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  The Theocratic Life and Times of Theodore Jaracz - NEW

  by Dogpatch in

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  the theocratic life and times of theodore jaracz .

  by barbara anderson.

  [we are doing a special focus on the dark side of brooklyn bethel for a couple of weeks over at freeminds.org].

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  geevee

  Wasn't there a piece written on silent lambs some years back, about him being accused by a woman for molestation when he was a c/o?
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  Most Ridiculous Thing You've Ever Been Counseled On

  by MrFreeze in

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  i'm sure topics like this have already come up but they tend to get hilarious with the absolute absurdity that goes on in the kh.

  i was once counseled for not shaving after two days.

  i was also counseled by a sister for eating lucky charms cereal.

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  geevee

  Not to spin the wheels of my car in the k-hall carpark... "it doesn't consolidate the gravel surface"...

  What about some of the bs that I had to counsel people on?... Not to quote worldly sources when giving a talk... Not to play Laser-force... Not to drink sherry before the meetings! [that guy ended up the p/o!!] if i try hard I could think up many more...

  Pathetic really
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  Am I the only one who thought the GB was 100% correct when they were a JW?

  by NiceDream in

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  a few months ago i began researching my doubts on the internet about the wtbts and i came across a bunch of crazy facts.

  this helped me realize this isn't "the truth.".

  when i was growing up, i believed the society was always right, and we needed to obey what was in the publications.

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  I was the same. I bought it all. I remember going on and on about how no other church had the GB!!! What an idiot. The reason is because is is not scriptural. A self proclaimed title to make the members of it MORE important, holy, better and must be believed over common sense that anyone else.

  Arrrrrgggghhhh I can still get mad about it after being 5 years clean!

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  The Witnesses are freaking out

  by Sour Grapes in

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  i still go to a few meetings a month just to keep members of my family happy.. the witnesses seemed to be getting all worked up about how close the end.

  it sorta feels like the 1975 era only 35 years later.

  the brother who gave.

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  When I was a kid in the 60's they used to say it is just around the corner..... then some bright spark changed it to "it not around the corner any more, we are stading right in front, it is staring us headon"...

  Fear and Guilt... it never changes.
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  how long in truth,,,what was the final "straw"

  by peaches in

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  i was in for 30 years.....my ex was an elder...."holy spirit appointed" he tortured me....i was married 33+ years....you know,,,marriage is sacred...you can leave,,,i know,,,,if abuse is intolerable....but that starts a series of events...etc etc etc....i finally left everything...and moved far away.....people actually believe "holy spirit" appoints people,,,my ex would not pray unless there was an audience...you know,,,,people invited over for supper kind of thing,,,you get the point..... my best friend had a mental breakdown,,,,she basically became psychotic.....had to be hospitalized....she took up smoking,,,got disfellowshipped...and lost all emotional support....to this day,,,,as far as i know,,,she is still disfellowshipped...needs to be hospitialized every so often....she is on complete disability.....and still trying to get back into the org....her mother does support some what,,,,even though she is a witness herself,,,,,takes her to assemblies,,,,memorial,,,etc,,,,this has gone on for years.....she cannot mentally handle the organization,,,nor can she mentally handle not being a witness...lost everything....guilt....etc..... did not mean to ramble on so much......i have mental scars that will not go away....because i stayed in a "mess" for god,,,,i could write page after page of things like the above....as being my "last straw".......curious about you here on the board....any specific "breaking point" or a collection of many things..... thanks for your in put...peaches.

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  Hi All,

  My wife and I were "raised" in the borg. We got out [by means of fading] 5 years ago! [That deserves a cellebration!!] The pedophile issue ripped our blinders off, but it took a few years and some very good books to give us enough information to be strong enough to stop attending.

