Posts by stuckinarut2

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The Guardian: Australian Catholic church has paid $276m to abuse victims so far, inquiry shows

by AndersonsInfo in

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/feb/16/australian-catholic-church-has-paid-276m-to-abuse-victims-so-far-inquiry-shows.

royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse releases data showing 4,445 have come forward.

australian associated press.

stuckinarut2

And the society has taken measures to ensure it can play the "sorry, we don't have any money" card when the penalties are called in!

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The sly tactics the elders are using to malign my name!

by stuckinarut2 in

i have had it confirmed now, that since stopping attending over 18 months ago, the elders have set out to deliberately ruin my name and character .. they have been talking to every witness from the local area and saying things like "be careful of him, he has the ability to implant thoughts in your minds, and he only pretends to be kind and caring".

so, all i have to say to them is, "bravo!

if that is the method you want to employ, you have reached the very depths of bad behaviour!".

stuckinarut2

Thanks for your supportive comments everyone.

Yes, I can ensure that despite this annoyance and slander, I will strive to maintain my dignity, poise and grace.

If others have allowed themselves to be influenced and change their view of my wife and I, well good luck to them. I feel sorry for them.

I guess that they really have no other option than to throw mud. Shamefully, some of it has stuck...

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Thank You Stephanie Fessler

by jwleaks in

jw
friends

stephanie, just a warm thank you for going public and allowing us to look into your personal and private life.

congratulations on your victory.

in a better world there would be no need to pursue such a cause, therefore congrats are tempered with unfortunate reality.

stuckinarut2

Well said!

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The true cost of being raised as a witness

by stuckinarut2 in

how do you view your upbringing as a witness?.

most of us who were raised as witnesses would appreciate that some aspects of our upbringing were ok. a foundation and measure of stability came with it.. but, it struck me too, that we also lost so very much!

and we lost a lot of potential.. by this i mean, we need to look at not just what we lost, or what was deprived of us, but what that ended up costing us as adults into the future.. if i take $10 from you, you have lost just $10.. but, if you were going to use that $10 to buy something that would end up earning you $1000, then i actually took $1000 from you!.

stuckinarut2

Wow! Great replies everyone!

This topic has certainly struck a few raw nerves.

Thanks for your comments!

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Bethel Library moving to Warwick, are older items 'vanishing'

by Lostandfound in

in a post re dates etc from fatfreek reference was made to huge library at bethel with items dating back to pastor rs day.

like the year 1975 which has vanished from wt theology, are gb using move to let them put all old and inconvenient items into some sort of cold storage and off library shelves.

already the revelation book has gone from the orgs website, and that was quite recent relatively, we studied it 3 times at congregation book study, yet now, like type and antitype it mysteriously was never there.

stuckinarut2

Well every Kingdom Hall was told by the branch , that their library was to be reduced to publications from 1980 onwards only.

I know for a fact that several boxes of old books, including studies in the scriptures were thrown into the rubbish by the then presiding overseer of the local hall during a working day.

I objected to this "destruction of our spiritual heritage", and kept a large box of the books. That was the beginning of my awakening, as I gradually read many of those publications! Now I understand why they wanted them destroyed! The stuff in them was embarrassing and crazy!

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Wachtower study february 20 - the stress factor

by Gorbatchov in

jw
friends

attending for family reasons, and listen in "oversee" modus to the many comments during the watchtower study.. in my opinion it was a self help article on the subject stress amongst the flock.. leave it all to jehovah and help your self with the bullet points.. what i noticed from the comments is the lot of stress mentioned.

comments after comment they told how they handle their problems.

it is a real toppic amongst them.

stuckinarut2

It is a classic case of the cognitive dissonance playing its part on their mental health.

Also, when part of an organization that constantly feeds them with information about "how CLOSE mass destruction is" and how "BAD these LAST days are"...it starts to take its toll!

Witnesses need to be told: Life is NOT all bad! It is what we make of it!

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The sly tactics the elders are using to malign my name!

by stuckinarut2 in

i have had it confirmed now, that since stopping attending over 18 months ago, the elders have set out to deliberately ruin my name and character .. they have been talking to every witness from the local area and saying things like "be careful of him, he has the ability to implant thoughts in your minds, and he only pretends to be kind and caring".

so, all i have to say to them is, "bravo!

if that is the method you want to employ, you have reached the very depths of bad behaviour!".

stuckinarut2

I have had it confirmed now, that since stopping attending over 18 months ago, the elders have set out to deliberately ruin my name and character .

They have been talking to every witness from the local area and saying things like "be careful of him, he has the ability to implant thoughts in your minds, and he only pretends to be kind and caring"

So, all I have to say to them is, "Bravo! If that is the method you want to employ, you have reached the very depths of bad behaviour!"

I have always been known as the kind, helpful and caring one in the congregation. One who has gone out his way all his life to help everyone as they needed it. You name it, I have taken pride in helping out as I could.

I have never attempted to subvert the minds of other witnesses with the facts we have discovered about the society! If a witness wants to research things, they can do that for themselves. I have no intention of running around saying anything.

So now, the elders have systematically ruined my good name, as many were asking them about us. (funny though, no one tried to say hi for themselves!)

And yet, those cowardly elders have never once spoken to me!

This behaviour is disgusting...and is a true sign of the cult like nature of the society!

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The true cost of being raised as a witness

by stuckinarut2 in

how do you view your upbringing as a witness?.

most of us who were raised as witnesses would appreciate that some aspects of our upbringing were ok. a foundation and measure of stability came with it.. but, it struck me too, that we also lost so very much!

and we lost a lot of potential.. by this i mean, we need to look at not just what we lost, or what was deprived of us, but what that ended up costing us as adults into the future.. if i take $10 from you, you have lost just $10.. but, if you were going to use that $10 to buy something that would end up earning you $1000, then i actually took $1000 from you!.

stuckinarut2

How do you view your upbringing as a witness?

Most of us who were raised as witnesses would appreciate that some aspects of our upbringing were ok. A foundation and measure of stability came with it.

But, it struck me too, that we also lost so very much! AND we lost a lot of POTENTIAL.

By this I mean, we need to look at not just what we lost, or what was deprived of us, but what that ended up costing us as adults into the future.

If I take $10 from you, you have lost just $10.

BUT, if you were going to use that $10 to buy something that would end up earning you $1000, then I actually took $1000 from you!

I believe it is the same with being raised as a witness. The way we were all discouraged from higher education for example, or discouraged from charity work, or community social activities such as team sports, ended up costing us all MUCH more in the end.

Thoughts?

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JW Society Make Another Huge Sale

by Disassociated Lady 2 in

have you seen this?

$88 million?????

:-o x. https://therealdeal.com/2017/02/14/clipper-to-buy-bk-rental-from-jehovahs-witnesses-for-88m/#.wkquplzkego.twitter.

stuckinarut2

Haha...they got less than expected.

That's hilarious....

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Anyone read the latest Awake (on the supernatural)?

by LoveUniHateExams in

just read some of this latest awake on the org's webshite.. it begins by talking about the 'supernatural' - wizards, witches, vampires, etc.

- their popularity and why they might appeal to people.

then it goes on to state the wt belief that someone is 'behind it'.. now, i like a few horror/scary films - when i was a kid, i always actually liked being a bit scared by them, tbh.. the silence of the lambs, a nightmare on elm street (1984), the ring, the witch, the thing (1982) and a few others are all great, imo.. they are just genres and subgenres of film, that's all.

stuckinarut2

Um, hang on now!
If the society really wants to ban all such stuff, then there is an abundance of "horror and violence" within the BIBLE itself!

Have they just forgotten that stuff?