Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit

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  Damn, just made my 500th post!

  by Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit in

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  we've come a long way baby.. it's a beautiful thing.

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  Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit

  We've come a long way baby.

  It's a beautiful thing.
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  Question on fading

  by ldrnomo in

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  my wife and i have been staying away from meetings for almost a year now and i was wondering what everyone thinks about taking the next step, which would be going to another kh out of the circuit the cong we went to is in and having the publisher cards sent there and then going for two or three times to the new cong and then just stop.

  we are thinking that will give the elders an out because they can get rid of our inactive cards and the next cong won't know us that well so won't really care.. as a former elder and po, we are well known in the area we live so many in the area are wondering what's going on with us and if we go to another cong.

  that might make them feel more settled.

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  Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit

  Hi. My husband and I did something similar: we just became inactive in AZ where we both grew up in the cult, have lots of family there. We moved to CO knowing 1 jw family very well, but we were able to fake out relatives back home for a while via email, all the while lying to jw friends in CO. It's easier on you to fade, I think, it let's you make your decision about the cult at your pace and on your terms. We found that we later needed to stop the madness--it was hard to maintain & necessary to end the charade: being true to yourself takes less energy and let's you grow.

  Anyway you can get away, get away, and sort it all out later. Get busy making new friends/meet the neighbors as soon as you can. Best wishes. Please keep us updated.
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  (((JWs: BE WARNED AGAINST THOSE WHO WARN AGAINST PEDOPHILES)))

  by Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  and not the pedophiles themselves.

  .. i'm noticing a trend here: those who have spread the nbc video (etc) around to witnesses are getting slammed for talking about it.. are we more dangerous to jws for talking aboutthese child rapists than the child rapists actually are?

  if jws' way of life is more important to them than the safety of their children, then the answer is yes.

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  Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit

  and not the pedophiles themselves. . .

  I'm noticing a trend here: those who have spread the NBC video (etc) around to witnesses are getting slammed for talking about it.

  Are we more dangerous to JWs for talking aboutthese child rapists than the child rapists actually are? If JWs' way of life is more important to them than the safety of their children, then the answer is yes.
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  This time, I'm REALLY leaving..............................

  by Warlock in

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  i'm really sick and tired.. yes, sick and tired of the weirdos, sickos, the mentally ill that need to be institutionalized for their own good, the homeless, the beggars, the drug addicts, the free clinic waiting rooms full of sick people who could be carrying tb and the like.. so i quit my job, and i'm starting a new one tomorrow.

  i'm leaving one job for another.. actually, seeing all those things was too painful after a while.. what, you think i was leaving jwd?.

  warlock .

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  Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit

  Hey we're in the same field--car sales!
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  Disgusted individual Elders

  by 5thGeneration in

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  you'd think over the years that there must have been some good-hearted righteous elders disgusted enough to disobey the society and anonymously contact the authorities .. i would have and i know elders now that would!.

  just wondering out loud!.

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  Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit

  I don't know what my elder dad would do, unfortunately, I really don't.

  horrible life--that's terrible about how your sister's situation was handled differently.
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  Who dirtied God's name the most ?

  by JH in

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  put yourself in a jw frame of mind for a moment..... lets see now, who dirtied god's name most, the jw pedofiles, the watchtower sweeping this under the carpet, or jwd exposing this ?.

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  Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit

  I like your logic. . .let's see was it. . . JWs????
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  Our grandfather died a week ago- guess why we didn't know.

  by professor in

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  my sister and i who are disfellowshipped have a jw elder as a father.

  guess why mom and dad didn't tell us that our grandfather died a week ago?

  thanks watchtower for denying us our grandfather's funeral.

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  Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit

  Aw damn them. I'm so sorry for your loss on a few different levels.

  Hugs to you.
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  A reason to be thankful: Closer To Fine by the Indigo Girls

  by Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://rhaplinks.real.com/rhaplink?rhapid=3993653&type=playlist&title=playlist&from=real.

  hope it opens.

  .. happy tg!!

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  Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit

  http://rhaplinks.real.com/rhaplink?rhapid=3993653&type=playlist&title=Playlist&from=real

  hope it opens. . .

  Happy TG!!!
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  Eat your turkey, not your hair

  by Elsewhere in

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  http://www.cnn.com/2007/health/11/21/hairball.case/index.html?iref=mpstoryview.

  doctors untangle the strange case of the giant hairballstory highlights patient complained of weight loss, pain and vomiting after eating.

  woman suffered from trichophagia: a habit of eating her hair.

