Posts by AlwaysBusy

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The TRUE story of a Pedophile

by Tech49 in

this is a true experience that i thought i would share, one that occurred just a few years ago in my area.

it is a real experience, nothing made up here.. a younger couple moved into our kh, into the joining congregation (so not ours, but the other one that shared our kh).

they seemed nice enough, they had one boy that was about 8, and a baby on the way.

The TRUE story of a Pedophile

by Tech49 in

this is a true experience that i thought i would share, one that occurred just a few years ago in my area.

it is a real experience, nothing made up here.. a younger couple moved into our kh, into the joining congregation (so not ours, but the other one that shared our kh).

they seemed nice enough, they had one boy that was about 8, and a baby on the way.

I KNOW it's real...my two sons were molested by an elder, who also drugged and raped their best friend. I also know of a young brother that was molested by him 20 years before this happened. I can't guess how many others were hurt by this predator. My kids, they were all baptised, left the Witnesses after that, I was df'd and the Elder stepped down but was not df'd. He was so slick, people were hugging him, and kissing him, crowding around him, crying, at the meeting when he was removed as an elder, it made me sick. I heard that he's an elder again. I don't know what else to say, except that what this did to us, no one will ever know..... this wound will never heal.

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Any Senior Citizens, Retirees here?

by AlwaysBusy in

jw
friends

howdy....well, what do you think?

of everything?

is it all crazy?

AlwaysBusy

We have a good income, mine and my hubby's SS plus he has a pension from his carpenter days, and also, military retirement. We don't have a savings, as we gave it all away, to our kids, mom and anyone who was in need. We've been married for 16 years, we met and married right after I was df'd. I go to college, he's retired, I'm retired from my job as an editor. We have great insurance through the military, and I am so grateful. I am in great health so far, and I feel like I am 30. It's so weird...we look old, but feel so young. Hubby's not well, but we enjoy life. We live 4 hours from the ocean and 2 hours from the Smokey mountains so we make many trips to both. There are many things I would have done differently, when I look back, but I try not to look back too often....there is still plenty of life left to live and enjoy ahead of us.

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Because The Governing Body Is In Denial They Can Not Comprehend The Suffering They Impose Upon Jehovah's Witnesses With Their No Blood And Disfellowshiping Policies

by frankiespeakin in

denial works it horrors on the needless suffering they cause their members.

denial about their god delusion, denial about their faulty policies, denial about children dying in vain over some stupid ban on blood.

if it is one thing the governing body do best it's denial, and denial is a killer in their case and the death toll will keep rising until they can face the facts, instead of pushing them away with denial.. yes they hear but only with annoyance any facts about their biblical interpetation as being wrong and delusional, because the stakes are high; their position as corporation ceos, a better future for their followers, the future of the corporation they are running, i'm surprised that none of them hasn't attempted suicide over the dilemma they are in over this denial thing, surely some must see the 'writing on the wall' so to speak?.

AlwaysBusy

There are two groups in the org..... the nobodies and everyone from pioneer, MS, elder on up. I think it's all about control and fear, control the nobodies and put fear into them so they stay. I am a JW, but the most wicked people and many of the most miserable people I have ever met have been JWs. The funny thing is, none of this has anything to do with scripture. The GB knows very well what they are doing, but I hope at least some of them have a little bit of heart. There has been so much pain and sufferering, the jws, for the most part, are so poor... it hurts me to see it. I wish, I really do, that the GB would set about a precedent for helping their own people....instead of having them suffer. Instead of 'apostasizing' everyone who leaves, just let them go....if they don't want to stay, fine. Why is the policy to shun? I don't understand. I hate it. I love the bible, and I have found that the teachings, for me. are as close to truth as it is possible to get...but, the shunning, spying, df'ing, cruelty, no education, poverty...where is that in the bible? All that is because of people, people wanting to control other people. At least that's the way I see it. I like animals more than I like people, animals are honest and loving and loyal.

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Outrageous Comment

by Yondaime in

what was the most outrageous comment you ever heard during a wt study?.

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please share your experiences..

AlwaysBusy

I understand how you feel. My husband had cancer, we had three small children at he time. He was given one week to live. I was devastated. NOt one witness came to see us, but the neighbors brought meals for us every day for that week. He wasn't a witness, but he did many things to help the brothers and sisters, mowing lawns, moving them, and him and my sons built a deck for one of the elderly sisters. He lived and we are now divorced. But at one of the meetings, an Elder said to me, "you have to be at every meeting, no matter what". I let the elders bully me....So I went to the meeting, crying the whole time, and when I drove home, I didn't know if my hubby was dead or alive. I was so stupid. How could I have been so stupid?

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Any Senior Citizens, Retirees here?

by AlwaysBusy in

jw
friends

howdy....well, what do you think?

of everything?

is it all crazy?

AlwaysBusy

I love old folks.....didn't so much when I was a kid, but now that I am 63, I think we are a bunch of cool, awesome and fun people. Retired at 60, but am in college, again, and have a small photography business and am happy. Time is flying by though, wish it would slow down a bit. I'm still in the org (sort-of), but don't understand it now, and always wonder what happens to the money they collect, and can't beleive some of the ridiculous things that are being done and said, hate the df policy, hate the poverty of some of the folks, I feel sorry for them. And yes, the world is crazy. I hope you are all happy and healthy and thank you for responding...I love to hear from old people. Peace

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Any Senior Citizens, Retirees here?

by AlwaysBusy in

jw
friends

howdy....well, what do you think?

of everything?

is it all crazy?

AlwaysBusy

Howdy....well, what do you think? of everything? Is it all crazy? or is it just me?

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Are we starting to treat DF people differently?

by Quarterback in

some may remember the time when the private study edition of the wt wasn't to be made available to outsiders, and the df'd.. now, with the recent boe letter, sept 1, 2014, it specifically states that jw.org is making the km available even for df'd individuals.. do you sense a new trend developing?.

AlwaysBusy

I am df'd and in the 17 years of shunning, nothing has changed, the brothers and sisters still look at me as if I am diseased, the elders still consider me as already dead, and the wonderful 'friends' that I loved, still shun me. Oh, but the elder that molested my sons didn't get df'd, and he's an elder again. So, nothing's changed. And to top it off, I still consider myself a Witness and love the Bible, and I go or listen to the meetings and am always at the memorial. lol..... who's the crazy one? One thing I have learned to do through all this is not to let anyone bully me. Soooooooo, I don't think df'ing or shunning will stop, because it gives Elders power over people, and I really, honestly think that is what they love, more than the Bible. Makes me sad.

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Are we starting to treat DF people differently?

by Quarterback in

some may remember the time when the private study edition of the wt wasn't to be made available to outsiders, and the df'd.. now, with the recent boe letter, sept 1, 2014, it specifically states that jw.org is making the km available even for df'd individuals.. do you sense a new trend developing?.

AlwaysBusy

Saying the KM is available to df'd ones means nothing as the KM has just been made available to everyone, anywhere. It's about saving money, WT printing less KMs, having people download them. I think that's ok, I'm happy it's available. If the GB said "No More df'ing...." I'd faint. I wish it could be true some day, but for some people the fear of being shunned is the only thing keeping them at the KH, so I doubt if if we'll ever see the end of df'ing.

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BOE Letter: Re: Our Kingdom Ministry

by pixel in

you read it here first!.

to all congregations.

re: our kingdom ministry.

AlwaysBusy

I really don't know what to say, except thank you for the information. I am one of those df'd people. Allowing df'd ones to have a KM? What happened? I've always been treated as if I have Ebola. AND, I've had 2 elder visits within 3 weeks, I didn't know they knew I existed. What's going on?