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Campfire Ghost Stories and Jehovah's Witnesses

by The wanderer in

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campfire ghost stories and jehovah's witnesses being in the organization there were always stories, rumors, and gossip.

that ran rampant throughout the congregations.

from time to time you.

pippy

little off the subject, but i remember hearing in the congo that there was an interview with a group of clairvoients,(sp??)

and the interviewer asked them if their was a true religion, and They said yes, its the jdubs.

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WHY IS THE WTBTS OBSESSED WITH MASTURBATION????!!!!!

by Gill in

what exactly is the cause of the wtbts total obsession with masturbation?.

is there any religion in the world that has printed so many articles on this topic?.

if your feelings are similart to those of luiz, pedro or andre, take courage.

pippy

ok, well here goes with a game of skeletons in the closet....

when i was df'd and insanely trying to get back in....i actually went to a meeting with one of those battery powered vibrating eggs inside me, as a dare after i bought it. lol..... i must admit it was on very low as i was scared it could be heard,,, but daymn i love those things!!!!!

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Why don't JW's change their failed methods of witnessing...

by zeroday in

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going out in field service monday thru friday 9 till noon, knocking on empty doors while most people are away at work.

knowing no one will be at home.

why is there not a massive effort for evening witnessing when you know most people will be home and able to be reached.

pippy

Door to door works... when it is done at the right time of the day. JW's do it when most people are working and living fulfilling lives. The people JW's find at home are usually retirees who do not have a fulfilled life, depressed people who can't function in a normal environment, people who are poor and have to rely on government assistance. In other words, the type of mark that the Watchtower Society is targeting

this says it alright,, these are the kind of ppl who might actually think it all makes sense.

I remember that everytime something god inspiring happened, it was never out in fs anyway,, it was always somewhere else,right when the person needed the help, if god is in control,wouldnt he guide you to the needy, instead of sending you to a bunch of empty houses,or to ppl who are not in the frame of mind to talk about it anyway.

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Literature not for Disf'ed people says Elder.........

by Balsam in

i had an interesting encounter today, actually my son and i both.

well my good intentioned ex-husband and father of my son thought he would have the local congregation elders call on us and try to get us back to meetings.

well i had been getting literature from this local elder's wife without her knowing i was ever a jw.

pippy

i was df'd for about 10 years , and when i went back they told me they couldnt find my files on why i was disfellowshipped..it also happened to another girl i knew which made me led to believe they dont make files about you when you get df'd, or maybe our elders were to lazy to write them. anyway in my judicial committee ,my dad was there, I was 17 , and i didnt want to get in trouble ,so i didnt say a word,, and i got df'd for not saying anything..??!!??>>they didnt accuse me of anything ,nor knew that i was just lonely,and suffering an identity crisis and was just about to go haywirer on lsd.

i think its just great,that when your a vunerable teenager,they just throw you out with the garbage,just when you need the suport for the first time in your life.........NOT

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Revelation "Adjustments": Complete Analysis

by V in

reference update.

chapter 6. .

reference update.

pippy

this i awsome, im printing it out so i can read it properly,(screen is a bit fuzzy) and cant wait to go through it,, my dad who is a jdub told me about how it has been released because the other one is too hard to understand , and this one is so lovely. i bet i can find something in it that makes me

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stuipd wtlcd

by Morocco in

this may not be as amusing to the members here as it is to me, but i would like to say that irony is my favorite thing.

i was doing some searches in the watchtower library cd 05 and it was crunching the numbers on the loads of bull crap it found.

all was going well until i decided to do a search for "witchcraft"... when the program crashed, gave me fatal error, and shut down.

pippy

i think one of our elders is into black magic or something,, he asked me a question one day about smoking and i lied , as i did i scrached my head ,and looked at him,and he was doing the same thing.... it was creepy cause i felt like he had triggered me into scratching my head, like i wasnt in control of it and he could tell i was lying. anyway, i always felt a strange vibe around him, and he could read your mind. I was being very aware of my body language at the time ,but it gave me feelings of being manipulated byhim before i got df'd.(shivers) btw..when he reinstated me ( during my investigation) he told me i am very switched on.... which i agree with!!hehehehee

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new member here

by pippy in

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hi, i just joined this site and thought i would say hi.

my brief history is being raised as a witness, disfellowshiped for being a normal 17 year old, spending 10 years feeling guilty and thinking im going to die and so will my husband and son.

mother and father in it and always run out crying because they think they failed as parents cause none of their kids stayed in it.

pippy

dont worry becca , i think it is near impossible for me to spend any genuine time in there, its just not reality,let alone spending the rest of my life with those ppls and not my family...i dont think so....

so nice to hear from likeminded ppl,, my hubby understands where i am at but nothing compared to ppl like u guys who have been through it,its such a rare situation. I only wish i had of had a support group when i was 17. I feel like starting one here in Australia for young people who are getting shunned as we speak.

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new member here

by pippy in

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friends

hi, i just joined this site and thought i would say hi.

my brief history is being raised as a witness, disfellowshiped for being a normal 17 year old, spending 10 years feeling guilty and thinking im going to die and so will my husband and son.

mother and father in it and always run out crying because they think they failed as parents cause none of their kids stayed in it.

pippy

Welcome! You didn't say anything about your monkey, what up?

thanks ..wasanelder once , for the pippy longstockings pic,,shes my hero, i want a monkey tooooo.

