Posts by Hortensia

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Thought I would introduce myself

by WateredDown in

jw
friends

i have read the site with great interest over the last few weeks.

some interesting stuff thats for sure.. i have left the jehovah's witnesses (was almost going to say the 'truth') for some time now.

i was one of the lucky ones that was baptised then faded, no humiliating disfellowshipping but nonetheless was very hard to get myself out.

Hortensia

I've been out for over 30 years. It seems the more they change, the less they change. They're more cultish, the wtbts, and more rigid, and more blatantly manipulative. And the doctrines seem to keep changing little by little. I think it's amazing that 1975 has just disappeared as far as the wtbts is concerned. The website seems ideal for them, jwdotorg, because nothing's in book/paper print. They can change at will, and the former teaching just disappears. But overall, it's the same old bullshit.

ETA: I changed the name of the wtbts website because typing it correctly automatically creates a link to it! I don't want to give them free advertising.

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Site update: Jan 17, 2015

by Simon in

some quick updates, mostly cosmetic:.

the message sending form should display better feedback of why a message is invalid (which will prevent the send button becoming active).. if your status is telling you that you have unread messages then you should see an option in the 'inbox' page to reset the count / mark all messages read.

just press it once, be patient - marking the actual messages is done in the background.. the topic and post counts are being updated - some will still be incorrect while it processes the data but after that should be correct.

Hortensia

Thanks for the "mark all messages read" doodad.

Now, may we please have a way to delete all those old messages? No point in having them hang around, and I'm sure it would free up some space on your site.

Thanks!

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Watchtower Accused of Intellectual Dishonesty

by wannaexit in

jw
friends

watchtower never learns.. i applaud dr. singh for speaking out and his open letter to watchtower.

http://jwalumni.org/2015/01/17/rama-singh-awake/.

Hortensia

Thanks for the link. I shared it on facebook. I like the internet very much, especially when it exposes bullshit like this article in the Awake magazine.

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troll_R_stupid

by Coded Logic in

a guide to getting people to take you seriously - 10 tips for all you dummies.

) do your best to insult everyone's intelligence and upset them as much as possible.

personal attacks are especially effective at getting people on your side..

Hortensia

Insult people and then tell them they have no sense of humor when they object.

Go on the attack (verbally) and then pretend to be the victim.

Play the victim card on all occasions.

Write a long post about how awful everyone is on the forum and how you're never posting here again. Then lurk and read the responses to your thread. Especially good if you think people will beg you not to leave.

Recant, so you can stir up more trouble and then write another I Quit post.

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I'm glad my children don't have to grow up being afraid of cupcakes

by Ilovebirthdays in

yesterday, i brought a batch of cupcakes to my son's school.

in passing them out, i started to give one to one of the children, who was a jw.

he immediately started freaking out and screaming "no thank you" over and over.

Hortensia

It's painful to remember the amount of anxiety we kids felt over everything in our lives. When I think about the kids still having to suffer that because of JW parents or grandparents, it makes me very sad. Children shouldn't have to feel that anxious all the time, feel that someone (god of course) is watching all the time and wants to punish them for the slightest mistake.

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Why I like Jehovah's Witnesses

by undercover witness in

i keep reading that jehovah's witnesses are in effect monsters.

i keep reading that they kinda leave chaos and distrust in their wake.

so i simply wondered if anyone had anything nice to say about them?.

Hortensia

Well, I think many of the members are probably pretty harmless. The religion, however, is a cult and causes a lot of damage. Those "nice" people do some really harmful things because their religion tells them to.

Of course, I think all religions are evil.JWs aren't even the most harmful or dangerous, just one of the less benign ones.

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"Previously Loved" (Used) Mop Bucket for Sale

by compound complex in

dear fellow janitors/ex-janitors:.

after some nearly 60 years scrubbing away (i started early), whistling a happy tune, i'm turning in my mop and mop bucket.

my body has said, "no more!

Hortensia

Are you going to retire or are you going to keep on doing the house-sitting and dog-sitting? I have to say I love being retired.

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1st POST: A romance with a JW

by myangelface in

i am not a jw ...however i began having bible studies (i d call them watchtower studies).

i was beginning to get lured in and brainwashed into accepting the religion as the true religion...but something inside of me told me there was something odd.

some time passes and i was invited to a meeting and i accepted.

Hortensia

Read the stories of other people on this forum who dated/married JWs. It just isn't going to work, is it? For one thing, if he is such a spiritual JW, why is he interested in you at all? He should be running the other way. So, a little lack of integrity there. And, later, when he decides he'd rather be a JW than be with you, it will all be your fault. I grew up JW, and so I know what I'm talking about when I say that JWs are screwed up in a major way and you are just asking for heartache.

Unless you don't want a future with him and just want to fool around. In that case, go for it. Why not?

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Happy birthday Hortensia and Elvis

by Hortensia in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=093gjycdg-4.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrdqggl2mbm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkmvscr5yoo.

Hortensia

Disgracefully is the only way I know how to grow old! Thanks Cofty and Xanthippe!

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Trying to figure things out!

by RecoveringISFJ in

jw
friends

well, i made comments on a couple of post already, but i guess i should somehow introduce myself.

i choose the user name to hopefully try and identify my past while working for future changes in myself.

ive been in and out since i was a kid.

Hortensia

I think most of us are happier for being out of the wtbts. Making friends takes a while. You can't stay at home and be a hermit. Get out in the community, do interesting things, meet people. I started making new friends where I live when I got involved in the community garden, for instance.