kidding about nn.
i realize this isn't the tech forum but the problem appeared here first.
thus far, i've submitted all my posts using firefox but for this post i'm using ie to troubleshoot some problems.
SweetBabyCheezits - I use Firefox with the AdBlockPlus plugin with no problem on here. I seem to remember a while back I had some problems on here using Firefox but it was something to do with having 'no script' enabled or something like that.
Hopscotch
i feel a bit guilty.
people on this forum were very friendly and helpful to me when i was in the in-between phase between brainwashing and freedom.. i also got a lot of help and advice and sympathy when i was trying to get my wife out.. but when she did leave, i forgot all about you guys, and we got on with our lives, and have never been happier.
honestly, life is soooo damn good now, i worry i might have reached the peak and things will only get worse from here.. we are amazed at how much our children enjoy birthdays and christmas - how healthy, normal and fun these things are.
10p I am so happy for you. That was the most heartwarming and encouraging post I have read for a while.
Wishing you and your family all the best.
Hopscotch
sweetbabycheezits...... i sent you a 'welcome pm'.......click on the envelop next to your username to access your pms.
if you get the error message in trying to open the pm, hit the back button and reclick on pm title!.
i see you joined a month ago....... i am glad you decided to start posting finally!.
Welcome SweetBabyCheezits - it's so good to have you with us.
Your first post was AWESOME!! Keep them coming and as has already been mentioned, we'd love to hear your story when you're ready to tell it.
Best Wishes
Hopscotch
2010/11 circuit assembly.
theme: you are no part of the world.
saturday talk full time service protects us how?.
Thanks dozy
It sounds like the same old 'make sure the plebs are kept very busy and are living in constant fear of the bogeyman'.
Hopscotch
i called a friend of mine who i hadn't seen since last labor day to see how he was doing.
we were in the watchtower together in the early seventies.
he quit going around that time.
I love these type of good news stories.
I Quit - hope you have a great weekend with your friend.
Best Wishes
Hopscotch
i'm a really big eckhart tolle follower, and recently i was rereading a new earth and i showed my dubby this proverb he mentioned, which kind of bothered him when i explained it.. "the hand pointing to the moon is not the moon.".
he didn't quite get it, so i explained that it basically means that just because a man, or religion, is pointing out god to you, it doesn't mean you worship the man or religion.
he didn't seem to want to debate it because he didn't have an answer or counter point.. also while explaining the path tolle shows (pragmatic explainations of age-old beliefs, from jesus to buddah, they all said the same things), he said he didn't think tolle believed in god.
Well done Confuzzled. Sometimes just one little point like the one you made can become 'the splinter in the mind' that starts turning the cogs of independant thinking.
All the best
Hopscotch
:|.
...........im gonna go have an anxiety attack now.
lol.
dances with smurfs - welcome it's good to have you here. You will find there is so much help and support and friendship to be found among the lovely people on this board.
All the best with your fade - so glad it's going to be an easy and painless one. I wish it had been like that for me.
Looking forward to hearing more of your stories when your ready.
Hopscotch
let's start this over...in the right direction.. thanks to simon for providing this forum where we can discuss our experiences and issues with the wt society and the jw religion.
anyone that knows anything about me at all knows that i'm not an ass kisser, but i think we forget what a pain in the ass it must be to keep a forum like this going.
sure, most forums have flame wars and personality conflicts from time to time, but a forum about sports cars, motorcyles, basketweaving, and needlepoint don't have the same emotions and pain expressed in their subjects as this forum...as any ex-jw forum, as any ex-cult forum... does.. we're mostly a group of people who have been ostracized by family and so-called life long friends.
I would like to add my thanks to Simon also for providing this amazing place that we can come to any time of the day or night for support when we most need it.
Also a big thank you to the posters on here who have who have couragously told their incredibly painful stories of what they went through as JWs and the turmoil and grief they had to go through to leave the clutches of the WTS. I'm sure these experiences have brought much comfort to many of us when we realised we are not going through these things alone.
And as someone has already mentioned this place has been a lifeline for many of us - in fact there are probably some posters still alive today thanks to the support offered on this forum.
So thanks again Simon and family for making this possible.
Wishing you all the best
Hopscotch
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Thanks Blondie
I must say this comment of yours regarding para 16 gave me a real chuckle!
I'm surprised that the WTS is not suggesting burkas for the sisters to help the brothers' eyes.
Thanks for all the time and effort you put into doing this for us.
Hopscotch
i wanted to say hello.
i knew i was gay.
i wanted to study and learn about everything i could.
Hello laverite
I just found this thread now and wanted to add my welcome. Thanks for sharing your story and congratulations on your achievements.
I like so many on this board missed out on further education as a young person - I left school in 1974 without even doing senior as the end was coming so soon, possibly even within the next year! By the time I woke up to the fact that 'the truth' is actually 'the lie' I was 46 years old.
The thing I am so grateful for is that my husband and I woke up while my son was still in school and that he will be able to go to university with our blessing and support.
All the best
Hopscotch
