Posts by yodastar

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Were you or someone you know sexually molested by a Jehovah's Witness ?

by flipper in

due to the fact there are about 27,000 members of this religion that are known pedophiles, and the information about it is kept in a secret database file, i wonder how many lurking jw's as well as others are aware of the severity of this problem?

remember, it's 27,000 pedophiles that they know about.

what about the thousands that don't get caught?

yodastar

far out Flipper. Do you know that really we all back then probably did not want to believe that this could happen. Oh how they slag 'Christendom's churches' for this type of abuse yet to read these pages as a newbie to this site I now believe that this was always happening. People in power abuse - especially religious ones as they are supposedly more trustworthy right?

Once upon a time when I was associated with these evildoers an elder who took a bible study in his house to go through some book, not sure if they still do that but anyways he got the big heave ho and df'd when it was discovered that he was a pedo who was abusing his stepson. Unbelievably cruel but all he got was that, no criminal charges and they all swept it under the carpet. No one really knew the truth and I stumbled on it by chance. He was allowed to just slip away....

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JW Table at My Student Center Today, My Response

by breakfast of champions in

they're baaaack!!!

jws "tabling" at my student center again, first time in over six months.

i wonder if the fact it's been 15 degrees out had anything to do with it?

yodastar

Awesome BOC and well done on raising awareness.

Funny when you look back about the rubbish stories. The leopards on the bed etc. Pure fantasy land, but they are not true but yet they still tell the kids the same rubbish and of course kids love fairy tales.

My teachers on leaving school really encouraged me to stay - saying there were plenty of people for trades and I should carry on my studies for higher education but it was always my destiny to join my families trade practise, do my apprenticeship etc.

One elder in the cong I used to go to was an accountant and university lecturer!! (In fact quite a few Dubs like the university lecturer role, no irony really ) but the rest of the elders were painters and concreter people or office workers yet with this lack of education they still think that they can play physiology 101 with the sheeple in the judicial's they like to hold but being dumbasses how can they profess to know the mind, but they do.

When I was struggling and on the way out and was feeling depressed I got reprimanded for seeing a professional therapist because 'seriously - how can they help you if they don't know gods word.'

These elders who sit in judgement of others should be held accountable for their lack of education.

Good on you for getting back to your higher education. Congrats on your letter and responses. Cheers

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21 Years as an Elder, 5 as an MS, I will never be that guy again.

by James Jack in

i was deleted as the cobe after i let my adult child move back home and he admitted that he fornicated under my roof while my wife and i where away on a rbc project.

of course the elder mode in me kicked him out of the house.. the elders moved quickly to remove me because i was too involved in "theocractic activities", i had neglected my adult son.. i accepted this primarily because i didn't want to serve with a boe that did not want me.

i was devastated however because it was the only life i knew.

yodastar

Its a disgrace what the DF'D program does to family all to supposedly keep the borg clean and encourage them to come back! Both my uncle and brother are df'd. at my Granddad's funeral an elder said to my uncle that it was inappropriate that he was there!! He told him to f off, crawl back into the hole he slime-d out of and he would bury his Dad regardless. Disgraceful. I've been trying to organise my family to get together to celebrate my Mum's life before she gets any sicker but no. The dubs still in it could not put the crap about having a df'd member of the family present so I gave up. It really is shameful and hurtful. I was clever really just sliding out so I can see and talk to my family members but it is a hollow victory when my family is so torn apart.

If the borg actually spent more time looking after its own members wellbeing instead of trying to convert all the time they may have a better unit

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21 Years as an Elder, 5 as an MS, I will never be that guy again.

by James Jack in

i was deleted as the cobe after i let my adult child move back home and he admitted that he fornicated under my roof while my wife and i where away on a rbc project.

of course the elder mode in me kicked him out of the house.. the elders moved quickly to remove me because i was too involved in "theocractic activities", i had neglected my adult son.. i accepted this primarily because i didn't want to serve with a boe that did not want me.

i was devastated however because it was the only life i knew.

yodastar

Welcome!

I liked what stuckinarut2said - Most have shared their stories, and the one thing we all have in common, is an overwhelming happiness that we now are starting IN THE REAL LIFE...one free of fairy tale beleifs and Fear, Obligation and Guilt by a cult and cult minded people.

Perfect. The guilt fear and judgement are gone. Life is free YAY. It's real, working, bills, relationships etc. it's all real and finally we can take responsibility instead of handing that off to some fantasy dream.

18 years and counting being free but if you told me to join a site like this 10 years ago I probs still will have thought it was wrong!!! They do an amazing job with the brainwashing eh?

