LOVE IT! Funny! I think that you would have a full time, well-paying career in that biz!!!
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The more stories I read on JWN make me long to go back to the hall...
by serenitynow! ini read the stories of those stuck in, or those who are out but still experience unwelcome, intrusive visits from dubs and i want to go to your hall.
or be at your house when the jackass elders come over.
i could say all the things you want to but can't because you're afraid to out yourself, or because you are just really nice.
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They are bothering my sister
by truthseeker1969 inmy youngest sister who has never been baptized and never shown an interest in the witnesses since her teen years was recently visited by a couple of elders.. they asked her what she thought about witnesses and how she viewed the congregation.
she basically told me that she told them she could care less what anyone believes or does but she refuses to believe that the gb are spirit directed or inspired and that the material she has been shown by my family is the same stuff since she was a child.
she did tell them that she sees the gb beating people and using lies more and more and referenced me who was df'd in absentia but then had it overturned.. they stayed for an hour and at the end asked her to tell me that i should still limit my contact with my mother since i am not attending meetings etc.. i thought it was strange until she told me the name of the elders, both on my jc and both still it seeems bitter!.
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I'm glad that your sister saw through them. They can be very persuasive when one is vulnerable. It is disgusting that they are trying to use her to carry their message to you to cut off contact from your mother. Ugh. It never seems to end with them.
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When you were active, did you feel you would survive Armageddon?
by Band on the Run ini am curious about this issue.
personally, i never felt i would be good enough for a split second.
one would think that knowing you can not be good enough to survive would it make it easier to leave the witnesses and live for the present.
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I never thought I would survive. No matter how many meetings I attended or how many hours I spent in field service I endured every month, I never enjoyed it. It never made me happy. It made me so damn miserable. That is how I knew I was "wicked". I tried so hard, and on the outside, everyone thought I was doing great, but on the inside, I hated it. I kept doing it thinking that I would finally "click" and be a happy servant of Jah, like they always said they were. All those pioneers, making endless comments at the meetings about how much deep joy they gained from doing this "wonderful" work. I never felt it. Even when I auxhilliary( never know how to spell that) pioneered for 6 months out of every year. I HATED it. I hated knocking on peoples' doors and annoying the crap out of them. I hated the hokey embarrassing parts at the meetings and conventions. I hated most of all the self-righteous, judgemental attitudes of all of the pioneer "Pillars of the Congregation". Ugh. So, no, I did not think that I would survive, but then again, that wasn't why I was serving. I was making myself miserable trying to do what I was taught was the only right thing to do in the world since the day I was born. I was force fed that garbage from the moment I came into existence.
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I'm new here!
by its_me! ini have been reading your posts for 2 weeks now, and i am riveted!
i spend every spare moment on this site.
it has become rather like a drug to me!
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Thank you Found Sheep! That's very sweet of you, and it was so nice to read everyone's warm welcomes again. So glad I was introduced to this site!
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Also Married Idiots here who claim having an Affair was "forced" on them by.....
by Witness 007 inyes sir it was forced on me!!
we grew apart soooo.... the classic bull crap...the watchtower society forced me into doing it to get a divorce.
people who post this childish justification are idiots.
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Found Sheep---- I contemplated suicide frequently when I was in the Org. but only after I was married and felt truly trapped. Looking forward to a PM from you!
00DAD---- Its always nice when someone can relate, thank you!
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Also Married Idiots here who claim having an Affair was "forced" on them by.....
by Witness 007 inyes sir it was forced on me!!
we grew apart soooo.... the classic bull crap...the watchtower society forced me into doing it to get a divorce.
people who post this childish justification are idiots.
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Thank you FS! I am still ashamed of what I did, but we are all human and make mistakes. I have atoned for mine a thousand times over, and it is time to let go of the guilt and move forward. I got sucked in by 007. The comments made in his or her posts are so much like the ones I would have heard in the Org. I was born in, and I am still trying to cleanse my mind of the self-depricating thoughts. Even though I have problems in my life now, and always will (because that is life), I am a much happier person now. Thank you for the kind words! I think I read in another thread that you are from WV? I am from OH! Not too far apart...
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Also Married Idiots here who claim having an Affair was "forced" on them by.....
by Witness 007 inyes sir it was forced on me!!
we grew apart soooo.... the classic bull crap...the watchtower society forced me into doing it to get a divorce.
people who post this childish justification are idiots.
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I had an affair because I thought that it was the only way to get our of my marriage. I was born-in, and I really never even entertained the idea of simply getting a divorce. I know it sounds crazy, and it is. When I look back now, I think, "why didn't I just get a divorce? I was going to be df'd anyways....." But honestly at the time, it never occurred to me. It's called being BRAINWASHED. I am not that person anymore. Please don't call me names because of it. I am very ashamed of those actions to this very day. I don't need any help feeling guilty from you. No one "caught" me sinning. I turned myself in and told the truth and took the punishment without complaint. Getting out of that marriage and that organization was the best thing that ever happened to me, I know that how I went about it was messed up, but no matter how I got out, I sure am glad I did.
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"Why Love Never Fails"....Giving the talk tonight. Help?
by stillstuckcruz injeez....i if this was about two years ago, i could have put this talk togather lickety split.
but i'm finding it impossible because i can't bring myself to put in phrases such as "god's true people", "love motivates us to....." , etc, etc.
every sentence i add, i just want to throw up because it's all such...pish posh and falsehoods and hypocrisy.
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I wonder what all of the people in the hall hearing this talk would think if they knew that it originated on an "apostate" website. I'm sure that there would be much s#!**ing of bricks...... I wonder how many like discourses I heard when I was in the Org!
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Were your Read your Watchtower Admonishment?
by truth_b_known inmirinda v. arizona is the landmark court case which lead to the now famous miranda admonishment/rights were are familiar with.
back in 1966 ernesto miranda was arrested for the kidnapping and rape of a 18-year-old woman.
he signed a confession after 2 hours of interrogation by the police, but was never told he had a right to remain silent or have an attorney.. miranda warning.
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Good stuff!
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Has anyone gotten reinstated and faded as soon as they could ?
by Pitchess Co-Gen ini'm think about doing this trick to get reinstated, and quit.
i have since moved 75 miles north of los angeles, so i'm not going back to the congregation that disfellowshipped me in the first place.
i'm just doing this for my family.
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I was reinstated and faded pretty much immediately. Once I was reinstated, I realized that I wished I never had been. Much happier now. Not completely at peace, but I'm getting there, and I am much more at peace than I had ever experienced in the organization. I actively work to de-program myself every day! so far, so good.