Designer Stubble said:
I left (and wife followed) in time for my young children to live a normal life and they are enjoying their many "pagan" holidays and don't have to waste time sitting still at the KH .
Hooray!!!! Hello and welcome!
Designer Stubble said:
I left (and wife followed) in time for my young children to live a normal life and they are enjoying their many "pagan" holidays and don't have to waste time sitting still at the KH .
Hooray!!!! Hello and welcome!
my dad woke up about 3 years ago and said nothing.
my sister woke up about a year ago.
my mom about a month ago, myself shortly after.
Hello, welcome, and big hugs to you, Torn In Two Son! We are so happy to have you here.
Things are moving very, very fast for you indeed... but just take deep breaths and be good to yourself. Talk things out with those who can let you vent a little (it sounds like you have a good support group around you already, so you're good there.)
Don't rush into anything, and don't beat yourself up. Take the time you need. Relax. I promise you it all gets easier and better. You'd be amazed what realizations you can find if you just quiet your mind and listen to the true voice within you.
We love your Dad here, and we already feel you are part of the "family".
Love,
Baba.
a couple of months ago we wondered where bonafide had disappeared to...http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/183305/1/the-guy-that-claimed-he-was-going-to-bring-down-the-wtbts.
he had left us with the titillating suggestion he was up to something big to bring down the wtbts.but did he go further undercover?
did he only end up being a troll and nothing more?
Yes, I too have wondered about him. I hope he is well and happy.
this weekend at the circuit assembly, (i stayed home, thank goodness), i heard a nine year -old girl was baptized.
and she seems a bit mature for her age, but hardly mature enough,in my opinion, to make such a choice on her own.
it seems to be a trend in our circuit right now.
She will be joining us here on this forum in a few short years.
i had a brother.
his name was jon.. jon was a sweet, super sensitive guy.
also, a very tortured soul.
AllTimeJeff said:
Did you know that was the first time ever in my adult JW existence that I felt I was doing something wrong by obeying the JW dogma and edict? Jon was the first person to shake my tree a bit, to get me to feel. And all I did was say no to my brother in his time of need. But in Jon's time of need, somehow, he knew that he needed to know that he loved me. He knew that in the future, I would need that. It was Jon's love that slowly started the opening of my eyes, and started the erosion of the JW hold on me.
Aw, Jeff. That is incredible. You have moved beyond the bitterness to find the gift from your brother. Love to you and precious Jon.
Thank you.
Love,
Baba.
before christmas i posted about a new hobby ofd mine - animal pillows i have learned a new hobby.
my daughter had asked me to make pillows for the kids for christmas but i went creative.
the thread showed the pictures.. well the pillows were a huge hit.. my grandson loved his dinosaur pillows.
Lady Lee!! What beautiful grandbabies and what LOVELY pillows!! That photo of your granddaughter asleep and hugging her pillow is the "cat's meow"!
Love,
Baba.
my frequent walks these last few years about the neighborhood so familiar to me would ordinarily be construed a pleasant enough non-event.
a little mild exercise - taken in small doses to keep the joints operating properly - and a keen eye peeled for the ever-changing face of nature have rendered the daily promenade a suitable diversion.
until recently.
CoCo!!!! We are so very happy to hear from you! Well I am sorry to hear about the computer situation, but I am so very glad it is not something more distressing that has kept you at bay. You know we love you! We do miss your "daily texts" (hahahahaa uh oh I can't believe I said "daily texts") but we might survive if you check in whenever you can!
Love,
Baba.
i have noticed a very disturbing trend.
but i suppose when any religion owns it's deity (s) they can pretty much dress him any way they want.. religions are changing jesus from the kind peace-lover who advised his followers to "do good to those who spitefully use you" and "love one another, even your enemies.".
now, jesus is fed up and he's coming back as a killer.. .
He was a passionate anarchist who was not above getting really pissed.
That does not rule out the possibility he still had quite a handle on the Divine, and there is much to learn from him (including anger management.)
Personally, I question whether Jesus even existed. Regardless, most of what has been written about him was written a lifetime after his death, by people who did not even know him. It is difficult for me to take any of the bible literally, including the "direct quotes" of the man Jesus.
not sure if i ever shared this...but have seen several "sharing" threads here lately and it motivated me..... when i met with the co and po about some doubts and an important question....and when i got the co's answer.....i could not speak....i put my head down and just started crying...not sobbing cause i fought it back...finally the only words to come out were..."i am going to have to leave my wife and son"....and they were like wtf?...but in jw lingo of course.
see i knew in that instant...that very moment....that i had been lied to my entire life...and my stack of doubts i had been piling on the shelf and waiting on jehovah were all valid....and i knew i would never fit in again...not even with my wife and son...that i would never be the spiritual head they needed and wanted.....that was almost 4 years ago...man time flies...and yep...now i am separated from my jw wife...and yep...i did not fit in...not even with her...and my son is older now and moved out but we are not close.
btw...i had printed out all 12 places in rev.
Oompa said:
and of course i wrote brooklyn and they confirmed my worst fears...and told me not to tell anybody!!!!...cause it could stumble them....
Thank you, Dear Oomps. This story needed to be told. Consider everyone who wakes up to the innumerable lies of the Watchtower stumbled. (Oh wait... it is only now that I am walking strong and upright...)
i think i would've probably tolerated the religion if "conscience" really did play a role in the religion.
there are many people in religions that do not believe every thing that is taught, yet they are still members in good standing.
of course, jehovah's witnesses aren't like that.. you have to believe it all or you will be "no longer considered a jehovah's witness".
I think that if they had not been so strict, I would have left much sooner.
I think it was the fear that kept me bound (and in some ways, binds me still.) Let's just say I'm working on that.