Posts by BloominMarvellous

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Best Use for Jehovah's Word

by chipote in

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i was wondering what the best use people ever had for "jehovah's word".

for me, "jehovah's word" aided me tremendously in my gardening efforts.

i had to borrow some books from my mom to get the full use of all this spiritual information but my new strawberry plants will enjoy all this material.

BloominMarvellous

I used them on my head!

Learning to walk like a lady

LOL

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Help! Holy Spirit is Sucking me back in!

by BloominMarvellous in

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hi guys.

its been a long time since ive been on here!

just trying to get on with my life.

BloominMarvellous

Hi thank you for the comments.

The weird thing is by the time I left they werent that friendly to me (see my earlier topics and posts) and i already saw flaws in it then. so i dont know why i want to go back.

i have no family in it or real friends even my ex-study conductor has moved 200 miles away so she doesnt see me (she lived 8 doors away!)

Im going to see Mr Majestic tomorrow so hopefully he can help me too.

But guys thank you so much for your comments, i will be reading this again, and i will be pondering on your comments

Thanks Bx

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Help! Holy Spirit is Sucking me back in!

by BloominMarvellous in

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hi guys.

its been a long time since ive been on here!

just trying to get on with my life.

BloominMarvellous

Hi guys

Its been a long time since ive been on here! Just trying to get on with my life. But like many of you know, you cant just forget the 'truth' and what is did or is doing to you.

It wants me back and I dont know what I want to do. I am searching for something in my life- I dont know if thats God or not.

Where can I go from here? Its really getting me down and being clinically depressed and on anti-depressants, this shit isnt going to help me!

Have any of you been at this crossroads and how did you cope? I would really appreciate your help and advice

Cheers Bloomin (or withering)

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WTS causing more anguish

by GapingMouth in

i don't really know where to start on my first post; i feel i have so much to say and yet i am so emotionally tired that it is hard to go through it all again in my head.

but, i do need support and advice and so i will make the effort.. i started having doubts about certain beliefs of the witnesses about 2 years ago and did research since that i now come to the belief there is no god, and witnesses definitely are a cult.. at first it bothered me more on the god issue, but now i am more bothered by the cult issue, mainly because it dictates my life even though i am aware of it.. when i was a child, my mother and father divorced and my mother told me i will live with my father because she was going to die at armageddon being a non witness.

i think, as well as many other pressures i cant list for fear of a very long post, this was the main pressure that made me get baptized even though i wasn't that happy being a witness.

BloominMarvellous

GapingMouth

I have a lot of researched information as I have just about left (check my posts and topics)

Will compile for you soon.

Cheers Bloomin x

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"Men of JWN: The 2010 Calendar"! Anyone in??

by Kudra in

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this was jokingly mentioned in another thread.... i think it would be great to do it- just in time for x-mas gifts!!!.

what better to give your fave aposta-buddy than a scintillating men of jwn calendar??.

a women of jwn calendar??.

BloominMarvellous

Im 21 so all okay!

What about a nude pic with a Bible and an Organization Book? That would be fun!

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"Men of JWN: The 2010 Calendar"! Anyone in??

by Kudra in

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this was jokingly mentioned in another thread.... i think it would be great to do it- just in time for x-mas gifts!!!.

what better to give your fave aposta-buddy than a scintillating men of jwn calendar??.

a women of jwn calendar??.

BloominMarvellous

I would love to be in the calendar would I be too young though?

Bloomin x

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Would you like to be a member of the "Governing Body"?

by The Berean in

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oh, the good life ... at what cost?.

imagine for a moment that you could attain a position of adoration from seven million people.imagine that all of your everyday needs were supplied for you simply for talking about a pie-in-the-the-sky vision.imagine having millions of slaves who regularly sent you endless amounts of hard-earned money to fund such a "delusion"suppose you could write, change, and exempt yourself from the rules that an entire sub-culture lived by.imagine a free legal team at your disposal to justify, protect, and defend your every action.imagine that your entire environment waited with baited breath for your next statement, wrote it down, and took it as gospel.suppose you were led to believe you were closer to god than most everyone and that you were one who had the power to alter the course of history..consider having a staff of "front people" who would not only protect your access but would take responsibility for anything that might reflect badly on you.think of what it would be like if others believed that you should be treated the same as jesus.and yet, this is the world for those within the walls of the watchtower boardroom.. while members of the governing body of jehovah's witnesses are the focus of doubt and condemnation by former members, one has to wonder how many critics might "sell out," compromise, and accept the position as god's supposed mediator to enjoy the benefits of playing the game, even to the detriment of millions of suporters who seem to relish their servitude.. perhaps i am weak, evil, and selfish, but with a life of obscurity i would have probably thought long and hard about refusing such an anointing from people who were already bent on worshipping someone.

would you?.

BloominMarvellous

I would love to be a member of the governing body so I could tell all the faithful servants that its all lies

Bloomin x

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Has anyone lost a friend or known of someone who committed suicide over BORG-induced guilt?

by Alpaca in

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i am not going to use any names for this because i don't want to cause potential hurt to anyone.. there was a very nice family in my congregation when i was a teenager.

step-dad, mom, and her 4 kids.

the dad became an elder, had a great business, the mom spent lots of time with the kids.

BloominMarvellous

I didn't actually attempt sucide because I had some great friends there with me- Thank you Mr Majestic and HB!

But I stopped eating for two or three days when the elders were deciding what to do with me, I just couldn't face food because I felt so guilty for my actions and truly believed that I had let each one of the congregation and Jehovah down. My study conductor (also my so-called best friend at the time) was shunning me. The elders told me not to speak to anyone in the congregation about what had happened and not to speak to anyone in the world (even though I've had depression for ten years and they know that). I was completely cut off, I luckily broke their rules and spoke to my worldly friends who helped me through it.

Stopping eating make me weak and depressed and going to my judicial comitee I was shaking like a leaf and it wasnt just nerves (not baptised but they still treated it like a court).

The Borg don't know this kind of treatment can affect others and how much pain and distress it can cause. The elders are not trained counsellors and cannot begin to understand how the mind works.

They could have killed me and they would have just blamed it on my depression!

Thanks for reading

Bloomin x

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As a JW Did other Witnesses Annoy you by Condemning " Worldly Music" ?

by flipper in

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i know i got bothered by all the self righteous music police who would condemn me or others for our awesome record collections from early years as a teenager .

several experiences were really quite odd .

one brother came up to me saying i was wrong to listen to the moody blues " nights in white satin "!