gods word for us through jeremiah page 128 '..his mother bought a ram and a ewe.
he looked after them, and the ewe produced two lambs a year, so the flock began to grow..."early one morning while i was still in bed," he recalls, "i heard them bleating.
when i finally did, i saw a pack of wild dogs running away from my lambs, which had their bellies ripped open.
My daughter told me that as a kid, the idea of living forever terrified her.
Later as a young mother, she was looking for a suitable story for her first little girl in My Book of Bible Stories.. and just threw the book away, as there wasn't one account she thought fit.
Today all her kids are wonderful loving, young folks, the little gal who never heard from JW literature is a beautiful, happy 21 year old dynamo - just finishing up university!
Never take a child to a Kingdom Hall.
religious trauma syndrome: how some organized religion leads to mental health problems .
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15366-religious-trauma-syndrome-how-some-organized-religion-leads-to-mental-health-problems.
wednesday, 27 march 2013 13:20 by valerie tarico, alternet | interview.
Wonderful, Wonderful article - thanks so much for posting it !
My family - what's left of it - could be the poster child for this pathology.
''Religion in it's worst form, causes separation. ''
the witch hunt is on!
can't talk about it now.
but our thoughts and prayers go out to each and every one of you being hunted and harrassed by the gestapo i mean elders.. affectionately brother of the hawk.
Ha Amelia - You knew you were just too cute in that pink!
last night i found out a close jw friend of mine takes delight in watching animal torture.
i am an animal lover, and i dont know what to think.
i dont want to end our friendship because this friend has been very accepting of me.
Vienna -
Visit a provincial mental health facility , and have them file your information regarding the young man .
Ask them what can be done to help your friend - he needs professional help,
Provincial staff are caring and trained with every resources for assesment and treatment which he needs desperately (and maybe wanting, but as a cult member is afraid to stir the dragon)
I suggest this route over law enforcement (prosecution), or Humane Societies whose agendas are often co-opted towards publicity rather than help.
Please do this right away as much is already at stake for both your young lives ....
i'm a female jw who has been lurking for a little while but finally has the balls to post something.
i am in need of adivce and help.
i still feel a little nervous typing out these words on an "apostate" website.. i am a born-in jw, 4th generation.
Dear Elbear-
Welcome to you.
Things do get better. For a young one like you, a whole wonderful lifetime, in a beautiful world, of kind and generous people awaits your
participation. You are among friends.
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from my place of forgetting, and out of my utter despair and loneliness, i tap out my pathetic message desperately hoping that there is someone, anyone that might possibly hear ... .
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Oubliette -
There are many kind and thoughtful people here....Welcome.
i just got my first book ... to start with.
the next one will be ray franz, crisis of conscience.. so if there any believers or semi-believers that would like to chat about it i would appreciate your comments.. also it may help any visitors to this site, who may be questioning things.. .
lost.
Hello Lost -
'' I just read the foreword on it. and the back cover...I´m excited..''
You made me laugh dear- took me right back to my high school days when,
having said your above quote to myself, I would confidently deliver a Book Report ! Also sad !!
Welcome by the way, I´ve been following your posts, and glad you're here with people that care.
it has been a year now since the big breakdown in which i lost my belief system and almost lost my marriage too.
i now look back and realize how close i came to completely losing my mind.
all the evidence proves to me beyond a shadow of any possible doubt that i have been raised in a cult and that every single decision or indecision has been directly influenced from this fanatical belief system.
Thecrushed -
What a delight to read about your new life - the one you were born to live.
With such an outlook, your true self will never want for more than the wonders life supplies.
A blessing, and thanks for sharing it with us.
who really is the faithful and discreet slave........ .
funeral experience.
i attended my first "worldly" funeral last saturday.
Blttex -
What a beautiful post about an experience born of tragedy.
What a blessing for those grieving ones, to have those words of love and appreciation as a gift.
Thanks so much, for sharing this with us here.
is the information on this webpage* regarding the socioeconomic conditions of jws a fair connection to the all too familiar wts quote of 1969?
does the report's statistics appear to be plausible given your personal observations?
*even though many others have copied and pasted the article (including the individual who created the page hyperlinked above), i'm apprehensive about doing so for copyright reasons.
Tater -
What a great ''snap o' life'' picture! Takes me right back to my youth on the farm.
Thanks and congrats to you and yours.
