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WELCOME VOIDEATER

Your name reminds me of a movie. The Langoliers. Movie about a plane of people, time warp, what happenes to yesterday. Spooky!!!!!

VoidEater

Wow, I didn't expect such an introduction. Thank you kindly. I will try to respond to things I have some experience with...hopefully in a thoughtful way, and maybe with not too many typo's...

I'll try to post some of my background with the organization (when I get more than a couple moments to rub together), but basically I have experience with disfellowshipping, disassociation, and sexual abuse/activity within the organization. I've seen some pretty interesting ways some elders can use teachings to get their own way (my fave: an elder committed adultery so as to have a scriptual basis to divorce his wife, successfully arguing that the organization didn't say which part had to commit the sin), virtually every male member of my extended family is an elder or pioneer.

I was born in the Truth (...let's just call it about 1960), third generation, and have seen the culture and teachings through a few decades and in a few different cities and states.

As you might guess from my presence here, I do not attend meetings. No action has been brought against me personally. Amazingly, despite my firm convictions (which do not match the Society's), I have not been shunned by any but one relative (due to my father's self-disassociation, an interesting status).

More to come, I'm sure - and thank you again, Gopher!