Posts by Puternut

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Are there any cases of JW physical child abuse,,,going to the courts now?

by LyinEyes in

there is so much talk of the sexual molestation of children in the jw's right now , and thank all that is holy , that it is taken seriously .

i am always grateful for information about these court cases involving jw's and i truly believe the surface of the problem is just beginning to really show.

more and more cases are going to be going to court over this particular issue , that is great and i long to see the day the wt pays dearly for their coverups and lies,,,,and those who did the abuse , indiviually , are punished .

Puternut

Yes there are. And several are to follow. That's all I am able to tell you right now.

Puternut

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What do you think?

by ColdRedRain in

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http://www.siliconmadness.741.com/

took me all night to design it!

Puternut

Annoying webpage. You asked..............

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Hi all

by brutusmaximus in

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i just thought i should a line and say hello to everyone.. as you may be able to tell i am new to this but i have to say the set up and lay out of the pages is excellent and i look forward to many good discussions and humour also.. take care.

g. i promise to improve my posts in the future by the way.

Puternut

Welcome Brutus,

Hope to get to know you.

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What is the "Sacred Secret"?

by goddess_baal in

it's been about four years since i attended the kh, and i'm amazed to realize just how many of the doctrines i have forgotten.. i don't have the literature at my disposal anymore (or maybe i'm just too lazy), and the phrase "sacred secret" just popped into my head yesterday.

wasn't it one of the j-dub teachings of some sort?

(i remember asking my mom when i was a little girl, and i seems to me that she had trouble explaining it herself.).

Puternut

The knowledge that god will aid and bless you, provided you have an intimate relationship with him.

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Views of the real true religion

by dustyb in

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why does everyone say that there is one true religion?

i've never gotten that point since i was a little kid.

i was raised in a penecostal family, so i knew some of the world, and some of jw....but every time i got around the jw's they would force that they only held the truth.

Puternut

Dusty, Son,

I don't believe there is "one" religion that is the truth. I now feel there is a relationship that some need to keep with a god. Some do it by means of religion, others without. I think in the end it is more of a personal thing. I went to a Buddist temple a few months ago. The concept there was, that all religions lead to the same place. Once you got your bearings on how to get close to a god, there's no need for religion anymore. It is a personal enlightenment with god. I thought it made some sense for those who crave a god.

At present I don't believe in a god. Less so for organized religion. It has been around for too many centuries, and look where it has gotten people today.

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Has this happened to you?

by ball. in

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i just went round the corner for a breakfast in the local cafe, and as i was about to go in, there was a jw, one of my best mates, just coming out.

i just stood there and looked at him in amazement, as i haven't seen him in 10 years and he had changed a lot.

i guess i have too.

Puternut

I run into witnesses daily. I was an elder and so I know a lot of people. But the interesting thing is, that I know for a fact that most witnesses aren't comfortable with no talking. I ran into an ex elder the other day. Someone who I spent many years with. He approached ME ! He asked how I was doing. I asked him if he was comfortable talking to me. He mentioned, that he didn't believe in all the rules the witnesses made. And that took me a little by surprize, since he was an ex elder. But he was genuine, and good. Even wished me 'good luck' a term you're not supposed to use.

But then there are those who give you the 'evil' eye. I just feel sorry for them. They somehow think they need to go beyond the written word. Even god, after disciplining, doesn't keep browbeating his servants.

Puternut

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Lost

by Puternut in

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feeling lost today.. it's the weekend, and i will be once again going home to an empty house, where my children won't be welcoming me home.

i haven't seen or talked to them in a very long time.

i won't be able to kiss their sweet faces, or hold them close to me, so i can tell them i love them.

Puternut

Thanks everyone,

I really don't like to post my sob stories. But for me it's a way to heal. I sometimes need to get the pain out of my head on a piece of paper. And since I know I am not alone with this issue, and others have had similar experiences, I always appreciate the imput. As I have related in other posts, my wife has the kids, and is very controlling. Calls are intercepted or ignored, since they screen the calls. I have sent cards and letters, I hope they went to my kids, and not in the garbage can. Though I am not anticipating a response soon, I am hopefull that someday I will hear 'something'. I have been married for 25 years, and my kids are 19 and 17, so I have spent a lot of my life with them. We always had a busy house life, and I just miss that. I know I will get over this, or learn how to cope. But as it is, I am only human, and till then I will have my moments. Though fewer and far between now. The weekends are the hardest for me.

I am getting there......slowly

Puternut

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Lost

by Puternut in

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feeling lost today.. it's the weekend, and i will be once again going home to an empty house, where my children won't be welcoming me home.

i haven't seen or talked to them in a very long time.

i won't be able to kiss their sweet faces, or hold them close to me, so i can tell them i love them.

Puternut

Not going back, or rob a bank or kill anyone.

It just hurts. I have to force myself to forget about them, so I don't hurt. And that is what is the most painful.

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Lost

by Puternut in

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feeling lost today.. it's the weekend, and i will be once again going home to an empty house, where my children won't be welcoming me home.

i haven't seen or talked to them in a very long time.

i won't be able to kiss their sweet faces, or hold them close to me, so i can tell them i love them.

Puternut

Feeling lost today.

It's the weekend, and I will be once again going home to an empty house, where my children won't be welcoming me home. I haven't seen or talked to them in a very long time. I won't be able to kiss their sweet faces, or hold them close to me, so I can tell them I love them. No video games, or staying up late carousing, or watching scary movies. No laughter, kidding around, or spend an evening going for a drive to the ice cream store.....

It's such an empty feeling, not to be able to have your own kids with you. They now know that I am an apostate, and so I won't be hearing from them anymore. The only memories I to have of them, seem to be fading. The last time we met with my girls, they were not happy to visit with me. So I only have an image in my head, where they were walking away of mad at me. I remember standing outside the restaurant saying, "good bye" to them. I knew it mean "fair well" for a very long time. All I have imprinted in my head, is an image of their backs, as they walked off.... They never responded. They walked off into the dark without a word.

I only have 3 pictures of them, but they are tear stained. My ex has the rest of the album, and won't surrender any.

I think I am going to curl up in a ball right now, and sit in a dark corner and sob for a very long time ....

I don't want to wake up tomorrow ......to an empty house.

Please don't respond to this post. I merely needed to get this on paper. It just doesn't matter anyway. I have no more family I can call my own.

Puternut

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