Dustin

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  Describle a JW in the fewest words possible

  by JH in

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  clean cut indoctrinated gullible follower

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  Evil!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  ? err dont know what to call it

  by ballistic in

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  now, it's not the worst thing to happen to me, but i climbed a mountain.

  i've climbed several mountains but this one was with a good friend, he is now a circuit overseer.

  he was always someone i looked up to.

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  It hurts to lose good friends. I'm really sorry for your loss. I hope your sadness goes away soon.

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  Are ex-jw's or "apostates" addicted to jw-bashing?

  by booker-t in

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  this might seem like a funny question to ask but my mom told me that "apostates" are addicted to jw-bashing and cannot let it go and have a life.

  i asked her what she meant by this statement and she told me that all ex-jw's talk about is the wts and jw's and negative things about the jw's.

  she said that we get up thinking about jw-bashing and go to sleep thinking about jw-bashing just like a drug addict.

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  I wouldn't call it an addiction. It just helps to vent about them ruining my childhood. I honestly think the witnesses are addicted to being paranoid about what other people think about them. They're also addicted to feeling they're always right. So I say screw them.

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  I'm not alone

  by imnottheonlyone! in

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  for years i have felt i was the only one on earth that was reeling from my involvement with jw.

  i stumbled upon this website and feel an overwhelming desire to dance.

  here is my story:.

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  Welcome aboard.

  Growing up a JW does alot to mess with your mind. But everyone here is pretty cool, and does alot to help out when you need to talk.

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  seeking help

  by stopthepain in

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  i have never sought out proffesional help.i guess the way i am is part of that stubborn old school mentality of"i don't need any help".i think i can fight through alot of my feelings.as a raised,insecure,unhappy,negative ex jw child,do members on this forum think someone such as myself should seek psycological help(even if yes,why?

  )why can't i fully move on?does just vocalizing these issues help?.

  i know the answer,but i'm afraid to deal with it.i guess i'm just having a bad day.i'm glad i have this meesage board .youve all been great,sorry to bother with my pitifull emotions,.

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  Hey, I know exactly where you're coming from. It's really tough to just move on. Sometimes the feelings of guilt and betrayal just consume me. Seeking out a good counselor is a good idea. Something that really helps me is to just write about it. I've found a couple of really nice people on this website who have helped me, by just letting me tell them what I'm feeling. I hope your day gets better. It's important to know that there's alot of other people out there who were left broken by this religion. If we can help, we will.

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  JWs Found Guilty

  by Kenneson in

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  an interesting story comes out of aspen, colorado.

  it is entitled "men admit wrongdoing after menorah vandalism.

  " guess what religion they belonged to?

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  What a bunch of dumbasses! That's pretty funny.

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  Songs which remind you of J Dubs....

  by missy04 in

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  i was just sitting here listening to a song by breaking benjamin called "rain" and it reminded me of the witnesses.. ""rain".

  take a photograph, .

  not a dollar or a crowd could ever keep me here, .

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  Marilyn Manson "Fight Song"

  I'm not a slave to a God that doesn't exist

  I'm not a slave to a world that doesn't give a shit

  Also Alice In Chains "Nutshell"

  My gift of self is raped

  My privacy is raked

  And yet I find And yet I find

  Repeating in my head

  If I can't be my own

  I'd feel better dead
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  For those raised as JWs...

  by Country Girl in

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  i have found that while i can remember my childhood from ages 3-5, i can't remember much after that until i was 17 or so.

  my mom came into the jws when i was 3, and i remember celebrating our last christmas.

  it was a small christmas tree on the end table and it had a present for each of us (2 kids).

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  I was born as a JW. I remember bits and pieces before 5. My memory is pretty clear from 6 or 7 on. I remember both the good times and bad times of being a JW. My childhood was very hard though. I don't have many memories of happiness. I remember being picked on by JW kids and non JW kids, all for a religion I now despise. I think I have been gradually getting over some of the hatred and guilt it left behind. Memories are what you make them. Alot of my childhood memories suck! But I've been doing my best to make new friends and new memories that make me happy. They say time heals all wounds, but I hope that's not true. I think alot of the sadness that was left in me makes me who I am. Even though I wish I could go back and change my life, I have come to the realization that I can't. What I went through, has shaped me into who I am. For better or for worse those memories will always be a part of me.

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  So I saw an old JW friend last night at ........the bar???

  by Dustin in

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  so i got home from a long day of work yesterday, and decided i was gonna go to the bar and chill out for a little while.

  so i'm sitting around talking to some other people i knew, when all of a sudden i see an ex-jw friend walk in.

  now he was never great association, but my parents just told me how he was doing so well spiritually in our monthly "why don't you come back to the hall" conversation.

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  I should have been a U.K. dub. I so would have fit in better. I just like to drink. I can be responsible with it when I want. Elders meetings at the pub? That sounds like my kind of meeting.

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  Do Jehovah's Witnesses Depend on Mental Illness?

  by metatron in

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  if you still go to meetings, take a good look around the kingdom hall next time you attend and think about what you are.

  likely seeing.. many witnesses will sit in a half-awake mode - despite confronting a risk to life or limb in attending, because of bad weather or the sort.

  of neighborhood the hall is located in.

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  That was a great read. It brings back alot of painful memories. But thank you for putting it in perspective for what it is.

  Dustin