Posts by ziddina

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A story of brotherly love.....

by Tatiana in

since i've been here, from around july, 2001, i haven't really shared any personal experiences of why i left the society, except for the story about my sister who committed suicide.

this is kind of long, so i will tell it in parts.

if this is god's organization, i will gladly be a devil worshiper.. here goes....... when i was about 27 years old, (around 1984) after my divorce, i'd moved from laurens, south carolina back to andrews, sc, and rented the house beside my grandmother.

ziddina

Wow, Dazed and Confused, I am SO sorry to hear of your son's death! What HORRIBLE people who wouldn't even offer you a bed for the night - and yet they probably fall all over themselves trying to impress the circuit servant when HE comes to town...

Ironically, had you been a member of a group like the SCA [Society for Creative Anachronism] or some other social club, you probably would have had LOTS of help - I've seen SCA members here behave VERY generously towards their members in need...

Heck, I've helped people pack up their houses and have 'autocrated' at least one charitable event at the public zoo for the SCA, so I've seen them in action...

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A story of brotherly love.....

by Tatiana in

since i've been here, from around july, 2001, i haven't really shared any personal experiences of why i left the society, except for the story about my sister who committed suicide.

this is kind of long, so i will tell it in parts.

if this is god's organization, i will gladly be a devil worshiper.. here goes....... when i was about 27 years old, (around 1984) after my divorce, i'd moved from laurens, south carolina back to andrews, sc, and rented the house beside my grandmother.

ziddina

Wow... I am absolutely moved to tears by this story... What heartless Jehovah's Witnesses they were!!

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In the Eyes of Yadda Yadda 2,The Watchtower Is Here To Stay, Forget It. Really??

by Scott77 in

some of you 'apostates' really do fantasize about the demise of the organisation.

the watchtower isn't going to shut down or quietly disappear any time in the next 50 years plus, any more than the mormons will, or the 7th day adventists or christadelphians will.

each religion has their own unique market share based on their unique brand and religious product that appeals to their consumer market segment.

ziddina

Ah... Well, considering that Christianity itself started out as a "cult" - perhaps more accurately, as a number of cults, I'd say the odds of the Watchtower Society going down are slim to nun... But 3that's not going to stop me from putting forth effort to get as many people out or dissuade as many people as possible from joining in the first place...

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My mother passed away this morning...

by Tatiana in

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for any old-school ex-jws here that remember my many posts about my abusive jw mother and my sister committing suicide because of it...she passed away this morning because she began to bleed out and refused a transfusion.

she had been in the hospital for a month.

it appears she suffered a stroke and wasn't found by the brothers & sisters for three days (they missed her at the meetings).

ziddina

I am so sorry to hear of your loss - and your mother's loss. How she lost out on a happy life with her children and grandchildren because she believed the lies of a cult instead of listening to her heart... I am so sorry for all the sorrow that you've had to go through, due to this cult.

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"Believers" vs. Atheists- Why this formulation?

by Band on the Run in

i believe christ is god.

when i left the witnesses i believed i had to be agnostic.

through a scheduling conflict, i studied the new testament in college.

ziddina

Ironically, the bizarre form of emotionalistic belief that some on-board have succumbed to, falls into a category of "heresy" or even "blasphemy" for nearly all other Christians...

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It's been a while, just popping in

by Nosferatu in

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there's probably a lot of people here who don't remember me.

the short of it is i was dragged into the cult at the age of five, left at age 18 and have never looked back.. .

there really isn't much for jw issues affecting my life, although i had to give my mother shit for trying to indoctrate my child.

ziddina

Hi, Nosferatu!

I think you tapered off on this board before I joined, but [since I'm basically lazy] now I can just click on your name and read all about you!!

Thanks!

Zid

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New video: Stephen Lett warns about "Women's Lip"

by cedars in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=citaz613koc.

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cedars.

ziddina

"Happily married people, who have sorted this out succesfully, live longest, perhaps one day really long. blessings..." Prologos, page #3

Actually, married MEN live longer than SINGLE men;

However, some studies have shown that married WOMEN have SHORTER LIFE SPANS than SINGLE women., while others have indicated that there is a VERY small lifespan increase for married women....

From Scientific American: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-women-live-longer

Indeed, statistically speaking, men get a much better deal out of marriage than their wives—married men tend to live many years longer than single men, whereas married women live only a little bit longer than single women.

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Invited to Attend a J W Kangaroo Court Proceeding: Tell Them to: Put the Reason for Requesting Your Presents in Writing Along With Any Alleged Charges of Wrong Doing, So You Can Give it To Your Lawyer.

by frankiespeakin in

by doing this the elders have to contact hq to get further instructions.

in many cases they will think it just not worth the red tape to proceed any further.

unless they concider you a real bad apple or threat that needs to be delt with in which case it should hold them off for a couple of months till they get direction from hq.. the wt is being threatened with law suits, they have to deal with big legal concideration of child molestation and other areas as the public is become less and less tollerant of wacko religions with abusive behavior.

ziddina

Haw!!! I LOVE it!!!

Unfortunately, most JWs are too bullied, intimidated and cowed to stand up to the Watchtower Society's "authority on earth"...

But for those who are at least semi-awake, it is a GREAT idea!!!

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Invited to Attend a J W Kangaroo Court Proceeding: Tell Them to: Put the Reason for Requesting Your Presents in Writing Along With Any Alleged Charges of Wrong Doing, So You Can Give it To Your Lawyer.

by frankiespeakin in

by doing this the elders have to contact hq to get further instructions.

in many cases they will think it just not worth the red tape to proceed any further.

unless they concider you a real bad apple or threat that needs to be delt with in which case it should hold them off for a couple of months till they get direction from hq.. the wt is being threatened with law suits, they have to deal with big legal concideration of child molestation and other areas as the public is become less and less tollerant of wacko religions with abusive behavior.

ziddina

Haw!!! I LOVE it!!!

Unfortunately, most JWs are too bullied, intimidated and cowed to stand up to the Watchtower Society's "authority on earth"...

But for those who are at least semi-awake, it is a GREAT idea!!!

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Mars speaks!

by snare&racket in

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exciting news from nasa, have they found evidence for water, life or bigfoot?.

grotzinger says they recently put a soil sample in sam, and the analysis shows something earthshaking.

"this data is gonna be one for the history books.

ziddina

Either they found methane - again, or...

Let your imaginations run riot.