Posts by berrygerry

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Is There an App for That?

by Wild_Thing in

hi simon,.

i was just wondering if you have ever considered making an app for this forum.

i would be on here all the time if i could use it on my iphone!

berrygerry

Just as an aside, the site has been generating an error message on my Android for the past 2 weeks.

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meeting with elders about WT involvement in UN

by LevelThePlayingField in

i still go to the meetings because of my in wife and it came about that the elders knew of my pissed off attitude about the society getting involved in the un.

so the elders said they could help me get over that and wanted to meet with me.

now just to let you know, i have only told my wife and her mom so far about it, that's it.

berrygerry

It came about that the elders knew of my pissed off attitude about the society getting involved in the UN

How did they come to know?

This is very important to know.

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after exiting the org, i mean cult, how have each of you felt personally about the lies you had been taught, the hurt from feeling betrayed by these people, actual hopes of once believed false teachings, rose colored lenses of seemingly just and right doctrines that turned out to be a bunch of horse $#!+, the shunning of family and friends?

right now i am going through the motions, i've just moved to a new home, which means hopefully no more elders searching for me at my previous address.. i can't help but feel sad though right now because of the fact that although i am not df'd ( maybe the elders will do it in absentia assuming i've been avoiding them and the 2 jc's they've invited me to as well as the last handwritten letter at my door before i moved ) my mom treats me as though i am dead to her, she says " i am living the life of a disfellowshipped person, and until i come back to jehovah this is how things will be because this was my choice to leave jehovah " ok i get it, but i don't- everyone has free will, so yes this was my choice but it is also her choice to shun me, especially after the "shun unrepentant wrongdoers" talk at the rc, funny how they come out with these talks to reel members back in.. she claims that she has an obligation to jehovah of which she promised to him after she was baptized not at 11, 13, or 17 ( young ages ) but fricken 26 years old.

i absolutely hate this organization and everything that it is, it's taken away my family and most importantly my own mother.. i always thought that a mothers love was to be unconditional, but hers for me is only conditional.

berrygerry

People who bear children, and will ONLY love their child if the child BELIEVES certain things?

(Contrast. http://leavingjw.org/experience/asiza-tait/ )

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Watch Tower is NOT Parasitic

by berrygerry in

i was pondering about how parasitic watch tower was and looked it up on wiki:.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/parasitism.

interestingly, watch tower is not parasitic, as a parasite does not destroy its host - the host sustains the parasite.. instead watch tower is a parasitoid, which "unlike a true parasite, however, it ultimately sterilizes or kills, and sometimes consumes, the host.".

berrygerry

Speaks for itself.

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5142582784950272/suicide-blood-will-reach-heaven?page=1#5686803728171008

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Watch Tower is NOT Parasitic

by berrygerry in

i was pondering about how parasitic watch tower was and looked it up on wiki:.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/parasitism.

interestingly, watch tower is not parasitic, as a parasite does not destroy its host - the host sustains the parasite.. instead watch tower is a parasitoid, which "unlike a true parasite, however, it ultimately sterilizes or kills, and sometimes consumes, the host.".

berrygerry

I would contend it is a parasite on human society.

Totally agree. I consider it to be a leech, as these types are often called.

However, with respect to its members, WT ultimately consumes them.

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Watch Tower is NOT Parasitic

by berrygerry in

i was pondering about how parasitic watch tower was and looked it up on wiki:.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/parasitism.

interestingly, watch tower is not parasitic, as a parasite does not destroy its host - the host sustains the parasite.. instead watch tower is a parasitoid, which "unlike a true parasite, however, it ultimately sterilizes or kills, and sometimes consumes, the host.".

berrygerry

I was pondering about how parasitic Watch Tower was and looked it up on wiki:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitism

Interestingly, Watch Tower is not parasitic, as a parasite does not destroy its host - the host sustains the parasite.

Instead Watch Tower is a parasitoid, which "unlike a true parasite, however, it ultimately sterilizes or kills, and sometimes consumes, the host."

Very apt description.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitoid

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Can’t cope with being disfellowshipped…..Need some advice

by xxBettyBoopxx in

this site is great, i have been lurking for a while now.

but i can’t get reinstated and have used some of the advice already given.. i was df’d many months ago and go to all the meetings and do all the preparation for the meetings, but the jc committee keep refusing me.

tomorrow at the clam meeting i am puting yet another letter in and will be called for another dreadful jc meeting.. 1. what can i say to the elders to show that i am truly repentant?.

berrygerry

https://jwvictims.org/2016/08/29/a-former-elder-helps-us-understand-the-mind-of-a-jehovahs-witness/

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JW hospitality

by Chook in

about 5 years ago when i was in, my son who at the time was 18 needed somewhere to sleep for a couple of nights due to work commitments ,in a city 2 hours from home.

my "best man" who is an elder that lives in this city , was asked could my son stay a couple of nights .

the response was he doesn't go to meetings anymore ,he can't stay here , i ask can he sleep on garage floor instead , still can't stay .

berrygerry

I challenge anyone to approach a bethel after hours tell them you are an inactive JW who is stranded and could you please provide shelter for the night.

I was a pioneer - stopped in Ontario Bethel to see old friend. Friend asked Ken Little if I could have a room for the night. Little: "What are we running? A hotel?"

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Ex JW Reddit numbers going crazy

by Crazyguy in

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friends

i don't know what the membership increase is like here but over at reddit their getting 20 plus newbies daily if not more.

it's crazy how much thier growing 2000 or more since i signed up and that wasn't that long ago.

looks like the loyalty conventions didn't stem the tide.

berrygerry

500 new users in one weekend.

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UK Southampton - Police appeal regarding burglary

by darkspilver in

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friends

a week after their regional convention took place from 31 july to 2 august...hampshire police, on the south coast of britain, have issued the following appeal in connection with an aggravated burglary that took place around midday on sunday 7 august 2016 in southampton, just 11 minutes walk from the local kingdom hall.http://www.hampshire.police.uk/internet/news-and-appeals/2016/august/080816-aggravated-burglary-southampton-44160294932.

the kingdom hall at 8 to 10 somerset ave, southampton so18 5fl is used by three congregation - west end, hedge end and sholing - who meet on sundays at 10am, 1pm and 4pmmap: https://goo.gl/maps/iei5hix8rj62.

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/14668634.men_posing_as_jehovah_s_witnesses_smother_woman_and_raid_her_home/.

berrygerry

Smartly dressed men.

Obviously not JW's.