Great to see you guys registering. Thanks. A quick info for those that haven't seen my posts on JWD. I've been out for 3.5 years - it was a startling journey that had me questioning from one month to disfellowshipped by th 6th month. My mum came out with me - thank goodness. A few of my family are still in and thus we are shunned.
All my friends we JWs and we know how their conditional love works.
Never been a JW, but have friends that were. Made me look into my beliefs as a Christian and wonder why I believe what I believe. Looking into the JW religion helped me understand where I stand.
Sorry to see Simon's board is going, but I hope I can continue to find the mental and emotional support in regards to my wife being in the hospital as I have had gotten on JWD.
Another Noob' stopping by from JWD... thanks for your hospitality here on the forum. Looking forward to staying in touch with old acquaintances and making new friends!
Thank you so much for starting new forum. JWD really has helped me maintain my sanity with my jw family and friends since I have not attended a meeting in 3 months. I was happy to see this life line out there. Thanks again !!!!! Look forward to getting to know all of you.
Hi!!! I am also from JWD. I feel at home with all the familiar avatars! That's why I put up the twins-they caused such a fuss at JWD. They just look so BIG here! Thanks Loubelle and everyone else here for a soft place to land.
I also come from JWD... althoug I've been dfed since 1993, the almost 30 years I spent as a JW have taken a big toll... finding that discussion board helped me understand that I am not alone suffering still from the bad spells of the wtbts...
Reading the posts (I read more than I write; I could never understand how some people went from noobie to jedi master in 3 months! lol) made me understand the depth and extension of the control the jws have over their members...
I have suffered the shunning of all the friends I had growing up and I've dealt with the void, but being shunned by your little brother to the point that I do not know his address nor he wants to know mine, is probably the worst of all...
I have to stay that my parentes never shunned me, although if I come to visit and they have their precious brethen visiting, my father specially gives me 'da look'... one day had a few heinekens and this happened... I told them to their face that they should not worry.. that I had the same love for them that they had for me.... not an ounce more... not an ounce less...LOL
What really frustrates me is the fact of what we could've been but were denied to all the bs about the end of the world... I guess nothing we can do now about that...
I thank Loubelle, which I consider a very smart and down-to-earth person, for posting this address over at JWD... and White Dove also...
In my land they have a saying "Las penas compartidas pesan menos en el alma" which translates "Shared sorrows weigh less on the soul..."
That exactly is my reason for being around... you help me carry my sorrows and hopefully, I will help you carry yours...
Coming over from JWD to take a look based on LouBelle's recommendation. Have been busy sorting and filing addresses and numbers from those I know on JWD.
Seems that Simon's announcement has had a positive effect in slowing down the critical nature of the posting over there today. But that might be more due to his terminus of the registration system.
I hope we find a hundred or two hundred over here in the next few weeks.
I'm another xjw, found this site through LouBelle. Family is still "in", though Dad (a former elder) is inactive and Mom has always taken everything with a grain of salt. Some shun me, some don't.
I'm not dogmatic about "truth", enjoy discussing things from an intellectual perspective without needing to "prove" things; after escape from the WTS (Watchtower Society), I spent 10 years at the center of a Shamanic community.
For me, experience is central to existence; meaning is individual and comes in hindsight.
Hello I too have come here following simons announcement. I was born and raised a JW and am trying really hard to get out of it (both mentally and physically). I have for a few years come to terms with certain things such as the religion (cult) being man-made and the pure arrogance of claiming they are the only true religion.
I absolutely hate their disfellowshiping policy because that is nothing more than a scare tactic and guilt trip to keep members from leaving and to stop them from asking any real questions about the society. I am sickened that I ever bought into their crap and even more disgusted that my parents didn't have enough sense to see this cult for what it really is. I am (was) a 3rd generation JW, my grandparents started the whole routine lol. Good to see you guys
I have never been a JW. But I studied for 2 years. And a summer baptism was on the agenda. Until I started searching... I guess I am part of the lucky ones who escaped without too much damage.
I am still in touch with my study conductor. I will actually see her this coming weekend. A beautiful soul that I will really miss if she is ever told to completely cut the ties with me. Time will tell...
Nice to see a few familiar faces here already Francine~
Also coming in here from Simons board, wife is a jw sympathizer and an on again, off again study, so looking forward to continuing to meet and fellowship with xjws and others who know the ins and outs way better than I or my wife. Always looking for ways to plant seeds so her thinking and common sense may take root!
Glad to see you here white dove, always nice to see a friendly face!!
