Posts by hopie

3

The spirit of mankind - A True Story!

by searcher in

jw
friends

i thought you all might like to read this story of how we can all help at one time or another!.

at a fund raising dinner for a school that serves learning-disabled children, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended.

after extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question: 'when not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does is done with perfection.

hopie

THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS STORY !!!!!!!!!!

I WILL SEND IT TO ALL THE FAMILIES I KNOW. THIS KIND OF LOVE IS WHAT WE NEED TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN.

HOPIE

52

Do You Have A Goal Regarding Jehovah's Witnesses???

by minimus in

jw
friends

now that you're mentally out of the religion, do you have an expressed goal regarding the witnesses?

do you want to expose the religion for the fraud that it is (like i do)?.

do you want to set up a ministry devoted toward the destruction of everything watchtower?.

I think it is important to move on with you life, and find your own stability, and happiness. In addition to that, I personally feel it is imperative to make yourself available to expose this cult in anyway you can. I lost my daughter to this cult because of their shunning policy for ten years.

In 1993 I went back and got re-instated, and became a member again to get my daughter out. Being an elder's wife, I knew all their in's and out's as to what to say and do to accomplish my mission. It took two years to accomplish my goal, and at the same time expose my daughter's elder husband as a child molester.

I wrote a book about my 2 year sucessful rescue journey so I could use it to help others see the dangers of this cult. This is my goal in life.

http://www.amazon.com/Going-Undercover-Rescue-My-Daughter/dp/0941813053

Hopie

7

anyone from omaha

by big red in

jw
friends

hopie

I AM FROM OMAHA !!!

HOPIE

9

Looking for new books to read by ex-jWs or ex-jW issues

by blondie in

jw
friends

i found this on the net.

has anybody ever seen this book come out?.

the following is taken from the in progress manuscript of the book letters to an elder by r. j. sikorski.

hopie

I JUST RELEASED THIS BOOK WITHIN THIS LAST YEAR:

"GOING UNDERCOVER TO RESCUE MY DAUGHTER, FROM THE CULT OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES"

BY NANCY J. SAGE

http://www.amazon.com/Going-Undercover-Rescue-My-Daughter/dp/0941813053

hopie

77

Does A School Yard Bully Attitude Take Over This Discussion Board?

by The wanderer in

jw
friends

does a school yard bully attitude take over this discussion board?growing up, i can recall such times when a rival would want to pick a fight .

with me and when we met, he would bring along two of his friends and i .

sometimes, i would knock their block off and sometimes, it was the other.

hopie

No one person has all the answers. To keep growing with knowledge, we must consider all view points with humility and dignity, then excerise our own conscience to decide what we want to believe in.

Hopie

31

If most men decided to wear a beard today, would the JW's follow?

by JH in

jw
friends

the jw's will say that in jesus time, it was ok to have a beard because it was their custom back then, and today jw's should not have a beard because it's not our custom to have one today.. since the world is ever changing, it will continue changing, and beards might come back and be popular once more.. it's only a cheap excuse on their part, because they will never accept beards, even if every man wore one today..

hopie

PEOPLE IN A CULT DON'T LEAD, THEY FOLLOW !

The reason for all these restrictions is for (CONTROL) and (ISOLATION)

Hopie

8

Thinking of writing a book

by Dawn in

jw
friends

i've been contemplating writing a book called "from the other side" .

basically a story about leaving the jw's.

only instead of focusing on what's wrong with the jw's (not that i wouldn't have a lot of material there!!.

hopie

Hi Dawn......

I am happy to hear someone is thinking about a subject like this, it is a much needed topic to discuss. After writing my book "Going Undercover To Rescue My Daughter, From The Cult Of Jehovah's Witnesses", it brought me into association with so many that have expressed their difficulty in knowing how to heal . Adjusting to a normal life after being in a cult is the number one problem people have to deal with, most do not know how to get out of the fog.

Being a victim to mind-control techniques is in itself very difficult to get over, and then on top of that most have to suffer the loss of loved ones, (family and friends). For some it takes many years to get healed.

The suggestion of writing down your major thoughts into chapters first is a good beginning. I hope you do write this kind of book on this subject, it is much needed, and many will benefit from it.

Good luck

Hopie

8

Thinking of writing a book

by Dawn in

jw
friends

i've been contemplating writing a book called "from the other side" .

basically a story about leaving the jw's.

only instead of focusing on what's wrong with the jw's (not that i wouldn't have a lot of material there!!.

hopie

Hi Dawn

40

What is your preferred method of communication?

by Crumpet in

jw
friends

i was prompted to think further about this today when i was reading the following in a book called "headhunters":.

"e-mails are a love of mine.

i prefer them to communicating by word of mouth.

hopie

It depends on who you are communicating with.......

but I like to use e-mails.....they are instant !!!

33

I have no mouth, and I must scream

by under_believer in

jw
friends

please indulge a little whining.

i don't go out in service--i don't comment.

they assign talks (once, one of the highlights of my existence) to me every couple of months.

hopie

Two choices are always there for everyone, TO DO OR NOT TO DO !!!!!!

One must live according to ones own conscience.

You must analyze the outcome for each. If you do decide to take a stand for what you believe in, at first it might seem like all hell is breaking loose, but afterwards, will you be proud of yourself, and what about your children, and wife, will they be proud of you because you displayed strength for what you believed in? On the other hand, would you be more comfortable with your conscience by going another route to solve the problem.

No one should judge another for the decisions they make, God gave us a conscience to use, and we should only listen to it, and not to someone else's opinion.

Hopie