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I just found out that my youngest brother committed suicide

by SnakesInTheTower in

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my middle brother called me a couple of hours ago.

our youngest brother, josh, who was 38, was found by his friends in his apartment.

he hung himself.

SnakesInTheTower

I am overwhelmed by the responses.... I started to cry... just a bit. I speed read through all the pages so far, but I will go back and read carefully everyone's post again... I just couldn't keep reading.....

but you have no idea how much these posts mean to me. Some of you know me personally and we have interacted in real life. Some here are screen names showing real human beings behind them just by taking a moment to post something...... something I never got while in the cult.... real humans -- real feelings.

Thank you so much

Snakes (rich)

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I just found out that my youngest brother committed suicide

by SnakesInTheTower in

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my middle brother called me a couple of hours ago.

our youngest brother, josh, who was 38, was found by his friends in his apartment.

he hung himself.

SnakesInTheTower

My middle brother called me a couple of hours ago. Our youngest brother, Josh, who was 38, was found by his friends in his apartment. He hung himself. I confirmed it with local law enforcement in his town.

Shouldn't I be crying? Not sure how to process.

Not even sure why I feel the need to post this.

Snakes (Rich)

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Correlation decline JW numbers and JW broadcasting?

by Gorbatchov in

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i read some impressive figures here about the decline of the jw numbers in 2015.. could there be a correlation between this decline and the start of jw broadcasting?.

hence, that there would be an negative impact because the gb is standing so nearby, you can experience the idiot reasoning of their doctrines sitting in your own living room?.

the lett effect?

SnakesInTheTower

I cannot bring myself to watch JW Broadcasting. I met Lett in person when he spoke to our MTS class (62nd US class, May 2002, St. Louis, MO). That guy is more ridiculous in person than on the broadcast. Real fu$king moron.

And that rubber face speaking directly at ME from the platform during graduation announcing that the class was made up of 24 regular pioneers and 1 starting back up in September....clapclapclap... uh wait, did anyone ask the ONE....ME...whether I WANTED or was ABLE? No. The rest of that story I have told elsewhere on this board.

Since that day....I have Fu$king DESPISED STEVEN LETT! Screw him and the whole WT...I hope the whole compound in upstate NY becomes a toxic waste dump. Decline? How about ZERO.

Snakes

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No Kingdom Halls would definitely work!

by John Aquila in

last night we were invited to a get-together with quite a few heavies attendingelders and regular pioneers.

there was beer and later some music.

everyone got relaxed and let down their guard and starting talking all kinds of non-theocratic stuff that you only discuss after a few beers.

SnakesInTheTower

I had a public talk I used to give as an elder, don't remember the topic, but I admitted, from the platform, hating FS, and I was a regular pioneer, elder, MTS grad...LOL.

Always generated alot of honest conversation at lunch with the group afterwards. I even said $hit like that on away talks...fun to watch elders eyes bug out...though if I liked the PO, I might, MIGHT, give him a heads up. I gave a lot of away talks, oddly I was asked back, despite the off outline editorials....

So, I believe the OP's story....it happens.

Snakes

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Too Funny Prank

by berrygerry in

from a redditor - would have died to have been there.

https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/3sukbu/our_congregation_happens_to_have_a_networked/.

SnakesInTheTower

LMAO. My mom loved that song, always liked it when I chose that song as a public speaker. She would have freaked out at 1:08 mark.

I wonder just how dumb these people are leaving an unprotected opening in their system.

Snakes

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No more printing of WT and Awake in my country.. Shit just got real

by cognitivedizzy in

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guys .

a letter was just read in out kh stating that all printing of wt and awake is ceased for the coming year and we will just place tracts on fs, countries which were cared by our branch will be cared by other countries...along with this they read the new fs form and stuff about reporting links of videos wtf..lol.

i can't tell which country perhaps that will give away a lot, any one with a similar information.

SnakesInTheTower

I almost married a sister from India. I met her family here in the US. They introduced us and we online dated for 9 months, We flew over for me to meet in person, and it ended the day I landed in India. Leading up to this, I had opportunity to call the India Branch ServiceDesk to do some background on her. The brother said that things there were "very different" than the way things were done under the US branch. Lots of underhanded things in the congos, like bribes to elders to ignore JC...lol.

Point is, India has always been on the margins as far as WTBTS Corp is concerned.

Snakes

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If I win the lottery

by eyeuse2badub in

i haven't yet won the state lottery but i purchased a lottery ticket last night.

if i win the lottery, it's $150 million.. if i win, my name is publicly announced and of course my picture gets into the news.

i will probably get df'ed.. however, will the wtbts accept a hefty "donation' from my 'lucky' winnings?

SnakesInTheTower

I say set up a 501 (c)3 charity, park about a little of the "ill-gotten gains" in some good growth mutual funds inside it, then use the proceeds from the investments to buy digital billboard advertising in all the right places, advertising apostate web sites near conventions. Hell, buy a couple of signs inside arenas that the JWs rent for their stupid conventions. The Witlesses can't cover them because the contract with the facility says it is there year round during all events... including JW conventions.....

imagine a logo similar to JW dot org but says JWFACTS... . in strategic places around the rim. Trust me, when I was still in, I was so bored that I read every single advertising sign in every arena I ever attended a convention.

Snakes (of the "not bored anymore listening to the cult" Sheep Class)

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I gave the elders some ammo to use

by atacrossroads in

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i was having dinner at olive garden with my cousin who was disfellowshipped for apostacy.

a holier than thou pioneer couple saw us.

if that was not enough i saw her take a picture of me with my cousin.

SnakesInTheTower

yeah, your first mistake is eating at Olive Garden....... yuck.... just kidding...

If I was minding my own business eating at any restaurant and anyone took my picture, all hell would break loose.I hate phones at dinner tables anyway. Now with everyone having a camera, there is no privacy anywhere.

If the elders come after you in a serious way, tell them you were Photoshopped into the pictures.

As another poster often signs off with .... let's review: It's a cult.

Snakes (Rich ... of the "no more Kodak moments" Sheep Class)

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Brooklyn Bethel Tours Through The Roof

by freemindfade in

was speaking with someone last night who just recently toured the us bethel's.

the brooklyn tour i heard was awful, very limited and disappointing and conducted by a local pioneer and not even a bethelite.

well from what they are telling the folks on the tour since the tm3 bit encouraging (guilting) people about going to disneyland on vacation when you haven't visited bethel, monthly tours went from 6000 to 16000!

SnakesInTheTower

The bethel tours used to be pretty good, esp. if you knew someone. I ran a bus tour in 91 and patterson was under construction. We had fun, but I allowed my tour group to have fun, go out and do non WT tours on their own, real free time, kept the bus/hotel inexpensive. But I knew brothers that ran "professional" tours (Gary Potter in Illinois anyone?), that were all WT and very regimented.

I have heard the Walkill tour sucks now, not much "Farming" going on at the Wstchtower "Farm" anymore. Sad.

Snakes

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Hello!

by josephus in

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i haven't been around in some time, i used to post under the name "josephus" many years ago back when the late great farkel.

i have returned recently and have a youtube channel called "thegreatapostate!

i am very pleased with it and hope you'll have a look.

SnakesInTheTower

Or a link to jwfacts or jwsurvey?