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QuestioningEverything
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Jehovah's Witnesses - A Child's Story.
by Sic Semper Tyrannis inmillions of children have grown up as jehovahs witnesses.
lets start from the very beginning.. i owe my life to jehovahs witnesses.
more important than what he was saying was who he was.
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To All Lurkers--please read this---
by QuestioningEverything ini used to be just like many of you---i was scared to read/hear/see anything that didn't put the jw's in a positive light.
i was raised as a witness and believed everything they taught wholeheartedly and 110%.
don't let other poster's or even the jw's discourage you from investigating the 'truth' about the watchtower society.
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QuestioningEverything
Thank you all-- I hope that lurkers will read it and see that their life can improve outside the confine of the WTBS. It is amazing how much better my life and that of my family has become.
Peace to you all, too!
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To All Lurkers--please read this---
by QuestioningEverything ini used to be just like many of you---i was scared to read/hear/see anything that didn't put the jw's in a positive light.
i was raised as a witness and believed everything they taught wholeheartedly and 110%.
don't let other poster's or even the jw's discourage you from investigating the 'truth' about the watchtower society.
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QuestioningEverything
I used to be just like many of you---I was scared to read/hear/see anything that didn't put the JW's in a positive light. I was raised as a witness and believed everything they taught wholeheartedly and 110%. Don't let other poster's or even the JW's discourage you from investigating the 'truth' about the Watchtower Society. He who has nothing to hide, hides nothing, right? All I can say to you is to read this website. Read JWFACTS.ORG. Read Crisis of Conscience.
Below is the posting on my feelings of coming out of the JW's religion.
A little over two years ago-June 2008- I began a journey of epic proportions. I didn't know at that time that my life would forever change. I came across this website while looking up Jehovah's Witnesses and 1975. At first, I was very nervous. You know, there were some anti-JW comments, what if the demons' overtook me while I was looking at it. I was scared to death to read Satanus post's just because of the name. lol No demon's possessed me!. But what did happen was that my whole life changed never to be the same again.
At first, I was obsessed with this website and similar sites finding out all that I could about everything JW related. I read Crisis of Conscience. There was so much I did not know and it all seemed so clear once I had my blinders off. I couldn't believe that I had never seen it for what it was!! I was embarassed, angry and devastated by the 'real' truth. I cried daily for the first few weeks after my discovery.
How could the WTBS mislead so many people? People that I love, respect and would die for-mom, sisters, friends, aunt's, cousin's. I believed all that I had been taught by them without question. Never again will I follow anything or anyone so blindly. It was a valuable lesson for me. I am an intelligent person and feel shame at how foolishly I followed them without a second thought. Never again!!!
My life since that fateful month of June 2008 has been wonderful to say the least. I continued to investigate the JW's and share all I learned with my husband and kids. My husband was raised in a VERY strict JW family. He was out several years before me. I taught him some things about the JW's that he didn't know.
We both feel as if a huge 20 ton boulder has been lifted off of our shoulders. We look forward to our kids going to college, to enjoying grandchilren(hope that doesn't happen for at least 10 years) and making plans for our retirement. We look forward to celebrating Christmas, Birthdays, Thanksgiving, etc. Our family life has improved tremedously and it was already a great life.
We do not attend another church and have become agnostic. We respect other's beliefs but we are done with organized religion. We would like to visit some other churches just to see what they are like.
I can't express how much better mentally I feel. I didn't realize how depressing it was to me to think the world was going to end and all the people I loved may or may not make it to the paradise; that everyone was evil and had bad intentions (they do not); that the world was getting worse every second(it is not); that I would have to make a choice about a blood transfusion one day(I tore up my blood card-decison made!); that I was so restricted on every aspect of life, movies, books, tv, clothing. I make good decisions that are balanced and fair without being told over and over by the WTBS what to do.
