Posts by sherrid

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Why hasn't anyone mentioned......

by Undecided in

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i spent my whole life going door-to-door in this town until i was 38 years old.

i have been out for over 30 years and no one has ever mentioned me calling at their home.

see how much we impress the people with the kingdom message.. ken p.

sherrid

Hi, everyone. My name is Sherri D. I have been talking to Black Swan and she has encouraged me to tell my story here on this website.

I have been disfellowshipped for over 20 years. Within the last year, my child and i have had the UNFORTUNATE experience of being HOMELESS, ON THE STREET, WITH NO WHERE TO GO, and then some freak bimbo STOLE MY PURSE, taking every last cent we had. Well, the situation snow-balled, and i kicked her around for doing so, so the cops took ME to jail, where i spent 87 days in living hell.

Since living through this, and so much more I turned my life over to Jehovah and asked his forgiveness, and everything like that, did all the repenting, and yet, to this day i still remain disfellowshipped, and broke, and nearly homeless, and in need of many things, physically, emotionally, materially, and spiritually. I went back to Kingdom Halls and told the brothers i was disfellowshipped 20 years ago. (This was in September, when i first got out of jail) Well, after many phone calls, and even submitting my letter for re-instatement, citing the fact that i had just lived through such an incredibly horriffic experience, i STILL REMAIN disfellowshipped. I discovered this website, and i would like to get a meet up group going in Indiana. I live in Greenwood, and my car has bit the dust, but if anyone lives near me, or can help me in any way, shape or form, i would be truly greatful!! My line of thinking is THIS; you would no more blister your kids' butt for falling off his bike and breaking his leg than ANYONE WITH AN OUNCE OF LOVE IN THEIR HEART FOR THEIR CHILD!! Well, i feel like this is the way i am being treated, and i am NOT saying this to feel sorry for myself. I have lived on my own for 30 some years, and now that i have a child, everything has changed. I ran back to the Kingdom halls for refuge, MISTAKENLY thinking everyone would rally around me and help me any way they could. I have discovered everything to the contrary!! I can stay home and have no one to talk to, and avoid the blank stares, and mothers scurrying to keep their children to keep away from me, and i can also stay at home, and READ THE BIBLE AND PRAY TO JEHOVAH, for i KNOW for a FACT that my prayers are being heard and ANSWERED, so i must be doing something right.

I find this paedophile issue nothing short of appalling, and i have tried and tried to NOT believe it, but it is gaining solid ground and strength, and i am absolutely FLOORED!! NO WONDER none of the witnesses want anything to do with me, they are still supporting this organisation which allows child molesters to go unpunished.....................frankly i think we ALL need to stop and think about the true pillars we CAN count on, JEHOVAH GOD, HIS SON CHRIST JESUS, AND HIS WORD THE BIBLE!!

If anyone lives in Indiana and can help me, please do so.........................................i need so many things in so many ways, and i'm relying on Jehovah to answer my prayer. I know he won't let me starve to death or anything, but i need suppport................

ANYONE???? I will provide name, address and a contact number if you like...............

Sherri D.

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Does the Watchtower Society Monitor this Board???

by integ in

maybe this has been addressed before, but after reading certain comments about people being "outed", i wonder if the wts really monitors this site?

if so, to what extent?

or is it just individual elders etc.?.

sherrid

Kimberlee, i sent you a message, please reply.....................

Sherri D.

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Any Active JW's here!

by isaias4u2nv in

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just very simply any active jw's in here!!

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sherrid

CAN SOMEONE ENLIGHTEN ME AS TO ALL OF YOUR LITTLE ABBREVIATIONS??? Some of them i get, of course, but not all of them.............

Thanks, and PRAY FOR ME; PLEASE!!! My life is still in a shambles and i need all the help i can get, and if the "congregation" can't pray for me, can i at least ask you folks to??? I SERIOUSLY NEED HELP, and like i said; i'm not getting it from the FIRST place i thought i could run to and get ALL the help i need, so i'm asking you to PLEASE, PLEASE PRAY FOR ME!!! (Bible says we should Pray for one another!!)

