cyber-sista
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THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU!
by cyber-sista inaloha friends,
still working on my process of separating from the org.
so far i have found it best to have little to no contact with anyone who is still living in jw land, as their state of denial is so disturbing to me.
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THE BLAME GAME--need help with this
by cyber-sista injust commented on recent topic titled: who do you blame for the time you wasted as a dub?
this questions got my brain tweaking in some different directions.
some who i admire and respect the opinions of said that they no longer blame anyone and that blaming is a waste of energy.
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the delusion of believing they are "good witnesses"
by cyber-sista ini remember how the org always encouraged us to be a "good witness" by telling others about our jw activities and putting our theocratic interests above everything else.
this is a major jw delusion that anyone who is not a jw will be impressed by our unwavering loyalty to the wt org.
just recently my husband had a family reunion we attended in another state.
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My bible study conductor deceived me with this point.
by cyber-sista inthis is something that has always bothered me and now i can see what a deception it was.
a jw woman studied with me on and off for about 3 years before i got baptized.
eventually i got baptized at a weaker moment in my life (suffering from major post partum depression) you don't want your child to die at the big a do you?-- was one line of thinking that was used on me.. the deception was this: during the time i was studying she never told me the truth about the whole unbelieving mate situation, though i specifically asked what would happen to my mate if the big a came and he never became a joe witness--?
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Where did they get their brainwashing tecniques?
by cyber-sista inwhat is really the most disturbing thing to me is that i really do feel that i was brainwashed in those 20 + years in the org--i mean seriously brainwashed.
i am not an idiot, but there were times that i look back on now where i was a radical jw, though this is not really my personality to be such.
i remember after assemblies (while greatly relieved it was over with aching back and all) i would feel different--sometimes i would start donating more money to the wt and at one point i seriously thought of puttingthe wt in my will.
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A slave is obedient even to a cruel master?...
by cyber-sista injust recently sister x from the kh where i recently attended had another meeting with the elders there to try and help she and brother x with their abusive marital relationship.
they are constantly meeting with the elders and have done so for many years over this and everything other decision they need to make in their lives.
they are very "elder dependent" but their lives never seem to improve and in fact it just seems to go from bad to worse.
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Another weird JW forward that drives me further away
by cyber-sista inok, so all the jws know i am "inactive" now.
now, as we all know, this is not a term that means lack of physical exercise, but that jw term you get labeled with when you are not participating any longer in jw activities (spiritually weak and sick or "discouraged" are other terms used when applied to others in my situation.
) one of the prices i must pay for being away is the well meaning encouragment i recieve in emails such as the one below, which i recieved today.
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% of JW women versus % of JW men
by cyber-sista indoes anyone know the stats on this or have an idea?
in all the congregations i have seen seems like the percentage of women is always higher than the men, though it was never information the org let out to us.
also the women are the ones who are most involved in the preaching work--pioneering, etc.
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Hospital Liason committe--another deception?
by cyber-sista ini posted this on the wt no blood expose topic, but thought i would start it under a separate topic, because i am curious to know what experiences others had with the so called "wt hospital liason committee.
while i was still a jw one of my close family members was bleeding and in need of a blood transfusion .
like good little jws we immediately called the elders in the hall that were in charge of the hospital blood liason committe thing hoping they could help us with the situation.
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Honesty/Vs/tolerance--X-JW dilemna
by cyber-sista inthis has been a struggle i have had since leaving the wt some 2 years ago.
i have been pretty low key thus far about the reasons i have left and haven't really gone out of my way to speak to any jws about it.
i have a nephew that is dfd and my daughter has a friend who is dfd and i have had a few brief discussions with them about the subject of my leaving.