Posts by SnakesInTheTower

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My husband and I told our families we want to disassociate

by erinee in

well, these stories are always fun, right?

let me share mine.. my husband and have been pimo for 2 years.

inactive for one year.

SnakesInTheTower

Welcome to the forum.

I simply walked away in 2007, about 6 months after being removed as an elder. I had the ability to fight the decision and win. (Long story, find it under my user name in my early posts). I just decided I had enough. I don't DA because a) I will not play by their rules, b) my mom is 76 and still a JW in her 50th year in the cult and recently widowed (my stepdad was not a JW) and I don't want to cause her any unnecessary grief. And c) I told the local elduhs that if my name were ever mentioned from the platform or I got wind of any "marking", I would make their ministry impossible. Guess who is not being bothered. LOL.

Snakes (Rich)

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Congregations That May Dissolve Soon!!

by Atlantis in

jw
friends

from a member of the board asking for this to be posted.. hi.

i'm pimo.

could you please let people know about this?

SnakesInTheTower

What was that song.... Celebrate good times, come on, let's celebrate!

Snakes

19

The JW media Mecca

by lastmanstanding in

i was thinking about how the org is dying, and how the guboobs are trying to give it cpr by transitioning to tvpreach.

now they will construct a media mecca and it looks like they will go full on e digital.

so, i was trying to come up with a name for their new hollywood that would stick.

SnakesInTheTower

~~Lions~~ Lying Gate Entertainment

Univers(ally) Hated Pictures

20 19th Century (Crazy Like A) Fox

New ~~Line~~ World Cinema

Snakes

13

I had to submit to a drugs test yesterday.

by joe134cd in

i had to submit to a random work place drugs test yesterday, of which i passed.

in this country smoking marijuana / methamphetamine is illegal.

the thing that really struck me was that despite the illegal nature of it, was just how prevalent and problem is.

SnakesInTheTower

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969712008959

This one is Australia https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0379073811000521

Snakes

65

Would You Ever Go Back To The Witnesses??

by minimus in

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friends

every once in a while you hear people say they actually “miss” their old witness friends and or family.

some would have even stayed in the organization if they became a bit more liberal and open minded.

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SnakesInTheTower

Hmmmmm..... I wouldn't go I to a Kingdumb Hell of Jehober's Witlesses for ANY amount of money, for ANY reason, including my JW mom's funeral. Thankfully, she does not want a funeral when she dies.

I HAVE been to 2 JW weddings since leaving. One for my big sister (not related, but close friend at one time), one for a friend who was my best man at my wedding to a non JW, both held at an outside non JW facility. Both officiated by the same elder. Both very incoherent even to the dubs in attendance, even by low dub standards.

Never again. Not in a KH, AH, or convention since summer 2007.

Snakes (Rich )

12

PIMI relative complains about convention venue.

by joe134cd in

i have just got of the phone with a relative complaining about the convention venue.

as far as my relative is concerned wt can do no wrong, so for him to say what he did it must of been bad.

the venue where the convention was held was described to me as a “tin shed with no air conditioning”.

SnakesInTheTower

Busch Stadium 2, Astroturf, International CONvention, St. Louis, Missouri USA. 120°F on the field. Summer 1978. I was 11. Hotter than hell.

International 2019 held inside, but that place echoes. Former football stadium. Glad I missed it.

Snakes (Rich)

24

Latest Circuit Assembly Money Assault!

by eyeuse2badub in

probably not new to many of you but i'm gonna post it anyway!.

i went to a circuit assembly last week at the fremont, ca assembly hall in fremont, ca to be with my wife so she could be there to 'witness' the baptism of a person she "studied" with about 2 decades ago!.

at the main entry to the assembly hall there are 3 or 4 large double door entrances.

SnakesInTheTower

I attended an International Convention in Hamburg Germany in 2006. I was shocked to see the brothers manning credit card machines for donations.

Gotta wonder how many go into debt to keep up their donations?

Snakes (of the "kept the plastic in his wallet" Sheep Class)

35

Not training speakers/teachers any more?

by eyeslice2 in

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friends

not having attended any meetings since about 2001, for reasons of safety (sounds a bit dramatic but i don't like my wife being out on her own late at night where we live now), i have started accompanying her to the mid-week meeting.. when i was young, the ministry school and service meeting were central to training brothers to take the lead.

you were assigned instruction talks, then if you cut it, you moved pretty rapidly to public talks - a full 55 mins at the time.

i was just 18 years old when i gave my first public talk and this was a first step to moving rapidly through the ranks.

SnakesInTheTower

My JW mom has been in this cult for 50 years in 2020. At 76, her non JW husband is battling health issues that he will likely succumb to soon. She will be all alone in a little town in South LA. (Lower Alabama...local joke). All she has is her JW family there. She won't come back to the Midwest where I live because it gets too cold, she won't go back to Florida because she hasn't kept up with her JW "family" there. I am afraid for her to wake up at this point.

An e-religion will not be enough for her.

Snakes (Rich)

7

Hey - Cognac here... Dealing with Custody Case

by BriandMandi in

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friends

had to create a new account cause i couldn’t login to my old one.. anyways, my ex- a male jw was trying to go for full physical custody of our kids.

he had his wife call dcf but of course i won.

he had no leg to stand on.. so, we need to go back to court in february.

SnakesInTheTower

Hey Cognac... long time no see. Sorry you are going through this mess.

I wish I had info for you, I have been out 12 years now, my info as an elder is old. Others are probably offering great resources. One thing never changes...the GB engages in "Theocratic Warfare." ...aka Lying.

Keep us posted, good to hear from you, even if the circumstances suck.

Snakes ( Rich)

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'Experiences(tm)'! Made up or totally true??

by punkofnice in

at one assembly(tm), i was asked to relate an 'experience(tm)' which i did.

however, during rehearsals, the geezer in charge elder or co or some such title, told me that i shouldn't tell it the way it was.

i did a 're-enactment(tm)' with another 'brother(tm)'.

SnakesInTheTower

Yep we were instructed at MTS to "massage" the experiences. It wasn't about the publisher's experience, it was about making whatever point the Teaching Committee wanted to be made.

I once was interviewed because of graduating MTS, single pioneer elder, blah blah. The CO wanted me to embellish ( not his words, mine). When I got on stage, I told "my" experience, not "his." Seems like after that I was not asked to do many CA or SAD parts again, and NEVER asked to be on a DA, despite my CV in the Borg and speaking ability.

Meanwhile, Brother Goober Pioneer Elder (aka TG, Wood River), was always on parts for ASSemblies. Turns out, he enjoyed spanking the monkey looking at porn and ripping off little old ladies in the ACN phone MLM scam. I ALMOST got him removed. Then he took the CO golfing and I was removed instead. LOL.

7 months later, I walked away and have never been back...12 plus years later.

Snakes