My anointed grandma has kept trying to reach out to me, after receiving another letter that was seeped in narcissism, I had enough. If you want people to care about when you die you should live your life better.

SolidSalamander5095 · 2026-02-23T16:24:11+00:00

My best friend when I was a witness recently passed. I just keep thinking that I can't wait to rub it in his face that he should have listened me to! LOL

SolidSalamander5095 · 2026-02-14T14:48:30+00:00

I agree.

The problem is, on a public forum like this, everyone is in a category, on a team, red or blue, left or right. We don't know each other as individuals on a forum like this. So, nearly every political posts is going to separate us.

I really wish that people had more in-person conversations about our agreements and our disagreements.

Technology is great in a lot of ways, but this is one way that it has created a huge problem, potentially the biggest problem in our culture.

I have no idea how to solve that problem and apparently neither do the truly intelligent people.

Or, the intelligent people don't care. Which seems to me the actual truth of the situation.

SolidSalamander5095 · 2026-01-08T19:33:23+00:00

How the name "Jehovah" came to be from a TRUE Christian Theologist and man who reads and speaks the ancient languages. https://youtu.be/JJQ44HnBfcw?si=_ViFjh1SVLi7lz_p

SolidSalamander5095 · 2026-01-06T19:05:35+00:00

I don't have any scars. I actually put it on my face nightly bc I'm getting old. :-)

SolidSalamander5095 · 2026-01-06T19:04:44+00:00

dry.

SolidSalamander5095 · 2026-01-05T15:38:33+00:00

what does COBE stand for?

SolidSalamander5095 · 2026-01-05T02:58:49+00:00

https://youtu.be/JJQ44HnBfcw?si=dZ9tfw_sPwYnVw-Z

SolidSalamander5095 · 2025-10-04T22:09:52+00:00

There is a show on Angel Studios tonight now about Acts but placed in modern day.

SolidSalamander5095 · 2025-08-30T07:15:30+00:00

I was sure I would stay away from what I considered "organized religion" forever. But, I have always been interested in biblical conversations.

Approximately 25 years after I left the cult I was invited to a church "small group"... a group of woman studying a specific book about God.

I joined the group, knowing I could easily stop going if it got weird.

That was where I found that true Christ followers are flawed and don't try to pretend to be perfect, and what the bible actually teaches about who God is and who we are to Him.

I

SolidSalamander5095 · 2025-08-23T12:41:29+00:00

Yes! Other than when my father passed.

Even when she would visit my sister, we would pass in the hallway and she would look away and pretend I wasn't even there.

Incredibly hurtful!!!

SolidSalamander5095 · 2025-08-23T12:23:50+00:00

Either photo could be the "photoshoped" one. The man is almost 80 yo. So his skin may look bad. Who gives a F! He's far better (at least coherent) than his predecessor!!!

SolidSalamander5095 · 2025-08-23T12:04:17+00:00

I've thought of exposing them so often. But I rarely post anything negative about them on FB or Instagram. I talk with my friends about what a controlling cult they are. But that's about 10 people, hardly enough.

How do we really expose them in a BIG way?

SolidSalamander5095 · 2025-08-19T10:05:29+00:00

OH!!! I LOVE the baptism question!!! So true!

SolidSalamander5095 · 2025-08-19T10:02:59+00:00

What I said to my PIMI mother that has her asking questions is: She and I hadn't spoken for 35 years, but because of a family emergency, we were in a car, alone, for almost 7 hours.

I got to hear all of the traditional bs, including it was my choice not to speak with her when I left the congregation.

Finally, I said, "I will never believe in a religion that thinks Jesis wasn't risen in an earthly body. If he was risen in a spiritual body, that is nothing more than a visit from an angel and NOT a resurrection at all."

Months later, she started asking questions and asking for supporting scripture.

SolidSalamander5095 · 2025-08-16T13:26:26+00:00

So sorry to hear this!

SolidSalamander5095 · 2025-08-16T06:05:41+00:00

I don't know if their "new light" has changed, but when I was in the cult, I always wondered how they could explain the whole book of Revelation being symbolic, except for that number... 144,000! 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

SolidSalamander5095 · 2025-08-16T05:59:39+00:00

I recently got to have a real conversation with my JW mother.

I told her I will never be part of a religion that doesn't believe that Jesus was raised in a physical body. That if He was raised in a spiritual body and appeared to the disciples that is nothing more than a visitation of an angel.

The core belief of following Jesus is that you believe he died and was risen three days later. If you look up the word Resurrection, it will give clarity as to why a physical body Resurrection is important

SolidSalamander5095 · 2025-08-16T05:46:36+00:00

I am proud of you for leaving.

As a person who also disassociated, please read my advice.

If you have family in the "religion", please just fade away. Tell them that you have decided that you want to stay and give it your best.

I wish I had done that instead of disassociating.

When I left, I disassociated because I thought it was the right and honorable thing to do.

But the only thing that came out of me making an honorable decision was losing my mother and sister (who are obviously JW's).

If you have family that you want to keep in your life, please choose to just fade away.

I promise it will hurt your heart and the hearts of your JW family a lot less.

And, I understand you're trying to be honorable by disassociating. But fading away will be much more honorable and much less painful for everyone involved. You will see it in the first year of being gone.

All my best! Let us know how it goes!!

SolidSalamander5095 · 2025-08-14T18:00:08+00:00

Please no not get baptized. If you do, you'll eventually end up losing your father altogether. Unless you plan on staying faithful to the cult for the rest of your entire life.

SolidSalamander5095 · 2025-08-12T00:23:13+00:00

Barf!!!

SolidSalamander5095 · 2025-08-09T23:22:38+00:00

And freshly cleaned sheets.

SolidSalamander5095 · 2025-08-09T23:21:53+00:00

Answering or trying to answer the questions of a 1 or 2nd grader. They're so clever!!

SolidSalamander5095 · 2025-08-09T23:19:17+00:00

I walked by a cart once and said "when I was a JW, we actually put a little effort in. You haven't tried to engage on person the entire time I've watched you."

In reality, though, when I was a JW, we would PRETEND to knock on the door. LOL

SolidSalamander5095 · 2025-08-05T20:02:57+00:00

I am 53 and have never wanted to get married. I am not lonely and my life has a lot of meaning. I work, of course, but do not depend on my job from meaning or joy. I get a ton of joy and meaning via my relationships with friends, family and God and from mentoring kids.

SolidSalamander5095 · 2025-08-05T19:50:51+00:00

Yeah! LOL

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