Posts by VIII

my parents were abusive and i got nothing from them or anyone in the "truth" no bible study any attention nothing from anyone.. i read the great teacher book to myself at the age of seven, and when i was in my mid teens i started studying on my own with no help from anyone nor any answers my questions expect to be rebuked if i asked the wrong question so i quit asking it was god's chosen religion after all who was i to question anything.

i conducted the sort of study and this elder looked at me and said where is your head covering.

VIII

When my mom put a napkin (paper, very cheap from the grocery store) on her head because a young boy was in the room and she was leading the prayer, I knew this was totally f-cked up. Totally. I was about 9 at the time. I giggled and got a dirty glare. Then a slap in the car for not showing respect to that young boy.

When I went to college and learned about Muslims and learned that they kept women down the same way, I never looked back and never went back. I was out. I tried to explain to my mom that JWs were very similar to the Muslims that way--she would scream at me to STFU. Hopeless.

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Are former Witnesses JERKS at times?

by free2beme in

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i recently came across something online, in which someone was talking to the society to complain about another 'active' witness, not getting in trouble.

what i learned, as i listened and read the follow-up.

was that the person calling was a former witness, disfellowshipped for something they thought was unfair.

VIII

(sigh)

I get both sides.

I hear the JWs continually witness to me personally. I hear "The End is Near", "The System yada yada yada". It takes all the patience in me not to tell them to STFU. I have comethisclose. I put my cell phone on mute a few times and screamed. But, what is the point? They just believe and won't change. They have been convinced since they were kids. And now they are in their 70's.

Then I hear and read my sister actually do it. And it is ugly. She pulls out no stops wishing ugly things on JWs she swears did what she did. (The *F* word--Fornication!!! :-0 )

So? That was 30 years ago. What the f-ing good is to come from trying to bring down your teenage nemesis now? Simple satisfaction that *they* are hypocrites.

I agree, get over it.

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Children of adult ex-jw's

by man in black in

my wife and i were both jw's for the past 28 years.

we left two years ago, we wrote our da letters and split.. my wife felt very contained, there was no room to grow.

i started to fade slowly, but when my mom died, i saw the complete lack of love from the brothers and that sealed the deal for me.. we have two sons, 22 and 26, who we raised as witnesses, not the die hard type, just try and do your best.

VIII

I was raised in it as was my sister. She became the angry one who is now a vocal atheist. I am very quiet about my beliefs. She is so angry in fact that if our still in parent and or relatives (who speak to her in spite of her being DFd) send her e-mails with any type of JW message or alluding to "Good News" or the "System of Things", she goes ballistic and sends off a tirade on how stupid they are and why Atheists Rule!!!

She will then send our mother lists of why she hates the JWs. It is really sad and sick. It gets her no where and our mother is never going to leave the dubs. She is hard core and needs that social club/cult. BTW, my sis has been out for 30 years, so I don't know if it gets any better.

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James David Manning---What's Your Opinion Of Him?

by minimus in

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he's the harlem preacher who hates obama and calls him 'a long legged mack daddy"!!!!.

check him out on you tube!.

VIII

Will the CIA and/or Homeland Security visit me if I watch it?

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Were You Happy That Jack Barr Of The GB Died?

by minimus in

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i read that some are quite happy that another gb bites the dust.. i think of my "faithful" elderly jw mother who helped many many families come into the "truth".

she's an intelligent woman.

however, she's blinded by her beliefs (being in a cult).

VIII

Death and Taxes. Both are certain.

While I am never happy someone dies, I am always puzzeled that people are so surprised when someone, especially elderly, dies.

I'm even more surprised that people could care that someone they don't know personally dies. Who cares? The average JW wouldn't know this guys name. I asked my mom and she said "Who", is that a friend of yours?" I burst out laughing.

I'll really be unhappy when it happens to me.

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How come witnesses can seem to be very friendly to the uninformed worldlies?

by dgp in

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i know that jehovah's witnesses are told not to be part of the world and not to have worldly friends.

i know that some witnesses do have friends.

but, what i'm curious about is how a witness could sustain polite and seemingly friendly interaction with worldlies and at the same time feel that these are not people s/he should befriend.

VIII

Fresh meat....

Cults and Ponzi schemes needs new members to survive.

How do car salesmen do their job? How do Avon ladies try to sell their product?

That is why I never could make it as a dub. I didn't buy into the product they were selling and couldn't convince even one homeowner to purchase my magazines.

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How come witnesses can seem to be very friendly to the uninformed worldlies?

by dgp in

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i know that jehovah's witnesses are told not to be part of the world and not to have worldly friends.

i know that some witnesses do have friends.

but, what i'm curious about is how a witness could sustain polite and seemingly friendly interaction with worldlies and at the same time feel that these are not people s/he should befriend.

VIII

Fresh meat....

Cults and Ponzi schemes needs new members to survive.

How do car salesmen do their job? How do Avon ladies try to sell their product?

That is why I never could make it as a dub. I didn't buy into the product they were selling and couldn't convince even one homeowner to purchase my magazines.

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Did You Consider Yourself An "Ordained Minister?

by minimus in

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i took pride as a 9 year old "boy" that i was a "minister".

i had a card that i carried in my wallet (with no money in it) that said i was a "minister"..

VIII

When I read the question, I laughed out loud, snorted and giggled. My DH asked why? I couldn't explain.

I never, ever thought of myself as an "ordained minister". Knowing, now, what that term literally means, *I* should have been able to legally marry people, etc. *I* couldn't. Nor could I recite one bible passage on cue.

"It's a cult, not a religion."