for all those who have recently escaped this evil cult i just want to send a message of hope.. i have just had my landlord around.
one of the first things the landlord said to me.
"in just a year i see such a big positive difference in you" .
Congrats on your success. Many of us are reporting similar results.
I've lost 75 pounds and have much better organized my home and belongings.
I have an endless line up of projects and interests as well.
It's amazing how much time we have when the end isn't coming tomorrow...
Life is better on the outside.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise!
my husband was recently subjected to an intervention by his parents.
i am apparently a danger to his spirituality.
after i stopped attending meetings and went apostate hubby decided to resign as a ms to spend more time with me.
So many of us envy you... In a good way!
Wonder if your JW reads here?
why do there have to be wars?
why is there so much hatred?.
the collective answer i came up with is natalisam, or maybe the correct word should be politics?
Root cause of war and violence?
Satan!
Ba dah bump, cshhh!!
Actually, it's common greed and desire for power, propped up by wealth. You really never see armies , countries or thugs running armed men that have no CASH.
a number of years ago when i was still active, our service group was having a coffee break with the visiting circuit overseer.
during the conversation he mentioned that the "society" was now being run like a business.
being raised in the "truth" i thought that rather odd (and my eyes began to be opened!
there were always all types of speakers in the org.
myself, growing up a "witness", must have heard all types of talks, and given by all manner of speakers, especially on sundays, when almost every week we would get a "visiting" brother giving the public talk.. sometimes, you would have a "great" speaker, all fluent and animated.
other times we would get a comical speaker, one who would maybe purposelly get a few laughs outta the audience.
The S.H.I.T. story.
That happened in my area, too.
i've been df'd for about six weeks now.no one has broken the obligation to "honor the disfellowshipping decree".that's the way notorious co paul kohler describes the "loving arrangement" that is jw shunning.
( just "serving" napa ).
so, my wife's family has been "loving me" ( barf ) when out of nowhere, one of them sends home homemade soup for me.... well, i got super pissed.
I agree and disagree with all of the comments...
It was mixed signals coming from a 70 year old born-in.
The confusion must be baffling for her.
"Why would he leave Jehovah and all of us?"
"What is it that is more valuable than everlasting life?"
On the other hand, the very last thing I ever said to her was regarding the 1947 article on the pagan origins of shunning and the 1953 article implementing it as the "loving arrangement that it is".
( I highly doubt she is waking up, but she must have raging doubts as she lived through 1975 )
after listening to the hearings of the australian royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse, i am no longer content to have simply walked away from the organization.
as a matter of conscience, i do not want my name linked with the organization in any way.
i know this letter has been posted previously, and i thank the author.
I wish I did this.
So much more fun than the way I did it...
Has anyone contacted you?
i've been df'd for about six weeks now.no one has broken the obligation to "honor the disfellowshipping decree".that's the way notorious co paul kohler describes the "loving arrangement" that is jw shunning.
( just "serving" napa ).
so, my wife's family has been "loving me" ( barf ) when out of nowhere, one of them sends home homemade soup for me.... well, i got super pissed.
I've been blamed for "throwing everyone away".
This is my fault.
My actions make them shun me.
I've been ignored by most local JWs for the past 2.5 years anyway.
I'm glad to be rid of them all for the most part.
Just a few of my wife's family and a few so-so friends that I miss on ocasion.
I've been building a network of "worldly" friends since 2004.
Leaving was fairly simple, it was staying off the elder's radar that was my downfall. If it weren't for my wife's feelings, I would have done crazy things. I'm glad I didn't, although a secretly recorded J/C with nothing but humiliating traps for the elders would have been special.
Bottom line, I told my wife, no more unauthorized contact!
Either shun or don't. No more mixed signals.
i've been df'd for about six weeks now.no one has broken the obligation to "honor the disfellowshipping decree".that's the way notorious co paul kohler describes the "loving arrangement" that is jw shunning.
( just "serving" napa ).
so, my wife's family has been "loving me" ( barf ) when out of nowhere, one of them sends home homemade soup for me.... well, i got super pissed.
Considering that she is the wife of the very eldurr that got the whole "he's an apostate" ball rolling.
They have known me for 20 years. We have been on family trips, camping, etc for all this time. They know I'm not a "bad" guy.
I think the only hope they have is that I will "humble myself" before it is too late.
I get little snips of "so and so" said they love you or said "hello" and in this case, sent soup especially for me.
Shun or don't, but don't lead me along thinking that you might snap out of it. That's probably not the right attitude.
i've been df'd for about six weeks now.no one has broken the obligation to "honor the disfellowshipping decree".that's the way notorious co paul kohler describes the "loving arrangement" that is jw shunning.
( just "serving" napa ).
so, my wife's family has been "loving me" ( barf ) when out of nowhere, one of them sends home homemade soup for me.... well, i got super pissed.
My wife told me how much her family loves me and is in "so much pain".
I had to just say it's because they are in a CULT!
I explained than shunning is amongst some of the cruelest conduct one can engage in.
Then the nerve to call it "love".
I told her that they treat me like they hate me.
( we'll never speak to you again until you get re-instated )
That will never happen.
( Unless "someone holy" visits me with the straight scoop )
I got the look of: "does. not. compute."
