Posts by ZuluTime

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My experience

by ZuluTime in

just wanted to introduce myself.

i've made a few comments here and there on the lovely jwn i started to wake up to ttatt this year.

basically, i'm a born in jw and was baptized at 16. lived a double life until i wa 25 and beat myself up about it constantly.

Just wanted to introduce myself. I've made a few comments here and there on the lovely JWN I started to wake up to TTATT this year. Basically, I'm a born in JW and was baptized at 16. Lived a double life until I wa 25 and beat myself up about it constantly. I always felt inadequate, afraid and guilty.

Once, during a meeting with the elders, I explained to them that I thought I was having mental issues and maybe I needed therapy. They basically convinced me that therapy was = to bringing Satan into my mind. I immediately felt uncomfortable and always thought that demons were out to get me. What caused me to awaken? Well, there was a period where I didn't go to meetings (about two weeks) I felt so happy and so free. Then when my mother confronted me about it, I laid it on her that I simply needed time and space.

When she confronted me again, I told her that I didn't want to be a JW and wrote her a four page letter explaining the reasons. Since my dad is not a Witness, it has been pretty easy for me. The elders came by after I wrote a letter DA myself. It's been about three months and I'm still considered a JW. No one has really called or checked on me. LOL, I guess my mom tells them that I have issues. Not sure what's going on, but it's nice to be making my way out.

I currently live outside of the US, but plan on moving back in a few months. It was always my dream to not have JWs bother me and now I'm finally making it a reality. Anyway, I didn't want to make my intro too long or wordy...so hello to all!

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Thinking of joining the Masons

by greenhornet in

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hello all, can anyone give me some inputt on the masons.

im always leary about cults and joining groups.

but the masons seem ok too me.. i want to join because of new freinds and just network with people.

ZuluTime

Green hornet,

My dad is a Scottish Freemason and has served in several distinctions. It appears to me that he enjoys it for fellowship and networking. Feeemasons are not a religion but they do require a belief in a higher power. Basically there are different types. My dad spends at least $10,000 or more year on his own with various Scottish paraphernalia. It is a very costly thing if you're in the Scottish order,

I've attended ,pmany functions and know many Freemasons, they are just regular guys who are looking for camraderie, They get off dressing up on the first Monday of the month and that's about all I can offer,

Charles Russell was not recorded into an Masonic order or right. Those are just rumors, as for his grave, it does appear Masonic, but there is no document or history that places C.T as a mason (in my research)

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AGM is not streamed live, but a download.

by SyntaxError1974 in

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there have been several posts where individuals are asking if it is possible to hack into and watch the agm as it is streamed to the conventions.

i say it is not streamed live like many are assuming, but a recorded download played for the audience.. why?

a live stream has many possible points of failure.

ZuluTime

Does this remind anyone of the method used to control the masses in 1984? Big Brother on the telescreen looming over everyone? The control makes me sick to my stomach. A few years back, my mom was invited to the annual meeting by a BIG WIG at our local Bethel. He invited me also, but when she told him that I was on reproof, he told her that it was only for those in good standing.....wow...now everyone can come to our special propaganda party, thanks for the invite but I will respectfully decline.

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Missionaries to vacate all missionary homes

by seenitall in

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latest news from a source (missionary in foreign land):.

no more missionary homes anywhere in the world.. all missionaries presently in missionary homes must vacate.

must get housing on your own / from the locals.. circuit and district overseers have moved into many of these former missionary homes.. reasons: liability, cost savings, real estate to be sold or used for other purposes.. needless to say, many of these longtime servants are very unsettled.

ZuluTime

In my country, missonaries live in homes that are subsidized by wealthy JWs who offer their properties for a small cost. I find it hard to believe that the WT would take away that arrangement, The missionAries here have cars and air conditioned homes....I'm living in a third world country where most people live under $5 US per day....

I will just have to wait and see what happens.

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An Elder Reads CoC !!

by TTATTelder in

i have recently joined the site.

i was just appointed an elder this summer.

i started discovering the ttatt (the truth about the truth) last year after putting a few things together myself concerning the leadership and then doing some research online.. i really enjoyed jwfacts.com, jwsurvey, and others.

ZuluTime

Welcome to the board. It always gives me hope when elders learn TTATT and can share on these boards. You can also download In Search of Christian Freedom from scribd.com at no charge.