Posts by Low-Key Lysmith

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Here's a question.....

by Low-Key Lysmith in

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friends

......for those of you who have family that still speaks to you on occasion, does it seem that they are always trying to update you on goings-on in the congregation?

my grandma, every time she calls (which isn't often), likes to say "brother or sister so-and-so were asking about you the other day".

or "brother so-and-so got disfellowshipped".

Low-Key Lysmith

serendipity,

I never looked at it like that before. Thank you for the kind thought.

-Breck

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Make Tea Not War...

by ballistic in

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friends

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make tea not war.... it's 2006 folks, all the best.. just remember, make tea... not... war

Low-Key Lysmith

I would just like to say that I think chai tea is delicious and tastes much better than war.

That is all.

-Breck

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Here's a question.....

by Low-Key Lysmith in

jw
friends

......for those of you who have family that still speaks to you on occasion, does it seem that they are always trying to update you on goings-on in the congregation?

my grandma, every time she calls (which isn't often), likes to say "brother or sister so-and-so were asking about you the other day".

or "brother so-and-so got disfellowshipped".

Geez Balls, I have used that one on my family since the start. "Wouldn't it be wrong of me to go back to an organization I didn't believe in just to make those around me happy?" It goes in one ear and out the other. They cannot comprehend the fact that someone could change their mind about what they were taught as a JW. I have outright told my family that I do not believe that it is "The Truth", and that I am much happier and better off where I am. I also tell them that they don't find me trying to knock down their beliefs and make them think the way I do. It is all just pissing in the wind.

-Breck

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Are there not any Carolina Panther fans here???

by SWALKER in

i am biting my nails in anticipation of the game today.

if we win, we're in the playoffs, if not, well it's a long shot.

i can't believe that i am saying this but i think the panthers should think about picking up t.o.

Low-Key Lysmith

Nope, Broncos all the way!!!!!!

They are going to beat Indi, BTW.

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Here's a question.....

by Low-Key Lysmith in

jw
friends

......for those of you who have family that still speaks to you on occasion, does it seem that they are always trying to update you on goings-on in the congregation?

my grandma, every time she calls (which isn't often), likes to say "brother or sister so-and-so were asking about you the other day".

or "brother so-and-so got disfellowshipped".

Low-Key Lysmith

I also get the whole schpeal (sp?) of "don't you want to see your mother and sister resurrected in the New System?" or my favorite, "can't you understand how hard it is on me and the rest of your family to know that you are as good as dead?" It makes me want to slam the phone down in her ear when she starts talking like this. I also notice that she doesn't lay on any of the guilt when she calls me asking for money.

-Breck

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Here's a question.....

by Low-Key Lysmith in

jw
friends

......for those of you who have family that still speaks to you on occasion, does it seem that they are always trying to update you on goings-on in the congregation?

my grandma, every time she calls (which isn't often), likes to say "brother or sister so-and-so were asking about you the other day".

or "brother so-and-so got disfellowshipped".

Low-Key Lysmith

......For those of you who have family that still speaks to you on occasion, does it seem that they are always trying to update you on goings-on in the congregation? My Grandma, every time she calls (which isn't often), likes to say "brother or sister so-and-so were asking about you the other day". Or "brother so-and-so got disfellowshipped". Or sister so-and-so just got married". It doesn't come out as cheerful banter either, it's almost like there's some guilt trip lying just beneath the surface. It's as though the horrible gossip that accompanies the Borg spills out into the realm of apostates too. I remember once when I was a kid, being slapped across the mouth and grounded for a week for telling my mom that I wasn't interested in hearing the latest juicy bit. I suspect that my Grandma is trying to make me feel guilty by trying to emphasize the point that "folks in the Cong still care about me." Or am I being too suspicious?

-Breck

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never seen so much hatred

by PMJ in

i think that every one on this site goes way over the top calling jehovahs wittnesses names you spend more time trying to prove them wrong than you do prasing god.i mean is this your purpose in life.if you no more about the bible than the wittnesses then go straght a head and speak.but dont act like a spoiled brat calling people names.a lot of people on this site will belevae what they want to beleave because it suits there lifestyle lets get to the root of whats realy in your hearts

Low-Key Lysmith

PMJ,

You have no room to talk of people and their "hatred" since you defend an organization founded on hatred. JWs hate anyone who is not a JW. They especially hate those who were once JWs, but saw through all the BS and decided to make a better life for themselves. Love does not exist anywhere in a situation of shunning. How often have you seen and heard your "brothers and sisters" maliciously gossiping about each other behind their backs? Is this loving? Is it loving to demand that families do things according to some mandate that some other HUMAN BEING came up with to satisfy thier own ideas of what family life should be like? Is it loving to downgrade women and treat them as less than equal? Is it loving for Elders to poke their noses into people's private affairs and then dish out punishment if it does not coincide with their ideals? Is it loving to say things like "well, at least that householder that slammed their door in our faces will get what's coming to them at Armaggeddon"? I have heard so many Witlesses make these sorts of comments.

Nothing good at all ever came out of my faith in Jehovah or "His Organization". All I ever saw was hatred, gossip, and fear. My quality of life and hope for the future has increased 100 fold since I left, and yes, I have nothing good to say about an organization that covers up for sexual predators and people who abuse thier families. This is an organization that feeds off of peoples' lonliness, fear, and desperation. No good can come out of this. It is really unfortunate that people are allowed to be taken adavantage of in this manner. I wish people could realize that they will be a lot better off thinking for themselves and if they have to have a relationship with a God of some sort, to have this realtionship built on love, respect, and understanding rather than forming a relatonship with God according to what some stuffy old fart tells you to believe and being encouraged to hate everytbody that does not agree with your manmade sense of faith. This is the reason so many people have died in the name of Christ or Allah or any other religion that preaches death to non-believers.

Good luck and may your eyes someday open to the real truth.

-Breck

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Do you feel you have more friends now that you left?

by ButtLight in

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friends

its funny to me... i was just talking to someone i consider my friend.

she doesnt come on here, but she left the "truth".

i now have gotten to know her and her husband, along with their son and his wife.

Low-Key Lysmith

I have a lot more REAL friends since I left the Borg. My friends now genuinely care about me are don't viciously gossip about me behind my back the moment I leave earshot. When I was DF'd I could not believe the lies that came out from my so called friends to the Elders. Things like "I saw Breck beat up his mom and sister". Or "I've seen a videotape of Breck and his girlfriend having sex". All kinds of rediculous allegations seemed to come out of nowhere. My honest answers to my real transgressions helped the Elders believe what was true and what was bull. I never did find out what had made these people that I had been so "close" to for all those years decide to turn on me.

-Breck

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