Posts by doomed4sure

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Anyone former JW's from St Louis or Southern Mo?

by doomed4sure in

i'm formerly from the jackson/cape girardeau area and am currently in st louis.. i've been out in the 'world' for 10 years.

this is the first time i've tried to contact anyone or really even read anything about the jw's (and former jw's).

to be quite honest, i was trying to forget that part of my life ever happened.

doomed4sure

Yes we are, Noni. Let me know when you make it up this way and we'll grab coffee and have some apostate conversation.

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Anyone former JW's from St Louis or Southern Mo?

by doomed4sure in

i'm formerly from the jackson/cape girardeau area and am currently in st louis.. i've been out in the 'world' for 10 years.

this is the first time i've tried to contact anyone or really even read anything about the jw's (and former jw's).

to be quite honest, i was trying to forget that part of my life ever happened.

MindMelda, I didn't know many people from there. The only name I can come up with is Frakes. They had a cute son I had a crush on. I only went to one god-approved party in that area. We stayed mostly in Southern Mo.

Silence, we need a local support group in St Louis. Interested?

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Audio Tape: Judicial Committee Meeting with Rick and Laverne Townsend

by Lady Liberty in

good morning everyone, "happy sunday"!!

:d. i thought i would post this for all the newer ones who may have never listened to this audio...as it is one i listened to when i was first exiting, and has stuck in my memory...it is excellent!!!

so pour your self a nice hot cup of coffee, and enjoy!!

doomed4sure

I'm completely shattered by this audio recording. I've spent the last 10 years in denial, hiding from the Witnesses so as not to be df'd. I thought in that way I could avoid the pain of losing my family. I did not seek to disprove their teachings. For me it was enough to know that I do not agree with them, and, therefore, it is not the right religion for me. I knew that to research it would cause me anguish. (And indeed it has. I cried through parts of that recording and am now shaking and angry.) How could I have been so decieved? How can my parents, who I consider to be intelligent and kind, be so bamboozled? Even worse, and I can barely type this as it causes more pain than one can imagine, how can I allow my son, who I am financially unable to care for, be raised by these psychotic zealots?

I feel that knowledge requires action. How can I sit on the things I've learned recentlly and do nothing? This will change the entire course of my life.

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Anyone former JW's from St Louis or Southern Mo?

by doomed4sure in

i'm formerly from the jackson/cape girardeau area and am currently in st louis.. i've been out in the 'world' for 10 years.

this is the first time i've tried to contact anyone or really even read anything about the jw's (and former jw's).

to be quite honest, i was trying to forget that part of my life ever happened.

doomed4sure

Leaving, the Franz book is next on my list. I'm just waiting for finals to be over so I can free up some space in my brain. I've heard it's a tough read.

Troubled, I know the Hawkins. But their kids are younger than me and I left before their daughter got married.

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Anyone former JW's from St Louis or Southern Mo?

by doomed4sure in

i'm formerly from the jackson/cape girardeau area and am currently in st louis.. i've been out in the 'world' for 10 years.

this is the first time i've tried to contact anyone or really even read anything about the jw's (and former jw's).

to be quite honest, i was trying to forget that part of my life ever happened.

doomed4sure

I'm formerly from the Jackson/Cape Girardeau area and am currently in St Louis.

I've been out in the 'world' for 10 years. This is the first time I've tried to contact anyone or really even read anything about the JW's (and former JW's). To be quite honest, I was trying to forget that part of my life ever happened. And it seems to have worked. Some of my friends know that I used to be a JW, but when they ask me about it it's almost like I can't even access that part of my brain. Maybe it's repressed guilt. Who knows.

Anyway, I just read the book 'I'm Perfect, You're Doomed' by Kyria Abrahams and it brought everything back. It made me wonder how others have dealt with being separated from their "family." So I started looking things up online, and here I am.

So, I was wondering, are there people I used to know that have gone through the same things?