Here is another model, raised in the cult, but not sure she is still a witness. Her family is still in, at least 1 sister and parents.
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Coco Rocha: lonely celeb Jehovah's Witness
by recovering inhere comments made me laugh.
" if you are not interested just say so".
http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/lonely_believer_jlww5fd1bwokhvuq7u2e9i.
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How did you break the news to your parents?
by tootired2care inso one of the things both me and my wife are faced with is breaking the news that we've stopped going to meetings to our parents.
my wifes parents could go either way, they have made several critical remarks of the wt over the years, while my parents are die hard jw's.
i tossed the idea around of sending a letter or doing a phone call or just not saying anything.. we've decided that were just tired of having to hide our true feelings and play pretend.
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My mother-in-law forced it out of my husband one day on the phone. It's been strained since then. Recently got a letter from her about how we fit the definition of an apostate since we have left the faith. Fortunately, we live 300 miles from her so it's not an issue. She doesn't call us anymore and when my husband calls her it's short and sweet.
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CO from years ago
by z-monster ini haven't been to a kh in about 30 years.
i had come across isocf at a time when i briefly considered going back, about 10 or so years ago.. anyway, ray quotes a letter in chapter 7 from a co that mentions that r&f witnesses would be expected to do more during the co's visit.
thus feeling like an overwoked horse in a field.
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Sorry Z, never heard of him. What part of the country did he serve in?
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Have you ever watched the Angels & Demons Movie?
by Iamallcool ini am thinking about renting it.
would you recommend me to watch it?
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I read the book, liked it even better than Davinci Code and watched the movie. It's been a while but I liked both.
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I hope you die...
by WatchTowerofBabel ini'm curious.
(true in both senses).
when i was a child i used to hope celebrities i liked (or wanted to boink) died before armageddon.
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When my brother was dying of cancer (at age 44) he was at peace because he knew he had a straight ticket to paradise. He always struggled with being a witness (either extremely spiritual or barely going to meetings). For him, I think it was a relief for him because the struggle was over. I was having my awakening at the time so it was kind of hard for me to take.
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I hope you die...
by WatchTowerofBabel ini'm curious.
(true in both senses).
when i was a child i used to hope celebrities i liked (or wanted to boink) died before armageddon.
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TweetieBird
I remember when my dad died (he was apostate, but not me) I was so relieved because I felt like Jehovah knew what a kind, loving man he really was and that for sure he would be resurrected. When he disassociated himself, it felt like someone had gutted me with a knife. Strangely, not long after he died, I innocently found something on the web that forever changed me and then it became a burning mission to find out the truth about "the truth".
I told my oldest brother about this and he said that dad told him that of all of his kids, I would be the one to come around. I know this sounds strange but I felt like he (my dad) was the one pushing me to keep investigating even though he was dead.
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For those of you who were die hard JW's, did you ever think...
by TweetieBird inyou would find yourself on this side of the fence?.
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you would find yourself on this side of the fence?
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JW Tragic murder was by JW
by snare&racket inhttp://www.katu.com/news/local/report-holt-heichel-were-members-of-same-church-175169201.html.
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how sad......
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TweetieBird
So sad...I wonder what made him snap.
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Could you live with not talking to your JW family for the rest of your life?
by ÁrbolesdeArabia inone of greatest obstacles to leaving the organization is the destruction of the family unit.
as lady-lee wrote about oompa, i thought of this topic, the society says "this is their way to get wrong doing people to return to the loving arms of jehovah after they repent of their sins" .
i know of men and women who are in good standings and hate their fellow spiritual jw family, i am willing to bet, wager that "jw-hatred" exceeds the worlds hatred, something about a self-assured group versus the "not so self assured' creates one plucked up structure.
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bigmac - I'm so sorry that you are going through this. Thank God that none of my children, nor my husband are still controlled by the organization. The people that I care about most escaped.
Heaven - we are pretty much in the same boat with the rest of our families. I have one brother who left the organization before me (yep, I kind of shunned him for a while) and a sister who is still in. She doesn't shun me but makes no effort to communicate. My husband's family (all in) have nothing to do with us unless they need something. His mother recently wrote us a letter calling us apostates.
Ziddina-so sorry that your parents were like that. I can't even imagine.
Leslie - (good name, btw...wink, wink, same as mine) we tried going back also to feel apart of our families again. Just couldn't do it. Once you come out of the matrix, there's no going back in.
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Please read
by JeffT inmy father passed around 9 this morning.
he'd been in poor health for some time, but it still comes as a shock to have him gone.
we are going to miss him terribly.
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TweetieBird
I wish there were something to say that would help comfort you right now besides how sad we all feel for what you are going through. Just know that you have tons of friends on this board thinking of you right now.