Posts by Magwitch

Right after the birth of my first born, which was 15 years before I left. No one was ever going to tell me I could not save her life if she needed blood.

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HAPPY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY MR & MRS SMIDDY

by smiddy in

53 years ago we got married in a kh by a bro.

about 20 years ago my wife and i, and two children left the cult , and have never been happier .. wifey was happy with the flowers i gave her and this evening we will go for a quiet dinner at a restuarant with a bottle or two of champers and if i`m lucky i may even get desserts , or not.. smiddy.

Magwitch

So happy for you!

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How many in the cong visited you when you started fading

by joe134cd in

i'm just curious speaking from a person who has stopped going to meetings.

i have heard reports from inactive ones (or from ones who the elders suspect of going to the dark side) of having so many visits from elders (cong members) that it got to the point of harassment.

surprisingly i have to say from personal experience and from numerous others that i have spoken to that the exact opposite has been the case.

Magwitch

As soon as I wrote the letter to the PO that my ex had grounds to remarry, the harassment started without let up. They were calling around the clock. I had moved 30 miles away and they were pounding on the door frequently. One day my sister was at my house when the phone rang and I told her that I could not take the harassment anymore. She picked up the phone and told the elder that if they wanted to DF me that would be wonderful but to absolutely leave me the F... Alone and then she slammed the phone down and turned to me and said..."was that so hard?" They never bothered me again. I heard later, through the grape vine, that they DFed me. I had not been to a meeting or associated with any JW in a couple of years, however they felt the great need to make that announcement.

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Don't tell me that I am a priority in your life

by KariOtt in

jw
friends

valentines day.

another holiday that unbelieving spouses can't celebrate.

just one out of many holiday's and important days that we get the shaft on.

Magwitch

Kari, I can relate to so many things you said. I was married for 20 years to a man that devoted almost every waking minute to the congregation. I was invisible. He really did not have time for a job because he was always preparing a talk, making shepherding calls, fixing some sisters car or painting someones house for free. He only became more and more unbalanced. On our 20th anniversary he was up on stage giving the Memorial talk. That was the straw that broke the camel's back. I filed for divorce that week and have never looked back. Since you still love him, all is not lost. I say put your foot down and start being heard.

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WT Video on how to handle JWs contemplating suicide

by Oubliette in

http://www.mediafire.com/watch/cvas6fcrc9zca94/shepherding_instructional_suicidal_widow.avi.

i just watched beginning of the recently leaked video produced by the wtbts allegedly instructing elders how to treat jws contemplating suicide.

i am so apalled i cannot even begin to describe it!.

Magwitch

That ending was so stupid. The elders cured Mary by telling her Job had it worse and now they will all have a cookie and sing Kumbaya

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Some memorable quotes I dug up

by sd-7 in

cult members often isolate themselves from friends, family, and even society in general.

is that the case with jehovahs witnesses?

are the witnesses using deceptive and unethical techniques to recruit members?.

Magwitch

Thank you SD7

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Were You Ever Comfortable Going From House To House?

by minimus in

jw
friends

because i was raised a witness, i don't think i was "uncomfortable" knocking on strangers' doors.

(weirdo).. but as i got older, i simply didn't want to bother anyone so i was at there door for no more than 30 seconds.

at the end i hated being there..

Magwitch

I never was comfortable with it, even though I regular pioneered for a decade.

A slight highjack of this thread.....

Last week our doorbell rang during dinner and Bobby answered the door and told them we were having dinner. The women said they would come back and he said "Please do not". About an hour later the door bell rings again, by this time I am in my PJ's and Bobby is in bed, now the dog starts barking like crazy. I open the door and one of my cats runs out (and it was below zero at the time). I thought they must be nuts to be out knocking on doors in below zero weather. They were trying to sell internet service or something of the kind and I was really pissed. The heat and cats were escaping out the open door, the dog is waking up everyone in the house and they are trying to sell me something lame. I wondered what in the hell would possess people to do this.

It made me wonder how many people I did this to people through the years.

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Was There ANYTHING The Watchtower Taught You That Benefited You?

by minimus in

besides learning how to speak publicly, has the watchtower given you any benefits?

?.

Magwitch

I have a college education because I read the Awake magazines. One magazine said we should wash our hands with soap after going to the bathroom. How can you put a price on an education like that?

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Woody Allen speaks out

by NewYork44M in

woody allen wrote a very compelling article in the op-ed of the new york times.. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/opinion/sunday/woody-allen-speaks-out.html?ref=opinion&_r=0.

have you ever been accused of something you did not do?

if that happens, what do you do?.

Magwitch

Fatfreek thank you for sharing your horrific story. I am so sorry this happened to you.