Posts by mistorie

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Funerals

by justified in

we went to a viewing and funeral for a 5 year old little girl that died of cancer tonight.

it was in their family church.

it made me think about the witness funeral's i've gone to in the past.

I remember a slightly contentious buzz around the kh when ever anyone wanted a grave side funeral. Most jw's I knew were going to be cremated. The thought was that it was vain and arrogant to have a funeral where you were mourned in public and your lifetime accomplishments were talked about. There was a huge rift between my grandmother and her youngest sister over the fact that my great aunt wanted a grave side funeral when she died. My grandmother always said she would never go to the funeral. Well, my aunt died from congestive heart failure and emphysema from years of smoking when she was younger. My grandmother didn't go to the funeral for her own sister over a stupid difference of opinion. A few years back when my grandmother died she was cremated. There was a private service for her at the kh. It was one of the last times I ever stepped inside a kh.

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Breaking News - Ramblings of the Governing Body

by Edward Elder in

if you're still unsure about the hotline to heaven (aka fds), then have a laugh at this truly pathetic story being circulated by the dubs - comments from stephen lett of the groaning body - see below.. to summarise lett's mind-control ramblings:.

angels are directing jws in the ministry - of course!if you don't answer the door - god will kill youif you don't listen to us - god will kill youbrainwashing of minor children is a real winnercalling on empty houses may seem like a waste of time - but to dubs it's the work of angelsfor the bethel drone monitoring this post - wake up and smell the coffee, before you're made to leave your cosy brooklyn office and hack the streets calling on empty houses.. you can be sure lett will be right behind you!.

ee.

mistorie

"Those Witnesses sure are persistent, but very well dressed."......yeah, high class female escorts are dressed well too and persistent about getting their money. Does that mean angels are making notes about them too? Or do they, along with keeping detailed and graphic notes, also make hand drawn illustrations to pass on to the great jehoober? Maybe THAT'S why he spends so much time in the bathroom with the door locked. Every time a jehoober whacks off, an angels gets it's wings. Is that all it takes??

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Do You Still Believe In Anything JWs Taught You?

by minimus in

jw
friends

are there any beliefs that you learned from the witnesses that you still believe in?

mistorie

No. In fact I would go so far as to say that I never learned about god or jesus from the jw's. The whole focus was on what the gb sent down and how close the end of the system was. What they said was all I knew. I have absolutely NO concept of what god is, heaven or spirituality at all. I'm not looking to find god because to me religion is entirely about corrupt men, greed, humiliation, prejudice, hate, intolerance, guilt, and fear. I've had enough of that. I walked away feeling betrayed and used by one organization that preached they were god's mouthpiece by destroying families, creating distrust and keeping their flock poor and stupid. If that is what god is in favor of then I absolutely want nothing to do with him/it/whatever.

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Uncaring Attitude of the Society

by donny in

i just read the account of a an elderly lady who passed out in a distict convention in canada today (06/20/08).

it seems that as some of the attendees were trying to help by doing cpr, the "brother" on the platform a few feet away speaking did not even pause.

when his talk ended a few minutes later and the lady was still being tended too, the platform folks just announced the next speaker as if nothing was happening.

mistorie

I had an experience at a district convention with my mother that disturbed me much when I was 13. My mother was a Nurses Aid from the time I was a baby until she had to retire early for health reasons at 62. During the afternoon session of the convention a woman ran screaming through the auditorium holding her limp little boy who looked to be about 2. She was screaming for help because her son had stopped breathing. Terror was all over her face as she screamed, literally, for help. People watched from their seats but no one made a move. I felt sick as I looked over at my mother and saw this mixed expression of disinterest and disgust on her face. I was expecting her, of all people, to be the first one up and down the stairs but she just sat there looking annoyed. I asked her if she was going to go help and she shook her head. She rolled her eyes and said, "Babies do that. They stop breathing sometimes. Besides, they'll help her in first aid." My heart sank. I couldn't believe that no one seemed to care that this poor woman needed help. And the disdain that my mother showed was disgusting. I think what little respect I may have had left for her died that day. I asked the next day out of curiosity if she had heard about the baby. She had completely forgotten about it and just shrugged. Heartless whores, every last one of them that sat there snug in their seats. If it's not happening to them, they just don't care.

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Funny experiences while a JW

by donny in

do any of you have any funny experiences while you were part of the jw machine?

back around 1986 i was the ministerial servant in charge of running the sound board in the kingdom hall for our congregation.

we were the last ones to meet in the hall on weekdays (friday) and the first ones to meet on sunday.

mistorie

When I was 7 I wrote the F word on the kingdom hall wall. My family always sat in one of the side row of seats on either side of the hall and I was forever stuck sitting against the wall. One Sunday my mother gave me a ball point pen to use to take notes with. I'm not sure what came over me but at some point during the meeting I must have been REALLY bored because I nonchalantly held the pen under my left arm and I wrote the F word on the wall next to me. My mother happened to look down at me and noticed I was doing something odd. She leaned forward and caught site of the "word." All the color drained from her face as she grabbed my arm and yanked the pen out of my hand. She sent my older sister scrambling to the bathroom. My sister brought back a handful of sopping wet paper towels. The closing song had just been announced. My mother made me scrub at the wall all through the song and the prayer, to no avail. After the meeting when everyone was socializing I had to sit in my seat and keep my hand over the word. She told me not to let anyone, under any circumstances, see what was under my hand as she went to get some cleaner. Well, of course, all the kids noticed me sitting there like a jack ass with my hand latched to the wall and they had to come see what was up. There were a couple who asked what I was doing. I didn't know how to explain so I didn't say anything hoping they'd go away. One kid tried to pry my hand away. I was saved by my mother coming back and telling them to go away. The cleaner she brought didn't help. She was forced to go to an elder and tell him what I had done. As it turned out they ended up having to paint over the word. My mother never let me forget that little incident. Never mind that I learned the word from my old brother. What she was more concerned about was the shame of having her youngest daughter deface the precious kh. The was my crowning achievement in all my years growing up a dub.

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Did/Does God answer your prayers?

by song19 in

jw
friends

in my spiritual journey, which includes trying to decide if i still believe in god anymore or not i am beginning to question if god listened to my prayers or even answered them.

i think i had a track record of praying more when i needed something.

terrible i know.

mistorie

I had a crap life growing up as a jdub. I lived in violent abuse inside my immediate family that carried over into extended family. No one loved or cared about each other and yet there we sat side by side at every meeting. I prayed for everyone but myself. And, still, the violence and psychological abuse never stopped. Still, I persisted insisting to myself that one day it would all be better. It was that stupid, false hope that kept me praying for all those a-holes. How could I have actually thought that it would have been any better in a paradise world with those idiots? Needless to say, I haven't prayed for a very long time. Not for me and not for anyone else. I prefer to stand on my own two feet and help the good things along in life. I take the good with the bad and live every day free from the thought that I need to thank some faceless being in the sky for who I am and the life I have made for myself. In short, I'm happier without that god.

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Watch Dateline at silentlambs.org

by mistorie in

you can watch the entire dateline program at silentlambs.org.

it is on the main page under their media section.

they have the written transcript of the show and also the video version.

mistorie

You can watch the entire Dateline program at silentlambs.org. It is on the main page under their Media section. They have the written transcript of the show and also the video version. Enjoy! M