Red Witch

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  What did you lose or give up to break free of the Borg?

  by shotgun in

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  for all of you who made a conscious decision to leave the organization.. what was the price you had to pay or what was you willing to give up in order to be true to yourself.

  ( wife, children, extended family, friends, jobs...etc).

  and how have you coped?

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  For me, the coping was while in the org. Leaving brought me much happiness, and a "life". My family who are involved (and there are quite a few) were never very loving anyway, they were and are robots of the wt. Actually, I am so much more of a person now with peace of heart and mind, that I find it much more enjoyable when I do talk or visit with them. The hardest thing is to see them living their robot lives and talking their robot talk... and knowing there are real people under it all - they are just so totally convinced and indoctrinated out of their desire to be right and win the prize dangled in front of them.

  The organization has denied them much in life as it did in mine, till I de-programed my mind with the simple chant of "I will not feel quilty". But I must admit that the feelings of, not belonging anywhere, being a misfit, along with the guilt stuff can haunt me, if I let them, and only if I let them. There are times when those feelings will catch me off-guard, those are probably the most difficult times to deal with. Sometimes the family tries to "push buttons" even if unwittingly - that's when strength is needed on my part to take a step back and think before I automatically react.

  I left along time ago and it took time to learn to listen to and accept my gut feelings (which has always been right) instead of letting the old programing in my head control me.
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  Anyone else from N.California here yet?

  by jelly in

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  i was starting to worry.

  i dont post much but i usually check the site daily.

  oh well, its nice to be here.. terry

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  Red Witch

  Beautiful downtown San Jose.
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  We are NOT a CULT!

  by UnDisfellowshipped in

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  the watchtower, september 15, 2002 issue, pages 16-18: .

  the watchtower, january 1, 1942 issue, page 5: .

  the watchtower, may 1, 1957 issue, page 274: .

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  Definitely a CULT

  Any group that does not allow one the freedom of thinking and deciding for themselves and convinces them of their inability to do so is utilizing a form of mindcontrol - therefore creating a CULT

  Hey, I sat in the kh as a child and recognized that we were all being controlled by the almighty "Overseers and their Servants" (titles their own and should give everyone a hint about what goes on in their Organization!) But I was too afraid to do anything about it until many years later, why? Because I was controlled by their imposed reasoning!!
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  I am going to try hanging out with you people

  by CruithneLaLuna in

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  hello, new member here.. i registered a couple of years ago, but my initial experiences here were not of the warm/fuzzy variety, which must have been what i needed at the time; so, i left.

  recenty, a friend gently suggested that i might want to give interacting here a second try.. so's i don't have to type it twice, i offer here a hyperlink to my member profile.. although one might reasonably be named "cruithne" - especially if one is irish or scottish - it is not my real name.

  well, of course it is my real name, in that i choose to be known by it.

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  Red Witch

  Hello CruithneLaLuna!

  I am fairly new here as well. Looked around a couple of years ago and just did not feel comfortable with it all. Gave me an anxiety attack. Now I am in a better space and find that reading the posts often make me smile and walk away in a lighter mood, instead of just bringing back all the bad memories of being involved with the org. I hope it works for you as well. I think it helps alot having a place to talk with others who have had many of the same experiences and feelings myself.

  Welcome, and Blessed Be
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  How "Intelligent" Witnesses Think - and Endure

  by metatron in

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  how can anyone with more than a handful of neurons maintain confidence in the watchtower organization?.

  as dumbing down of the organization deepens, together with stubborn rejection of compassion and good sense, the .

  pressure on capable, half-way sane witnesses is intensifying.

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  being a witness apeals to the the emotionally needy and insecure, and those who cannot make decisions for themselves or are simply incapable and possibly conditioned to feel they can't. in come those who are controlling and sociopathic on some level, and abrahadabra! you have an organization with rulers and the little people.
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  C.T. Russell's grave vandalized

  by RR in

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  i attended a week long [six day] bible student convention in johnstown, pa, just outside of pittsburgh, there was a sister from romania who wanted to visit pastor russell's grave, so we drove the 2 hours up there, the last time i was there was in 1999.

  well, apparently russell'sgrave was vandalized, on the front and back of the tombstone there are these photos of russell embedded into the granite, someone decided to keep a momento and ripped them off, so there's just a hole where the pictures were.

  no respect for the dead, oh well.

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  I sincerely doubt the vandalism makes any difference to mr russell. only survivors/family who have a love and respect for him would likely care. whomever the perps are had a need to physically express themselves. i hope they feel better.
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  What's The Most Ridiculous Thing Taught or Believed By Jehovah's Witnesses?

  by minimus in

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  what do you think??

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  my my, with all these wonderfull teachings is there anything positive you have come away with? after 27yrs i am still looking for one.
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  Hail Satan

  by new in

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  i have a question for you who have a background of being wittness.i was forced to become a wittness by my mother.now when i am older i feel nothing but hatred becourse of that damnable brainwash.from my early boyhood i have allways been attracted with what is called satanism.this i confess now.the only true religion for me.that's i ask from you folks.is there anyboby out there who confess satanism after leaving jw's?

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  Hi New, Bado has good admonition as to finding out more about what you are professing to be involved in. The Christian devil is a manmade being to balance their one and only god. Consult your gut for answers.
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  Do you miss being part of something big?

  by sleepy in

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  at one time i was one of "gods chosen people", part of a special group of people who had exclusive access to hidden truths about the earth and its people.. now of cource i realise i'm just like everyone else and all the puzzles are still there.. kind of miss that feeling sometimes..

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  Big? "They" are not big. you are simply washed into believing that. When I left, very quickly I found out there are alot of really "good" people in the "world"!!!!!! What is to be missed? All is to be gained if you take care of yourself. hmmmmm, god takes care of those who take care of themselves. Could that possibly mean keeping your own reasoning powers and listening to that little inner voice?
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  What is the best thing and worst thing about being a JW?

  by micheal in

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  2. beliefs

  i would say the best thing is when one has just started studying and coming to meetings for the first time they are treated like gold.

  but things really start to detiroriate quickly from there.

  the worst thing is the control.

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  Being told you won't get old. And will live forever in happiness in an earthly paradise.

  Finding out the "end" did not happen in 1975!!!!