Posts by greenhornet

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How Did Being Referred To As A Brother Or Sister Make You Feel?

by The wanderer in

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how did being referred to as a brother or sister make you feel?the term brother always reminded me of being in some militant or holy roller religion.

during my tenure as a jehovahs witness, i brought it to the elders attention to refer to .

me by using my first or last name when addressing me.

greenhornet

A few weeks ago, I was eating in a restaurant about 120 miles from home. I used to go to the "meetings" in that small town. I bumped into 3 elders and two of them introduces me to the 3rd elder as this is brother **** from **** cong. Only if they knew! It kinda gave me the creeps this brother thing..20 years ago I was working at a JWs house and kids and the mother always called me brother ***** and brother all the time. I finally said my name is ***** (first name)please call me that.

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NEW policy! NO LIT for EX-JWs!

by MinisterAmos in

it's official; they read the letter tonight that puts forth the new procedure.

if you find an expelled person in the field or are studying with one, you are no longer permitted to give them lit.

presumably the elders make a decision if an expelled one is regularly attending meetings, but only they can give them lit.

greenhornet

Did Jesus say "come and get life's water free?"

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Lurkers! How do you put up with it?

by PopeOfEruke in

i just cannot understand how any one in their right mind can read the experiences here concerning the wachtower society's false claims, lies, trickery and deceit, and the example shown by the so-called "elders" in treating the flock with disdain and cruelty, and still stay a jehovah's witness.. lurkers, how can you do that?

do you simply dismiss all the evidence?

have any of you experienced such evil acts personally and still stay connected to the jw's?.

greenhornet

With me it was stab in the back, I called there 911 and it got worse!

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with the summer DC's coming up, how far do/did you have to travel?

by ?me? in

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friends

just wondering, i was trying to figure out where the conventions were in the upper northwest of the usa and how far the montana, idaho, dakota witnesses have to travel?

it was fun to get away for a weekend when i was a teen, but now as an adult, i would rather go have fun in a cool city.

for me: first couple of years, drive 2:15 hours to the convention city-------------------------- next 5 years.

greenhornet

I have no idea when or how. Last time I went was like 13 years ago.

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Were you ever a victim of slander?

by Fleshybirdfodder in

seems a dear brother was under the impression i had slighted him somehow (to this day i still have no idea what i did), and moved to the city telling everyone about strange masturbatory practices i partook in.

i have no problem admitting i'm an active participant of wining, dining and self seduction, but the things he cooked up in his head were disgusting (even to a perv like me .

fbf

greenhornet

Yes I was slandered! I had to take 3 lie detector test and a interview from the police. The gossip never stopped. I pleaded and cryed to the elders for the slander to stop. (They never helped) Then I hired an antorny told him what was going on he was really shocked. He cut his rates in half. My attorney did some letter writing to elders and pioneers ETC. The slander stopped it was like turning off a light. I realize now the janitors electricians and plumbers did not help. GH

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Getting rid of books, bound volumes, etc.

by ShareyTee in

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friends

i've been inactive for about 10 years now, and its time for me to get rid of some of my wt stuff, but what do i do with it all???

i have all the wt stuff on a bookshelf in a spare bedroom, but now i need this shelf space.

what i most want to get rid of first are the wt & awake bound volumes.

greenhornet

Look into my post history. You can do what I did. It felt great.

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Why did you leave the org?

by A-Team in

were you dfed, did you find out some lies about the org?.

what was the last straw?

greenhornet

As a JW, I was trained to have a good conscience. After I was falsely accused of some disgusting things. The gossip was unbearable. My bible trained conscience told me to leave fast, and never look back.

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Bethelites - humbler than thou!

by B_Deserter in

i'm new here and don't know if this has been posted.

have you ever noticed that when a lot of young men return from bethel they have this air of superiority with them?

i've seen people almost literally worship the ground they walk on.

greenhornet

Yes it is a mind control thing. They think they are top dog. It's common with any mind control group. When my son came back from the Marines he was the same way. They have to adjust to the real world.

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New Stupid Assembly Rules

by WTWizard in

i have heard on this discussion board numerous rules that apply to upcoming a$$emblies.

some are designed to stop people from meeting the opposite sex; others, to make sure everyone is always ready to recruit new members into the scam.

i heard that some km inserts have been urging those whose congregation has cleaning assignments to sit in the section that they are assigned to clean.

greenhornet

It use to piss me off about how the "parking attendants" made you park your car. They had you blocked in back and front. Just so they get more $ for parking tickets. You had to wait maybe for an hour for the car in the front or back to leave.

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Street Corner "Witnessing"

by Darth Yhwh in

so today was a bit of a lazy monday.

first i slept in an extra hour.

then i took my 7 year old son to school, a task usually performed by my wife.

greenhornet

I remember a congregation was "rest stop" witnessing at a interstate highway. How low can you go!