I've only just joined this site and have to say thank you to everyone. It's a breath of fresh air to find others that express everything I've thought over the years and I guess it validates my no longer being crazy as it were because the Borg did this , not me if you know what I mean.

Oh BTW there are a lot of laughs reading the posts as well. Excellent humour on a disgraceful subject. Awesome

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Old Hat

by Phaedra in

jw
friends

15 years ago i joined this forum under a generic alias.. if it weren't for the fact that i have close family weaved into this tapestry of a religion i think i could have moved on long ago.. when you're connected, you're connected.. to those in the same boat, you're not alone.. we get it, and you.. hugs,.

phae.

yodastar

Totally get it as well. Half my family are still practising and half not, the intelligent ones! but still you just play the game for the ones that have their faith and respect that they are not yet enlightened. In fact I heard my sister that she doesn't need to worry about getting sick like my Mum because she won't grow old in this system. I almost gagged. I have never set foot in their church since 1998 and will never do again. Yes we can play the pretend game but only for so long

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to date JWism has defined my life and i hate that TRUTH

by oompa in

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friends

and i am finding the adjustment to the real world far more difficult than i ever imagined...i f...it has been about five years since i totally woke up to the fraudulant nwt and then all my other doubts i had carried for years were proved true as well.

but almost all of my few friends are exjw or slack jw's and i feel so isolated...my sons friends are mostly exjw too but not their gf's and they have way more normal friends .

how have you done at replacing lifelong friends and family?

yodastar

Hi oompa, same here on the friends thing. I guess it is for a lot of exjw? The absolute best advise I got and give to you was ' you need to get to Tony Robbins.' This guy walks the talk. Since then I have walked on Fire, overcome many debilitating thought patterns, done DWD and then offered to crew some events and really and honestly - you cannot help coming away with new sense of purpose and hey new friends as well. Give it a crack mate

Sorry guys, I should have read some more on this post, didn't mean to be insensitive.

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Atheism

by Jonathan Drake in

jw
friends

recent events and book reads (one suggested by cofty i believe- thank you) have lead me to the only logical and acceptable conclusion:.

there is no god.. simple logical reasoning: matter can neither me created or destroyed.

so the amount of mass in the universe is constant.

yodastar

I have to agree that where is the proof of God? I think that the Bible was a bunch of short stories written by men in a time they thought the world was flat. To me its just a story, a fantasy so then you have to start looking at other options. The universe is so large I struggle to accept that as human ants running around on a small planet in a small solar system that we are that important in the big scheme of things? Really it just blows your mind when you think of the brainwashing that we are so important in the universe! Just off topic but I remember when I was struggling along with two young kids this bro said to me - just relax a bit on yourself, why should we give ourselves such a hard time trying to live up to these standards when God could not even control his children when half of them gave him the finger and reckoned they could do it better. Perfect! Gave me the power to leave, like a said it's just a story

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Why attack?

by newqatarjob in

as someone brought up as a jw and been an elder and been disfellowshipped (twice!!!

) i find it difficult to understand why ex jws have to attack the religion, yes religion, not cult or sect.

i am no longer disfellowshipped just do not want to practice anymore.

yodastar

I liked your post AlwaysBusy. You have great forgiveness in your heart! Just because we are judged by a religious org doesn't mean it's true. Stay strong. Cheers

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Why attack?

by newqatarjob in

as someone brought up as a jw and been an elder and been disfellowshipped (twice!!!

) i find it difficult to understand why ex jws have to attack the religion, yes religion, not cult or sect.

i am no longer disfellowshipped just do not want to practice anymore.

yodastar

I'm sorry you feel like this but you are completely naïve. I agree with a lot of the posts in that this site helps enormously work through the emotional baggage and we are all at different stages. It's not like we can ring them up and have a bitch is it? And you really feel this way after being disfellowshipped twice? Really don't get it. My brother was disfellowshipped after being ambushed by the elders. They were out for blood not forgiveness and love so I don't get it? It's really not about attack, its actually that people care that the borg has hurt so many. Very cultish behaviour

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Exclusive Witnesses might be more Appropriate!

by yodastar in

i've been thinking of late that really what is the difference between the exclusive witnesses and the exclusive brethren?

) they are controlling, limiting and the only right way as far as religion goes.. in fact the 'truth' slogan was an amazing marketing campaign and really does work for those members.

are you in the truth one would ask?

yodastar

Hey thanks Smiddy and dubstepped. It really did feel good getting some of these experiences down on paper and really appreciated your words in reply. Keep up the good work! Cheers