Posts by kairos

while i was sitting through another grueling watchtower, dying from my brain being turned into cult pudding, i had this thought after i heard this read: .

when we express our most intimate thoughts to god in prayer, he may answer us through a bible passage, an article in a magazine, or an encouraging word from a fellow believer.

-august 2015 watchtard.

kairos

I hate that we were fooled.
I hate that I have given up all of my adult life in a delusion.

I love that I am free.

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WT Society SEC Records : Hedge Funds, Cayman Islands, Financial Losses - Links

by flipper in

so my wife and i were curious so i researched some financial links and found records indicating that the wt society has been operating at a loss since the year 2012. as you read the links it shows a loss of 10 million $$$ in 2012, about 16 million $$$ in 2013, and a whopping loss of 56 million $$$ in 2014 - where the expenditures exceeded the revenues for each of those years in the amount i've mentioned.

also there is a link on this same website with the sec records indicating that the wt society and it's representatives funneled 40 million $$$$ into hedge funds in the cayman islands as early as 2007. if you look online on other sites you can see evidence that indicates the wt society attended hedge fund conferences to look into more shadiness in 2011 and isn't it curious that by 2012 the wt society started showing losses.

anyway here is the link : https://www.watchtowerlies.com/the_watchtower_revenue.html .. feel free to check this link out and other links on that link indicating the cayman island connection.

kairos

Maybe some dirty, apostate, bethel, financial mole scuttled the ship from within.

Self destruct sequence has been initiated and cannot be reversed...

That would make a nice movie plot.

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The Borg has given up!!!!

by Crazyguy in

it's become obvious in the last few days that the borg is done, done giving one dime over to the membership of the organization.

they know or have been told that it's a waste of time to spend money trying to recruit new members so their cutting all out lays of money in this regard to the bone.

they will continue to spend money where they can make a prophet, keeping the ones in, not thinking and donating.

kairos

I had a thought about this late last night.

GB get "raptured" to some island getaway.
All the money and real estate profits (prophets ) suddenly do, too.

the end...

The faithful can meet in basements and review old articles from their bound volumes until Harm-you-gettin' finally comes.

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where shall we go

by Sabin in

yesterday i read something that hurt my heart.

at a talk given by a brother lyman swingle ( i apologize if i am stepping out of line by using this) he said "that if you leave the jw ( i find it difficult to refer to it as the truth now days) you may as well go jump off a bridge".

this i think is disgraceful talk to say to any body let alone an audience in which children are present.

kairos

Thanks for this post.
Feeling a bit down today.

Where shall we go? Anywhere they ain't!

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U.N. United Nations Human Rights Committee and Jehovahs Witnesses have ongoing relationship

by TheWonderofYou in

i appreciate the work of the u.n.. jw appreciate and share the values of the u.n. too.. jw-attorneys submit country reports to the human rights committee.

next session of the hrc will be from 9 october - 6 november 2015 in geneve, switzerland.. human rights committee .

http://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/ccpr/pages/ccprindex.aspx.

kairos

The UN issue was a total deal breaker for me and began the quick end of my being a JW.

Very interested to see how this all plays out and how JWs will react when the evidence of their so-called "christian neutrality" is clearly seen to all.

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I'm a coward.

by cappytan in

jw
friends

since the move, it has been so enjoyable to not have jw's breathing down our necks asking why we didn't make the meeting, or having to pretend to be "spiritual" in front of family all the time.. 90% of my week is virtually stress free.

then, my mom calls or texts wanting to talk to her grandkids.

every dang call, she asks about the new congregation, if we went to the meeting, etc.. why can't i tell her to fk off?

kairos

I just want to burn the bridge and be done with it. I have tried so many times to salvage the relationship.

DF her from your family. Announce it to her and explain the reinstatement process and appeal options...

Then shun the hell out of her!!!

( that wasn't nice, but it was fun to say )

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A question for the shunned re: hide or seek

by dubstepped in

so here's my question as a newly daed person that is summarily shunned.

do you hide from family and act like you don't exist or do you let them know you're still here and seek them out?

they want you to be dead, like you no longer exist, because strict avoidance makes it easier on them.

kairos

They for the most part, most JWs were never really interested in being my friend.
Token handshakes and "how are you's" are not evidence of "love among yourselves".
Most of the calls or visits away from the KH that I ever received were when someone needed something or wanted me to fill in last minute on some part.

People loved to borrow my tools, car trailers and my time.
They convinced me that we were friends.

After fading for nearly two years, I realized that I was already shunned by near everyone.
They would get uncomfortable when seeing me in a store or somewhere public.
My wife's sisters were about the only hold-out JWs that would speak to me or come visit in our home. Now it's all over.

Now, after being DF'd for about 20 days, I realize fully that it was all just an illusion of "friendship" and "association". No substance. We had "Jehovah" in common.
( that means we agreed to follow the GB and live our lives by their rules )

Very sad realization.

So glad to be out. Got my life back.