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I am so thankful...

posted 14 years ago by pandabr87
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That when I was 7 or 8 years old my family stopped being witnesses. I guess they woke up and finally realized how brainwashing these people are. I'm so very thankful I didn't know enough then to get brainwashed myself. These people have serious issues. And it messes children up, always being an outsider, never being able to hang out with other kids their age because they weren't part of your faith. I remember never being able to have friends at my house or go to their house. I would always have to stay in the hallways at school when they did christmas and halloween events. That's no way for a child to live, to be shunned from everyone else. This religion is selfish and cruel. I thank my grandmother who woke my father up from this cult.

RIP Estelle Getty 1923-2008
RIP Eartha Kitt 1927-2008
RIP Beatrice Arthur 1922-2009

[–] vixenwiththefixens 13 years ago

You are lucky! I wish I could say the same, but unfortunately my mother is still involved in this nonsense and because of that, we haven't spoken in 14 years.

[–] synrgii 13 years ago

i am so thankful that they made this movie. beautiful.

[–] DanceswithPeeps 13 years ago

vixen, my mother and I haven't spoken in a decade for the same reason. I've been disfellowshipped for a long time, but we still spoke and visited. Then, apparently, the terms of disfellowshipping became even stricter, and with the additional limitations, I decided it wasn't worth the trouble.

I had an epiphany after a while similar to Sara's in the movie: my parents love the dream of eternal life more than they love me. How selfish.

[–] thepartydjz 12 years ago

You can't put religion above people, religion is people.