Sherri D. (For pictures of me and Freddie, go to [email protected] and i will forward them to you!!)

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Any Active JW's here!

by isaias4u2nv in

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just very simply any active jw's in here!!

!

sherrid

Yes, Mr. Elder, dude, WHAT IS SO DANGEROUS AND THAT YOU CAN'T REVEAL................????????

I've come to this web page for answers i can't get anywhere else. Mrs. Jones is right, i DO NOT need the "Org" to forgive me of my sins, so why do i have to keep going to meetings and wait for THEM TO DECIDE whether or not to re-instate me? How long do i have to play this game?? Can't i stay home and be ignored and have nobody around, except a few close friends, who really care about what goes on in my life???

I prayed about all of this while i was in JAIL, which was a night mare straight from HELL, as the saying goes, but i never thought that "Christian Love" or the love of Jehovah God and his forgiveness would KEEP ME OUT of the very place i wanted to run to in the first place................

None of this is scriptural...................like i said, if i want to be alone, i can go home, and read the bible.................. I"m NOT going to wait forever for the Elders to re-instate me; i've already submitted my letter, over a month ago, and not a word, since..................And my son, i do want him taught Bible principals; but i'm at a serious loss to explain to him why Mommy can't talk to the other people in the Kingdom HAll, or why they can't come and Study the bible with us to help us grow, spirtually..................

THIS IS SCRIPTURAL???? i really don't think so....................

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Are you paranoid about posting?

by wombat in

poor jwfacts got sprung when the jw trawlers were able to join the dots.. no, that's wrong - they knew it was him but it took something else for them to be able to prove it.. i am not game to post a bio about myself.

my jw siblings are very litigious.

one even sued another jw for libel.

sherrid

Hello, is anyone there??? Do the Watchtower society monitor this page?? and if they do, what do they do about what they are reading???

I would like to know why many of you here have disassociated yourselves from the JW's...............it's kinda scary//////////..............and this sexual abuse thing, what's up with that; it is all true??

Sherri D

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Breakthrough with JW mother - Stunning Anti Witness !

by diamondblue1974 in

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i thought i would share this with you as i am still a little bit stunned to say the least.

my mother who is a longstanding jw came to stay over the christmas period as my uncle had past away and she wanted to be more local to the family, that way she could attend the funeral and provide some support to her remaining brothers and sisters.

she lives a considerable distance away from me at this moment in time.

sherrid

i want some more information about this Child Abuse business.

I did however, speak directly to Bill Owen, (I think) by way of e-mail. Unfortunately, Satan's got a hold of him and he outright cursed Jehovah and called him a pedophile, so i won't be accessing his web page any longer. I did get an eye-ful, and was stunned at what i read............................

Someone, anyone???
Sherri D.

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Any Active JW's here!

by isaias4u2nv in

jw
friends

just very simply any active jw's in here!!

!

sherrid

Hello, i'm kinda new here; i've been out of the Organization for over 20 years, i was disfellowshipped at that time, and i made an EARNEST EFFORT, even submitted my letter for re-instatement. What is it going to take for THEM to forgive me, because i know Jehovah has..???????????????

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letter to elder (part 2 of da)

by BlackSwan of Memphis in

ok, id mentioned in my da post that i would show you guys the letter that i wrote to the po after he sent me his card.. i thought maybe it might be of interest.. i never heard back from him, i guess i got my point across..

thank you for the kind words and sentiments.

terry and i want you to know that we think of you as family.

sherrid

Megan, thanks for the encouragement. I have been through such an Incredibly horriffic experience, as i have mentioned.

I know Jehovah is a God of LOVE, KINDNESS, AND FORGIVENESS, even as the last couple of Watchtower studies have pointed out, Jehovah REPEATEDLY forgave the Isrealites again and again, and doesn't scripture say that if a shepard loses one sheep, he will leave the other 99 behind to go find the ONE that is missing, and with REJOICING will return it to the flock??

