Posts by jambon1

it's nice to finally be able to say hello to you all, having been a long time reader of the forum.. i put off signing up as i didn't feel i had much to contribute, but if i'm honest, seeing atlantis' post about confidential information pushed me into it.. i hope i can get round to writing my story - i always enjoy reading others and it never ceases to amaze me how many have had similar experiences.. so there goes my first post!.

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jambon1

Hi 88JM

I live in the wonderful city of Edinburgh.

Left the org around 6 years ago. Didn't so much fade as just, well, left.

Believing only around 20% of what the witnesses believed was only going to end one way. Remarkably, I lasted quite a number of years as a witness despite the problems I found in/with the religion.

If you ever want a chat, just message me on here.

I understand the feelings of issolation, doubt, fear & the need for freedom.

Cheers

J

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As a Jehovah's Witness, how did you feel about the prospect of god killing millions of babies & children?

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i've got to say that it repulsed me.. yet, i knew one brother/elder who always commented that he wanted 'to see the wicked being destroyed.'.

twisted beyond belief..

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I've got to say that it repulsed me.

Yet, I knew one brother/elder who always commented that he wanted 'to see the wicked being destroyed.'

Twisted beyond belief.

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Shunning - I just can't get my head around it

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let me first state that i have never been shunned.

i faded from the org very quickly & my life hasn't been blighted by this practice.. i have been out of the organisation for over 6 years.

most of the things i left the religion for, i have came to terms with.

jambon1

Let me first state that I have never been shunned. I faded from the org very quickly & my life hasn't been blighted by this practice.

I have been out of the organisation for over 6 years. Most of the things I left the religion for, I have came to terms with. I no longer feel rage & anger about stuff like the blood issue, the inner politics of the congregations, the worship of a god who wants to destroy billions of people, etc, etc. It isn't for me. I disagree with these beliefs/practices, but if people want to believe these things & live their life this way then that is their own business.

What I cannot rationalise at all is how any parent can shun their own flesh & blood. It absolutely disgusts me.

Over the years, I have read experiences & life stories of what it is like to be on the receiving end of shunning. It upsets me to think that young men & women have become suicidal due to feeling excluded & unloved by their own family. Many have sadly succeeded in taking their own lives due to feelings of rejection & exclusion. Others are consumed by anxiety, depression & abject misery. Disgusting!

How can they justify it? How can they possibly believe that this is 'god's will.' How can they believe that it is 'loving?'

JW's who are practicing this should take a good look at themselves.

You are devoid of even the most basic form of humanity.

You are the very people the bible spoke of when it talks about individuals 'having no natural affection.'

Hang your heads in shame.

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The One show - JW clip (UK)

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i wonder if this guy (hugo montgomery-swan) works for the bbc?

he looks the type.

i have seen him a number of time doing this wholesome-jw-family-act courtesy of my liscence fee!.

jambon1

Wearing the poppy isn't an indication of the wearer 'glorifying war.'

It's a sombre symbol of respect for those young men who tragically went to war (the great war), never to return after sufferring a brutal death.

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Totally unaware of this. Can someone sum up what the 'Conti case' is?

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JW Urban Legend - The Demonised Teddy Bear

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howdy guys and girls!.

how many of you have heard the jehovah's witness urban legend about the demonised teddy bear?.

if you're from north london and were a witness during the late eighties and early nineties, there's a good chance you would have heard it.. i was lucky enough to have played a part in the actual account!.

jambon1

The two brothers who went to the door of a sadistic murderer. He spoke with the witnesses and never harmed them.

Asked later (by whom?) why he never harmed the witnesses, he replied that it was because of the giant man standing behind them (an angelic protector).

Witnesses round my gaff were all over this tale like a tramp with a bag of chips.

It does beg the question though why no such angelic protector(s) was around during the time of the holocaust. I believe many witnesses were shot or beheaded.

A tad selective of who he protects this Jehovah chap.

EDIT - There was also a story about a demon possesed smurf who walked up the ailse of a kingdom hall.

Absolutely off their heads those witnesses.

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Im told that the speaker at the convention (Perth, Scotland), advised witnesses to stock up a months food. Anyone confirm?

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Idont know thge speakers name.