yeah, thanks for all the posts and support,, i have alot to still deal with ,, it will all come out slowly.. but i have felt better in myself since the minute i walked out of that assembly. I knew i had to go back to investgate things,i have overcome my fear of armogedon and now firmly believe they cant hurt me anymore,, emotionally i feel like i have finnally blossomed into my womanhood , become independant , and confident in the way i live my life,, things that were stolen from me before i ever knew i had them. growing up as a witness gave me a real identity crisis, that led me to drugs and secretly tearing myself to shreds on the inside..meanw\hile ,mum and dad running around in ladidah land ,pretending everything is perfect. they never shunned me,, but would never admit to anyone that i came over,,even though i saw or rang them nearly everyday of my life. my dad said to me the other day,, i love you,no matter what you do with your life, and i know he does,, mum gets embarressed by all her children though,i think she would rather put on a front then deal with reality.

im in a position now,where i want to say to my parents i just dont think its for me,, so leave me alone , but i would rather not be df'd again.i dont really care if thats what they want to do though, im the type to go up to them and say HI, just to watch them run in horror,,, big meanie i am!!

anyway,after reinstatement, the elders never contacted me againeither so maybe they just dont want to open up the can of worms.

anyway, last week when i went to my parents congo i just found it interesting to hear crap spilling from their mouths and wish there was some way i could prove to my parents they shouldnt be hurting over it all,,even though i know they love their comfort zone.

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My Story

by ladybug25 in

my parents were baptized when i was three years old.

so, you could say that i was "born and raised" as a jw.

i was baptized at age 11. i was a regular auxilary pioneer from age 14 to 15. my parents became inactive at about age 14. it was very hard trying to be a "good young sister" especially after being told you're a burden to the pioneers that have to always provide rides in service and to/from the meetings.

pippy

It seems you may well be a few steps ahead of him in leaving but he is in that dangerous stage. He is in the stage where he still believes what the WTBTS says about ALL the people in the world who are NOT JWs.

He has tattoos, he smokes, he wants to go to strip clubs, he's talking about smoking pot.....yeah and......is that what ALL non JWs do. Is that clever?

Is his plan to go from being a brain dead dub to being a brain dead ex dub, as the Society paints all non JWs or is he going to wake up and see the world for what it really is. The vast majority of people in the world are moral, upstanding, caring people. Does he really believe that leaving dub land means he has to act like an idiot? Is there any chance he can get his brain into gear and discover the truth about the world at large and that it isnt all the way the Watchtower paints it.

this is where i was at when getting df'd. it is so true, you can really become wreckless in your life if you leave the witnesses but still believe it. they make you feel so unworthy, and that your life will never be truley good and fullfilling. Its just programmed into you suppose to make you return to them. My brother helped me get through this , by saying to me that jesus died for our sins ,and if we believe in him we will be saved. this goes for everyone on this planet, he didnt say, you will be saved,if you go to all the meetings. or IF you go pioneering, or anything like that. So we already have his blessing , and are free to live our personal life and pray without the feeling that we we are not doing enough. He gave us the gift of forgiveness for our sins , so that we can live,, which you feel you can do, once you get past all the judging and high expectations the jws put on you. its simple and no more or no less. I dont know if this would help your husband, but it certainly got me past all the fears i was having . then you can realise,just because you choose not to be a witness doesnt mean you want to be morally corrupt,and punnish yourself for not living up to such a judgemental organisation.

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new member here

by pippy in

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hi, i just joined this site and thought i would say hi.

my brief history is being raised as a witness, disfellowshiped for being a normal 17 year old, spending 10 years feeling guilty and thinking im going to die and so will my husband and son.

mother and father in it and always run out crying because they think they failed as parents cause none of their kids stayed in it.

pippy

hi, i just joined this site and thought i would say hi. My brief history is being raised as a witness, disfellowshiped for being a normal 17 year old, spending 10 years feeling guilty and thinking im going to die and so will my husband and son. mother and father in it and always run out crying because they think they failed as parents cause none of their kids stayed in it. last year i went to investigate,as i was feeling i would never overcome the bad feelings i have, and after 4 months of sitting up the back, they reinstated me. Just as i was realising what a crock it all is.lol

anyway, i went to 2 meetings and then an assembly with my parents, and at 28 years old , i felt like a child and their puppet , being dragged around meeting all these depressed people and hearing how hard their lives are. They told everyone i had beed d'd for 10 years and just came back,and everyone gave a fake smile and took a step backwards, as if i was a leppar. then my dad pointed out the elder that disfellowshipped me and gave me a look as if he had done justice,and my dad was happy. then my mum said because my husband is not a witness , ppl find it hard ,but i will find it harder, as i will be living a seperate life from him. the ppl on the stage said at one point, you cant trust anyone in the world so you mose well trust us , what have u got to lose. and everyone started clapping?? !#*!

the whole experience was a joke, and i left with the intention of never walking into a hall again. I felt a weight be lifted from my back and i finnally feel like a normal person with a propper personality and thought prosses. Not a zombie who cant think for himself, and not know why they feel the way they do. 1 year later, after no one noticed i never returned, i felt for my mum and dad cause they still get so upset. i never tell them how i really feel as i think it will hurt them, but i did recently and mum said if i meet some nice ppl that i might change my mind, so giving them the benifit of doubt i went to a meeting. I nearly had to stand up and say "are you all insane, what is wrong with u ppl." after i told one man that my hubbys mum said any religion is good for kids to get an education about it , we dont fight about it and he would let me take them to meetings,but would not want to come ,this man said,":well then you have to get into his mothers head then. " I was shocked, its all about culling for them, and i hated it.also all the mum s with young children were pushing prams out the back ,rolling their eyes ,and sayingt how hard it is. i thought it should be fun,that you should look forward to it and maybe like other religions they should cater for the kids, so they are not screaming to break free from the shackels.!! i told mum to make sure no one gets my address but i know some of them have seen me in my complex. I find it entertaining, and i think im a perfect candidate for a "mole". I wish dearly that my parents would see the real light, and finnally get alife instead of sitting on the couch waiting for arrmogedon.

sorry this turned into a long post