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a few months ago there was a thread about a couple of elders at the mill hill bethel being disfellowshipped because they disagreed with some wt doctrine (i can't recall exactly what it was) and that several other betheliteswere under 'investigation'.

i haven't heard anything since, does anyone know anything more about this?.

borghater xx.

BorgHater

Hi there Dave, it's Bibi here. Glad you have joined this thread.

I just want to say that my mum, dad and i have been helped greatly by Dave and the genuine people on Gen and Rev t.v. Dave has spent hours on the phone to my parents, giving them much needed support and a listening ear (we can call him day or night). What you are doing in counselling ex cult members is great PodoBear, but do bear in mind that sometimes it is only other ex-witnesses who can really understand the depths of the feelings involved as they have been through it themselves. Dave is a wonderful guy and what's more, his support is free of charge!!

BorgHater xx

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Mill Hill Disfellowshippings

by BorgHater in

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a few months ago there was a thread about a couple of elders at the mill hill bethel being disfellowshipped because they disagreed with some wt doctrine (i can't recall exactly what it was) and that several other betheliteswere under 'investigation'.

i haven't heard anything since, does anyone know anything more about this?.

borghater xx.

BorgHater

Thanks so much for sharing that information Paulpollos, sorry for what you have had to go through, sounds like it must have been a difficult and horrible situation to be in. I hope you are all doing o.k now.

Much love, BorgHater xx

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email fwd from my mom: utter BS..bet the sheeple eat this crap up and MY REACTION

by SnakesInTheTower in

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i received this crap from my jw mom today.

i hope it doesn't "encourage" you to go back .

you see, when i left, i immediately felt the relief of not being burned all the time by all of the gossip that occurs within the congregations, circuits, etc.

BorgHater

Haha that's an old illustration that was given at my mum's church the other week regarding christian fellowship! Typical of the witnesses to hijack it and try to pass it off as a sheperding visit experience. Pathetic!

BorgHater x

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Mill Hill Disfellowshippings

by BorgHater in

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a few months ago there was a thread about a couple of elders at the mill hill bethel being disfellowshipped because they disagreed with some wt doctrine (i can't recall exactly what it was) and that several other betheliteswere under 'investigation'.

i haven't heard anything since, does anyone know anything more about this?.

borghater xx.

BorgHater

A few months ago there was a thread about a couple of elders at the Mill Hill Bethel being disfellowshipped because they disagreed with some WT doctrine (i can't recall exactly what it was) and that several other betheliteswere under 'investigation'. I haven't heard anything since, does anyone know anything more about this?

Thanks

BorgHater xx

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My hypocrite JW family

by BorgHater in

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recently my mum told her jw family that she was da'ing herself and why.

as you can imagine, they were not happy and the shunning has begun (not to mention one of her sisters sending her a horrible letter and the other sister spitting vitriol and hatred down the phone at her - very christian).. now, if my mum's family were totally upright, loyal and zealous witnesses the shunning would still be horrible but somehow easier to bear - at least you could respect their consistency.

but the fact is, one of her sisters has covered up and made excuses for years for the immoral and wayward behavoiur of her own children, proudly declaring 'no one (meaning the gb) tells me what to do'.

BorgHater

Thanks for your kind words guys, much appreciated My mum has already met some really nice people at her local church who have been very kind and supportive (but not in a pushy, love-bombing way) and has also been supported by some really lovely ex-witness so it all helps to lessen the blow of losing her family (i know not everone is as lucky to find friendship so quickly outside of the Borg). And of course, where would we be without this brilliant forum?

BorgHater xx

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My hypocrite JW family

by BorgHater in

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recently my mum told her jw family that she was da'ing herself and why.

as you can imagine, they were not happy and the shunning has begun (not to mention one of her sisters sending her a horrible letter and the other sister spitting vitriol and hatred down the phone at her - very christian).. now, if my mum's family were totally upright, loyal and zealous witnesses the shunning would still be horrible but somehow easier to bear - at least you could respect their consistency.

but the fact is, one of her sisters has covered up and made excuses for years for the immoral and wayward behavoiur of her own children, proudly declaring 'no one (meaning the gb) tells me what to do'.

BorgHater

Recently my mum told her jw family that she was DA'ing herself and why. As you can imagine, they were not happy and the shunning has begun (not to mention one of her sisters sending her a horrible letter and the other sister spitting vitriol and hatred down the phone at her - very Christian).

Now, if my mum's family were totally upright, loyal and zealous witnesses the shunning would still be horrible but somehow easier to bear - at least you could respect their consistency. But the fact is, one of her sisters has covered up and made excuses for years for the immoral and wayward behavoiur of her own children, proudly declaring 'no one (meaning the GB) tells me what to do'. The other (pompous, self-righteous) sister and her husband have defied the WT society for years by still having a very close relationship with their disfellowshipped daughter (he had to step down as an elder over it). Bear in mind their daughter is married to a hostile non-jw and she celebrates birthdays, Christmas etc. And to top it all, the DF daughter (my mum's niece) is also treating us as though we don't exist, even though we ourselves never shunned her and have always been supportive of her through the years! The bloody cheek of it all!!!

So we are being shunned by a load of hypocrites and a disfellowshipped person! If it wasn't causing my mum such pain it would actually be quite hilarious.

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Favorite Watchtower words or short phrases

by darthfader in

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i have seen these words/phrases used frequently by the wtbs and rarely elsewhere.

** warning, this may become a barf inducing list.

your mileage may vary.. faithful and discreet slavefield servicemodern day antediluvians (pulled that one out of my hat)what words or phrases strike you as uniquely "watchtower"?.

BorgHater

'Timely'

'It behooves us'. Behooves? WTF does that even mean?

'Theocratic'

These are just a few of the phrases that make me want to punch someone. There are many more, but I had better stop now as i'm feeling nauseus!

BorgHater x

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Question for Bethelites and former Bethelites

by garyneal in

according to paul blizzard, there were a lot of drunken parties and a lot of drinking at bethel back when he was a bethelite around the 1970's or 1980's (http://www.watchthetower.com/).

out of curiosity, does this stuff still go on today?

for any of the more recent bethelites, can you describe what your experience was like serving in bethel?.

BorgHater

Hi, have a look on the Freeminds website, there are quite a few testimonies from former Bethalites on there that are really eye-opening. I recall one in particular that mentioned the amount of drinking that goes on, it was very funny.

BorgHater xx