Oh, man, I would have been rolling on the floor. If I knew who they were I'd want to tell them to keep trying your building to provide you with more comedy - humor is a good healer! In fact I remember how pot made one giggly - might be fun to burn one and watch Monty Python's "Life of Brian" Wish you the best through your chemo. flipper
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Our Neighbours are learning!
by fullofdoubtnow inwe live in a block of 6 flats, with communal security doors at the front and back.
apart from between 7am and 10am every day, when the trades entrance button will open the front security door, no one can get in here unless they have a fob to open the security doors with, or unless one of the residents lets them in.. the jws were just at the front security door, obviously getting their hour in after the morning meeting.
they don't ring our bell, they know better, so they were ringing the other bells.
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Who here are basically athiest now???
by What-A-Coincidence in*raises hand.
a few interesting quotes:.
"religions are all alike - founded upon fables and mythologies.
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as far as I'm concerned, man created god in his own image - I mean, good grief! God of the bible - genocide, conceit, jealousy, trickery, manipulativeness, conditional love, politics. I don't get how people can take a collection of written material so seriously. As for the existence of God, it doesn't seem to be any of our business as to the details or it would be right out there for everyone to see, not just the "prophets" or whatever. It's entirely possible to want to be a good person and do the right thing without threat of punishment or promise of reward. That's my brilliant outlook.... flipper
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Major Depression
by peewee62 inmy name is sharon,and i have a lil sister that just had her husband of 20 years run out on her with out telling her anything,he just packed up and left,and was also late on their morgage for two months 3000 behind,she has her own home daycare but she only had three children in her daycare when he left,she did not know if she was going to have to move or not,and he was steady calling her and messing with her about anything,she is a good person,he put her in a very deep depression,recently she told her family she was hearing voices calling her name out every where she goes,it will start as a whisper,then it would get louder,so we came over and talk with some of the witnesses,we told her to say a loud prayer to jehovah god,and she was also playing the kingdom melodies,and watching a video of a bible study,and she was reading the bible,and while she was doing all that she was still hearing the voices,that made her family think that it was something else wrong with her,she has been trying to get a bible study started and she has it in her heart to learn and serve jahovah god and jesus christ,could some one please help us or tell us what coild be going on if you know anything please because we really love our sister very much,we lost our parents we dont want to lose our sister.
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Please get her to a doctor asap! I went through a horrible depression during a divorce - I can't believe how close I came to suicide. I didnt want the medication, but my very cool doctor recommended it strongly and now I am living a very good life. It really is a chemical imbalance brought on by stress chemicals when one is under extreme hardship. Please realize the witnesses cannot help with this - more stress and guilt could push her over the edge. The best move I made when I was going through my depression was to avoid contact with people who stressed me and guilted me, and I had a great therapist and support group. There has been quite a problem with suicide in the JW organization because of the treatment given depressed people - pray more, out the demons, etc. I had a childhood friend who shot herself in the heart after being in the Witnesses. You have a good and strong heart to come on here to get help for her.
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Maybe it will upset them, maybe they will just discard...
by Crumpet init is my parents wedding anniversary saturday and every year since i left i have always sent them a card.
i wondered whether i should or not this year.
on balance i wasn't sure what would upset them more - waiting for a card that never came, or receiving a card at all, especially since i said in december that i wouldn't "bother" them anymore.. anyway it felt right to send a card so i did and i decided to put a little note inside, folded and bearing the message: "my news, but don't read it if you aren't interested".
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Excellent letter, Crumpet. You are doing the right thing. Let them know you are still a good hearted person and that your life is good. Don't play their childish and mean shunning game and so set a good example. There's always a chance however slight that you will get something through to them. Girl, you are a strong one! Flipper
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By your leave, oh great one.
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Check out this hypocrital conduct
by avidbiblereader inlast night was my oldest daughters birthday (22), we went out for supper with some friends and family, we went into the texas roadhouse where she serves bar and waits tables, they have this one thing they do for birthdays where all the servers sing, yell and clap, they also ask you to "saddle up" which means to sit on a saddle they bring out on wheels as they all yell and howler, real fun, though!.
well sitting behind us is a whole table of witness from my sister hall that i use to go to, mother with three grown kids (25, 22, 21) and their spouses, they watched and didn't say a word to me and wouldn't even make eye contact with me, oooh i am the bogey man.. well guess what they did after we left, they didn't know my daughter didn't leave yet.
saddled up two of their own, clapped and sang birthday songs..
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Oh but they didn't mean it! They got hypnotized into it by you baaaaaad apostates. They are very open to brainwashing, after all. Flipper
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OK now, I'm really an apostate
by dawg inso, i go to my jw uncle's funeral for obvious reasons!
after the funeral my family invites me to dinner, something we haven't done for some time (probably 8 years or so) as i'm considered disassociated not disfellowshipped.
i guess this is allowed per the new jw policy but since that crap changes from time to time i'm not sure.
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flipper
Hey, Dawg! Brain dead says it all. Good luck to you (uh-oh, is that demonic?) You got spunk! Flipper
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WBTS does visit apostate websites!!
by crazyblondeb inwatchtower society visits apostate website!february 27th, 2002 | posted in: , jws vs. the world | keywords: jehovah, watchtower society, internet, apostate, articles by rado vleugel | 5 comments.
by rado vleugel.
webmaster watchtower information servicethe ancient chinese tactic sun tzu who lived 2,500 years ago once said: if you know your enemy and yourself, you will win every battle.
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flipper
HEY, WATCHTOWER! Your mama wears army boots.
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I've wondered about that. Definitely delusional en masse. Since reading a lot of stories here the psyche term "projection" always comes to mind - I think that means " the pot calling the kettle black". They spy on you, make up some trouble, df you, and separate you from your family, but they tell you that you made it happen by your actions - usually very private stuff sane people would stay out of. They say how persecuted they are - what the heck are they doing constantly to "outsiders" as well as their own? And they are so obsessed with sexual misdeeds of others, when they have a pretty good percentage of pervs in their ranks. There, now I feel better. A couple of those GB members are pretty creepy. Flipper
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Even Worse - I am really starting to hate this religion
by unique1 ini first want to thank you all for your support over the past few days.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/7/131534/1.ashx.
i did finally get a reply from my dad (after a week and a half) and i almost wish i hadn't.
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flipper
The behavior of the families here is despicable, but unfortunately not unusual in this cult. It's happeining on an ongoing basis in my husbands family. I used to be almost embarrassed for them for being so idiotic and mean, now I want to knock all their heads together. I agree that the best way is to not behave like them in any way. Almost like it would give some validity to what is in truth insane behavior. We try to be courteous and kind. The really sick mean ones, OK, ignore. The others, maybe send them a note every so often saying you love them , if they ever need you you will be there because you are family and it's the right thing to do.When the really make you mad restrain from being brought to their level and being mean back. With the kids maybe its like teaching them to have compassion for crazy people - love them but watch your back. It would be like torture though to have to let your kids be alone with them. For now please take care of yourselves through these horrible ordeals. Try to recover from what they have driven you to. Best to you both, flipper