I just realized that today marks my first year since attending a meeting at the KH... I really wanted to celebrate this day but it just creeped up and its kinda late now... I guess I'll celebrate tomorrow night instead.
But I wanted to log in to thank everyone who has helped me with their valuable insight and perspective... I came to this site with a typical judgemental JW mentality and now I can say I'm completely rid of all that... I now value everyone's opinions and talk more freely with people I used to consider "worldly"... what a completely freeing experience!
The hardest part of my exit from the cult was convincing my wife... that took about 6 months and I nearly gave up... thank God she eventually woke up.
Also, in the past year I've read...
- Gentile Times Reconsidered
- Combatting Mind Control
- Crisis of Conscience*
- In Search of Christian Freedom
- Apocalypse Delayed*
- 3 books out of the 7 "Studies in the Scriptures"
- 5 Rutherford books
*I met 2 of the people mentioned in Crisis of Conscience and Apocalypse Delayed and had dinner with them recently... hoping to build that relationship further.
I've also sent about 26 emails to several elders on a variety of subjects and 6 letters to the Brooklyn and I'm still not DA's or DF'd! (I think). None of these emails or letters changed anything but it helped me purge...
I could go on and on but it's the same story you've probably read a thousand times already.
Anyway, if it wasn't for all the support and encouragement I received on this site (as well as Randy's site and Barbara's site), I wouldn't be where I am today.
So a BIG THANK YOU to you all!!!
Alfred