Posts by cultBgone

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My Relief
by Smart in
1. watchtower
2. medical
what a massive relief!

thank god i have just found this site the other day!

i don't know where to begin!
cultBgone

Hey, Smart...sorry if the heart offended you! I Love People....and don't thing any of us tell each other enough. So you are Loved. Sorry, not trying to hit on you!!!
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Is It Just Me??
by What Now? in
1. jw
2. experiences
we're 2 years in to our exit from the witnesses.

we're not disfellowshipped or disassociated ... just inactive.

none of our friends speak to us anymore.
cultBgone

What Now? and Belize, WELCOME!!!

WhatNow, as your "friend" outed you before you were ready, it's only natural that you feel off-kilter. All that new and shiny jdub stuff is just superficial fluff, though, and you're not missing a thing. It's like a clique of high school girls who focus on new fads all the time...it's not that you're not cool cause you don't fit in, it's that they are nutso for attention.

The best thing you can do for yourself is to allow yourself to be happy. You are not wrong. You are not a bad mommy. You are a wonderful person who has escaped a horrible cult and should be so proud of herself for saving her child from growing up in an absolutely ridiculous, soul-numbing environment. Good for you!!!

Don't worry that you don't have instant friends on the outside of the bOrg...give it some time. The most important thing you can do is RELAX. While it's sad to have others shun you, remember that IT'S THEIR LOSS and not yours. You are obviously intelligent, caring and loving and are the one to be missed.

So WE are happy you're here!!!

And Belize, same to you!!! So happy you are here with us.
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Are you afraid something horrible will happen to you now you have left the Wt.
by Still Totally ADD in
1. jw
2. friends
i remember many years ago we would talk about those who leave the org.

something bad will happen to them.

because god was mad at them for turning away from the wt.
cultBgone

No, it's just a FEAR tactic used over and over by the evil WTS.

Every single thing that I've done after leaving has been rewarded, not punished. They're just a bunch of liars attempting to manipulate the millions of jdubs who are only trying to do what they've been told is right.

So sad.
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My Relief
by Smart in
1. watchtower
2. medical
what a massive relief!

thank god i have just found this site the other day!

i don't know where to begin!
cultBgone

Smart, welcome and big hugs to you! We all should have figured out the weirdness as fast as you have.

So happy you are here. You are welcome and you will not be judged here. My grandpa was born in Swansea so we have some connection!
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Terminally Ill Woman Choosing To Die Completes Bucket list
by Bangalore in
1. social
2. current
terminally ill woman choosing to die completes bucket list.. .

http://nypost.com/2014/10/28/terminally-ill-woman-who-has-chosen-to-die-completes-her-bucket-list/.

bangalore.
cultBgone

I applaud her for taking this stance and raising public awareness. The point is that no matter what anyone or any government thinks, our lives belong to us alone. Yes, what we do with our lives impacts others but if you've ever cared for a dying parent or watched a sibling die of cancer after horrendous chemotherapy, you too will applaud her stance.

Who knows, there may be more of us compelled to move to Oregon to spare our loved ones the trauma of caring for our sickened bodies. It's a selfless act, hers.

Thanks for sharing the article, Bangalore.
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Show this to the young ones in the congregation
by EdenOne in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
hopefully it will make them think.. .

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eden.
cultBgone

Gravity is not kind to our faces. I never thought I would look so old.....
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NEW LEVY FORCED ON WITNESSES?
by The Searcher in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
have i missed a previous posting on this?

sorry if this is old news.. just heard from someone whose meeting is on a tuesday evening; basically, 3 per publisher is to be levied to "replace" the kh insurance payment.

the money will be used for damage, vandalism, & disasters, but also to protect any of the societies' entities.. .
cultBgone

Let's see...sorry, have to do this in USD cause my British is not good...that's $0.30 to cover the liability insurance on all the halls, and $0.50 to cover the liability insurance on all the branches and hq buildings and life insurance policies on the gb, leaving $4.00 to fund the Watchtower Pedophile Fund which pays all those pervert liability claims. So that comes to 7,000,000 x $4.00 = $28,000,000 annually.

Well, that's just not enough, the Conti case alone would have wiped that out before it was lowered.

No wonder they had to sell off so much real estate and steal the savings accounts of all the kingdumb halls.
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New release book- sister felt "raped" by Doctor Who saved her with blood!! Many blood heros!
by Witness 007 in
1. watchtower
2. medical
the new book "gods kingdom rules!

has taken us back to the 1990's with many pages of blood hero's yes brothers who sued the doctor who saved them...april cadoreth only 14 severe internal bleeding the doc got a court order to give her 3 units of packed red blood cells.

(alot) and saved her life so she can pioneer.
cultBgone

Wasanelder, had the same thought when I read the title...

But seriously, if she felt violated it was only because these crazy men pounded this ridiculous doctrine into her brain. Hard to believe I ever believed their nonsense.
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Dallas-Ft Worth Fox 4 News TV Report about six kids molested by JW elders
by AndersonsInfo in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n4mb_owtpq&list=uuruqg25yvbppuwjza8alyza.

fox 4 news is a fox-owned station serving dallas-fort worth and all of north texas.. .

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cultBgone

This needs to be posted all over the internet...on FB pages and YouTube...it's time the sheeple start to see that these are not isolated incidents but an epidemic of abuse that has been and continues to be sanctioned by the inaction of the WTS and the enforcement of their ridiculous practices that protect pedophiles while punishing and further damaging the innocent victims.

Shame on any of you reading this who are current elders and allow this type of behavior to continue in your congregations.
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What Kingdom Halls do you know of that have been closed down recently?
by 4thgen in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
recently, we drove by the kingdom hall in galena, il, the sign was removed and it was closed down.

a while back, the hall in taylor mo was also closed.

one congregation in peoria, il was dissolved last year.
cultBgone

ScenicViewer, your situation sounds like one in my area. Spanish and English sharing a hall and the Spanish cong was growing fairly quickly. Land was purchased and the congs were making payments for years but it's still vacant after 8-10 years. Been out too long to know the scoop but it doesn't look like there will be a new hall, yet there are no For Sale signs on the property. Maybe when Momma bOrg stole all their savings there wasn't enough left to build.