Posts by VIII

And, you are somebody. Somebody that is like many, many people here who have come and needed help before you. *We* are here for you. There are so many of us who have felt what you are feeling and wanted to do exactly that. You are not alone.

This is a place where you can start to understand yourself and your background better. If you are seeing a therapist, with their help, and with the stuff you learn here, you can really understand and grow. It will happen.

Please keep coming back. Read all kinds of threads. There are some interesting people here.

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Sham Owww!

by VIII in

the sham wow creator and pitchman vince shlomi is a former scientologist.

he got arrested for beating up a prostitute when she bit his tongue and wouldn't let go!

http://www.theinsider.com/news/2676127_shamwow_pitchman_god_beat_him_up_too.

VIII

The Sham Wow creator and Pitchman Vince Shlomi is a former Scientologist.

He got arrested for beating up a prostitute when she bit his tongue and wouldn't let go!

http://www.theinsider.com/news/2676127_ShamWow_Pitchman_God_Beat_Him_Up_Too

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An Open Letter From Jeff

by AllTimeJeff in

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but i don't write this for sympathy.

actually, i just thought you all would like to hear how i am doing, esp with a little space now between me and the borg.

(its been 3 years).

VIII

Hi Jeff--I enjoy your posts. You left a very abusive, manipulative cult. That is very impressive. (As everyone here understands and should be patted on the back for).

It is hard, as we all know, to leave, stay out, and not reflect on all that. As noted, depression seems common. I won't give any advice. I will just ask you to keep posting as long as you feel up to it. I don't post on your threads enough, but, I do appreciate them.

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swine flu is armageddon ! anyone else heard that one ?

by looloo in

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my friends mum is a dub , and she has told her grandchild to come back to meetings as armageddon is coming in the form of swine flu and its going to kill everyone in a month because a member of the congregation had a dream , the problem is the month has passed !

what a lovely grandma telling her grandchild such bedtime stories ,physological child abuse i would have thought it really pisses me off that these people get away with putting such fear into kids heads and have the damn nerve to look down on "worldley people " poor kids .

VIII

Read some of my posts for the Armageddon predictions I've been getting from my family. I should be locked up in a rubber room by now based upon the number of doomsday e-mails I get.

If something negative is heard in the news, it is Armageddon / Great Tribulation fodder for the JWs.

You need to talk them down. Do some serious research on the subject that they are bringing up and point out that these things happened before in history and, yet, here we still are.

Praise Jah.

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For Oompa

by sd-7 in

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it is with great reluctance that i attempt another entry.

i'll keep it short.

oompa, i forgive you.

VIII

SD-7,

I hope you are OK.

I got that dvd from my Mom and honestly, I couldn't watch it. It brought back every bad memory of the Paradise book. I don't know if you remember that book; it was kind of coral colored and was made for kids from what I can recall. I remember taking crayons to it.

You are not a monster. You are a very strong person who left a very strong cult. It is a cult. I left years ago so it is easier for me to talk about than someone who recently left. I still have contact with my Mom's side of the family, yet, it is difficult.

Please don't feel that this site is a waste of time. It is a great place to learn about the feelings you have and the resources that you need to understand those feelings.. There are so many people here who went through what you did.

Oompa sometimes just doesn't seem to take threads seriously. Don't let posts like his let you walk back into the cult or to hurt yourself.

Armageddon is not going to happen. We all have come to accept that. We all have sat down and logically read information and thought about the lies we read and realized that they are just that. LIES. The JWs do not have the truth. It is a story. A made up fantasy to control people.

Please let me and others here you are OK. PM me if you want. Please.

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burnout!

by John Doe in

be sure to watch it all.

;-).

http://s150.photobucket.com/albums/s101/caporal30/other/?action=view&current=burnoutinternational.flv.

VIII

When were you in Iraq?!

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DNCall Unmasked - Part 4 of 5

by DNCall in

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startfragment.

even though i didnt have the title of elder, i was still active in my work at bethel and the congregation used me as much as possible.

when the congregation recommended that i once again serve as an elder, one elder raised the objection that that barbara was a low-hour publisher.

VIII

Thank you very much for your write up and I am looking forward to reading more.

You probably know my relatives in the southern California area.

My cousin is a musician also.

Very brave write up.

Welcome to the board!

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What can be done about those who go berserk with a gun?

by badboy in

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i don't really understand the phenonoma.. .

VIII

Here is one story from the local ABC station in Chicago about a man who had an illegal handgun and who shot an intruder in his own home. The same dumbass criminal came back two nights in a row to rob (possibly assualt) his family.

The suburb, Wilmette, is one of the most expensive suburbs in the Chicago area. It is in the same county as Chicago.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6229712

He shot, the criminal survived and got two years and the homeowner was fined $750 for violating the handgun ban.

Man's home gets broken into, cops don't do crap, he protects his family, he gets fined.

That's f^cked up.

Here are the Illinois gun laws, simple:

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=resources&id=6059933

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What can be done about those who go berserk with a gun?

by badboy in

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i don't really understand the phenonoma.. .

VIII

50,000 to 75,000 years ago Shanidar 3, a Neanderthal, got a spear to the gut.

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1912195,00.html

Now it's a bullet.

So, have we evolved?

No.

Will we evolve or change if you take away all the guns and give us Snuggies (The Blanket with Sleeves?).

No.

Either way, Homo sapiens have been killing each other since they have been finding rib and jaw bones.

Betsy you sound like you're ready to go back to Paradise. The Mother is waiting for you. I'm sure there are some DCs you could still attend.