how sad for you.....to be hit with a statement that you made a year previously....that had to have hurt...alot.....but,,,,it is none the less typical.....

holey moley. what is it with people like that anyway? you made that statement a whole year before and then they asked you to justify it? oh brother. i don't know what planet they are from, but it's the same place where all thought police come from...

Hey Jim,

After Lastcall's comment I decided to listen to your tape. WOW is all I have to say! It was just as if I was hearing my cong elders! Once they have something in mind, they won't let any evidence that disproves it or anything else change the way they think. When ppl are using the "borg" term, I'm not sure exactly what it means but me being a Star Trek fan I can't help but think of the Borg... Bunch of mindless drones...

We were one of the biggest cong around, it was just about to be split in two because we were nearing the 150 ppl at Sunday meetings. Beeing a very big cong, there was a lot of kids. I was one of 'em. When all these kids hit the mid-teens, OUCH! They were announcing DFings left, right and center! I lost over half my friends in DFings. Then I started really hating (I know it's a strong term but I mean every bit of it) all the elders of my cong. I rebelled. I said "Screw you guys, they're my friends". I started hanging out with them again (two of 'em being my cousins (brother and sister)). I was reprimanded for that. Lost all my "priviledges" (yeah, right!.. you mean chores ). I was so pissed off at the whole world (I didn't know of anything else, being brought up in the JW) I just stoped going in field service. Then stopped going to meetings. Made friends with worldly ppl, started dating, etc... Then the elders tried to put more pressure on me to come back (there was virtually no teen left in the cong). Putting pressure on my mom and my adoptive dad. Starting sh*t in my family. That didn't go too well. In my last year of HS, things were so tense in my family that my parents were always fighting. My mom taking my side, saying that she was not going to stop me from doing what I thought was right (she had a bright kid , 2nd highest grade in HS and college). She had faith in me but my 'dad' was only thinking of how it reflected on him. Well, one day, fighting got so bad between my 'rents that for fear that he was going to hit her.... I pulled a gun on him (BB gun that is -- hey, it woulda still hurt). Shortly after (after grad) I moved away. Moved over 2500 miles away. When I came back, all was changed.

Get this... I come back, a lot more of my friends have been DF'd, lots have moved (even one elder) for being tired of putting up with all the cover-ups and the back-stabbing happening there. And on top of it all... my mom is DF'd, my 'dad' has moved away, got DF'd and is now GAY!!

I'm not going to give any info about my mom's DF'ing (it's up to her to tell you about it) but all I'll say is they basically acted the exact same way they did at your appeal, Jim. They did the same for my cousin's and my friends. They have their heads so far up their a$$es it's not funny!

Now, the cong is very small... compared to what it once was... there's around 40-50 ppl in regular attendance, half of which are either crooked, too dumb to get out -- totally brain-washed (or should I say cell-washed), or just too old to go anywhere else. The other half are new and still haven't seen all the borg has to offer!

I'm now very happy with being out, the only thing I miss is all the girls I could get to meet in all those hot dresses  Damn I miss that meat market!

Wow... I kinda went on rambling there, eh?? Oh well... I needed to get this out. Maybe this wasn't the thread to do it in, but whatever. That'll give you one tiny piece of insight on who "ve9gra" is.

PS: And, no, it's not  'Viagra'

j,

: I said to this Nazi Jw that I was the happiest that I ever was

The "Happiest People On Earth(tm)" just hate it when someone says it and actually means it.  THAT REALLY PISSES THEM OFF!

You deserved their wrath and its consequences, you big dummy.

Farkel

 

WOW Jim!

I just listened to your audio committee meeting. I've sat here ALL morning, when I have so much to do, but I couldn't pull myself away from it!!!  That takes a lot of guts my friend!!!  I applaud you!

Talk about major flashback!!! 

Hearing and reading these post, only comfirm my feelings of the org. Thank-you for sharing!  I'll post my story one of these days, when I get the nerve up, I guess.

Tink =;o)

Being happy outside the Borg is the ultimate red flag for the typical JW.  After all, I remember being instructed not to waste time on householders who were "happy with their church" or thought life was mostly good or that world conditions could be progressing in a positive direction.

Regards,

Mum, who is happier than ever, too!