And why can't you say that to those little jw kids? Say it! Someone should.
losingit
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There is no Santa Claus , no Easter bunny , and NO PARADISE!
by stuckinarut2 inwitnessing yesterday, i had a few little ones in the group chattering away excitedly to me about the things they look "forward to in the paradise":.
"i'm going to have three horses, a big house and lots of pretty flowers etc".
after i left, it hit me "like a ton of bricks"!......this is no different to the way that kids "in the world" believe in a santa claus, easter bunny, tooth fairy etc.... then they wake up when old enough and realise that it was all lies...make believe....stories etc, all told to them by parents and older ones!
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My Child Has Asked Me to Divorce Husband
by HeyThere ini guess i am just venting.
its a mess.
i just dont even know where to start with this crap.
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losingit
I was with my husband for 13 years before the abuse got physical. Just bc your with a guy for a long time doesn't mean he won't give you deep.blue and purple bruises. It's real. I was hurt so bad I couldn't walk straight or extend my arm straight or stretch out my hand for over a month. I had bruises I had no idea how I got. I don't remember the assault, but some looked like I was trying to defend myself. Like i said, I was with him for 13 years. Before he touched me, he started destroying furniture around the house and giving me heavy doses of the silent treatment.
I echo everyone else's concerns here-- being married to a former jw who decides to return is ... hell! The psychological and emotional abuse sustained at home and from the meetings takes its toll after some time. I really couldn't stand it any longer and had to leave. He refused to go to counseling to fix the marriage, and I refused to take the abuse any longer. My youngest misses her dad very much, but she won't be brought up as a jw, thank God.
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DESTROYED
by compound complex inwhat is this wall like brick and mortar that separates.
your proud heart from mine contrite and broken?.
at one time -- i recall so very well -- your soul.
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losingit
CoCo... that's exactly how I felt when my ex husband and I started our freefall to the end of our marriage. No amount of love npr reason worked to motivate that man to forgive me , himself and move our marriage forward. I've since moved on, but now my baby girl is feeling the hurt and pain in your poem.
If it's a child of yours that's hurting you in this way, idk if I could move on. I would be eternally destroyed.
I hope you find peace soon.
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Listen, Obey and
by berrygerry ini'm extremely neutral in our house, so it's not my influence - honest!.
my 11-year old is light-years advanced with his intelligence and humour.. he's going around the house singing "listen, obey, and be castrated.".
was not impressed.. pretty hard to contain my laughter..
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losingit
That's pretty awesome! I love how kids are so quick to c thru the bs garbage fed to them at the meetings! My oldwst stayed quiet out of respect for her parents, but with ne being both physically and mentally out she is tearing jw reasoning apart! Kudos to.your son. You may not be saying anything to him directly, but your example is clearly rubbing off on him.
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Things to understand about talking to a Jehovah's Witness...
by drew sagan inplease note that everything i write here is within the context of discussions between two witnesses.
conversations between a jw and non jw are different in a number of ways and so i will not be discussing them here.
the 'running ahead' fallacy.
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losingit
Love this thread
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What On Earth Makes The Watchtower Organization Think That Inactive Ones a Would Ever Want To Go Back To The Vomit?
by minimus indo they actually believe that if they tell you that you are "missed", that you will desire to return to the sheepfold?
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losingit
About the loneliness- - I often have dreams that my old jw friends came over to visit and talk. It's usually very emotional for me, and I wake up sad bc I miss them so much. It's hard for me to mae friends, always has been, so being shunned by ppl I've known for 10+ years hurt a lot.
However , nomatter how much I miss them I will never go back. I don't miss the meetings at all. I don't miss the assemblies at all. The "information" spewed is boring and... dangerous! I actually prefer knowing I'm a good person bc I make a point of being good to ppl (being loving, caring, considerate, kind,giving) not bc I have the title of being a jw. I have freedom to be ME now, and if the price is loneliness, that's okay. I WILL NEVER EVER GO BACK.
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OMG I'm so happy!!!!
by Julia Orwell inyup, the apostate is happy.
i shouldn't be, right, because my life is empty without "jehovah" and the organisation.. but i just got a job at one of the best theme parks in the world, which is so what i want to do, and it's the first permanent job i've had since i lost my government job in 2012!.
the job pays minimum wage but i don't care because working in tourism and entertainment is what i want to do!
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losingit
Yay! Congratulations!
Could you please send some luck my way-- looking for a job as a summer school teacher to complete my internship requirement!
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What is the biggest regret or source of resentment because of being a Jehovahs Witness?
by stuckinarut2 ini'm sure we could all write long paragraphs about this question, but in a few words, what is your biggest regret, or frustration in life due to being a witness?.
what missed opportunities did it cost you?
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losingit
Biggest regret: raising my oldest in the cult. She's 10, but 10 years of being a born-in has to be awful. We are making up fpr lost time now. Thank goodness she has a forgiving heart and is full steam ahead about getting on with her life.
Second regret: not cultivating friendships outside of jws during my time in. Now that my ex and I ate divorcing I have NO NETWORK of friends to help me thru this time. And I'm not the type to make friends easily. So once those jws left, I knew I would be flying solo with my girls for a long while.
Here's to the rest of my life!I'm looking forward to the next 15 years of freedom and beyond! !!
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Traumatic memories never grow up, neither does the person
by wanderlustguy inmy mother has been through a lot in her life, some bad before the truth, then following through during and after.
almost all of which she never shared with me until the past few months when i had to have my questions answered to get past the events i was stuck on.
i feel i am aging in years every month now, and was curious as to why.
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losingit
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Strike 3 for the elderette and me! (???) I never heard a JW talk SO much about Jesus!
by Faithful Witness inmiss k and her friend miss w arrived promptly today.
our scheduled topic of discussion: jesus' claim to be "the way, the truth and the life..." john 14:6 since she was basing this topic choice on the fact that i had quoted that verse, i'm not sure why... she spent what seemed like a very long time, hopping through scriptures that all said that jesus was the truth, the way, or the life.
ok, so we agreed... i kept waiting for her to get to a point, or sway from this principle.. of course, she summed up with scriptures that show how jesus submits to the father, and what does that mean we should do?
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losingit
Armageddon used to scare the crap out of me and I was a young adult when I joined the damn cult. I hated thinking about it after I got baptized because I would have so many nightmares. I can relate to Miss W-- after a while, signs of the end take their toll on your mind and weaken you. If you don't learn to push them away or just flat out reject the notion that a loving God would destroy billions of people, you'll go crazy!