If I said "yes Mom" to my mother repeatedly she would in turn start asking stuff like....
"So then, you will be coming back to meetings?"
"You admit you are the pathetic prodigal son"
My mother is hell on wheels...drives me crazy!
Posts by Angst
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26leave me alooone.....PLEASE!!!!
by Angst ini was born and raised a witness.
baptized at 14. pioneered after high school and was accepted to bethel when i was 19. got booted from bethel on my 21st b-day because someone exposed me for underage drinking prior to my 21st b-day.
after i left bethel, nothing was ever the same, and my eyes began to be opened and i started seeing more clearly.
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leave me alooone.....PLEASE!!!!
by Angst ini was born and raised a witness.
baptized at 14. pioneered after high school and was accepted to bethel when i was 19. got booted from bethel on my 21st b-day because someone exposed me for underage drinking prior to my 21st b-day.
after i left bethel, nothing was ever the same, and my eyes began to be opened and i started seeing more clearly.
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I would love to be able to associate with parents with out religion ever factoring into the equation....
Maybe I should become a barber...my dad always said never discuss politics, religion, or sports with a barber. Anyone ever heard that saying?
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leave me alooone.....PLEASE!!!!
by Angst ini was born and raised a witness.
baptized at 14. pioneered after high school and was accepted to bethel when i was 19. got booted from bethel on my 21st b-day because someone exposed me for underage drinking prior to my 21st b-day.
after i left bethel, nothing was ever the same, and my eyes began to be opened and i started seeing more clearly.
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Radar,
I do not wish to be a JW anymore and am trying to tell my mother in the most tactful way that I don't want to talk about religion with her in any way, shape, or form.
Your point about confronting her with the subject is a good idea...I've been skirting the subject as much as possible and that hasn't worked very well.
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leave me alooone.....PLEASE!!!!
by Angst ini was born and raised a witness.
baptized at 14. pioneered after high school and was accepted to bethel when i was 19. got booted from bethel on my 21st b-day because someone exposed me for underage drinking prior to my 21st b-day.
after i left bethel, nothing was ever the same, and my eyes began to be opened and i started seeing more clearly.
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I was born and raised a witness. Baptized at 14. Pioneered after High School and was accepted to Bethel when I was 19. Got booted from Bethel on my 21st b-day because someone exposed me for underage drinking prior to my 21st b-day. After I left Bethel, nothing was ever the same, and my eyes began to be opened and I started seeing more clearly. Ten years later now and I have been away from the JW's for over 6 years and my mother (a devout JW) insists on trying to "encourage" me to return to the JW's and I have told her repeatedly that I'm not interested but I can't seem to get it through her head that I'm not coming back. Without being rude, one anyone care to assist me in coming up with a way to end the persistant badgering I'm getting?
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How will Gen-Xers contribute to the fall of WTBS?
by LDH inis it because we're a cynical lot?.
maybe because we were the first generation of latch-key kids who learned how to raise ourselves?.
what is it that makes it so 'hard to lie to a gen xer?
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...if you remember the pink songbook...LOL
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Famous JW's
by teenyuck injust curious...does anyone know if there are any famous jw's?
i have heard about the jackson family (michael, janet, etc.
) and prince, however, i have been unable to find any official web site information that confirms their beliefs.
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Heheheh so was Santa Claus
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POLL: Occupations
by Angst inas a witness what occupation did/do you hold?.
i was speaking with a friend of mine that is a former witness and we remarked about how many of us have worked in some sort of janitorial work.
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As a Witness what occupation did/do you hold?
I was speaking with a friend of mine that is a former Witness and we remarked about how many of us have worked in some sort of janitorial work.
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Post WTBTS Life
by Angst ini have been inactive for about three and a half years now and just recently after making some big changes in my life have i made a commitment not to return to the "organization".
for quite awhile now i've just felt like i was apathetic towards religion.
now i'm disgusted by religion, religious dogma, and fanaticism.. one thing that i've noticed in those i deal with that are ex-witnesses is that many tend to swing the exact opposite direction once they leave.
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Siegwife...it's amazing how damaging leaving the organization can be to one's psyche....I'm still confused and it's been 4 years since I left.
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What I heard the JW's say in light of this tragedy
by Bridgette inokay, i know (or want to believe) that not all jehovah's witnesses are this calloused.
at least i hope not.
there are some good, caring people, but here are some stark contrasts i've observed today that remind me of how glad i am that i'm not part of such an overall unloving group of people.
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Here's some love for ya- why couldn't the Bethel complex have been closer to the World Trade Center?
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My thoughts exactly!!!
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Post WTBTS Life
by Angst ini have been inactive for about three and a half years now and just recently after making some big changes in my life have i made a commitment not to return to the "organization".
for quite awhile now i've just felt like i was apathetic towards religion.
now i'm disgusted by religion, religious dogma, and fanaticism.. one thing that i've noticed in those i deal with that are ex-witnesses is that many tend to swing the exact opposite direction once they leave.
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outnfree... I especially like the following comment that you made because it is precisely how I feel they wanted me to be:
Maintaining "a unique individuality" is precisely what one was NOT supposed to do as a witness. "Unity" meant "cookie-cutter dub" more often than not.
I tried, during my high school years to dress in a unique style and my parents hated it. I never understood why they felt that it was worldly to try to be unique. They would always tell me to focus on spiritual things. I also was quoted Proverbs 18:1 more times than I care to remember because my mind was so screwed up that I resorted to isolation because association with the world was so dangerous.
I no longer have that way of thinking...thank goodnews I'm not ruined for life!