Why do you post here?

by MrFreeze 43 Replies latest jw friends

  • MrFreeze
    MrFreeze

    So, why do you post here?

    Do you post here because you are currently trapped in the JW's?

    Do you post here to help those currently trapped?

    Do you post here just because you share a like-mindedness with others who post here?

    Do you post here because you are currently struggling with having just left?

    I think this would help us to get to know one another, a little better.

    Me personally, I would say the reason I've posted here due to all of the above. Except for being currently trapped. Of course, when I first posted here, I was.

  • mrsjones5
    mrsjones5

    Do you post here just because you share a like-mindedness with others who post here?

    Yes

  • White Dove
    White Dove

    I post here in an attempt to make sense of the non-JW world around me. The REAL world.

    It seems to me that I was born at age 37 into a strange world, and I need guidence to navigate it.

    I've had to drop any and every single thought about how the world works and how people act, react, and why they do it that way.

    All I knew was the JW way of thinking about things and viewing people and the world.

    Turns out, that kind of thinking and viewing was way off base.

    Nothing is as I once thought it was.

    Let's see, how old am I now after being a born again worldling...wow, I'm 5 years old!

    How pathetic is that?

    Would you send a 5 year old into the world to fend for herself?

    That's why I post here, though I do much more reading than posting.

  • ocd
    ocd

    All of the above!!! I haven't posted or been a member for very long but visit often. Because of there being so many different experiences it has helped me understand some of the things I am feeling. Many great people here!

  • miseryloveselders
    miseryloveselders

    Combination of things I guess.

    To kill time at work.

    To express myself, as its therapeutic. I figure why bother paying a specialist co-pay with a therapist, when I can do it for free with you guys/gals.

    To let lurkers know that there are other people having the same doubts and jacked up circumstances they've have.

    I think some JWs have an unreasonable view of people in positions, such as elders, or circuit overseers. As an elder posting here, I try to be as honest about myself as my situation will allow at this time. I want people to know we're human, we have our weaknesses and strengths. Many of us have doubts that the people in our own congregations would never have suspected. When I was lurking, there was a CO who went by Winston Churchill posting here. I was flabbergasted to see him posting.

    One last thing, my life is in a quagmire or stalemate at this time. I'm at a transitional phase in life. There's going to be consequences regardless of what decision I make in regards to my future with or without this organization. I don't 100% blame myself nor my parents for this situation I'm in. Sure they bear some fault, as do I. The men who bear the most fault however, are dead. I'm not capable of physically hurting them because they're deceased. At the same time I can't, and we can't, reasonably eliminate this jacked up religion, but at the least by posting here we can chip away at some of the control they have. We can expose their flawed doctrines, and let others know there is life outside of the cult. Or even life within the cult for those strong minded and resilient enough.

  • d
    d

    I post here it helps vent out alot suppressed anger I have and it is free, .I usually post when nobody is around.As a matter of fact nobody really knows that I have an account here. So in reality it helps.Since leaving the Jw's I have also lurked on this website for a while and I was a little nervous about getting an account but reading people's posts has really helped to see things diffrently.Maybe somebody I will get my friend to create an account.

  • GLTirebiter
    GLTirebiter
    Do you post here just because you share a like-mindedness with others who post here?

    Some of them, yes. Also to understand what's going in the lives and minds of the Ex and kids.

  • Finally-Free
    Finally-Free

    Mostly because it's become a habit.

    W

  • OUTLAW
    OUTLAW

    I post here because..

    I suck at Pole Vaulting..

    ..................... ...OUTLAW

  • Lozhasleft
    Lozhasleft

    I post because I benefit from having had the common experiences of many on here. I hope I may help others/ lurkers/ trapped JWs...to get past the hurdles. I enjoy the camaraderie and the humour. I learn a lot.

    Loz x

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