Posts by verystupid77

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What Were Some Stupid Rules In Your Hall?

by minimus in

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families with younger children had to sit in the last 3 rows or they were counseled!.

disfellowshipped persons were told not to sit next to each other and talk because it "looks like they're unrepentant"..

verystupid77

That may have been because they leave their pedophiles unchecked and don't warn parents about perverts in their midst.

This is the case in my hall the elders say they will be the one watching the kids so NO PARENTS can know the child molesters are but the elders don't stop anything. The pedophiles even hold the kids and because none of the parents know it is all fine with the elders. I do not know what the elders are watching then. The PO told me that he was worried because one pedophile aways followed the kids to the bathroom and this PO just did not know how to stop it. OH MY GOD I got into huge trouble for telling a mom who one of the pedophiles was and then the stupid mom let her kid sit with the pedophiles family because the elders told her I was a gossip for informing her. I know, I know sounds to crazy to be true. Sadly it is true.

In one of my halls you could not put anything on the back counter such as a thank you note or a wedding invitation. Then we moved to a different hall and the PO's daughter was getting married I want to say more but just a little afraid that I might get found out so let just say the daughter was getting married to this cheapskate. Well instead of mailing out invitation they just put it on the back counter for everyone to see. How tacky in some ways and also how stupid for it to be so horribly wrong in one hall and two miles away it is OK. Stupid religion.

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Could Watchtower Collapse Be Sooner Than You Think?

by metatron in

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there have been a number of developments over the past few months and they paint an interesting picture.. witnesses can keep dragging themselves to meetings ad infinitum however, the future of the watchtower itself is another story.

the evidence of continuing cash flow problems is now overwhelming.

if you talk to well placed witnesses, most won't deny it but simply blame it on the publishers financial problems.. they have cut off loans to congregations many of whom genuinely need new kingdom halls.

verystupid77

I think I agree with Jeff. I just do not see it being around like it is. Only mentally unstable people are coming into the truth right now in my area. Ones with no Internet and no way to really think for themselves. It is really sad seeing people who have no real mind listening to the meetings and the witnesses who are studying with them are love bombing them. These mentally unstable one are soaking it all up and it is just sad to watch. But they have nothing to give the WT and that is the only ones that are coming in. No normal person with Internet is coming anywhere near a kingdom hall.

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WHAT WAS YOUR AHA! MOMENT THATIT WAS TIME TO EXIT THE BORG?

by freewilly01 in

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i had a huge light bulb on moment as i wasy in therapy dealing with a nasty anxiety disorder for many years and having a huge trigger in my life finally silenced.

it was almost the last thing that i thought i would end up doing expecially if you asked my wife and myself even a year before our decision to " live " thats how i view it not decision to leave...........it was a decision to live.. .

my therapist psychiatrist asked me who are you?

verystupid77

we had to have absolute faith in the WTBTS. That we had to have such a faith that if "Mother" told us to jump off a local bridge, we would do it.

Wow Robdar that was what was told to us last summer at the DC. I was shocked as I looked around and everyone was nodding and agreeing I knew then that something was very wrong with all of this. That was on of my moments that I realized that this could not be the truth. This is really scary.

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I feel so discouraged

by mouthy in

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that micheal jacksons kids are being raise in the wt.

how very,very sad.

i am so upset about that..

verystupid77

I am sorry to hear that I have not kept up with any or it. That is so unbelievable. Didn't she learn the first time around.

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If The Jehovah's Witnesses Continued or Ceased Would You Be Greatly Affected?

by minimus in

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does the fact that jws still exist have any effect upon you?.

verystupid77

I think if the ceased to be around it would be really peaceful. No more bugging people on Saturdays morning, etc. No more sending pedophiles to their doors. I think the world would be a better place if they if they were gone.

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WHAT WAS YOUR AHA! MOMENT THATIT WAS TIME TO EXIT THE BORG?

by freewilly01 in

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i had a huge light bulb on moment as i wasy in therapy dealing with a nasty anxiety disorder for many years and having a huge trigger in my life finally silenced.

it was almost the last thing that i thought i would end up doing expecially if you asked my wife and myself even a year before our decision to " live " thats how i view it not decision to leave...........it was a decision to live.. .

my therapist psychiatrist asked me who are you?

verystupid77

For me it was when I realized that a child molester was holding children and not one elder saw anything wrong with it. Not only that but I got into huge trouble over it because it upset me. I was told it was none of my concern. I was made to feel like I was in the wrong for hurting the poor child molester, we do not want to hurt their feeling you know forget about the children. The elders could care less about children, Jehovah can fix their minds in the new system it is pedophiles we need to care for now.

Just Sick

After dealing with this the rest of this religion began to look less appealing.

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Since leaving the witnesses....

by LouBelle in

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my life has been an absolute joy.

i didn't realise how unhappy i was and how much tension, angst and animosity i actually carried around with me when in that faith - it was always us against them, with regards to everything.

i wasn't allowed to just be myself, to be free to express myself - and by that i don't mean being sexually immoral, drinking and passing out...i just mean plain and simple me laughing, joking, sleeping in, playing sports, healty compition, buy a gift for my mother on mothers' day, celebrating a birthday of someone i love (all those beautiful little things that make a person unique you know).. my life now is free, happy, mostly full of joy and peace.

verystupid77

Thanks again mouthy. Leaving is hard as you know but I have so much more peace now. That is the best part of it.

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This just makes me kinda sad

by triax in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naywan3uolc.

verystupid77

very sad

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Since leaving the witnesses....

by LouBelle in

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my life has been an absolute joy.

i didn't realise how unhappy i was and how much tension, angst and animosity i actually carried around with me when in that faith - it was always us against them, with regards to everything.

i wasn't allowed to just be myself, to be free to express myself - and by that i don't mean being sexually immoral, drinking and passing out...i just mean plain and simple me laughing, joking, sleeping in, playing sports, healty compition, buy a gift for my mother on mothers' day, celebrating a birthday of someone i love (all those beautiful little things that make a person unique you know).. my life now is free, happy, mostly full of joy and peace.

verystupid77

I am just starting my life outside but I agree with you when you said

My life now is free, happy, mostly full of joy and peace. I'm more compassionate towards strangers and truly have a love for my fellow man that I did not have as a witnesses. I'm healthier, stronger and just a much better person for it.

Well I agreed with it all. It is just so hard to leave the brain washing that we have went through.

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The biggest scandals in your local congs

by jacethespace in

what was the biggest scandals[or incidents] in your own congregations that got you starting to doubt whether the watchtower was what it made itself out to be?.

one the things for me was the attitude of the people in the congregation after i had took some time off meetings and then returned again.i quickly realized there was no unconditional love only conditional love.also when the watchtower had a letter read out from the platform warning us to not watch the bbc panarama documentary on the watchtowers child abuse problems.and everyone just avoided watching it and said that it was "satan"trying to use anything to get us out the "truth".

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verystupid77

Pedophiles

Pedophiles working with children in service, holding children, etc.