I don't WANT to find fault, point a finger, but i most definitely see a contradiction of what the BIBLE says, and what is actually being done. The Circuit Overseer pointed out the scriptures i mentioned in my first post about love and fine works, and good association, yada, yada, yada, and here i was, sitting there thinking, "why is this not being done for ME, if i have shown that i want to be a part of this "organization'??? SO, yes, i have some issues, and i think i will stick with this forum and continue to get information that is not otherwise available. I want to please Jehovah God, and i want all that Kingdom hope and stuff, but it's like the other guy just said, it's not a PLACE That we will go to worship, IT IS A WAY........AND now i truly believe that!!

I'll be back as soon as i can, i have to come to the library to use the internet.............

Sherri D.

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letter to elder (part 2 of da)

by BlackSwan of Memphis in

ok, id mentioned in my da post that i would show you guys the letter that i wrote to the po after he sent me his card.. i thought maybe it might be of interest.. i never heard back from him, i guess i got my point across..

thank you for the kind words and sentiments.

terry and i want you to know that we think of you as family.

sherrid

No, I do not mind if you ask why, because i was taught "The Truth" and i have seen other religious orginisations flounder wildly in accordance with the statement that they would have a form of godly devotion but proving false to it's power. OF that, i can can clearly see evidence, HOWEVER, i do want my son to be brought up in the discipline and mental regulating of Jehovah God, so i don't know where else to turn. I was actually IN JAIL when i cried relentlessly for days, vergining on SUICIDE, when i prayed to Jehovah and picked up a bible and began to read, and read, and read, and read...........and i acquired a great deal of scriptural knowledge. Now THIS is something i DO want my son to learn, since it is Jehovah who gave us life in the first place.

I'm becoming more and more concerned, because i asked Jehovah for a better life, hmmmmm let me see, my son and i were homeless, and destitute, and had just been robbed, and had nowhere to go, so he got put in Foster care while i was in jail, but now that i'm out of jail, i have prayed to Jehovah to guide me, and i can PHYSICALLY FEEL his holy spirit directing me and making me feel better, but like i said, i have some serious issues, because many of the witnesses came FLOCKING around me at first, wanting to study the bible with me, which i believe Jehovah sent to me, but the Elders told me to say that i was disfellowshipped.

So, i guess i'm confused, and i need answers, and like i said, i agree that it isn't scriptural, and if Jehovah God can forgive my sins, why do i have to prove to these mere men here on earth that i don't want to live in Satan's world, but evidence is beginning to crumble away at some of the teachings of the witnesses....................So where do i go from Here???

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letter to elder (part 2 of da)

by BlackSwan of Memphis in

ok, id mentioned in my da post that i would show you guys the letter that i wrote to the po after he sent me his card.. i thought maybe it might be of interest.. i never heard back from him, i guess i got my point across..

thank you for the kind words and sentiments.

terry and i want you to know that we think of you as family.

sherrid

Hi, i'm new here, and i want to say that i am a disfellowshipped person, and i would like to know how long it would take for me to be re-instated. I read somewhere that it would take about a year. I have been away from the "Orginization" for over 20 years, and my son and i lived through an INCREDIBLY HORRIFFIC EXPERIENCE last year, and i realised i wanted Jehovah's laws to govern my life, but the Witnesses won't seem to allow me back in to the congreation until i "prove to them" that this is what i want, and all that other stuff. Well, if my repentance is acceptable to Jehovah, and the BIble directly enourages us to incite one another to love, fine works and upbuilding eachother in the scriptures, isn't this directly CONTRARY to what the bible teaches???

I'm not an apostate, and i'm not sure if i want to go a whole year with people looking at me as if i were from Mars, and i have a CHILD i want to teach the bible to, as well. So how am i supposed to explain this to a 7-year-old??

Sherri D.