Posts by palmtree67

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Wanted to get reinstated... Almost ready to give up

by headisspinning in

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i'd like to hear from anyone who was disfellowshipped but fully intended to go back as soon as possible and how that worked out or didn't.

i'd like to hear how soon you went back to meetings, how many letters requesting reinstatement you wrote, how you were treated, and how long it took you to get bitter and jaded.... or in the off chance you had a positive experience, what exactly happened.. really struggling here... thanks!.

palmtree67

Well, my experience is a bit like Poopsie's:

I fully intended to go back when I was df'ed. But I had taken so much abuse in the Org that I wasn't ready emotionally or mentally for the way we would be treated.

In the meantime, I started checking stuff out that had always bothered me, but I never had time to really look into - my own personal "Wait on Jehovah" file.

I found out that alot of what I had been taught (I was a born-in) wasn't true. After that, I had no problem stepping away from the religion. I started focusing on building a new life and finding happiness. And I've accomplished both those things in a short period of time.

I hope your man is in therapy or getting some counselling. I wish you the best on your journey!!

Palm

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Wanted to get reinstated... Almost ready to give up

by headisspinning in

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i'd like to hear from anyone who was disfellowshipped but fully intended to go back as soon as possible and how that worked out or didn't.

i'd like to hear how soon you went back to meetings, how many letters requesting reinstatement you wrote, how you were treated, and how long it took you to get bitter and jaded.... or in the off chance you had a positive experience, what exactly happened.. really struggling here... thanks!.

palmtree67

Are you wanting to get reinstated to have contact with JW family, or are you going back because you think they have "The Truth"??

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Governing Body Autographs Gift Bibles For Cuban Authorities

by PublishingCult in

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"the one sacred book that thus from first to last declares its author to be jehovah god is the holy bible.

" (w60 10/1 p. 584 par.

5 the holy biblethe book by jehovahs witnesses).

palmtree67

In another thread someone talked about GB members signing Bibles at Bethel.........and a couple posters said that it was absolutely untrue and would never happen.

I thought it sounded far-fetched, or was maybe a lapse in judgment on some GB member's part.........

Wow.

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Feeling Mellow

by boyzone in

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yeah, so i've had 2 glassses of red wine and i'm feeling really chilled out, nice and mellow.

just a little muddled in the head but still kinda able to correct my spellling mistakes as i type.

all the cares of the day are drifting into the "whatever" zone and my limbs are heavy.. ain't life sweet sometimes?

palmtree67

It's only 12:30 pm here.........

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sd-7's Evening Meal, The 1st Memorial of Freedom from the WT

by sd-7 in

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in the night that his expulsion from jehovah's witnesses was to be announced, sd-7 took a pop tart, gave thanks to no one, not even kellogg's, broke it, and passed it to himself, saying, "take, eat.

this means my body, which no longer sits in a kingdom hall.

keep chewing this in remembrance of me.

palmtree67

I went to the Memorial last year. They stuck us in the "back room" with all the other bad people.

There was a little boy, coughing and sneezing and crying, who clearly should've been at home in bed. Another small child screamed through the entire talk and threw McDonald's french fries all over the floor. People were walking in and out the entire time, and the sound in the "back room" didn't work very well, so we couldn't hear anything.

It all seemed really HOLLOW and meaningless.......not respectful, at all. Not being a partaker (obviously, since we are both df'ed), I thought, "THIS is what I'm here to observe????"

I had a good cry when I went home. I had been investigating gnostic beliefs at the time and that Memorial left me feeling really.....EMPTY.

I talked to a gnostic friend, and then I had a small celebration with organic crackers and wine, with prayer and meditation on my own. I felt much better.

But perhaps I will try the Pop Tarts and chocolate milk this year.....

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Ready for the big showdown!

by Pams girl in

thanks to all who have given me such support this past week, for your kind pms, and all your hints and tips for leaving..or slipping away.

hubby threw out all my wt and awake literature yesterday (going back to 1983, it was a lot!).

ive read so much, heared testamonials, done my research, taken on board your help and suggestions.

palmtree67

It still feels like Im going to the executioner, as thats how my brain is wired up. Im sure my anguish over it isnt comparible to the horror of others being in for years, but to me it feels just as bad,

Don't forget - YOU know what's going to happen, YOU are controlling the agenda.

THEY are the ones coming into the conversation not knowing what's going to be said.

It's a huge advantage for you!

Good luck!

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I've been outed...

by brotherdan in

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so this weekend my wife had a major grand mal seizure for the first time in her life.

she was rushed to the er.

a few hours later while i was at her side she had another major one.. it was the scariest moment in my life.

palmtree67

Alright. I have to step in here now.

Collective Soul is one of my favourite bands.

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I need some lovin tonight. Some tender loving affection and care, ya know?

by miseryloveselders in

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i don't mean sex, but rather affection.

i need to be pampered and tended to.

just want somebody to put their hands on my face and call me baby tonight.

palmtree67

Misery,

I can't really cyber-pamper you, but I will tell you this:

I really like you. I'm glad you post here. I only wish peace and good things for you.

And boobies:

Hee hee hee

Palm

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What Doctrines or JW Views Did You Not Find Too Believable?

by minimus in

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the thought that a loving creator would violently destroy anyone not belonging to the jehovah's witness religion including billions of babies seemed just not right.. the fact that you could recieve some "acceptable" blood components but could not donate those same lifesaving yourself seemed strange.

you could recieve a blood fraction but you couldn't give it.. any others you can think of?

?.

palmtree67

Mags:

"I had a hard time believing that the only spirit anointed people in my congregation were the child molester and the mentally ill, fibromyalgia sister"

LOL

In my Hall, it was the old geezer who had been married 4 times, and the mentally ill sister with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

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Finished Mystery (1917)... The book that Jesus approved...

by Alfred in

so a few months ago, a friend sent me an actual copy of finished mystery which was published in 1917 (not a pdf download... the actual book).

i must say, this was the most disturbing book i have ever had the displeasure of reading.

but i only read it because this was the main publication that was being distributed worldwide when jesus supposedly chose the watchtower in 1918 and i basically wanted to see for myself what jesus saw in the wt that would compel him to choose this religious corporation over all other religious denominations.. anyway, if anyone is interested in knowing the actual contents of this book, here are some bullet points i put together from some of the notes i took as i read the book:.

palmtree67

This one is my favourite:

46. In fulfillment of Ezekiel 24:15-19, God took away Russell’s desire for his wife by putting a spiritual plague over her which made her “dead” in the eyes of Russell (p.483, p.484)