Posts by Gretchen956

Too funny! I walked past the protesters to go watch that baptism. Worse, I paid for the parking in the infamous Tacoma Dome parking scandal rip-off by the "brothers." Sad sad sad

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What Assembly were you baptized at...

by vilot in

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i was baptized at the 1976 "sacret secret" dc at inglewood ca there must have been 50,000 people there..

Gretchen956

1972 Divine Rulership District Convention in Vancouver British Columbia in the VERY chilly waters of the Pacific Ocean.

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I hope this news is true!

by wozadummy in

i've mentioned before here that in my old congo that there is a pedophile who has been there for some years.

just to re-cap - he was an elder in a congo more south from my old congo for some years and stopped being an elder there for unknown reasons to us when he and his wife moved to our congo when we attended.. in time it came out ,from an elderly pioneer who was close to my wife, that he had been df'd before for adultery or some such.. now in our congregation he got df'd again and because the pioneer sister used to get a lift to meetings from them ,she was told by the pedo's wife that he had been accused of molesting his girls when they were kids.

of course the stupid woman was actually defending her husband to the pioneer - this is her daughters this animal molested!!.

Gretchen956

There is free speech. Has anyone thought of targeting a KH with a known pedophile with protest signs that say "This Kingdom Hall is protecting a pedophile." As long as you were on public property what could they do? I know, sounds almost like something Danny Hazard would do. But when it comes to protecting my kid I would do things that I would not ordinarily have the courage to do.

Sherry

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What Its Like To Be A Gay Ex JW....

by str8?so is spaghetti..until you heat it up in

i guess its time to throw my little story out there.

i keep reading everyones stories and thinking how brave you have all been, coming out of the organisation and facing all the repercussions of doing so.. .

i only last august disassociated myself.

Gretchen956

Hi Str8, I'm coming to this thread a year late. Somewhere my coming out story is posted. Take care, enjoy and don't let the trolls bug you too much!

Sherry

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What Religion Are You?

by homeschool in

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i see that there are many people on here who've left the jw's and are still christians...but i wonder what type?

non denominational?

has anyone changed to something completely different like hindu or buddhism?

Gretchen956

I'm pagan, probably the closest thing you might classify me as is Gaian.

I usually get flamed by both the christians and the athiests.

Sherry

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Do You Consider yourself an Atheist / Agnostic / or Christian? Reasons ?

by flipper in

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after having been raised in the jehovah's witnesses for 44 years ( getting out 6 years ago ) i have now come to peace with my view of what i personally feel about the existence of god , or no god, or whatever is flying around up there in outer space.

i am basically agnostic for sure / perhaps leaning atheist and i've come to that decision based on the years and years of unfulfilled false promises of being in a mind control cult ( jehovah's witnesses ) claiming to represent an alleged " god " or " jehovah " saying there would be a paradise, and armageddon to destroy 99% of the earths population.

also- i enjoy helping others without thought of being rewarded for it.

Gretchen956

athiest: nope

agnostic: nope

christian: nope

thats what I meant by none of the above.

sherry

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Hubby's Doubts...

by cognac in

well, after reading mr. flippers thread yesturday about stephen hassan, i decided i would like to talk to hubby about cults in general to see what would happen.

i knew we couldn't go to this site because his walls would go up.

http://www.geocities.com/rick_g22/cults/cults1b.html.

Gretchen956

I'd be careful of a video by Dawkins if your hubby is christian or believes in god. I'm not a christian myself, I'm just saying if your hubby knows that Dawkins is a famous athiest that actively tries to lead people out of their religious beliefs he may not consider him a neutral source. Please don't flame me, i'm not saying whether dawkins is valid or not, only that he is not neutral but has an agenda.

Sherry

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What Birth Sign Were You Born Under ?

by flipper in

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didn't know if this has been addressed before , but it's kinda interesting.

when we were witnesses we were always told,oh!

don't look at horoscopes or read anything about your sign because it's demonized !

Gretchen956

mraimondi, you take yourself too seriously! lighten up~

I'm a libra with virgo rising and moon in aires.

Sherry