shine a little light on me

[poae]

Hi. :) I was baptized (well prophesied over because they don't believe in baptism), born and raised inside of TWI teachings. My parents attended the classes by Dr. Wierwille before my siblings and I were even born. They were teenagers, also their siblings attended and my Father and his Uncles left during the big fall but my Mom still listens to Wierwille's tapes and we had all grew up by her teaching or various little 'twigs' and Offshoot 'twigs' that other family members attended. Now, thankfully, everyone is out of the entire business of it except my Mom who likes her tapes but she's pretty tame and open minded now. Anyways..... I guess I kinda span the timeline. =) My Dad has already told me a lot about the history but I found this site really interesting.

Anyways, it's nice just to know there are other ex's out there. I really had no idea it was this crazy. Haha. I mean, I knew some of the people from our fellowships were a little weird and some of them really hurtful to a lot of us with their teachings but my Mom always retained this air about how Wierwille was so great and the early days were so wonderful and how it's corrupt now, etc. I had absolutely NO idea of the enormity of it all. I guess that's just how it is or how it was before the internet. At least I have some good memories and at least I can forgive and love people in a way not many can because of how I was brainwashed as a child .... but a huge part of me is relieved to know I was right for leaving all those years ago and my leaving rippled across the family to where finally in 08 the last of them left. Coulda been worse! Anyways, I was happy to find this place and also to find some people wrote some books. It's the weirdest feeling in the world to find out I was born into a cult, that most of what I was raised to believe as fact was wrong and just the enormity of it! It seems to small and confined when you belong to some little group but to find out how deceptive that is and how the corruption was actually so widespread. Geeze. Insane. Anyways. I'm 30 now and the TWI still kinda floats around in the back of my family so every so often I get curious. I'm glad to have stumbled here amongst fellow ex-wayers.

mandapoae

[waysider]

Hiya, poae

WELCOME

[bowtwi]

Welcome, welcome! Have a cup and a cookie or two.

We're glad you're here! Make yourself at home!

And HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Hope your Christmas was lovely!

Edited December 29, 2010 by bowtwi

[poae]

oooooooooooooooh coffee. how i love coffee. :) thank you and happy new year (soon) also!