hi, im new to posting, i'm working on fading out slowly and planning on beggining a college career, but raised a jw, and was homeschooled.
or any scholastic awards, and also money is not exactly growing on trees.
anyone here been in a similar position?
I think most two-year colleges are familiar with home schooling and won't require SATs to get in. They cost a whole lot less money, too, and usually have scholarships available. Transfering as a junior, it'll be easier to get in to a four-year university since there are usually lots of freshman applying and not so many juniors. My daughter did this successfully as did one of her friends.
Best of luck success! (don't know if you're ready for luck, yet.. ) Emma
thanks so much everyone for being so supportive.. i am having an increasingly difficult time giving my parts on the meetings, going in service, and shepherding.
the wt study is so.....controlling?
that i have a hard time studying that too.
they are very judgmental as well. The absolutely unfathomable thing is...they don't realize it. They talk about how much love there is in the organization and happiness, then they ignore all the depression going on. The same with judging others
I went through this thought process, too. I remember listening to my mother and sisters dis one person after the next and realized all the judging and depression the borg was steeped in. this was one of my "awakenings" or ah -ha moment. It can be difficult and scary, but once you know the truth, it's hard to go back. There is life, real satisfying life, on the outside. You'll be OK but it may be a bumpy ride!
Welcome to the board!
dear family!.
hope all of you are well and doing great.
it's so relieving and comforting to see the names of my friends still posting here!
bttt
dear family!.
hope all of you are well and doing great.
it's so relieving and comforting to see the names of my friends still posting here!
It's wonderful to hear from you! I don't post much, but check in and read. Safe traveling.
i prayed before i came on here.
i know that it weird.
i have been reading here for a long time.
You will find friends
This is so true, though I believed that I would never have true friends if I "left." That's what you're made to believe. My new-found friends were the sisters (and a couple of bro's) that supported me through some difficult times. I was not df'd or da'd but my birth, spiritual sisters offered nothing.
A couple of brothers helped us move once. Two of my grandmothers rings were stolen from my jewelry box; irreplaceable. I watched their wives and daughters for any sign but never saw anything.
i heard that the latest watchtower mag made reference to the borganization undergoing "invisible growth".
anybody can fill me in with the details and context?
thanks..
I'm with Caedes.
I've always said it doesn't matter what they change, what the color of the fog is or what flavor kool-aid. There is a core of believers who have bought the "we're the faithful slave speaking for the great jehovah" who will always, always believe everything that's printed in the wt, rumored, mentioned at the assembly or by the co, po, whatever. It would be nice if the borg dwindled to that small core.
i've not been so regularly here lately because of my own health issues but i don't recall seeing our dear friend ian (dansk) lately.
his last post was on march 26 when he wrote:.
i was in hospital for a week, thursday-thursday, so i got home in time for easter.
bttt
good lord... anyways, i took your advice and played it cool.
my brother told me my parents feel really bad about hurting me.
my mother made me lunch.
And my other sister (the one who was a complete jerk to me) sat there with a dirty look the whole time. She would not say ONE WORD to me. Just sat there as I was talking with the whole family with a dirty, mad look.
Is her name Lorraine? Oh, wait, that's my sister.
I'm glad things went better than expected.
i have been faded for a long time now and of course my immediate family are in "intervention mode".
the latest c.o.
visit in my moms cong stressed the fact that "the end is sooooooooooooooooo close now" - we must do everything for jehovah and his organization before its too late.
Imagine looking back at a lifetime wasted working for a printing company that demanded overtime, interfered with your family life, and didn't pay you a dime.
They desperately want/need justification for their efforts.
That's why they have to keep believing its just around the corner. They've invested their entire life and being. They can't have wasted their entire life so it has to be close. I can imagine how desperate they would be if they let themselves think they might have been wrong. I think thats when you'd see individuals mixing up their own Kool-ade.
