Hi - I'm new here!

by Flicka 56 Replies latest jw friends

  • Hoffnung
    Hoffnung

    Welcome Flicka,

    Good for you you can live through this together with your husband. Take your time. Accept that having grown up as a Witness will follow you and your ideas for quite a while. Having found the lies about the "truth" will remove a big weight from your shoulders, and that is one of the reasons it is worth your while. Enjoy the journey, it will not be boring.

    Hoffnung

  • kazar
    kazar

    Welcome. Glad to have you on board.

  • finally awake
    finally awake

    Hi - I'm pretty new here too. This place has really opened my eyes.

  • its_me!
    its_me!

    Welcome Flicka and Twisty!

    It is a very sticky situation when your family is still in. I am in the same situation. My family doesn't talk to me very much, and I have tried to express my doubts to them, but they don't seem to be too receptive at this point. I have stopped trying to talk to them about it for now as I do not want to lose contact completely.

    The advice to take it slow and not mention doubts to family yet seems a very good idea to me. It is hard enough losing faith in everything that you have been exposed to since birth, especially with all the sacrifices that one makes for the WTS, without losing your family bond as well.

    So glad to have you here! Hang in there! Things will look up from here on out. There will be hardships and bumps in the road along the way, but it is definitely a worthwhile journey to take.

  • Quandry
    Quandry

    Welcome to the forum.

    Glad you and your husband are together in the journey.

    Please don't make things more hazardous in the time being by talking to family of your doubts.

    Take the time to research. You have plenty of time to decide what to do in the future, as it doesn't look like the end will be sooooooon like the WTS has been saying since the mid 1800s.

  • poopsiecakes
  • Knowsnothing
    Knowsnothing

    Welcome!

  • smiddy
    smiddy

    Welcome to you both,Flicka & Twisty,you will learn more truth about the "Society"here than in any KH.

    smiddy

  • smiddy
    smiddy

    And a welcome to you also finally awake

    smiddy

  • FatFreek 2005
    FatFreek 2005

    Flicka: My husband and I are currently doing a lot of reading and trying to document what we are reading so when the day comes when my family has questions I can show them the answers from our research, which I think that is still very far in the future as I'm currently trying to avoid any questions from the family.

    You and Twisty have had some excellent suggestions and the two of you appear to be well on your way to freedom. Here's another bit of reading (some 11 minutes) that tends to shock JW's who listen. THE GREAT WATCHTOWER CONTRADICTION is based on quotations from Watchtower publications, designed for new ones, but is more than plenty thought-provoking for seasoned JWs. They don't want to meet up with the main question this one poses.

    Len

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