Welcome to the boards. I have found so much great info on this site and it has really helped me ease the guilt we are raised to have. I look forward to being a witness to your journey!!
megsmomma
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Hi everyone
by unhappy ini just wanted to say hi to everyone.
i've recently decided to stop being a jw after being raised as one.
unhappy x. .
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Happy is the Man!
by Elihu/Elijah inhi firends,.
let's use and old witness saying; "turn a stumbling block into a stepping stone".
i was a member of a few congregations in the so-california desert area for many years.
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megsmomma
The big thing then is to eliminate ALL things with pagan origins......You would end up with a very boring life. You can choose to do whatever you want and whatever you feel is right in your heart, but if you eliminate things for a certain reason (pagan origins) then don't you have to eliminate all things with those origins for the same reason? Keep thinking for yourself...I think you are doing great!
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How long did take to feel comfortable in a church?
by lighthouse19something inafter years of being told clergymen are shysters, it took over a year before a relaxed and quit worrying 'bout "babylon the great"
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megsmomma
For me, I was just so sick of learning about the "Bible".....that I didn't want to hear anything else about it. Then I saw that I had not learned the Bible at all and learned all about the WT, so I felt like I did want to know about the Bible. This process happened over 7 years...and I just now am feeling comfortable going to church and not thinking I am a devil worshiper because of it.
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How can I help my kids?
by Palsnpets inmy problems a complex one.
my 36 yr old husband after ten years of marriage (abusive), left me for a 19 yr old girl.. i am not religous at all and either was my ex at the time.
thats fine with me, i'm way over it and have a new man who is wonderful.
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megsmomma
The best advise I can give you is to use this as an oppertunity to teach your kids what JW's believe and how many people suffer (like the girl) from the lack of love in this Organization.
Like it or not, there is a-lot of research to be done....or questions to ask on this board so you can combat whatever they are being taught. Try to keep up with what they are being told, so you can show them what the Bible really says about those things. JW's mostle take things way out of context. Also, if they are enjoying a church atmosphere, it might be really good to take them to a different church to show them how nice "non-Jw's" are too.
Feel free to ask anything here! And welcome!
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True Lies—and the Watchtower Society
by The wanderer in<!-- .style1 { font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; } .style2 { font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; } .style3 {color: #0000cc} --> true liesand the watchtower society during a recent telephone conversation a friend mention-.
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write the reasoning book.
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megsmomma
The reasoning book is sort of like the brain wash training manual, in my opinion. It would be hard to think of answers that are so off by yourself....so they do it for you. And....at least for me, it was a great tool for answering people cause, for the most part, I had no idea why I believed what I did.
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Now Linda is ill!!
by dedpoet infirst it was her mum in hospital, then it was me, just for a night, though i've been ordered to rest and given 6 weeks off work, and now linda (fullofdoubtnow) is ill. she has a really bad bout of flu, which started yesterday, and i expect she'll be in bed for a few days.
i just fed her some soup, which is about all she can manage at the moment, and she's gone back to sleep now.
she sends her love to everyone on the board,i expect she will be posting again in a few days, but for now, she's confined to bed..
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megsmomma
Well, doesn't that just figure! I am so sorry she is feeling bad. I hope she gets to feeling better real soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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my cat died today... i need consoling...
by theinfamousone inthis is the guy that sat on my razor blades the one time i was thinking of cutting myself... this is the guy that everytime my dad beat me, would come to my room and lay with me... this is the guy that one time jumped into the bathtub with me while i was crying after a brutal beating, the cat hated water... this is a cat that was more family to me than my own father and mother combined... this was my best friend... .
today i had to do the hardest thing i ever did, i had to choose to have him put down... and as he fought the vet, and tried to bite her, i put my hand on his head, and he stopped struggling... and as they put the last needle into his leg, he purred until he died... the vet says she has never seen that before... this was my best friend and i had to kill him... fuck, im a baby, but i miss him soooo much.
the infamous one.
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megsmomma
Awwwwwww.....I am so sorry. It sounds like you had a great friend in that cat. I know you will always miss him, but try to think of the good times. Purring till the end....now that was a happy cat! You obviously treated him well!
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Stilla's thanksgiving poll (apologies to ozziepost)
by stillajwexelder inso at the bookgroup, the study coductor gives us all a stern warning.
if we receive a turkey - refuse it.
dont accept xmas dinner invitations from work etc.
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megsmomma
I think 3 also
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News from Afghanistan a soldiers eyewitness account
by hambeak ina young man came in today so he could get his brother in laws car ready to go to mississippi for t-giving.
he is here on 2 weeks leave from afghanistan.
he told me one of the things the terrorists are doing is stuffing wounded persons with explosives and then when they are in the ambulance or hospital they are detonated by remote and blown up.
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Do you really wish you could have faded?
by megsmomma ini didn't really even concider(or know about) doing this at the time i da'd....i just kind of jumped off the deep end and didn't look back.
i don't know if that was a very healthy thing for me to do, because i was not sure why i did it and i was quite lost in the world.
it took me 7 years to realize i did the right thing and that jw's are nothing but a dangerous cult.. sometimes i wish i had faded out, so as to not miss my mom.....however it seems that going through all that may be harder that just jumping.
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megsmomma
New name for Finally Free....Finally F*ckin Free and Fuzzy!! LOL!
Jag....I am glad it was that way for you. Were you ever near Jefferson Ohio (ashtabula county)? I am glad you and your wife are treated like people still....it is a rare thing, but the way it really should be.