I got disfellowshipped... yeayyyyyyyyyyyy!
Posts by rowan
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108How Far Up The "Ranks" Did You Go In The Organization?
by minimus inat age 18, i was a regular pioneer.
at 20, a ministerial servant.
at 24 an elder.
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rowan
This reminds me of '97 when Mother Theresa died a few weeks after Princess Diana. It was shocking what little publicity she got in contrast to the princess's death.
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rowan
When I heard of her death, the first thing I thought was that she OD'ed. and statistically, that is a strong possibility. but, is there a coroner's report confirming that?
and however she died, I find it sad. just as I feel sad when I learn that somebody, famous or not, wasted their lives away and and died a "wasted death", or however you would put it, english is not my strenght.
respectfully,
Rowan
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Instances of JWs causing serious harm?
by greendawn incan you recall instances where the wts seriously damaged the emotional health or generally the life of other individuals or you?
what i can recall are two young jws at the congo who had strict elder fathers and ended up suffering severe depression due to the many restrictions in their lives.
growing up as a jw in a repressive and unloving environment is not easy.
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rowan
In every instance a youngster is DF'D. That individual most surely has no support or friends outside the Borg. The family will pressure for him/her going to the meetings and be subject to "the being flyed alive" shunning. His/her dignity shred. after two months of the announcement, he/she will have to sit through a 30 min "local needs" talk that will describe to a gleeful audience what his/her sins were, and in what order they happened, of course, no name given, but the glorius one on the platform will clarify in a high pitched voice "that there have been cases in the congregation...", and given the rumor mill, and that it was you that was DF'D two moths ago, no name given is superfluos.
I used to have these dreams where I was naked and had people degrading me in front of an audience. I was totally exposed and uncapable of stopping the situation. It was not a "hot" dream, as an idiot once suggested, it was a dream of the situation, of the hopelessnes of it. Yes, everybody in the kingdom hall had a good look at my privates. that's how it felt.
I am sorry is this is offensive or inappropiate. I am trying to tone it down. moderators, just edit whatever is necessary.
and now, years later, I don't have these dreams anymore. but a part of me is dead, and I am dysfunctional.
Thank you WTS. thank you elders. thank you parents of mine for choosing to side with the corporation instead of you child.
This is just my story. multiply it by the thousands who get DF'D for acting upon their normal physiology and end up getting scarred for life.
F**k you WT. I hate you.
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New Harry Potter Book Release Date!
by cathyk inharry potter and the deathly hallows, the seventh and final installment in the series, will be released at 12:01 am on july 21, 2007. woo hoo!.
cathy koenig.
www.oldlighthousebooks.com.
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rowan
neat! I had resigned myself to wait until 2008.
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Anyone here, have you had enough religion for the rest of your life?
by restrangled inthats how i feel,..... no disrespect for those who find another way or place to worship.
i for one cannot stand any religion on any level.
how do you feel?.
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rowan
Vomit, I totally agree with you. and your first response to this thread is brilliant.
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Anyone here, have you had enough religion for the rest of your life?
by restrangled inthats how i feel,..... no disrespect for those who find another way or place to worship.
i for one cannot stand any religion on any level.
how do you feel?.
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rowan
yes, absolutely. today when we were driving to work, we switched to one radio station and a preacher was saying " there is no greater responsibility than that"(in reference to god worshipping) arrrrrrgggggghhhhh. It made my blood boil. we immediately changed the station but I vented all the way to work. greater responsibility than worshipping a god I cannot see, in comparison to raising and loving my (future) children who are going to be there depending on me for that??? what a load of BS.
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WIFES FAMILY KEPT MOTHERS DEATH A SECRET (GUISBOROUGH ENGLAND)
by nightwarrior inwell its been quite a while since i posted here, maybee 18 months ago.. hallo, to all our old friends and newbies.,.
yes i was dissasociated some 6 years ago from the org because i no longer believed in the false organization claiming to represent the creator.
i replied to an elder i wouldnot piss on any jehovahs wittness if the lot of you were on fire.
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rowan
I'm so sorry for what you had to go through. I wish that time will help healing the wounds.
Rowan
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I missed all of my sister's 20's
by Crumpet ini think my sister is 29 today.
that means due to this vile cult i missed all of her 20's.
so desperately sad that a religion can break family ties this way.
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rowan
(((((Crumpet)))) It's sad you've missed out on that. She also missed being part of your life. and what I think is even sadder: her spending her twenties inside the borg, like she's missing out on her own life. well, just a thought. Hang in there, what can I tell you.
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Your Feelings On Getting Reinstated For Family Considerations
by minimus ini just read the mary/gumby where are they thread.
i want to say right from the start that i like gumball very much.
i've talked by phone to him in the past and we've had some discussions here over the years.
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rowan
I did it. HUGE emotional blackmail from my family. so tried doing it for six months, at first. The CO came to town and his speeches were so vomitive I swore I would never step into the kingdumb hall again. BTW, my family is thousands of miles away, and I was not allowed to go back home if I was not reinstated. A year later the pressure became unbearable. I was terribly homesick, and after receiving a letter from my father begging me to get back to the meetings and get reinstated "so at least he can die in piece" (sic), I started going again.
The first weeks were extremely hard as I payed attention to what was said, and it enraged me. I can understand Gumby not coming to the forum, in my case, coming here made me feel a renewed rage against the WT, so I opted to numb down. That's how I could pull it. If I managed to be an automaton three times a week and numb my mind... I even wore ear pugs. they worked at the book study only, though.
Going back was espiritual rape, and nobody should have to go through that, for nobody's sake. I did it, and I knew all the time that my family had no right to ask that from me. My parents are elderly, I love them, I wanted to see them again. I chose to do it because I love them and understand where they come from, after all, I was rised in that mindset. But I will never forget that their precius organization came before their child, and they never took a stand to back me up.
So, good luck to the ones that are trying. The revenge I took is that everybody and more that know me, know my story, and they'd never fall to the WT lie.