Posts by LisaRose

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Why hasn’t someone gotten real pissed off yet?

by John Aquila in

i keep reading of some guy who is so upset at someone that he goes into a theater and shoots 20 people..

or a kid that is so mad that the other kids made fun of him that he goes to school and shoots a bunch of kids..

or some guy that was fired from his job and he goes back and shoots of bunch of his workers.

LisaRose

Sorry Sparrow dow, I meant to hit the like button, love the picture.

I think it hasn't happened for a few reasons. Many JWs that are disfellowshipped or treated unfairly are still believers and have some fear of Jehovah, so that probably keeps them for doing anything like that. Also, the governing body mostly stays in New York, and it's not that easy to get there for most people, and if you did how would you get to them? I doubt they let anybody off the streets into see them. Another reason could be that the JWs are not that big of a group, so the chances of having someone that deranged is probably not that great. There are just not that many truly deranged people, like the Aurora Colorao shooter, in the whole country. That one still creeps me out, I lived in Aurora and went to that same theater many times.

Still, it could happen, it just takes one. I hope not though, as much as I hate the GB

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Witnesses and anxiety disorder

by mana11 in

i saw this on a public user group for jw's .

the librarian [email protected].

the caption reads:.

LisaRose

Sail away, I'm sorry you suffered for so long. I hope you find peace and healing now that you are out.

My daughter was about eight years old when the yearbook with all the concentration camp stories came out. she was obsessed with fears about being put in one, it was a rough year.

Field service, the solution to all your problems!

Anxious? Go out in service.

Depressed? Go out in service.

Mentally ill? Go out in service.

Broke? Go out in service.

Sick? Go out in service.

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Im ready to leave

by SpunkedTeen in

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i just found this website and im so glad because for the first time in a long time i dont feel alone...i am a born in and in the last two years have been struggling because i thought that i was the problem and i was the reason for not feeling any love from and for the other pubs .i want to leave the org but have no idea how to tell my mother(who is a faithful jw).

LisaRose

Welcome! It depends on how old you at and if you are financially dependent on your mother. If you are an adult and on your own you can be a bit more direct obviously.

If it were me I would say that although you appreciate all that she has done to raise you right, you simply do not share her belief in this religion. Tell her that she raised you to be honest and you cannot live a lie. You have prayed about it and looked for answers in the publications, but there is just no way you can close your eyes to the facts anymore. You should assure her that you still love her and do not want to live a life of sin, but that you will not ever be a Jehovah's Witness.

I am sure this will be very difficult, but it's much better to be open and honest about your beliefs and not try to hide it from her. She will be disappointed, but she will just have to adjust and accept that you are an individual and have to make your own way inlige, just as all parents have to accept the decision made by their adult children.

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Facing up to the reality of the world

by purrpurr in

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since becoming atheist i have been paying more attention to world events and issues.

this is giving me some worry's when i see what's going on.

as a jw i could just dismiss stuff saying "armageddon is coming, jehovah will look after us" etc etc now of course i can't do that.

LisaRose

The Watchtower belief system was like a security blanket, it protected you from fears of all the badness in the world, but it was a false security, it actually protected you from nothing.

Yes, reality is a cold, hard witch ( with a capital B), but it does get easier with time. The mind adjusts and eventually you get that while there is no panda hugging paradise coming, the world isn't going to be destroyed anytime soon either.

This is the new normal.

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Resistance is NOT futile!

by Bonsai in

all i want from this life is to be able to wash windows at bethel.. my story.. when i was fresh out of high school and pioneering, i said those exact words to my friends and family.

all i wanted to do was be at the core of the organization where it was the safest.

i gleefully told people that i'd gladly spend the rest of my life washing windows, waiting tables, doing laundry or cleaning bathrooms.

LisaRose

Welcome, thanks for sharing your very interesting story. I think most people reach a point where they either (consciously or unconsciously) choose to ignore the gaping holes in the Watchtower narrative or choose start looking at things objectively. It's like the picture that looks like an old woman or a young girl depending on how you look at it, once you start seeing the ugly you can't go back to seeing the pretty.

It's seems it's often the more zealous and idealistic that eventually become disillusioned and loose faith.

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I wonder are they connected

by mana11 in

i just couldn't help myself... i had to join these images....

LisaRose

I bet the Baphomet worshipping kids get to keep their ice cream money.

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Yet more trolley (in)activity

by konceptual99 in

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i am currently having to spend a little time waiting for an appointment in the vicinity of a central london station.

whilst waiting i am catching up on some work in a cafe.

i can see a couple of trolleys and have been watching them for around an hour now.. not one person has stopped to take literature.

LisaRose

They went from being ignored at the door to being ignored at train and subway stations. You just can't keep up with Jehovah's chariot!

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Shunned or actually...not treated much differently?!

by Ohiamfree in

so today on my way to work, i passed a faithful jw sister who i have met about 6 times and spoken to and was friends with a sister she spends a lot of time with, i looked at her and smiled and she looked through me.

i wondered if she knew to shun me.

i'm dating someone when i have no photographic evidence that i am free to remarry ;) let's ignore all forms of abuse and unfaithfulness...anyway!.

LisaRose

OhIamfree, my experience was pretty much the same. here were maybe three or four people that I knew well enough to talk to, everyone else pretty much acted like I was invisible. Sometimes people would ask me if I was new or a visitor.

The bible says that the identifying mark of true Christians is that they show love to one another. Not the preaching work, but love. The Watchtower almost never talks about helping others in the congregation, the only thing that counts is going out knocking on doors.

Any church that treated each other that way would be empty, people would leave find a church that made them feel welcome. Jehovah's Witnesses have no choice, as most congregations are exactly the same, more gossip than interest, more judgement than love. People stay because they have been brainwashed to accept this treatment, but it isn't normal and it isn't right.

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To Kill A Mockingbird and Prequel

by Socrateswannabe in

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are you a fan of harper lee's "to kill a mockingbird"?

i read the book as a child and have read it many times since.

miss lee obviously wrote the book to entertain us, and she accomplished that.

LisaRose

I am a huge fan of TKAM, but I am not planning to read the new book. I loved the original book, I think it was a mistake to publish this book. It isn't a prequel or a sequel, but a different story about some of the same people but where they were very different people. It was rejected for a reason, it's only being published now to make a quick buck for some people. You have to ask why Harper Lee never published it before and whether it was entirely her decision to publish it now.

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Trump is a funny guy. Attacks John McCain

by James Mixon in

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the guy don't realize when he attack john mccain he alienated every men .

and women who served in the military.

and this is coming from a guy that.

LisaRose

My husband is a retired army warrant officer. He has been posting on a warrant Facebook page, they are all disgusted with Trump. While it's true that being a POW does not automatically make you a war hero, there are POWs that were, in fact, heroes. Trump has just alienated another huge group of people. At this rate who is going to be left to vote for him? It's like he has no filter, no shame and no common sense, just an outsize ego and an ugly hairdo.