Anger is a gift.
Isolation is the gift.
Welcome my son to the machine.
the lying, the faking and pretending, the hiding, the endless mind-numbing meetings, service, preaching, assemblies, everything!.
most of the time i can handle it quite well.
but not today.
Anger is a gift.
Isolation is the gift.
Welcome my son to the machine.
about two weeks ago he was arested in bc, about 35 years too late thanks to wts cover-up.. he had a baby with my ex-husband's sister - my kids have a cousin who is also their aunt.
this was all covered up by moving from ontario to bc back in the early 1980s, and it all being hidden by the wts; even allowing this guy to serve as an elder after the fact...when i got married to my ex, his father was an elder, and the baby of the incest was 15. .
today and from now on, hopefully things will unravell for the wts in canada, as he sits in jail in ontario (where the crimes were committed)charged on 24 counts of sexual abuse.. i hope there is a lot of embarrassment going on in that congregation in ladner, bc when all this originally came to light about 28 years ago, the congregation that let this man become an elder...because, my own parents seem to be in "cover-my-ass" mode when it comes to talking about this matter with me..
Dear friends, let's not forget that this monster's ability to keep things concealed for so long serves a greater purpose - Jehovah is TESTING his people.
in all seriousness, I hope he finds out how cold the prison shower room floor can be.
there is no shortage of ex-elders, behelites, ex-circuit overseers on this forum that continue to spout their hatred for christians, even as they did while leading their former adherents down the same path.
the new religion for these preachers of paradise, is materialism.
in their view, science is the arbitrator of truth.
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i was driving home the other evening pondering the past couple of turbulant years for me and my family.
i reflected back on my appointment as a ministerial servant and my attitude, beliefs and thinking at the time.
i thought about the subsequent misery that being a servant brings once the the glow wears off and people stop "commending you on your fine spiritual progress.
"Perry....."
i was driving home the other evening pondering the past couple of turbulant years for me and my family.
i reflected back on my appointment as a ministerial servant and my attitude, beliefs and thinking at the time.
i thought about the subsequent misery that being a servant brings once the the glow wears off and people stop "commending you on your fine spiritual progress.
Good grief; akward doesn't even begin to describe how awkward it is. I would love to hear from someone that actually had the balls to say there was a reason, when asked that question.
Actually, I never got asked ANYTHING. And I was aware of how other MS in the circuit got grilled and questioned about everything from porn to friggin child molestation. But our guys just took me aside and said "Hey we're gonna make you a Servant. Cool?" I answered, "Sure, I gue....""GREAT! He's fine with it. Go make the announcement."
Then the other elder walked up on stage and that was that. Then again, I'm not shocked as our congregation has the laziest, flakiest group of procrastinating uncaring douchebags to ever wear JC Penny suits.
NOTE: Thank you for all your feedback, all of you. I do honestly read AND NOTICE every single comment left by EVERYONE. A lot of good comments on this board get lost admist the thousand people talking at once, and while I don't always have an opportunity to respond to each one, I do appreciate your reading my thread and offering your opinion. May the blessings of a thousand sexy falcons lay golden eggs of prosperity on your children.
i was considered "exemplary" but i defintely liked my drinking with my other fellow examples.. porn was never a terrible thing to me.
i looked.. throwing in a few extra hours and placements worked pretty well for me too..
let's see. booze. porn. fornication. gambling. smoking. poaching (and i don't mean eggs). stealing. lying. violent video games.
i was driving home the other evening pondering the past couple of turbulant years for me and my family.
i reflected back on my appointment as a ministerial servant and my attitude, beliefs and thinking at the time.
i thought about the subsequent misery that being a servant brings once the the glow wears off and people stop "commending you on your fine spiritual progress.
I was driving home the other evening pondering the past couple of turbulant years for me and my family. I reflected back on my appointment as a Ministerial servant and my attitude, beliefs and thinking at the time. I thought about the subsequent misery that being a servant brings once the the glow wears off and people stop "commending you on your fine spiritual progress." Of course after not being able to take anymore of what I saw as well as some personal revelations that blew the lid off of my whole belief system, my decline accelerated until they just went ahead and gave me the the ol' heave-ho deletion. But by then it was a relief. At least I no longer operated as a hypocrite at THAT level.
But I began to also reflect back on one of my motivating reasons for wanting to "reach out" and become a servant (elder, one day). While there were several reasons for wanting that responsibility, one reason struck me as excessively..................delusional. Or at least that's how I feel about it in retrospect. Specifically, it was my understanding at the time of "Holy Spirit". Yes, Holy Spirit. That mysterious, all-empowering, do-all, fix-all and fail-safe "Thing" that floats around directing everything and everyone who happes to be associated with some prime real estate in Brooklyn. The very entity that hides cases of Watchtowers from Gestapo agents, re-hires Mary to a better job when she gets fired for attending a District Convention, and helps a 93-year old Ugandan woman battle crocodiles to attend a straw-hut Kingdom Hall 5,000 miles away.
My understanding of Holy Spirit was simply this way: I thought that Holy Spirit would make me a better man. A better husband, father, son, lover...er, well maybe not lover but you get the damn point. I foolishly believed that if I got appointed a servant, then Holy Spirit would magically attach itself to me and I would become more insightful, respected and I would automatically enjoy the seemingly wonderful family life as depicted in every family book written by Jehovah's Witnesses.
Happy, happy! Joy, joy!
Things seemed glowing at first. But things changed and well, I found myself imagining that I was David Byrne.
And you may ask yourself "How do I work this?"
And you may ask yourself "Where is that large automobile?"
And you may tell yourself "This is not my beautiful house!"
And you may tell yourself "This is not my beautiful wife!"
So what say any of you who were/are "appointed"? Did you think that you were going to wake up with super-powers or something? Also, can someone please tell me what is the official Watchtower Society stance on "spiritual appointments" (e.g. elders, MS, etc.)? Are these guys appointed with "Holy Spirit", through "Holy Spirit" or by "Holy Spirit"? Also, once appointed, does a man have "Holy Spirit"? I've heard every possible spin on this from different hardcore J-dubbs and I want to know what the real deal is. Not that believe in any kind of spirit anymore.*
A newly appointed Brother Summers releases Holy Spirit.
* AUTHOR'S NOTE: I do believe in spirits that are found in bottles of Canadian Club whiskey. I drink that shat like milk. You hear me?! Milk!
i realize i peddle carl sagan like christians peddle jesus but i think every one of us who has survived the watchtower, regardless of our current beliefs, should be able to appreciate this.
in the path to freedom (chapter from one of his books), sagan was discussing frederick (bailey) douglass's life in the early 19th century and his quest for literal freedom.
see if anything here sounds familiar:.
you spout Sagan like I spout Bukowski. Also like zoiks spouts Heloise.
that is what i heard last night at my yoga class.
she said for something to be fixed first it must become known what needs fixing.
it is true for the physical, but also for the spiritual i believe.
If the Devils lose tonight I'm going to study my Watchtower.
that is what i heard last night at my yoga class.
she said for something to be fixed first it must become known what needs fixing.
it is true for the physical, but also for the spiritual i believe.
but he's a guy and doesn't umderstand how women need friendship.
Women need friendship? What kind of sorcery is this?