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  Do you ever get nausea when encountering JW stuff

  by Sirona in

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  i thought after 7 years out i had done a pretty good job of getting my mind free of the jws.. then yesterday i went on youtube and typed in jehovah's witness.

  after watching a few apostate videos, i came across a pro-jw video of a convention.

  as i started the video and they started singing "we thank you jehovah" i got a mega wave of nausea and felt like i had to switch the thing off.. has this happened to you?

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  Driving by a Kingdom Hall for me is like going by an accident scene. I really have some anger issues with these people. I really want to grab their literature and smack them over the head. The whole damned organization is one of the biggest scams I've ever heard of. But I blame the people. When I liberated myself, I spent about 5 years reading the bible (NIV) and I just cant see how any reasonable person could draw the conclusions they do. Witnesses are not students of the scripture, they happy to accept whatever is fed them.

  MORONS !
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  New to Board

  by Happy_Apostate in

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  i visited the site a number of years ago.

  just returned.. i'm a former jw.

  i disassociated myself in 1988 at the age of 18. my mother had divorced my non-believing father and hooked up with one of her jw pioneer sisters brothers and she ended up disfellowshipped.

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  Happy_Apostate

  Well, I read some of the old posts today and kinda got the jist of the hoax crap. My story isnt all that horrible really, so I feel no need to pull off a hoax. Pretty simple really. My family was always marginally connected to the witnesses most of my life. When I turned 10 my mother got serious, thats when all the christmas and birthdays stopped. I got brought into the whole thing. Bible studies with elders sons and theocratic ministry school. Part-time Pioneering on summer breaks. The whole shebang as they say. I got to high school and started leading the double life. Most of us were in those days. I disliked being in the truth not because of doctrinal understanding but because it kept me from being like other kids. I wanted to play football and go to the prom and do all that stuff. So when the family split up I saw an opportunity to run and I did. Straight to the US Marine Corps. I fought in desert storm. I work as a firefighter / paramedic now. I was married / divorced and have 4 kids.

  I studied the bible alot over the years and came to understand how very WRONG the JW's have it. Although I do not believe the bible to be true, I definately think they got it wrong on so many levels it's amazing. Today I am a secular humanist, I raise my children as such.

  There are times that period of my life creeps into my head, and although it feels like a lifetime ago, it still has a presence. I still mourn for a wasted youth and opportunities I missed because of that cults influence in my life.

  Here's some details, since I'm not a poser and love my Apostate title I am not ahsamed to post them.

  My name is Patrick, I live in Springfield Ohio. My family attended Central Congregation in Springfield Ohio from 1979-1989. and off and on again throughout the early 90's. I disassociated myself in the presence of two elders at the age of 18 also with a formal letter read into the congregation. I was contacted by the Elders in 1995 or so informing me the Soceity no longer used the status "Disassociated" and that I was considered "disfellowshipped" and that they were reaching out to me to bring me back to the truth. I informed them I preferred being disassociated. I left them, they didnt kick me out.
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  first seeds of doubt

  by confused and lost in

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  just before this weeks book study i happened to say to my wife ,(in a matter of fact sort of way),"that judge rutherford was not a very likable character".i then "dropped in" 1925 and the foretold resurrection of the prophets aswell as some other stuff i had learned about rutherford.i then casually alluded to other dates such as 1799,1874 and 1975.her response was that "they were a fickle bunch".she then said in all seriousness "do you think its right ?

  ",meaning did i think that we are in the "truth"i had to curb my enthusiasm to tell her exactly what i thought,figuring that a- little- at- a- time approach would be best suited to my purpose.hence the first seeds of doubt have been sown.

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  Man, I remember disassociating myself almost 19 years ago. It was very hard, worrying about how family and friends were going to react. I lost of them except my mother and sister. They gave me unending love and eventually left the "truth" as well. If she truley loves you, she will see you are earnest and atleast here you out.

  You may have to face however, what many of us have. She may love the society more than you. I doubt it though.
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  Paging : Central Congregation, Sprinfield Ohio

  by Happy_Apostate in

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  any other 'liberated' folks out there from the area covered by central / east / west congregation in springfield ohio ?.

  just lookin for familiar faces..

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  Happy_Apostate

  Any other 'liberated' folks out there from the area covered by Central / East / West congregation in Springfield Ohio ?

  Just lookin for familiar faces.
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  New to Board

  by Happy_Apostate in

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  i visited the site a number of years ago.

  just returned.. i'm a former jw.

  i disassociated myself in 1988 at the age of 18. my mother had divorced my non-believing father and hooked up with one of her jw pioneer sisters brothers and she ended up disfellowshipped.

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  Happy_Apostate

  Hi All, I'm new here. I visited the site a number of years ago. Just returned.

  I'm a former JW. I disassociated myself in 1988 at the age of 18. My mother had divorced my non-believing father and hooked up with one of her JW pioneer sisters brothers and she ended up disfellowshipped. I saw it as an opporunity to flee the "truth" which I had wanted to do for a long time.

  My family got "introduced" when I was about 10.

  I harbor alot of dislike for JW's, the governing body, the local congregation, the elders, all of it. Maybe in time we'll go into that.

  Anyway, just saying Hi.