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  Leaving Watchtower vs. coming out of the closet

  by jstalin in

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  as some or most of you may know, i'm gay, and i've recently been coming out of the closet after being repressed most of my life.

  well, as i read a number of the testimonials here about leaving the watchtower, it strikes me how familiar the feelings of those who are contemplating leaving are so similar to mine in coming out.

  the fear of what people will think, how it will affect lives, the change in life path, disappointment of famliy members, the sense of freedom after it's been done, etc.

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  God, I was terrified of "coming out" to my family. My father was one of those men who used to swerve his car and aim for someone crossing the road who "looked like a fruit", while laughing his head off at their reaction. He carried a baseball bat in the boot of his car which he fondly refered to as his "fruit juicer". Truly a delightful man. Anyway, I left the dubs and immigrated to England in order to "come out". I went back to South Africa on a trip specifically to tell my family I was Gay... I remember the terror I felt on the flight over, but KNEW I had a home and job and life in England I could come home to... the hardest/saddest part was knowing I was going to alienate myself with one statement, two words long "I'm Gay." My sister had made it clear to me that all homosexuals are peodophiles (with bad breath no less) and no homosexual would be allowed near her children. 8 years later she has been true to her word. I have not seen my niece or nephew since. My father barely speaks to me. He was in England in December with his new wife, in Oxford for 3 weeks... didn't hear from him. Hey ho. Their loss now. I am so happy and free I would never ever go back to the old days!!!

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  Illegal immigrants and the increase in JW #’s in the USA

  by cyberguy in

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  2. friends

  i asked a jw fiend of mine, an elder in a spanish congregation in the usa (ohio), how many of those attending were illegal immigrants.

  i was a little surprised by his answer that nearly all of them were!

  i suspect this is true of most of the jw spanish congregations in the usa.

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  Ok, whose up for some more Kingdum Hall fun with Brit?

  I am thinking of wearing a good suit, making a badge (ala Blue Peter) that looks all official and home office like. Waltz into a Kingdum Hall during the Witchtower Study and yell "IMMIGRATION!".... see how many people dash and scatter in every direction. I am thinking Coventry or Loughborough areas to start with!!!!
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  Jobs for ex Bethelites

  by BritBoy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  given that we have pending un-employment of several thousand bethelites around the world, what could the (largely uneducated) masses do for a living when the rug is pulled out from underneath them?.

  mcdonalds has been mentioned, but what else could they do?.

  tour guides for the united nations ngo department.

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  Scully, are you sure those people deserve a promotion? A zoo environment provides a wide variety of shit - different sizes, shapes, odour, and consistency. That could be too challenging for a bethelite who spent years shovelling the same old shit day after day. Remember, for the most part these are not skilled people we're talking about. Finally Free, this is VERY true indeed. I think that elephant shit would be most appropriate since it comes in HUGE quantities and that is something they will be used to. Large amounts of the same old shit day in day out.
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  Funniest things on JWD?

  by greendawn in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  can you tell us some of the funniest things that you read on this forum, that gave you a good laugh?

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  Do we have any links to these fake Witchtower and Afake! magazine covers????
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  Jobs for ex Bethelites

  by BritBoy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  given that we have pending un-employment of several thousand bethelites around the world, what could the (largely uneducated) masses do for a living when the rug is pulled out from underneath them?.

  mcdonalds has been mentioned, but what else could they do?.

  tour guides for the united nations ngo department.

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  The ones in the writing department could become shit shovellers at the zoo... it's what they've been doing for years. PML Scully! I love it.
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  Jobs for ex Bethelites

  by BritBoy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  given that we have pending un-employment of several thousand bethelites around the world, what could the (largely uneducated) masses do for a living when the rug is pulled out from underneath them?.

  mcdonalds has been mentioned, but what else could they do?.

  tour guides for the united nations ngo department.

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  Given that we have pending un-employment of several thousand Bethelites around the world, what could the (largely uneducated) masses do for a living when the rug is pulled out from underneath them?

  McDonalds has been mentioned, but what else could they do?

  How about:

  Tour guides for the United Nations NGO department

  Abused children helplines

  ...more to follow.
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  Doofus Prince dub. on AI

  by ellderwho in

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  shouldnt that purple dubbie be at a meeting somewhere?

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  "A similar thing happened with George Benson when I was head waiter in bethel. He arrived in his limo with body guards. I had to arrange for him to sit at the left hand of the head table, which is the most prominent place to be aside from being the actual head. The famous get treated like they are famous, whilst the plebs all get to sit scattered amongst the working class."

  I remember when George Benson visited a meeting at the Bethel Congregation at Roodekrans (South Africa) while I was serving there. One of the sisters was a radio presenter and he attended as her guest. He arrived with a half dozen HUGE body gaurds who "gaurded" the exits and entrances and sat on either side of him. It was ABSURD to say the least. And the excitement that there was a "celeb" in the crowd was pathetic. I remember a sister asking him if he found it difficult to juggle the "truth" and his career and he said not and in fact he was an elder... which I found HARD to believe.
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  Do you think that the Book of "Genesis" is a fairytale?

  by booker-t in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i mentioned before on another post that i am in college working on my ba degree and i am having such a "hard" time with believing in the bible since taking my science class.

  the information that i am learning is totally destroying my faith in the bible.

  i still believe in jehovah and jesus and would never chose the "atheist" way but i am wondering if maybe the bible is just a book of fairytales to teach us a lesson.

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  Personally, I think the ENTIRE freaking bible is a Fairy Tale.
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  Lots of Bethelites Not Happy With Downsizing

  by Seeker4 in

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  2. friends

  i had a long conversation last night with an old jw friend whose sister and brother-in-law are bethelites since the 1970s.

  she is an artist, and he runs a small but important department there.. we were talking about the bethel downsizing (my friend was well aware of it), and i told him i figured his sister and b-i-l would be safe due to the fact that they are now in their 60s and have something close to 4 decades seniority.

  but he said no, that they were worried that they would be asked to leave as well, sent into the circuit work or as special pioneers sent where the "need is great.".

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  I wonder what is happening to Bethel's around the world. I remember the Bethel brother who studied with me, Gerard (basically I fancied the PANTS off him) ALWAYS told me that should the Borg ever run out of money, then he would know it's not the truth. Well, I wonder if he ends up on his arse as a result of his Bethel running out of money, if he will then believe it's all bullshit.

  What they are doing, and indeed have done, is DISGUSTING. And I hate that organisation so much.

  Brit
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  New Forum Member-exJW in South Africa

  by Cathiew in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  my name is catherine and i live in south africa.

  i am not too sure how this forum works but i hope to find it a pleasant and supportive network.. if you have any tips on how to use this, i would be grateful.. just some background:.

  my mother was pregnant with me when she started studying with the jws 48 years ago and her sisters, my cousins, nieces, nephews, sister, brother, brother-in-law are all jws.

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  BritBoy

  Welcome Catherine!

  Do we know eachother? I served at the Roodekrans Bethel!

  And SA Beef? Ignore my PM now! LOL