Posts by DeeR

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Devastating post coming next year

by darth frosty in

jw
friends

with in the next week and a half(maybe sooner) there is going to be a very insightful post about the borg.

merry christmas every one, and a happy new year.

DeeR

Well, it is now "next year" and I can't wait to see what the devastating news is. So come on, clue us in! Happy New Year!!!!

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Reading between the lines in the January 2008 "Our Kingdom Ministry"

by TooBad TooSad in

i like to read the km to see what the wtbts is saying, and then to think about what they really mean.. information appears in the km when problem need to be addressed in the organization.

the article on.

the front page "make the most of your time in the ministry" was insightful to me.

I haven't received the January 2008 KM yet, but am looking forward to getting it now that I've read the posts. Yes, fs is a great waste of time. I finally quit doing it. It was my experience that we would meet at 9:00am and wait for the conductor to arrive. He was always late because he lived a distance away and was serving us (where the need was greater) and so we had to be considerate of him and wait. He would arrive around 9:15 and then spend 30 to 45 min. discussing the text and making car groups and field service arrangements. That would take us to 10am at which time we would go on a RV and all of wait while faithful publisher went to a door that everyone knew was not home. We would do that for about 30 min. and then it was time to go on coffee break. Well, that would take 30min. to an hr. By then it was 11 or 11:30. Then maybe drive around in the territory knocking on doors of RV that weren't home. We also did a lot of rurals. But all this really pissed me off until I wised up. You see, they always wanted to go in my van because it is so roomy and has two sliding doors--one on each side of the passenger section and also a third seat in the back. So we could cram a lot of time-wasters in it and all of us count the time for sitting in it. But the last straw was that nobody wanted to contribute to my fuel expense. I often heard,"I'll give you a little something next time we go out." Next time never came. An occassional publisher with a guilty conscience would sometimes throw me a $5 bill. At $3 a gallon that didn't get me far. I just couldn't afford to take the publishers out in service and waste all that time. I felt guilty counting the time as well. To compound the problem, I am not in the best of health and going out in fs was a real sacrifice for me. I tried so hard to be a "good" JW but I am just not able to hack it anymore. My health is not so great and I have a hard time with fs and the way that they do things. They are robbing Jehovah by counting all those hours doing nothing useful.

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This place helps.

by Anti-Christ in

jw
friends

just wanted to say that since i joined this site i have learned a lot and a lot of you help me with my questions.

i know recovering from the jw mind control is not easy for every body and places like this help a lot.

btw i'm not leaving just wanted to show my appreciation for the time people take to answer questions and help.

DeeR

Yes, I agree wholeheartedly!!! I have made the decision to leave the JW's and have spent my day reading the Free Minds website and the discussions on this forum. Thank you all for your input and for helping me to learn so much. You mention things that I hadn't thought of before as I have been in the WT brain fog. I had lunch with an ex-JW friend today, df too,(gasp!) and she offered to go out and help me "sin" so that I can get df'd and so the JW's will stop bothering me. I laughed so hard! I hadn't thought of doing that. I'm sure that they will eventually trump up something to discipline me for missing the meetings and field service. I know that they are going to come after me because they've been calling and I just haven't answered the phone. Pray for me to stay strong and that I will be able to resist their efforts to bring me back into the fold.

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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 7-1-07 WT Study (SUFFERING END SOON)

by blondie in

comments you will not hear at the 7-1-07 wt study (may 15, 2007, pages 21-25)(suffering soon to end).

where is the love?.

17) "god is love.

DeeR

Thanks Blondie for taking the time to take that article apart. I was wondering what the Wt study was about this Sunday. Now I've read it and also considered your critique.I have been away from the JW meetings for a whole month now. Wow, what freedom I feel!!!!!

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Molested by JW who went to Bethel

by DeeR in

i was molested by a jw.

he was a young man about 19 yrs.old and he went to bethel after molesting me and i was only about 12 or 13 yrs.old.

i have never told anyone because i was so afraid of being disfellowshipped for letting this happen to me.

DeeR

I was molested by a JW. He was a young man about 19 yrs.old and he went to Bethel after molesting me and I was only about 12 or 13 yrs.old. I have never told anyone because I was so afraid of being disfellowshipped for letting this happen to me. I was so scared and kept it a secret all my life. I am now 50 yrs.old. It is time to come out in the open and let the light of day shine and a breath of fresh air blow. I have been forever damaged by this happening to me. I spent years in therapy. After my therapy I came back to the JW organization to give it another chance to see if things had changed. I thought that the JW's had the "truth". I came back 4 yrs. ago and now I am leaving again and this time for good. Nothing has changed and nothing is better. In fact it is worse! The lies, the coverups, the intolerance--all worse than ever. And I tried so hard to be a good JW. But it is not to be. The "truth" is out there. Pray for me to find a loving fellowship of believers.

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Help Needed on Problems with WTS

by WT=watchtrouble in

hi everyone, hope this finds you all well!

i am in the process of getting out, but could do with help.. i am wanting to know more of the doubts/concerns, cover ups/scandals and abuse etc.

i keep getting asked why i am no longer going but find it hard to have material to back up what i am saying.

DeeR

Why do you think that you have to prove anything? They're not going to listen and you don't need for them to "understand" where you are coming from. Just get out. I know that may sound easier than it is. I am in the process of getting out myself. I'm starting by missing meetings. This weekend I will miss an assembly, too. I'm just going to make myself scarce.