  I had been an elder for 11 years, and thought I understood it all! How dumb can you be? We are so glad to be out of it. What a way NOT to live your life. Our families are wasting their lives away for something that is not ever going to happen.
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  JWs... You are not unique! take a look at this. My research

  by Aussie Oz in

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  in my research i have decided to go waaaay back.

  so, one of the first things i did was look at the beginnings with regard to charles taze russell.. while this may be old news to many, this is indeed new to me.

  and i want to tell this to the jws that are no doubt on here too.. you are an adventist sect.. without posting the expanded (very long) version of my research, i will post the basics that lead me to this conclusion.. how unique are jehovahs witnesses?

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  Hi Oz,

  Good info. If russell were to come back to life today and preach what he did back then even though his dogmas were obviously approved by the christ in 1919 [rutherford hadn't had time to change a great many of them yet] he would be DFed for apostatcy!
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  Worst Witness Wedding Experience?

  by spawn in

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  we went to oz for a wedding of a brother and sister from the sydney bethel.

  it was the most bizzare wedding of all time, the cake was a multi coloured telitubby creation and the veggie food option was baby octopus and squid, the alcohol was free flowing and all bethelites in attendance took full advantage.

  we were sat listening to the speaches and it was getting rowdier and rowdier and some of the language was rather unscriptual to say the least, as it was mixed jw and non jw we were surprised to find that all of this noise came from the bethelites.

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  My wifes Father was the official JW wedding celebrant for our whole area for many years. She went to more weddings than she cares to remember. The one that stands out was her cousins. The mother of the bride to be, did her circuit a favor by buying up all the unused and thawed chicken left over from a circuit assembly. She promptly refroze it and saved it as the main dish at the wedding reception. 2 people nearly died! Lots ended up either in hospital or at home with severe food poisoning.

  She was dragged into the backroom, but not much could really be done to her. The local health authorities were also very interested in what had happened.

  My wife said as they were driving home they would drive past a car load of people all on the side of the road spewing their guts out, then they would have to pull over and do the same!!
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  well, they finally caught up to the april wt

  by booby in

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  but as anticipated not only is it not a problem but rather prompts expressions like this.

  "it just highlights to .

  mean just how awesome and loving jehovah is.

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  When I got my brother to read the questions from readers about Jesus being the mediator of the 144K only, he said: "oh well, that's how it is then!"

  He wasn't phased about losing his mediator. I had asked him if Jesus was his mediator and he said that he was. Then this!

  It will be exactly the same with this "new" revelation. suckered for many years to come.
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  This is probably petty, but .....Did you ever have a problem with losing your KM?

  by miseryloveselders in

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  "misery, do you have an extra kingdom ministry?

  " "misery, you didnt give me my kindom ministry for april, i know its only february, but you wouldnt happen to have it, would you?

  " "i could have sworn i gave you your km.

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  ask for another one, they usually have spares.... or at least they did "IN THE DAY"...
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  How many of you were baptised at a young age?

  by lepermessiah in

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  one thing this site has made me reflect on the baptism practice in jw land.. many of us were raised in the religion, thus you were given the pressure early on to shoot for baptism as a goal.. i remember feeling bad because i waited until the ripe old age of 14 to take the plunge.. looking back, i realize that when i was 14, i didnt even know what my favorite color was, let alone have enough knowledge to make a life altering decision.

  yet, growing up in that climate, i would say anyone who waited past their early teens to get baptised was viewed with great suspicion and was likely to be viewed as "bad association".

  kids who took the dip at 8-9 years of age were viewed as "wise beyond their years" and the like.. how old were some of you when you were baptised, and what are your feelings on the matter?.

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  geevee

  HI all, I was 14. I was soooo sick that day, the nerves had got the better of me and I was in the toilet vomitting for at least half the talk. I had searched the assembly grounds the find the p/o and tell him I had changed my mind.... but darn! I couldn't find him anywhere.

  My dad had an affair and my mother was reeling. So I thought that if I got baptized it would help her and give her some stability...... So I did it for her. It was a struggle too... as someone said earlier, twice the guilt!