i've always been told that i have a very good personality, that i'm humorous, etc.. one elder called me over and said that i was "smiling too much".
the other elders talked to the elder who counseled me and he came back to say that i should be like i was .
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Before I was an MS I was counselled for allowing my sister in law to stay the night in my house, she is like my own little sister, she was 16 at the time and all her family were away on holiday and was scared to stay on her own!
When I was an MS I was taken in the back room for driving too fast.
When I was an elder I was accused of being arrogant because I pulled up elders for shouting in elders meetings and backed up everything I said with a scripture.
i guess i'm a newbie.
i've been reading (lurking) for a looooonnnnnggggg time, but have finally joined and this is my first post.
my story is of course very similar to all the others.
Welcome, so glad you found your true self and have been true to yourself for some time.
i recently came to the realization that the organization is corrupt and is false.
my story is similar to many i think.
i was raised in the religion, pioneered and served as an elder for a number of years.
Welcome, enjoy the journey. It will be tough, I ended up realising the faulty logic in every talk I heard and every article I read, and couldn't take it any longer. I resigned as an elder on health grounds and stopped going almost immediately. It was the best thing for me, sadly my kids still go with their mother, but I'm working on that.
this is the first time i've commented on this site, but i do enjoy to come here just to help clarify myself in times of need, ie when those wretched teachings resurface.
a bit about myself.. i was born in 1970 into the wonderful happy organisation (lol) and had a unremarkable childhood or so i thought (apart from being abused by an ms), all i can remember is being terrified of dying at armageddon.
attending 5 meetings a week and being used to preach as people wont shout at a child, studying the literature, not being able to watch popular tv shows, no xmas, birthdays the usual shit.. fast forward to age 16 and i fell in love with a worldly girl (the horror) and got her pregnant, my parents were devasted talking all the time how people in the borg would view them, nothing about what i was going thru, 16 and becoming a father, quite a big thing to me.
Wecome moley, wow, what an intro! I'm so pleased you have had the necessary help you needed, and have met someone who supports you. The scars the WT leaves can often pain us, but I am so pleased they have no hold on you and you are enjoying life.
hi!.
been reading this forum for 2 years and this site has been great help for me.. currently my situation is difficult, im slowly fading and trying to make new friends outside jw.. i fear of losing many friends and family members, but i know that some point i just have to do it, its my life not theirs.. havent attendet meetings for 2 years now, life is better and instead waiting armageddon, im planning future to myself.
i will tell more about my situations when im ready for it.... .
Welcome, from Scotland
.....after 8 years of us being disfellowshipped.
the made contact through my aunt who is still 'in' - as in she has faded but is not disfellowshipped and will pop to a meeting now and again - she does this for my grans' sake.. the contact was from my aunt and uncle (he's an elder) these were the 2 witnesses used against me in my judicial case.
they contacted my aunt and said to forward the message onto us.
Well done, great reply. They have some nerve!
a woman i've known for years recently confided in me.
she told me she found out her jw husband had been secretly e-mailing his jw ex-girlfriend.
he was telling his ex about how difficult it had been for him since his wife was now basically an apostate.
The fact she has spoken to you about it means she has her doubts about him, I do too. Is the ex married too?
i just received an email from an unbaptised publisher that made the following comment;.
in the uk the age of consent by law for a child is 16 and only then can they be baptized of their own free will.
is anyone aware of jws that have been baptised younger than 16 in the uk?.
I was dunked at 15 years of age at Crystal Palace London 20+ years ago, really wish I hadn't been!!
so my still in friend started dating a "worldly" girl.
he, mind you, was only still pretending to be in for his parents.
in the meantime, doing whatever he wants on the side.
What will she say when she realises they shouldn't have been *eheming* before getting married I wonder!
i thought it was time for a formal introduction.
i've lurked here for literally years, sometimes posting sometimes not.
but i've never told my story and now seems as good a time as any.
Hi, thank you for sharing, its amazing what a hold it has on people, and still controls how they behave even after leaving. Grrrrrr!!
