: I think that’s it! I am not following the party line…I am positive and happy…opening my mind! BOOM!
Comatose: I am looking around like: “What just happened here?”
LongHair Gal: I agree.
Powerful1: I think this is one of the happiest weeks in my life in a long time and I must be radiating this lightness and blinding them because it’s been like this all week! LOL!
hi guys...is it me...i am beginning to wonder: is a happy ex-jw a target?
i have had a few run ins this week on fb with random jws trying to check me for things that have absolutely nothing to do with the org.
(please dont ask me why they have not un-friended me!
So I posted this: Imagination!... along with the Einstien quote: "Imagination is everything. it's a preview of life's coming attractions."
So I am happy life is good, this picture made my day, next thing I know here comes the JW!
JW- "Albert is behind the ball. Jah already promised this paradise!"
I tried to explain to her that this photo is about the imagination, letting it fly and how we can create paradise in our minds. Why did I go there?
I got a lecture about how it's a fools paradise out there today..humans can't fly.... what goes up must come down...WTHeck???
Raining on my parade.
Problemaddict: I will post the rant in a sec....
hi guys...is it me...i am beginning to wonder: is a happy ex-jw a target?
i have had a few run ins this week on fb with random jws trying to check me for things that have absolutely nothing to do with the org.
(please dont ask me why they have not un-friended me!
Oh Outlaw...THANK YOU! You feel my PAIN!!!!!!!!!! LOL!
hi guys...is it me...i am beginning to wonder: is a happy ex-jw a target?
i have had a few run ins this week on fb with random jws trying to check me for things that have absolutely nothing to do with the org.
(please dont ask me why they have not un-friended me!
Hi guys…is it me…I am beginning to wonder: is a happy ex-JW a target? I have had a few run ins this week on FB with random JWs trying to “check” me for things that have absolutely nothing to do with the org. (Please don’t ask me why they have not un-friended me!)
I would post one rant I endured but it’s not even worth it. Is it me, but does it seem that your genuine happiness drives them a bit nuts? Does it make them go crazy because you’re exuding happiness and “Jehovah and His Organization” is not the source?
The funny thing is though to watch the non-JWs jump to my defense! If JWs are the happiest people on the earth why can’t they just be happy for you and stop raining on your parade?
Have any of you experienced this?
in my old congregation, everyone seems clean.
mostly chaste courtship, kingdom hall wedding, blah blah.. well there are lots of cases of fondling but they were soon forgotton.
when my husband and i confessed to sex before marriage, the elders were disgusted.
I know of groups of JW kids who slept with each other. I know of JW couples who swapped. It's not isolated at all. I believe more folks are doing what they want to do and are getting hip to not telling on themselves.
