i was puzzled by the numerous references to this as we don't have this product in the uk , but realise (after googling) that it refers to the jonestown massacre.
the implication presumably being that jws are so dumb , they will do anything that those in authority ask them to do.
(shame this doesn't apply when i am looking for volunteers to stand in for the tms.
Well I don't know about in Britain, but here in the States we tend to call something by its better known brand name. For instance, Xerox came out with the first copy machines. Now you rarely see a copier thats a Xerox, but most people call them Xerox machines. So I can see why Kool-Aid would be saying what they are, however, the same principle applies. Until you posted I didn't even remember that Flavor Aid existed, its all Kool-Aid.
As for the witnesses, I don't think we think they are dumb. I sure don't. Many of them could be highly intelligent. But they are brainwashed, that is the key. They are deluded into believing everything that comes out of Brooklyn, and they are misguided into not questioning, no matter how much cognitive dissonence is involved.
I am one that believes that a good share (not all) of the witnesses would drink if they were asked to. Six months ago or a year I would have thought all of them, but there are active witnesses on this site and others who have indicated there is a small faction within who do NOT believe and who are NOT misguided, but go to keep their families together. Those people have started thinking for themselves and questioning.
hi,ummm ive just discovered this site and im not sure why im even writing this but im at rockbottom and i dont know how feel,maybe im just searching to find someone who might understand and help me understand because i feel so alone and ashamed,confused and sad,even people might find me bad because of how these events turned...but im not bad inside,ive always been such a soft caring person at heart,im a good person just always been lost,alone and confused....ill try not babble too much but from the beggining dad was here one minute,not the next and then not at all,to this day still never bothers,mum remarried when i was about 4,this was the guy who sexually abused me at 7,{mum never knew},they had a baby together...i found my brother dead in his cot,he died from cotdeath,and it was just all downhill from there with my life,that was after my brother i was abused by him....they split when i was around 8 and i guess my mum looking back now on it now just went on her own mission but it wasnt easy for me,she fell for another guy and we moved from one place to the next,every time i started a new school and made friends,it was time pack up and go and start all over.....
mum settled again and remarried a third time when i was around 12,id started a new high school,maybe its just those teens but i went off the rails with mum,i was terrible,didnt mean to be,but i blamed her for all my hurt and life and id rebel at everything,drinking started,running away started and i just wish now i could have felt close when alls i wanted was to love and be loved back...the next bit until now{im 25 now} is what is killing more than ever and id very much appreciate your thoughts because im lower than ever and still scared....mum is very much here in my life now...its only been a few months but shes heartbroken and the love and understanding has been tremendous off her,she blames herself but i blame me.....
when i started the new highschool i met this girl,she became my friend at the time and it was so good to have a friend id do anything she said....anyway she needed some money once and said i know this guy you can come to with me and he will pay you to touch your boobs,thats when it started i agreed because if i said no then shed probably laughed at me,so i went....,it sounds strange{he was nearly 50} but he was very very nice,and said i dont like the person whos brought you up here,shes nasty...,i hated him touch me but i was scared....but at same time i felt i could really trust him,me and this girl never did stay friends....theres another big big part in all of this,but from 13 this guy became the bestest friend i ever had in my whole life,but everything was a big secret,its lasted years...he had an hold over me,though i knew he was supposed be my friend i knew he musnt really be one else he wouldnt put me through the torture of crying and not coping when i had my baby...my babe is 8now but still when i let him touch my boobs so i can buy the best part of my life something nice or take him somewhere that man would buy bigger and better and undermine all my hurt....
Welcome, Linzlou24, and thanks for sharing your story. There is healing in even speaking it to someone else. Thats the first step. You have a lot of courage to tell us of your pain. Many here have experienced abuse and so they can feel your pain, the rest of us will support you and hear your story and so help to take just a bit of the edge off hopefully.
The first thing you have to learn to do is forgive yourself. Have you talked to a counselor or therapist? Please do so, they can help so much.
if the witnesses received orders not to shun df'd ones anymore, would you want to talk to them, or would you shun them in return, just like they shunned you, just to show them how it felt like.
I wouldn't shun them, but I have absolutely nothing to say to them. If I saw one I knew (which would shock me) after that policy change, I would no doubt say hello and might even ask them how they were doing, but I would not converse more than chit/chat because they always bring the conversation back around to the same old bs.
at our monthly poker party the other night, things were going well until my brother "went to the bad place" as my friend julie says.
julie's husband is a second grade teacher and during a discussion about the daily flag salute, he mentioned he has not led his class in the flag salute all year.
he was never a dub, just doesn't believe in children being forced to recite a pledge at such a young age.
