Posts by Bryan

just stopping in to say hi and i?m ok. thanks to those who sent concerned emails.. update on nancy: she is going through counseling at a voluntary facility where she will remain for another 1.5 weeks.

we visit her often and she is very homesick by now.

she is looking forward to a fresh start, which we are all working hard to give her.

Bryan

Great new Corvin! Continued good luck!

Bryan

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Why the children???

by New Castles in

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why is it that the wts seems to pick on children from such an early age?

i was reading some personal stories in the best of forum, and so many have gone through rough times as a child in the jw.

i personally remember times where i was ashamed, embarrassed, and upset about being a jw as a child.

Bryan

A child's mind is forming, growing and creating it's network. Fear and alligence to the WB&TS Inc. is hardwired into the child. What happens in a child's life becomes normal. The control, even into adulthood, is enormous, as most all of us know.

Bryan

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Baptismal Pool

by Sunspot in

the other day i received an email from a man in croatia, who sent me and someone else a copy of a picture from a wts magazine.

i wasn't quite sure about the contents, but it looked to be legitimate----but being in croatian i was not sure of what it actually said and i ended up putting it aside intending to check it out (if possible) and then forgetting all about it.

he had also sent this to another person, who went to the trouble of verifying the facts and getting an understanding of what was being said in the picture.

Bryan

I just think... as a jw (them), how would it be to babtized to dedicate your life to whom you think is the only God, with help of the "Wild Beast"!? Wouldn't that babtism be tainted just a bit?

Bryan

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Kidnapping children from the non-jw parents, was there a trend?

by Netty in

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this happened a few times, back in the 70's, in the congregation that i went to.

there were a few families who were jw's, divorced and remarried, had (physical anyway) custody of their children, but the divorced spouse was non-believing and wanted their rights to the children.. one family, when the father of the children went to court to get custody of the kids, picked up and fled the country.

we later learned they were in costa rica.

Bryan

Netty,

I believe the difference is that now we have many more laws to protect us. Laws such as not taking a child across state lines without other parent's knowledge and the need for both parents in order to get child passport.

I am a victim of parental kidnap (mid-late '60s). I finally found my mother after more than 30 years. I am no longer in the "truth" and haven't spoken to my father in about 8 years (actually his choice for the first 6, now it's mine).

Bryan

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Baptismal Pool

by Sunspot in

the other day i received an email from a man in croatia, who sent me and someone else a copy of a picture from a wts magazine.

i wasn't quite sure about the contents, but it looked to be legitimate----but being in croatian i was not sure of what it actually said and i ended up putting it aside intending to check it out (if possible) and then forgetting all about it.

he had also sent this to another person, who went to the trouble of verifying the facts and getting an understanding of what was being said in the picture.

Bryan

The Old Hipie...

I don't see the problem?

So I suppose if I used the YMCA because it was the only gym in town... it's no problem?

Bryan

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MS WILDFIRE NEEDS SOME LOVE AND CONCERN ,,,,,,,PLEASE

by wildfire in

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i really can understand the meaning of hate now........ i truley hate what the cult of the watchtower has done to me and my family.... my son was diagnosed with schizophrenia at the age of 20,,,,(his uncle on his dads side also had the disease around that time ))) as some of you know he ended up in jail and a prison term because of things he did while in his schizophrenic state....all the while he was disassociated from the witnesses ,,,so he received no help from the loving elder body ( of vipers)....even when he was in jail,, an elder came to study with the lost ones... and because he knew of my sons situation would not allow him to comment at the prison study.....

but he goes faithfully and sits by himself in his tattered clothes in the back....as we all know the drill....some how he gets back in.... i am devastated..as i have 3 children who never will go back because of their sadistic ,, annointed father and stepfather......who molested his own daughter.....( another horrible story)l its hard for me to write ,,, i hope you will put up with me ,, those of you who know me and even those who dont...this is my therapy... i must write it out....well as it goes he is not welcomed back.. its all for show,,,he cant stop smoking....and so he goes off his meds and is living in the streets...with no help or support from the brothers ,,,a term i use very loosely....he missed the district convention,, because no one could find him and then ......they find him to corner him like a rat (knowing fullwell of his mental condition ) and they disfellowship him......the anger and rage that i feel...is uncontrollable at times......i hate ,, i hate ,,,, i hate so much of what they did to me and sooo many other ss ......forgive me ....this freaking cult needs to be destroyed... once and for all,,, and i will not rest until i rescue my last child from its grip.......( i have one daughter whos 18 that is still in)))) i am cryingso hard now its hard to type,,thank you for hearing my story,,, its just a very small part of what me and my family have been thru ...thanks for listening and peace to you my dear friends...

Bryan

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