Posts by cultBgone

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Recent Visit with my Wife's Family

by Imminent1975 in

i have been inactive for going on five years after an accerated fade.

my wife followed shortly after.

we recently went to visit her parents that know that we don't go to the meetings, and it bothers them but they don't know what to do, as they really can't do much.

Lost and Found

by Vivere in

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well after an almost 4 year sucessful fade including a move, they found me.

i was not home at the time, but they were asking all sorts of questions about me and my family, who lives where etc.

of course it was one of the busybody families in my former congregation.

Vivere, they only have the power you give them. Try to move out of your jdub persona and think like a free person (I know what it's like to feel the instant panic, believe me). They are just nosy busybodies without the nerve to leave the cult. Try to feel sorry for them rather than fear them, and politely inquire about them and brush off attempts to query you. Take the high road. You have the strength and the smarts to live life as you deserve. Sad they do not.

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God's dates, not ours

by donny in

as a former jehovah's witness, i now sit back and marvel how well i had been suckered into this religion.

and to think that their own worst critic was their own publications.. in 1968 some 43 years had lapsed since their last firm prediction on when armageddon would occur.

they had predicted 1925 would see an end to the worlds suffering and a new world for the true believers, i.e.

cultBgone

Saving this, thanks!

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How do you feel ethically about the Governing Body?

by runForever in

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if something terrible were to happen to the members of the current gb would you feel bad?.

cultBgone

I only feel ethically about organizations that are ethical. gb is the antithesis of ethical.

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I want it to be the truth, but I don't believe it. Unless I do but don't want to. Huh?

by noonehome in

if i did believe, i think i could have what it takes to be what's considered a 'good jw'....being a missionary actually really appeals to me.

but obviously i couldn't live that life if i didn't believe in my heart it's the truth.

i'm young, and interested in doing some kind of humanitarian work... kind of a secular equivalent of "serving where the need is greater.

cultBgone

Noonehome, your feelings are perfectly normal! To be young and have a love for people and want to do big things to help is really cool. Check out the CNN Heroes blog, there are wildly diverse groups from all over the globe doing great things who are nominated each year, and usually contact info is provided.

Best wishes! Do something great for humanity, not for the wts real estate billionaires club.

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Want a good laugh?

by ilikecheese in

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http://www.conservativerefocus.com/index.php/2014/06/09/jehovah-s-witness-organization-now-promoting-one-world-government-and-need-for-new-world-leader.

someone on my facebook posted this.

some dummy got a pamphlet that talked about the convention, the "one world government and who can lead" pamphlet.

cultBgone

saving this

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Is sex abuse in the Wt that big of a problem

by joe134cd in

before i start, i'm not a wt apologist and i am certainly not trying to minimise sex abuse.

i was looking at the amount of sex abuse cases in light of witness population.

just say wt ended up on paying out on 30,000 individual abuse cases.

cultBgone

Joe, the worst possible outcome for a sex abuse victim is to be re-victimized. The elders re-victimize the victim by forcing (usually) her to recount every horrible detail to them. Then they tell her and her family to "not talk" about it to anyone, which is also shaming behavior. Then in some cases she is forced to be-re-re-victimized and confront her rapist/abuser because that's the "only" way he will be df'd. Statistics have nothing to do with judging which religion to pick, if you should want one. The point about wt abuse is that it protects the abusers. Period.

A religion that boasts of being god's only true channel can only prove that by being BETTER THAN ALL THE OTHERS. Yet in dealing with this heinous criminal activity, they are much worse than many.

The only thing jws/wts/the gb are better at than all the others is running a pseudo-religious con game.

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Name Some Things That JWs Look Down Upon That Normal People Wouldn't Even Think About?

by minimus in

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jws look down on others for saying, "bless you" if someone sneezes.

it has something to do with the demons.

another example is that it is considered satanic if a man took his hat off for a lady!

cultBgone

Telling your mom "Happy Mothers Day!"

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101 ways Jehovah's Witnesses are the embodiment of George Orwell's 1984

by rory-ks in

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victory mansions/cigarettes/gin/square.

anything jehovah's witnesses get to name is either "watchtower," "kingdom," or "new world," be it road, house, farm, forest, hall, or bible.. .

he took down from the shelf a bottle of colourless liquid with a plain label marked victory gin.

cultBgone

Hang in there,Rory, the weekend is coming With more time to read and post.

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Seriously considering stepping down as Elder

by fader77 in

i have been an elder for 6 years.

it's been the last 2 years or so that i've really seen the hypocrisy, but the ability to know the shenanigans of the society through the body of elders letters has kind of kept me in there.

i'm to the point now that i can't stand the hatred and bitterness that the body of elders has towards myself and my whole family.

cultBgone

fader, sounds like it's high time for you to take care of fader. My personal experience has been that the longer you live for other people's supposed happiness, you stop learning how to be happy yourself. (((hugs)))