Posts by scratchme1010

We are NOT mindless automatons. I smoke an occasional cigar. I've been known to curse a bit. Hell, I even vote. Others in my congregation know all this (except the voting) and I've never been given a hard time about it.
Many of us ARE highly educated. I have a Masters Degree.
We are not all scraping to get by. I have a comfortable six-figure income.
I dont agree with everything the Governing Body does. But I believe they are good, sincere men doing their best,.acting on their understanding of the Bible. They certainly aren't getting rich!
I think many in the Ex-JW community act very much like the cultists they claim us to be. Rather than just go away and go their separate ways, they harrass us, make videos maligning us, endlessly whine about us and even go so far as to disrupt our meetings. If I decided to leave the JW's, I'd do just that. I wouldn't obsess over them.
I look forward to open discussions with JW's and others.

You are so full of shit.

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The Scientific Method

by cofty in

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scratchme1010

I still believe in science. What you are describing is not the scientific method; it's what people do with it. Don't blame science.

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JW's on my front sidewalk

by OnTheWayOut in

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friends

so last weekend, the jw's ring the bell and my wife answers.

we live in a heavily spanish neighborhood but don't really speak spanish.

i thought my wife was quite clear that she is a "sister" to them, but maybe the one in charge of the group didn't get the message.

scratchme1010

Congratulations on keeping the conversation going for that long.

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1st month of fading

by Jrjw in

i'm nearly at the end of my first month of becoming inactive.

only my daughter knows.

i've had a cold half of the month so no questions or pressure has been put on me yet.

scratchme1010

Any advice or ideas for phasing out successfully?

There's no cookie-cutter way of fading, as it is something that we call to whatever process you choose to detach from the WT.

So the only advice I can give you is, make every single decision well thought and to your own benefit. Whichever move you make, make sure that it brings you closer to freeing yourself from having to live the way you live as a JW, and don't forget to build support outside.

Once more thing (I know I said only one thing) remember that the JWs are not going to like or be nice about your fading. Don't expect their support or them reacting positively to it.

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Annoyed

by Kas12 in

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friends

i had this friend at school who is bisexual and she asked me to date twice both times i said no im not interested in girls that way but then she told everyone that we were dating and now im being called gay and lesbian.

one boy in my class said to me that im going against jws and then started calling me gay and other names.

then another girl in my class said theres nothing wrong with being gay and im being brainwashed by the jws..

scratchme1010

I had this friend at school who is bisexual and she asked me to date twice both times i said no im not interested in girls that way but then she told everyone that we were dating and now im being called gay and lesbian. One boy in my class said to me that im going against jws and then started calling me gay and other names. Then another girl in my class said theres nothing wrong with being gay and im being brainwashed by the jws.

Tell them all to shut up and fuck off.

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Intro

by jc1985 in

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friends

hello all, many years i have been lurking on this site.

gradually i’ve learned the real truth, gone from serving as a servant and at bethel to inactive for almost a year, barely ever wasting time going to meetings.

my family is large and very active and so is my wife’s so leaving altogether is difficult.. though it seems now that everything is about to change.

scratchme1010

Thank you all for your many posts over the years that myself and other have used to free ourselves and know we are not alone. I hope to post more in the future and get to know some who have gone through this struggle and come out the other side.

Welcome. Seems like it's been quite a journey for you. I hope you see all this as a new beginning. Some endings, especially those of a marriage, may be difficult and painful. However, new doors always open.

Thank you for your post. If you have been lurking around, you can get a feel of how diverse we are in thought, stages of attachment/detachment from the WT, and in the place that we are in our lives.

Once again, thank you for posting.

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Trying to convert correspondence guidelines to jwpub

by poopie in

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friends

about to go to war .

scratchme1010

Let us know the results!