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JamesThomas
Was raised as a JW by loving parents who sincerely believed they were doing the best thing. Baptised in my late twenties, and df'd in my early thirties for - surprisingly - not being able to pray to Jehovah, during a meeting with the elders. My heart would no longer allow me to worship a tiny Biblical concept of a god. Today I have no religion, and see all beliefs as part of a false story weaved by the mind which is mistakenly identified with as who and what we are. We are not the story; not what we believe ourselves to be.
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jamiebowers
Mom, step-father and brother all baptized years before me--Baptized and married young--regular pioneered and endured physically abusive marriage with JW husband for almost 7 years--offered to disassociate myself after filing for divorce but was disfellowshipped instead--uncertain as to the reason, but I told them that I wanted no part of an organization that insisted I either stay with a mentally ill man who was threatening to kill me or remain single until I could prove he had sexual relations with someone else. Been out more than 20 years and VERY HAPPY NOW: married to a wonderful man, have a fullfilling job and a wide circle of friends from every walk of life.