I have, at one time or another, seen every one of those documents and heard every line of reasoning. But you laid them out brilliantly for anyone just learning about this.
Nicely done.
i've been researching the wt and the un involvement.
when i was still in and i first seen the un letter online, my cognitive dissonance kicked and i told myself it'll be a fake.
an apostate lie.. and seeing as no jw i've spoken to has ever heard of it, and flatly deny any involvement "no, they wouldn't do that", i decided to do a little "personal study" of my own.
I have, at one time or another, seen every one of those documents and heard every line of reasoning. But you laid them out brilliantly for anyone just learning about this.
Nicely done.
spoke with a fellow apostate from my own area.
she and i bailed out about the same time and kept in touch.. she used to do secular work with one of the local elders in his cleaning business until she got dfed.
this same elder was one of the more profound dickheads on my reinstatement committee, before i turned around two years later and daed.. business required her to contact the elder on behalf of an old client.
... there is a trend toward less giving in our Hall (I'm the Account Servant).Our Accounts went from $6000 a year ago and now around the $1000 mark.
This HAS TO BE a world-wide trend.
spoke with a fellow apostate from my own area.
she and i bailed out about the same time and kept in touch.. she used to do secular work with one of the local elders in his cleaning business until she got dfed.
this same elder was one of the more profound dickheads on my reinstatement committee, before i turned around two years later and daed.. business required her to contact the elder on behalf of an old client.
Spoke with a fellow apostate from my own area. She and I bailed out about the same time and kept in touch.
She used to do secular work with one of the local elders in his cleaning business until she got DFed. This same elder was one of the more profound dickheads on my reinstatement committee, before I turned around two years later and DAed.
Business required her to contact the elder on behalf of an old client. A conversation started between them and he related that he was fed up with a lot of what was happening. His wife has walked away from the org. He says he sees all the BS and has long since stopped donating money - calling what the GB is doing as "money grubbing". He claimed he used to be one of the biggest contributors in the congregation and now gives nothing. He still thinks there's truth there so he hangs on, but he's sick of it.
I listened to my friend relate this story and wondered how common it is.
well it's been 18 months since i left the witnesses.
my goodness what can i say?
well let's start from the beginning.... 1) i am happy, yes i am (i know im not meant to be as the jw's would like to believe).
Stan is an asshole.
"blue" lives matter!
- sheriff david clarke at the rnc.
this bs really makes my blood boil.
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well it's been 18 months since i left the witnesses.
my goodness what can i say?
well let's start from the beginning.... 1) i am happy, yes i am (i know im not meant to be as the jw's would like to believe).
I went through the entire range of emotions; rage-as I was leaving, calm-after I read CoC, curiosity-as I explored my new life, resentment-as I contemplated what WT stole from me, depression, elation, contentment... in no particular order.
I guess we call that a roller coaster.
Now, 5 years out (wow, I guess almost 6 now) I feel at peace with things but still find myself surprised as layers of old beliefs, patterns of thought, fall away, lightening my load, making life more and more pleasant every day.
Great to hear you're doing well. Just don't be surprised or disheartened if you hit a few more snags along the way.
from a redditor.
abbotsford bc.
forgot to post this from last weekend!.
The harvest is speeding up.
as our fade continues, the wife and i have decided to take up "the forbidden practice of.......yoga"!!!!😱.
i was quite skeptical at first but so far it has really de-stressed our life in quite a spectacular way!!
not to mention the physical benefits.. anyone else try yoga or a similar discipline?
I just said that.
as our fade continues, the wife and i have decided to take up "the forbidden practice of.......yoga"!!!!😱.
i was quite skeptical at first but so far it has really de-stressed our life in quite a spectacular way!!
not to mention the physical benefits.. anyone else try yoga or a similar discipline?
Yoga causes homosexuality.
"Ohmmm!"
Proud of BOTH of you.