Posts by megawatt

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NEW VIDEO: Question JWs - APOSTATES

by V in

part 3 of our series "question jehovah's witnesses," questioning jws ability to question.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnqq2taqgio.

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megawatt

Excellent work as always V! Posted this up at the Jehovah's witness support forum. Keep up the good work...

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Bethel Australia 2 couples go on holidays and swaped partners - True!!?

by Witness 007 in

a sister confronted a bethel elder about this in my presence and he confirmed it ....wow!

i thought it was a bull crap rumor...and he said they had been disfellowshiped....any aussies hear of or no more about this?

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My post was in response to Old hippie's statement, regarding that these experiences posted in this thread are fabricated. Hence the reason why I quoted his post in my last response.

I don't know how much clearer I have to be. I had some fun with a network of friends in circuit in my late teens till I was 21, which included married couples. Of course, some felt guilty and confessed. A few weeks later, I'm being drilled in JC divulging specific details of who participated and what acts were performed. Any normal NON-jw would look at this as having fun, which I do know.

Mentally, I'm fine, thanks for asking lol. But at the moment, after receiving my "loving" treatment from my local elders, it took quite a few years to get over it.

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Bethel Australia 2 couples go on holidays and swaped partners - True!!?

by Witness 007 in

a sister confronted a bethel elder about this in my presence and he confirmed it ....wow!

i thought it was a bull crap rumor...and he said they had been disfellowshiped....any aussies hear of or no more about this?

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megawatt

TheOldHippie said:

"If there is ONE thread up for winning the "number one unverified wild gossip thread of the year" - this is the one. All of a sudden, everyone "knows" this is "common", "nothing new", "going on everywhere", with orgies going on in basements, attics, podiums, rooms, parking lots, you name it. Living out their imagination and hatred here, people do .................."

Welp, be glad your time in as JW was uneventful or boring, or whatever you wanna call it. But let me tell ya', knowing what I know now, I CAN look back at it as a "good time". But at the moment, as a devout jw, it screwed me up mentally. Dealing with JC's and feeling like POS and having the fear of possibly being slated for destruction for a few "unholy" or "unclean" acts, fucks with one mentally and don't wish that on anyone.

But of course, these unverifiable "stories" are wildly fabricated as most experiences that many post on here @ jwd dealing with molestation, rape, lack of love, shunning, ill treatment within the congregation, conditional friends, and the list goes on and on. :rolleyes:

[sarcasm]Yup-It's all based on hatred....[/sarcasm]

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Ran into the JW table at San Diego airport...

by Confession in

yes, my ladyfriend and i were entering the san diego airport for our flight home to phoenix late yesterday afternoon, when i noticed a forty-ish man and woman sitting down behind a table loaded with wts publications.

i stopped to glance over them with joy.

i made familiar comments about some of the publications, noting the newer soft covers and trying to casually engage the pair in conversation.

megawatt

Good! Glad to hear that they're taking a half ass approach on field service!

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Amama's site

by White Dove in

jw
friends

is it safe to post there now?

i know they said it was in the past but it really hurt my computer before that.

i would like a nice place to go after this closes.

megawatt

I post there on a regular basis. Finally got my wife to join her site!!!!! (big step) Never heard of a virus or any complications with my pc...

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Bethel Australia 2 couples go on holidays and swaped partners - True!!?

by Witness 007 in

a sister confronted a bethel elder about this in my presence and he confirmed it ....wow!

i thought it was a bull crap rumor...and he said they had been disfellowshiped....any aussies hear of or no more about this?

?

megawatt

Nothing shocking anymore. Being young and single at the time, I tagged along with some "cool" married couples and ventured into the forbidden territory when it came to loose conduct. It's happened so many times, I started to think this was the norm behind close doors...

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DA !

by lancelink in

well i finally decided to send my letter to the boe.

it was a decent letter, i just stated that i no longer cared to be a jw,and that i enjoyed my time .

in the org, but it was time to move on.

megawatt

If it brought you closure, then congrats! IMO, even giving them a letter DA is too much. But that's me, but if I were you being in your situation, I wouldn't even call back. And if necessary, re-send your letter and beyond that, restraining order!!!

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Defence of watchtower society Links

by reniaa in

i thought long and hard before making this thread, that many will not agree with it but i think there needs to be balance and people to realise there are alternate viewpoints out there on many of these subjects, the ones that are most spoke about on this forum.

i was recently sent a full message containing mary's book and these links give the rebuttal to many of her points.

those that are still open-minded enough feel free to look over them even if in the end you still don't agree at least you have heard both the defence as well as the attack as they are on the internet.

megawatt

Reniaa is a lonely person. Sorry you have so much conflict within.

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Freaked Out, Failed to Vote, & Cult Thoughts Kick in too....

by yknot in

so i tried voting twice today, both time complete failures.

now it isn't only a select few in my kh who think i am possessed.

first time i got to the front of the line and freaked out badly.

megawatt

reniaa said

----Goto the doctors! you sound like you have symptoms of depression and despite what anti-JWs say on here it is now recognised as a serious illness by witnesses.

Voting is technically still a personal choice issue so I think your latching onto it as an outlet for all the strain and worry your goinng through atm. I'm only know a little from people around me getting stressed so goto Doctor describe your symptoms he can help you get to a calm place.----

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What a Blessing, they now know it's a valid symptom!!! Praise the Governing Body for truly understanding!!! :/

Ok, enough's enough... I've sit here with my mouth shut and let you get away with some really pro JW comments in the past. I don't care for your kind, and as for the reason why is you can blatantly OVER LOOK the tract record of this cult and minimize the impact of such indoctrination that does cause depression on many individuals. 2nd, Can't figure out what your deal is. Vaguely remember you having doubts but wanting to go back for whatever reason, most likely missing something like friends or whatever, despite being conditional. Lo and behold, your now propagating the same garbage that some are trying to completely walk away from and/or have overcame the fear and depression caused by this cult.

Is jwism not the cause? I 2nd what Homerovah says and call BULLSHIT as well. Voting is a personal choice that EVERYONE has, but you cannot posses it freely as a jw. Period. Don't care how wanna you spin it or how you wanna revise the past ALA Watchtower style, it's something you can't do as a jw. And the cause of Ynots issue is that, lingering doubt and guilt brought on by WT.

Hang in there ynot, it's a tough nut to crack. And yes with time, you'll overcome completely the BULLSHIT programming that unfortunately still have people like reniaa within it's grasp....

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If you are still active JW, do you enjoy being around JW?

by asilentone in

do you enjoy their company when they invite you to their homes?

etc...

megawatt

Very few people I enjoyed being around in the JW CULT. For the most part, NO, I never really enjoyed gatherings. Your forced to be in the presence of people you truly dislike and would never give a 2nd thought of hanging out with if wasn't for this cult... Now, family and I just hang out with people we enjoy. :D I'll never forget what one sister told me years ago. "It's better to be around the worse of witnesses,than the best of non believers". That right there, should have rang some bells immediately, but being the impressionable young teenager at the time, all I could do is nod my head in acceptance with her statement. Gah, how awful...