So, for all of those who are lurking or are newbies, there is a whole life out there that is good. You will not become a drug addicted, alcoholic, sex crazed prostitute if you quit attending meetings or socialize with people outside of the WTBS. There are good and bad people everywhere-ultimately, you make the choice who to befriend. But I'm sure what you will find is that those that were considered 'worldly' are normal, hardworking, moral people-just like you and me.
Thanks for all of your support and assistance on this website. I feel so grateful to have found it and hope others continue to benefit from it as I have.
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Man-oh-man-oh-MAN... I am SO ready...
by AGuest into get back to work (peace to you all!).
yeah, yeah, i'm sure a couple/few of you here are ready for me to go back, too (lololol!).
kim kardashian's and company's just gonna have to forgive me... but my brain is about to go bonkers.
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QuestioningEverything
I feel ya 100%!!! I tried the stay at home mom thing about 10 years ago. It was not for me! You are right, you can only watch so much tv, do so much laundry, clean the house, etc... I enjoy working.
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Children not raised as JWs - an 'out of the mouths of Babe's moment
by skeeter1 ini have a 10 year old.
been to the kh once, at about 3 years old, for a relative's funeral.
lately, my 10 year old and her bff are talking on the phone alot.
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QuestioningEverything
Thank you for sharing that with us! It's a wonderful thing to watch our kids grow outside of the JW influence. Your daughter sounds like she has a bright future.
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Texas Judge Who Was Taped Beating Daughter Is Suspended
by Justitia Themis inhttp://www.cnn.com/2011/11/23/justice/texas-beating-video/index.html?hpt=hp_t3.
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judge william adams, who made national headlines after the release of a 2004 video of him beating his then-teenage daughter, has been suspended by the texas supreme court.. the reason for the action was not mentioned in an order of suspension that was made public tuesday.. adams, a court-at-law judge in aransas county, was roundly criticized when his now-adult daughter posted online a video of him beating her with a belt when she was 16.. the video also showed the judge cursing and berating hillary adams..
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QuestioningEverything
I agree with you George. She was on tv giving interviews and I felt as if she acted a bit spoiled. I do want to say that I in no way agree with how the father handled himself on that video. But, to me she had motives for releasing the tape other than 'to get her father the help he needed."
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Long Time - No Speak (to my JWN friends)...
by babygirl30 in............i'm back!.
been a long time since i posted on here - although i have been 'reading' posts on a regular basis.
feel like i've been away from 'family' for awhile.
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QuestioningEverything
Nice to hear from you and glad that you are doing well. Sorry about your folks, they are stuck in the JW mindset and belive they are doing the right thing.
Take care!
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Thoughts on my life now
by freshstart inthough there are still problems in my life, as with everyone's life, i see the world so much differently now.
i no longer feel threatened from "worldly" people, as though somehow they are out to destroy me or take advantage of me.
it's very mentally liberating to realize that those walls the organization so erroneously put up can be scaled and that there is true beauty waiting on the other side.
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QuestioningEverything
Very nice post! As time goes on, your life will only get better in regards to the old JW mentality. So happy that you are able to enjoy it now.
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Is anyone else getting ready for Christmas?
by juni ini was in the mood today... got the tree cheap (came w/lights), decorations and ribbon for half price and made the bow myself to save money.
i was going to put it aside until after thanksgiving, but couldn't resist completing the project.
i just have to get some fiber fill for "snow" at the base.
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QuestioningEverything
YES!!! I have purchased many gifts and have decorated my work office already. I LOVE Christmas and get excited looking at all of the decorations and such at the stores.
PS. Your tree is wonderful!
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What's the latest status on ol' Brother Prince Rogers Nelson?
by NoRegrets ini was last affiliated with a minneapolis area congregation a few years back.
we saw prince and the larry graham entourage at a sunday meeting once and at many assemblies and conventions.
i know he was affiliated with a congregation in a city named chanhassen at one time.
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QuestioningEverything
I think Prince is a hottie!! Sexy, too short for my taste but love him never the less.
He probably does get treated with favortism because of who he is. If anyone had told me years ago that everyone at the KH was not treated equal, I would have never believed it. Yes, I was that naive.