Hello! I am no longer a Lurker!

by VIII 32 Replies latest jw friends

  • VIII
    VIII

    I really appreciate the Welcomes. Thank you all.

    I want to clarify the "nuttiness" I refer to above: I get the craziest e-mails from my family. All referring to Armageddon, The Great Tribulation, etc. Some of the stuff in them would get them referred to a mental hospital. For lock up, not just treatment. I'm talking full out crazy talk. Tom Cruise would be proud.

    I try to reason that they are in full control of a cult, yet, I just can't wrap my mind around how they can not only believe that stuff, but type it out and hit the send button.

    I also get the phone calls. They say similar stuff. I hang up the phone and yell into a pillow.

    So, when I come here and read stories like mine, I realize "I am not alone". That is good.

  • shamus100
    shamus100

    There is nothing wrong with creating personal boundaries. You need to see if it's worth the cost and make them.; much easier said than done.

  • viva
    viva

    Welcome to the forum! I am new here to. It is great to know that we are not alone...

  • oompa
    oompa

    yes...WE are not alone........welcome!.....oompa......and how did you find us?

  • BabaYaga
    BabaYaga

    Hello and welcome!

  • VIII
    VIII

    I came across this site a few years ago and would read it on and off. It seemed the easiest to navigate of the various Ex-JW web sites. I would think about registering to respond to something and then realize someone already said what I had to say.

    I decided to register when the site allowed new members due to the nature of the e-mails and phone calls I have been getting. They have stepped up the Great Trib and Armageddon stuff in the last 6 months like I can't believe. Getting some more objective responses would be great. I have resorted to grunting lately.

  • HappyDad
    HappyDad

    Welcome from Pittsburgh, PA

    You said it right. You have had to be there to understand.

    HappyDad

  • SnakesInTheTower
    SnakesInTheTower

    welcome VIII

    my JW mom still will talk JW stuff at me on the phone.... I listen because I love her..but have to curtail it when she tries to get me to go back...I glance through the Kool-Aid editions of the Watchtower when she sends them... just in case she asks if I read them.... I can't lie to my momma...

    Snakes ()

    ps....

    and what a great problem we have again...I can't keep up with all the newbies to welcome them...

  • TooBad TooSad
    TooBad TooSad

    Wecome aboard to the board where you will not get bored.

    TooBad TooSad

  • Alpaca
    Alpaca

    VIII,

    Welcome.

    You are in very good place, here.

    Good luck.

    Alex

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