Posts by berrygerry

They know what the men told them about God's name... oooh just wish they'd reiterate that whole point about the Roman Catholic Monk who made up the name "Jehovah" mentioned in their publication "Aid to Bible Understanding".

Thanks for the reference.

Another paragraph chopped from Aid to Insight.

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3rd Gen DF'd finally writing

by AFreeBeliever in

i've been reading many of the postings on this forum for a couplefew years, finally joined today.

i think reading cappytan, and others like that, compelled me to share, it seems i might have a bit of a different outcome than many i have read, perhaps it will be hopeful/helpful to someone.. i was a born-in, 3rd gen jw, my entire family (parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and most all of my childhood friends) were in.

some dropped by the wayside as the years went on, but many stayed in, and if they didn't, they still acted/talked as if they believed it was "the truth" and it was their weaknesses/failings that made them stop attending.

berrygerry

Thank you for posting.

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Consequences of staying on the recommended Hotel list

by Samaritan At the Well in

i wanted to share an experience i had and see if anyone else had encountered this same matter.

we always tried to make an extra effort to ensure we stood on the approved hotel lists when going to our special day conventions or district conventions or what they now call regional.

we use to stay many nights a year and i would save up my hotel points to use at a later time.. i remember checking in at popular chain hotel and asked the hotel clerk how many points would i earn for the 3 night stay?

berrygerry

Our first child was due to be born around convention time.

For whatever reason, the closest hotel was not on the list.

With severe guilt, at the time, I booked it anyways, and as a family with a 3-week-old baby, walked 2 blocks to the convention, no parking, no driving hassles.

Total a-hole group.

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Separated from a loveless Marriage

by PLAYGROUND in

i don't know where to start.

i got married a year and half ago.

some months into the marriage things where discovered.

berrygerry

As a born-in who believed that only 2 virgins should marry in a perpetually blissful state, I now say that that is shat.

Met a very old longtime JW acquaintance last week - who ended his first marriage in a most horrible way.

He just remarried, but made a point that they had done a trial run of several YEARS first.

The two-virgin rule DOES NOT work!

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Counsellor needed please!

by stuckinarut2 in

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friends

hi all.. i have noticed that many of our forum members have sought professional help from counsellors who deal with ones like us who have broken free from high control groups or "cults".. my self esteem has been rocked by recent events in the cong, and while i know ttatt it still has taken my joy in life away quite a bit.. as you all know, mentally i broke free from the org several years ago, but now that i am trying to start making the physical break, i feel really unsettled and nervous.. i wonder if a good counsellor could assist in helping me clarify and sort my feelings and emotions , and provide help to take practical steps to cut all ties with the org?.

if anyone can provide ideas of good counsellors, it would be appreciated.. thanks everyone!.

berrygerry

goingthruthemotions
also i am prepping for maybe the enivitible divorce....once i stop going and fully reject the cult. i have already rejected it. right now i am just going thru the motions. my wife has told me she will choose the BORG over me.
i have always given her unconditional love and support...but i guess nothing like the washtowel will give.
well atleast she will get the support and unconditional love she thinks they will give her.
joining this cult was the worse mistake of my life....if i could turn back time!

Prepare for hell if your wife is Borg, ESPECIALLY if there are children involved.

Plan ahead!

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JW's have lost the will to Vacuum

by runForever in

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friends

despite 2005 being a very popular year for vacuums vacuuming is now very unpopular with 0 mentions- an all time low.. awake magazine:.

.

berrygerry

However, among still-in JW's, there is a new peak of living in a vacuum.

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Relief Work: Alberta Flooding

by StephaneLaliberte in

summary:.

jehovahs witnesses claim to use portion of the contributions given to the world wide work funds for relief work.

unfortunately, as shown by the alberta flooding video, they seem to have a greater interest in reporting (or advertising) it than they are in actually releasing funds for such work.. introduction.

berrygerry

I don't believe WT sent any special relief crews or equipment.

There were crews that were sent to High River, an affected town south of Calgary.

I would be very curious as to the arrangement of reimbursement via insurance or the government.

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WTS leader rants against higher education

by hoser in

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on jw tv.

anthony morris is ranting against higher education.

he is blaming parents for enrolling their kids in college.

berrygerry

Have you watched this drivel?

TOMO always comes up with the biggest BS stories possible.

About the 23:00 mark, he says that the student begged his parents to let him leave university.

Well, then, just leave.

No, he stayed.

The parents ended up divorced, the siblings left "the truth" blah, blah, blah, all because the parents FORCED their son to stay in university. What horse droppings.