Posts by Nadsam

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Are you proud that you're an Ex-jw?

by Nosferatu in

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this is a spinoff of the thread "are jw's embarrassed about being jw's?".

i want to ask, are you proud to say that you're an ex-jw?

do you no longer have a problem with admitting that you used to be a jw?.

Nadsam

Ashamed of being a sucker..definitely...I mean its almost as lame as telling everyone you believed for 35 yrs in the tooth fairy !!

After telling the elders at my JDC to shove it ! I became very anti JW , then openly anti Christianity ,,,that was ten years ago and even now I still froth at the mouth if someone asks me if I'm still a JW ! I don't go around JW bashing though and as part of my recovery which I am only now confronting and dealing with I am almost too ashamed to tell people what a sucker I was..so I generally avoid all topics religion related. Thanks to Simon for this forum ,so that at least here my healing can begin.

So in answer I guess I prefer to say that "I am proud to be free" and have no-one laugh at me behind my back anymore

Nadsam

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Things That Piss You Off

by minimus in

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what are things that really get you irritated??

?

Nadsam

Sorry..one more,,,you email someone at work with the best intentions and they cc half of the company and use it as a way to crap all over you....just a highlight from a crappy week at work (this week)

49

Things That Piss You Off

by minimus in

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friends

what are things that really get you irritated??

?

Nadsam

"Bold and Beautiful" ...as Brooke is about to tell Ridge...then it ends and you have to wait from friday till monday!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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For ex- (or current heh heh) bethelites...

by boa in

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hi all you former (or still in lurkers heh heh) bethelites.my question to you is: was your time in bethel the turning point in your jw life?

if so, what was it that started you on your way out?

boa 'bethel life was my key to the real life'

Nadsam

Dear Boa

What drove me insane about Bethel....in South Africa (1985-90):

Waking up with the a bell at 06h00 (some awfull hooter sounded like prison alarm)
Monday evening Study (which would go on and on for hours)
Friday evening "Movie" night ...happened only once a month usually it was study, study , study !
Saturday afternoon "Social Barbeque"..basically the only time you could have 2 hrs to yourself
Laundry day...not getting your socks back
Never ending construction !!!!!
Boring semi psycho room mate who listened to depeche mode and kept grabbing his crotch !LOL
Daily Cleaning Sisters rumaging through my closets looking for booze , porn or apostate lit.
Elder at the head of the breakfast table looking how much I ate
Lengthy prayers and daytext pomp and ceromony.
Obsession with "allowance day"
Knowing married couples had sex (I wasn't). The lived next door, but always looked happy???
Perky Elders wanting to shake your hand
Even worse perky ugly sisters (really ugly) who just loved to talk and talk and talk
Money borrowers & lenders
Car pools
Being a work overseer on the construction site on weekends with a bunch of kids !!
Moving between various temporary accomodations while working
Eating convention left overs....two days after the convention ended.
Lunch at one of the local congregation elders homes on Sundays (trying to marry you off to one of his nasty daughters or a MS hoping he'd score points for having a Bethalite over.)

However none of this made me leave. I actually made friends with an old "Anointed" brother who was kind and easy going but has long since passed away.

I left the borg in 94 due to their excessive hypocrasy and no longer agreeing with their endgame plan.

Nadsam

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What Do You Think Happens when YOU Die?

by minimus in

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do you still believe in death's unconsciousness?

do you think we must live on somewhere, somehow?

Nadsam

Your wifes new boyfriend drinks out your life insurance money hehehee

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Say Something Only A Jehovah's Witness Would Say

by minimus in

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i'll start.

"at least i know god's name is jehovah!

".......any others?

Nadsam

The worst witness is still better than the best worldly person

29

Where's the best place to live?

by Steve Lowry in

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i don't usually start non-jw threads, but i was wondering about other places to move to.

i live in atlanta and while i love a lot of things about it, sometimes i think about moving on.

i was in south florida for the first thirty-five years and have been here for the last fourteen.

Nadsam

Sunny South Africa....just bring lotsa cash!!!!!!!!

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What Was The Worst Rule You Hated Being Under As A Witness?

by minimus in

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Nadsam

When I was small ..not getting birthday cake and putting up christmas decorations

76

food at the assembly

by LukeN in

remember a few years ago 97 and down even more there use to be food at the assemblys(not the big rent-astadium ones).

i remember back then probally being 5,6,7,8 they use to give out food like hots hamburgers chips and so.

any idea why there isnt anymore?

Nadsam

While I was a Bethelite we used to prepare a lot of the meals the day before and ship them the next evening to the conventions...that night we recieved the left overs and dished it up for the other bethalites!!!!........I was also once an overseer of a "fruit salad and ice cream" line. While opening a can a bro cut his finger and bled all over the place,,,, that day we served "strawberry icecream" and boy did those JW's lick their lips !!!

hehehehe, Nadsam.

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Does it ever get easier?

by Surfacing in

my heart is palpitating even as i write this.

it was only recently that i was introduced to this site.

i had long had doubts but could never bring myself to peer over the wall built in my head about the evils of apostates.

Nadsam

Welcome, welcome welcome !

This is indeed the best place to come too when you feel trapped. JWD has the kindest , most knowledgeable EX-JW's who all know what its like ...from all around the world. I wish you the best and hope you find genuine peace of mind now that you're on your on way "freedom road".You are doing the right thing.

Goodluck

Nadsam