Posts by merfi

After I DAd I put a bunch of dresses etc up on ebay as "Cult Couture" as I had no more need for the Amish-wear. I still have tons of it, so thinking garage sale this spring. Wonder if any JW will stop by and shop...

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S.O.S. to any Rapid City, SD JW.... conversion in progress

by merfi in

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maybe it's not even my right to throw out this mayday, but i'm going to anyway.

the ex is seeing a lisa something or other in rapid city.

she's a photographer, as he is.

merfi

Maybe it's not even my right to throw out this Mayday, but I'm going to anyway. The ex is seeing a Lisa something or other in Rapid City. She's a photographer, as he is. She isn't a JW but in the beginnings of "studying" and "wants to be a Witness" as the ex says. I'm sure she's doing the converting for him.... (as did stupid me). So if any of you SD exJW have connections, can ya help me out here? One more soul saved if she can be made to see the "light" about the troof....

merfi

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if it's the truth..

by BlackSwan of Memphis in

i'm finding online people who tell me that they believe the jw's are the truth.. yet they are living a life which says the exact opposite.

i'm not talking about people who are trying to fade.

these are people who specifically say it's the truth.

merfi

Oh this burns my ass, too. My ex is like this. He blathers on about the troof in the cult-speak way they do, using a freaking illustration in every conversation I swear.... He contradicts my happiness with "you aren't *truly* happy" or some such phrase to try to knock down whatever 'wordly' joy I've found since escaping the Borg. He will without exception find something wrong with who I am or what I'm doing... (one of his favorites seems to be to compare me to Anakin of the Star Wars movies. Apparently, like Anakin, he believes that I'll return from the Dark Side. What the dumbf*cker doesn't get is that JW for me WAS the Dark Side). But I digress.... With all the crap he spews in JW speak, he STILL will interject with a few choice cuss words, go visit his new ["but she wants to be a witless"] girlfriend for a weekend or so, rent or go to R-rated movies... and so on. One of the reasons that I left that stupid religion was because I was tired of being the same sort of hypocrite. If it isn't who you are, then leave it behind. So he right now has the best of both worlds, sort of, and it frosts me. My leaving has cut me off from friends of 15+ years. He's breaking 'rules' yet still has the friendships (ok, conditional, so that helps me come to grips with it) of our one-time mutual friends. Whatever.

I think if I was to call him out on it, he'd say the usual crap about "I want to do better" "I want to reach out" "I'm still imperfect" blah blah blah. Idiot.

~merf
(tired of hypocrites today)

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Thanks for the "Daily Text"

by TheHypnoToad in

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my mother just sent us a daily text.

well i needed it.

it was quite useful, i used it to kill a bug and throw it (bug and daily text) away.

merfi

We got a new kitten last May. He was too short to get into the litterbox, so I stacked a couple Insight books and a Bible Stories book near the entrance to the box. Voila...

merfi

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Governing Body Going After eBay

by Gary1914 in

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hello everyone.. i don't if this has been posted before.

if it has i apologize, but maybe my version will add to what is already known.. my brother is a district overseer.

the society sometimes places conferences calls to do's, co's and other overseers, especially when it is something that they do not want to put in writing.

merfi

The ability to obtain identifying information about eBay users

My thought on this is that not only are the WTS trying to keep the old light out of the R&F's hands, but they might also be attempting to find out WHO is selling their stuff, like a fader, etc, and persue them...

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Your favorite JW euphemisms...

by AuldSoul in

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the heart and soul of doublespeak is euphemistic references.

i think many jws are not aware of how often they do this.

since leaving slightly over a year ago, i have discovered many that i had not even been aware that i used.

merfi

I could never stomach the word refreshing. Always used to describe a WT study, a visit from the CO, a talk and so on that would give you that warm fuzzy JW feeling. Now I see that 'warm fuzzy' "refreshing" feeling as a deeper steep in the brainwashing tea. Yuck and shudder.

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USA FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS

by SWALKER in

the colts just beat the chiefs!

i'd like to see peyton manning win a super bowl ring!

swalker.

merfi

Prediction - a shootout. Colts 38 - Patriots 31.

Nice call Jeff! Pretty close guess.

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Do You Still ............ ?

by Outaservice in

since i left the jw's i never wear a neck tie!

i probably have 75 to a 100 of them, but they don't seem to wear them in any churches, do not wear them to weddings and funerals, or even to exclusive restaurants.

i'm certainly never going back to the kingdom hall!.

merfi

Sell those babies in lots on ebay.

I had a ton of skirts, dresses etc that I got rid of that way... called them "Cult Couture"

~merfi

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Label the act for returning to JWism for family only (e.g. Gumby)

by UnConfused in

i think it's a deserving act of love to make the sacrifice to rejoin a cult in order to stay connected to your family.

it's putting your love of your family over so so many things.

what could we call it so we could easily understand someone's actions who also does this?

merfi

Blame this on lack of sleep:

going "Gumbderground"