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  Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit

  Neither dressing nor stuffing could save this entree. I hope she gets therapy. Very gross pic, thanks!!! Happy TG!!
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  An open letter to new posters who are here only to irk us--not for solace

  by Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  first of all, happy thanksgiving!

  my roast is going into the oven shortly; no dressing or stuffing here.

  dear new posters who are here to irk us and not for solace,.

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  Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit

  Hi All. First of all, Happy Thanksgiving! My roast is going into the oven shortly; no dressing OR stuffing here.

  Dear New Posters who are here to irk us and not for solace,

  Hello and welcome to JWD. I'm glad you're here, and I'll tell you just why in a bit; I'd like to first note a few observations about you.

  I notice that you make negative blanket statements about everyone on this site and that you speak without having read near every post made in the last year. I also notice that this is your first post. I see that you have never welcomed a new person here, or read a post by a broken person who has lost his or her family and replied with tenderness and shared their sadness. I see that you've never shared a recipe, posted a news article that others would find entertaining or been supportive when someone has asked for advice. You never cheered for someone's 1 year anniversary away from their past life or their new job or baby.

  I see that you have not posted your story of how difficult it was to leave the religion of your parents, to have them deny you, to be called a drunk or an addict or a whore!! because these can be the only reasons for your feelings about the WTS, or to have friends 'shun' you because they view your very presence in, say, a restaurant, as dangerous to their faith. You don't speak of the pain and confusion of explaining your new beliefs to your family, only to have them tell you that you're insane and weak and stupid, and are being led by someone to your death.

  You don't speak of your father, who was the wisest man you knew growing up, who defends the actions of an organization that has protected child abusers for decades and denies the truth of news reports of the largest child sex-abuse settlement in history, or defends the WTS's double-tongued involvement with the UN as an NGO for over a decade by mimicking the words he was told on the telephone by the WT service desk, you haven't mentioned being torn by his mindless obedience to human men, something he swore he never do again.

  Well friend, aside from these observations of mine, I am glad you're here. I'm glad you're here because you remind me of why I left the JW religion: They do not practice what they preach, they do not practice the words of Jesus. Here's what I mean. You say to us, 'Let go of the hate, your whining makes me vomit, there's dissension on this site omg!!, go do some good to a poor person instead of whining' and this is exactly the stance taken in the congregations of JWs when someone asks for help-it was my experience. Here are the JW answers to all of life's ills: If you're depressed--you're not doing enough for others. If you're broke--you're careless with money 'do you contribute to the WWW regularly? If you're lonely--you're not spending enough time in the ministry. If an elder was mean and cruel to you--you have a bad attitude and have to forgive him! If you're working late--you need to be at the meetings at time!!! Wait, you have to support your family, but you have to be on time, but. .

  Friend, I noticed that 'James Wind's' topic received 3 pages of replies, and I'm not criticizing the decision of others to reply. I'm actually thinking that possibly James Wind, Blake Seeley, Carl Hernz, Charles Hunter ([email protected] per his post) are maybe related somehow; I can't help but picture them all sitting down to turkey today and James Wind saying 'I sure got 'em riled up this week, heh heh, more dressing please. . .' Possibly they won't call it "Thanksgiving" or even "turkey", possibly they will call it 'a day off common to all of us for having much poultry'. Please don't consider me rude, I won't dignify your accusing posts with more words and I wanted to tell you why.

  Now, I know there are dozens, if not thousands, of people who now have access to the Email Machine/Internet, but it just sounds a little odd that someone would pop in here and his first post is wandering and wordy like BlakeSeeley's. And I'm not suggesting that you/they are all the same fella, no no, I'm only just thinking that maybe you're/they're having Thanksgiving together.

  Hey, just so you know, my mom and dad and I were best friends, pioneered & travelled together like forever--they called me a drug addict (which I'm not) and now won't speak to me because I don't share their religious beliefs--of course I hate their religion. I miss them, I miss lifelong friends and my sisters, of course I hate their religion, it is true evil; it has made them fulfill their own 'end times' prophecy: they are the ones 'having no natural affection'.

  Of course there is hypocrisy, bloodguilt and stupidity elsewhere on the planet, we're not stupid. But JW's do claim to be perfect as an organization, and they claim that the worst JW is better than the best 'worldly' person. They are the best/happiest/cleanest/rightest/most-adored by hotel staff/healthiest people on earth, according to their written words. And when we/someone/anyone points out where they just may be wrong, they do 1 or all of 3 things, hum it with me--we all know this: Attack me, attack my words, question my source.

  They people on this site are truly some of the best people on Earth. Like others, this site has saved me, helped me, benefitted soooo many and I am grateful. An outsider/apologist that's here to jab and run doesn't deserve them.

  Hugs to all, and Happy and Safe Holidays!!

  Catfish