i hope everyone is having a good saturday.
i've visited this many times in the past month or so, joined yesterday and finally got the nerve to post!
needless to say, i'm super nervous, being new to this whole experience.
Welcome to you and your family Marie! Leaving a cult is very exhausting, it takes huge energy to escape & drop all that mind screw. You guys will feel as though you are on a rollercoaster ride with all the ups & downs, the big highs & the disturbing lows. You are heading out on a path called FREEDOM! Congratulations.
clarity
i've spent the last 6 months or so really in depth into ttatt, really angry at times, cursing the cult that is the wts led by the fds, and today i feel like i've found a new fire.
i'd been completely opposed to listening to anything to do with the organization, but today i watched the brie video on youtube, young high school girl pouring her heart out in opposition of the wts and its practices.. from there, i found jwstruggle on youtube, johncedars, and derekohare... it's just a wonderful thing finding people willing to out the wts for what it is.
i had felt such anger, like, they're getting away with their bologna, but to see people like this making stands against the wts is an amazing source of hope.. besides forums such as this, what have you found that helped you?.
I am retired so I really like the chatty style of kim & mike. They are funny, down-home & have brilliant ways of explaining the crazy stuff.
I enjoy your posts The_ Doctor10 keep digging & posting!
righto poppickers.
as some of you know, i have been putting together a book of interviews and humour.
it is designed (i hope), soften the blow for those inside the wbt$ who want to escape and also prove to those that have left that they are not alone.. anyway.
10/8/93 awake article about child abuse misconceptions, checkout the second misconception: children fantasize or lie about abuse.. this article notes how it's extremely unlikely that children lie in cases of abuse (95% in some estimates are truthful) and how even among the ones who lie it's usually when they make a claim (in truth) but then subsequently lie and say it didn't happen, when in actuality, it did.. given this knowledge, why the two witness rule?
95% odds that the child who claims abuse is telling the truth by the awakes own admission, that should be more than enough to change policies of the wts.. http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/g19931008/about-child-abuse/#?insight%5bsearch_id%5d=8d161c40-c4d0-4ddb-aadf-bcf2b480d55b&insight%5bsearch_result_index%5d=0.
The highlight of this other watchtower essentially is that the abused should forgive the abuser, kiss, hug and forget about the whole thing.
Neverajw...that is the one I remember too! Trying to remember the year.... early 2002, 2003?
a couple of people here asked, so, i would like to share my story.. i got baptized at the age of 14 (armageddon was coming any day).
to call keith to ask him to stop talking about me.
keith and mrs. keith denied they were talking about me.
Hey Brian thanks for posting .....had a look at your link..pretty interesting.
First came on here in 2010 ......love to read all those older posts, seems like you exjw's had a wonderful connection with one another.
Glad you got on with a great life ....Iam careful to not blow the lid right off because of my kids. But the time is coming.
clarity
you can probably guess how this story goes.. i began dating a non-witness boy.
he knew i was a baptised witness and understood the consequences i faced for dating him.
we agreed to keep our relationship secret, which was easy considering our 200 mile distance.
Here is the video link for the young lady who left WT and let the world know about it!
http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/brave-and-inspirational-schoolgirl-brie-takes-internet-by-storm-with-viral-video
you can probably guess how this story goes.. i began dating a non-witness boy.
he knew i was a baptised witness and understood the consequences i faced for dating him.
we agreed to keep our relationship secret, which was easy considering our 200 mile distance.
You might find this helpful to see that millions are having the same experiences.
http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/blog/young-ones-leaving.php
you can probably guess how this story goes.. i began dating a non-witness boy.
he knew i was a baptised witness and understood the consequences i faced for dating him.
we agreed to keep our relationship secret, which was easy considering our 200 mile distance.
Aawwww I am so very sorry that your parents & friends would even think of shunning you! This organization is really very ugly in the way it treats its young people. They should be outlawed. They sucker our young ones into baptism before they are adults. WT tells parents to withhold a drivers licence to force them into baptism. WT knows what is likely to happen....but they don't care.
I wish you all the best dear one and big hug to you. I am glad that your friend is sticking by you and send him best wishes too. Be strong both of you.
clarity
elder: "i'm not sure i know what you mean by 'diversity.'.
elder: "well, it's not quite like that.
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Wow Terry ...man you are unstoppable! thanks for posting this conversation. That poor guy just walked away with his tail between his legs. When I was a jw out knocking on doors, I remember having a very sick feeling one time when someone gave me a few hard facts that opened my eyes! ha ahah ...jws really do believe they know it all ...
clarity
during the rc today i heard this(i am paraphrasing and translating):.
"jehovah has created the physical universe for us.
he is a spirit and he can't enjoy physical things so he created it for us alone.
All these things make him sound like he is just make believe. Fancy that!
Possibly we made god ? Attaching credentials he doesn't have or attributes that we would like to have. Personally I think just taking-off like Superman...and flying into the Walmart parking lot would be nice.....but instead we make up something smarter than us....calling him god, who could do that very thing!
So WT just can't leave the whole god thing alone ......got show their ownership of him by constantly telling the rest world who & what he is, & how he feels.
Warning large degree of sarcasm!
