Posts by sweet tee

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Am new here, would love some info on JW

by dorie in

hey all .

am new here, am the sister of a minister of the jw in ireland, and also the aunt of 2 lovely nephews soon to be baptized into jw's faith!!

we've tried for years to make her see sense and leave the jw's but it doens't work!!

sweet tee

Welcome to the forum Dorie!

To answer your question, I began my exodus when they changed the meaning of one of their prophecies - AFTER IT FAILED! Their prediction was that the Soviet Union would overthrow the US in a struggle for power and then the great tribulation would begin. They based this on a prophecy in the Book of Daniel about the King of the North and King of the South. Well, when the Soviet Union collapsed, they did a quick backpeddle in a study article - no apology really just more like, oh, we were mistaken about that .... moving on. I was shocked. But it seems I may have been the only one because as I looked around the kingdumb hall, everyone else seemed to take it on the chin (or maybe they were daydreaming). I wondered to myself, if they were wrong about THIS what else could they be wrong about?

It didn't take long to find out. A couple of years later they relaxed their prohibition on colleg education (see my profile on that) then it was the 'this generation will by no means pass away until all these things occur'. The GENERATION was supposed to be the generation that saw the events of 1914. That meant that the end was very close (yeah, right). The current teaching is some convoluted mess I can't even articulate - but regardless, that was the last straw for me.

You see, JW religion demands a lot from its adherants. As you stated, some parents do not emphasize education because the end is supposed to be so close. But what happens when your nephew grows up and cannot find employement because of lack of formal education? I had to look at the price I was paying to be a part of this religion. If what they were saying wasn't true, and obviously it isn't, then I had to take my life back and begin to make a future for myself and my family. That plus the fact that I was just so damned tired of walking a tightrope for people who didn't give a rats ass about me personally. The burden was so heavy - I knew it couldn't be from God.

I wish you all the best dorie. You are truly a caring individual to spend your time trying to find a way to help your family. Don't give up hope, there are new posters here EVERYDAY who just up and left the religion or are trying to find out the truth about ~~the cult~~ da troof and make some sort of exit.

sweet tee

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My Vacation with JW Relatives

by Nosferatu in

hey all.

i promised i'd tell you about my holidays visiting my non-jw brother and his jw family.. the first thing i noticed when we arrived was a whiteboard stuck to the fridge.

it seems the rest of the family decided to follow the family schedule found in the tms.

sweet tee

Ya done good nos! Believe me, your neice and nephew already know that you are cooler than any dub at the KH. The seeds have been planted. According to Hibiscus you will definately reap what you sow .

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Preparing for meetings

by daystar in

i can recall from a very early age, that before just about every meeting, our family would be on edge while getting ready.

often some of the very worst of our personalities would show themselves.

we would argue and sometimes be downright verbally abusive with each other.

sweet tee

My ex worked nights and I worked days. He laid in the bed all day - didn't prepare dinner or study with the kids. Then when I came home from work (5-6) it was a mad dash to bathe the toddlers, comb hair, iron clothes, help them find books - get MYSELF ready all so that the 5 of us could wait in the car for the dubby-hubby to join us - LATE AGAIN.

Then in spite of all the effort I put forth to get us there, we would still have to bear the 'local needs' talk about getting to the hall on time . Bunch of f'ing nit-pickin retards!

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Life after Jehovahs Witnesses

by WILKO in

i was brought up a jw untill i was seventeen, even got baptized.

when i was seventeen i got disfellowshipped.

tried for about three years of sitting in a hall of non stop ignorant people claming to be christian, is it christian to be ignorant or just rude?

sweet tee

Orade - lmao - I love it!

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Notes from the Wallkill Printery Dedication - May 16, 2005

by acsot in

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friends

you will all no doubt want to upchuk your lunch be pleased to find out how jehovah has blessed the brothers and sisters at the expanded, updated printery at wallkill.

i have several pages of notes from that momentous occasion, but haven't a clue how to get them to post here.

one of the snippets that will make you want to vomit highlights mentioned how, in reference to one job out-sourced to a "worldly" company for the concrete floors, the foreman of said company told the dubs that "what he learned in his few months at watchtower was comparable to five years of college".

sweet tee

How the hell do they know what compares to college? When was the last time they went to university???

Even if the HAD gone in the past, they wouldn't recognize the curriculum today. Bunch of duluded, self-absorbed dweebs.

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Just curious...."service, and gas money"

by riotgirlpeeps in

locally on occasion it was the common practice when "in service" to leave gas money for the driver.

i know that the individuals if savvy can get a tax credit for mileage for service (and i was once told mileage to and from public talks could also be included).

what i am curious about is do people still give the driver money for thier trouble?

sweet tee

I'm with gentlyferal - we were so busy looking after king-dumb interests we couldn't even afford to pay attention, let alone pay for gas . When we finally could afford a mini-van I didn't mind driving ... and I don't recall anyone offering to pay for gas either.

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Life after Jehovahs Witnesses

by WILKO in

i was brought up a jw untill i was seventeen, even got baptized.

when i was seventeen i got disfellowshipped.

tried for about three years of sitting in a hall of non stop ignorant people claming to be christian, is it christian to be ignorant or just rude?

sweet tee

Welcome to the forum! Congrats on your marriage and family addition. Life is much better out in the open air.

Tam

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Do you think any GB Members will have the courage to pull a 'Ray Franz'?

by GetBusyLiving in

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friends

do you think any current gb member could have the courage to come clean and leave the org.

a la ray franz?

gbl

sweet tee

I'm with you on Randy Garybus. Before I found JWD I found freeminds, silentlambs and AJWARB (sp?) I visit this site most often though because I love the forum. I found out about Ray's book through one of the other sites - the insight it gave into the GB was astounding! Nothing like I thought it was (or most of the R&F either no doubt).

If G wants to support a bunch of lying, bloodguilty crooks, let him!

Tam

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Are Governing Body Members Reading J.W.D.?

by frankiespeakin in

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friends

i mean at least most of them except for the real old ones that can't take care of themselves anymore.

cast your vote.

also i would like your vote on whether you think they are reading it more often as time goes on.

sweet tee

I think grissom is one of their spies

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Life is so much better

by czarofmischief in

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friends

hey, yinz!.

just poking my blue head in once again to say hello.

i haven't been by much, but i have been perusing a little bit, just to keep tabs on all y'all.. i just wanted to say to all you newbies (and new lurkers, i'm sure) that life really does get much, much better when you leave the wts.

sweet tee

I couldn't agree with you more! Life is so much sweeter on the 'outside' of the b0rg. The WT-BS had me so blinded that I actually BELIEVED them when they said that people of the world were miserable ... up to a point. Then after several miserable years in the b0rg I came to envy the d'fd and d'ad ones ... and those in the world living a 'normal' life.