i am a life long jw, but this issue i'm going through has taken the cake.. i am in a job situation that is not good.
and we were promised to us in our old hall that we would have a roof over our head for us an our animals.
so i gave notice on thursday then went to call by so-called jw friends and they backed out and claimed he now couldn't let us move in and broke the deal.
my grandparents would never grow old or die
in my area there are many older ones.
I have lost track of how many have died in the last ten years. My wife attended a memorial yesterday for one of the "faithful sisters". Preached the ORG to the very end.
yes, i'm not kidding!.
this gem was stated today in the talk!
(shortly before i walked out).
There is a reason why not everyone that has a bible is a JW.
JW doctrine, behavior, lifestyle, etc, is not supported in scripture...
i've been toying with the idea of just coming out and posting my name and location as an attempt to be available to locals that secretly browse the forum that have known me for up to 25 years.
( "reaching out", so to speak ).
i'm not da'd or df'd, so this most certainly could end in a dramatic confrontation.
My motive would be to comfort any current JWs that want to leave. When you are in and newly come to terms with TTATT, it can be lonely.
Why don't I just say I'm in the Northern Cal Bay Area. ( North Bay )
I'd be happy to PM, chat on the phone or meet up with ones trying to plan an escape.
i am a life long jw, but this issue i'm going through has taken the cake.. i am in a job situation that is not good.
and we were promised to us in our old hall that we would have a roof over our head for us an our animals.
so i gave notice on thursday then went to call by so-called jw friends and they backed out and claimed he now couldn't let us move in and broke the deal.
After 25 years, I quit attending. The friendship/brotherhood ended then, too.
When you are "in", you don't notice *anything*. When you are out, it's easy to see many things.
Welcome.
i've been toying with the idea of just coming out and posting my name and location as an attempt to be available to locals that secretly browse the forum that have known me for up to 25 years.
( "reaching out", so to speak ).
i'm not da'd or df'd, so this most certainly could end in a dramatic confrontation.
Excellent points to consider.
I wonder what kind of conversation I could expect from someone who "saw me".
I would ask them where/how. Browsing apostate web site are we?
The irony.
On the other hand, we're really starting to experience "peace and security" on the home front for the first time in a long while. I believe my wife secretly knows TTATT but sees the effort to escape as being too difficult. I will support her. She skipped the Sunday meeting...
Laying low makes better sense.
i've been toying with the idea of just coming out and posting my name and location as an attempt to be available to locals that secretly browse the forum that have known me for up to 25 years.
( "reaching out", so to speak ).
i'm not da'd or df'd, so this most certainly could end in a dramatic confrontation.
I deleted all JW FB friends quite some time ago and do not use FB as a platform for anything JW related.
I really do want to make some JWFacts.com banners to strategically place around town, however.
first post on here.
i've been lurking for 3-4 years and i mean i've been a mega lurker, doing marathon reading sessions for months or weeks.. sometimes i proceed by researching specific topics, or posters; other times just reading current discussions.
i'm particularly fond of "old" post, i.e 10-12-15 years ago.. i have laughed, smiled, got mad, cried etc, just reading some threads here.. as you can see i suffer from some kind of "accute lurkitis".
i have have come to realize most "rank and file" jw's are mentally unstable-to-ill and here is why.... http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/mental-issues.php.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/religious_delusion.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/religion_and_schizophrenia.
Depression while being a JW is a sign that your brain is fed up with constructing an alternate reality.
I think this is true.
i've been toying with the idea of just coming out and posting my name and location as an attempt to be available to locals that secretly browse the forum that have known me for up to 25 years.
( "reaching out", so to speak ).
i'm not da'd or df'd, so this most certainly could end in a dramatic confrontation.
I'll think on this for a while. Thanks for the posts, of course.
I've reconnected with five exJWs from my area since my exit.
I can only imagine how many are on the edge/scared to leave.
i just wanna know why...after a thousand dang years, jehovah would even want to think about lettin go of the dude who started it all....satan.
why?..
like a thousand years is a long time, and people are supposed to be gettin perfect n stuff during this time, and the earth is supposed to be gettin all perfectionized.... so satan can f- - - it all up again?.
It'll be nuts. New scrolls, GB ruling from heaven with helpers on earth to become the channel for true worship. What a loving provision from Jehovah that the wily old serpent and his crowd will be abyssed so true obedience can be rendered day and night, amen.
What could possibly go wrong?
