Did you think of that yourself?
Theres some good thought and imagination gone into that.
That beats a Kingdom Melody anyday.
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Charlie Cheddar
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My poem about the meetings
by BorgHater ini wrote a little poem about being at the meeting.
i apologise beforehand if all the commas and full stops are in the wrong places, i'm not very good with punctuation .
it's 10am, i'm bleary eyed,.
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The Life Of Brian
by Charlie Cheddar inanyone seen this film?.
i saw it years ago and absolutely howled at it.. the way it takes the piss out of the religious leaders, the newly turned christians, and has a cheeky stab at the romans and pontius pilate is great.. seeing the funny side of what so many people take so seriously, for me is a breath of fresh air.. .
fwow him to the fwoooor.... .
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Charlie Cheddar
yeah the Biggus Dickus scene;
He has a wife you know, she's called Incontinentia, Incontinentia Buttocks'
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The Life Of Brian
by Charlie Cheddar inanyone seen this film?.
i saw it years ago and absolutely howled at it.. the way it takes the piss out of the religious leaders, the newly turned christians, and has a cheeky stab at the romans and pontius pilate is great.. seeing the funny side of what so many people take so seriously, for me is a breath of fresh air.. .
fwow him to the fwoooor.... .
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The 'Stoning' scene was unbelievably funny;
'No one but no one is to throw a stone until i blow this whistle. Even if they do say Jehovah'
The other scene;
'He's not the messiah, he's a very naughy boy'
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The Life Of Brian
by Charlie Cheddar inanyone seen this film?.
i saw it years ago and absolutely howled at it.. the way it takes the piss out of the religious leaders, the newly turned christians, and has a cheeky stab at the romans and pontius pilate is great.. seeing the funny side of what so many people take so seriously, for me is a breath of fresh air.. .
fwow him to the fwoooor.... .
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Anyone seen this film?
I saw it years ago and absolutely howled at it.
The way it takes the piss out of the religious leaders, the newly turned christians, and has a cheeky stab at the Romans and Pontius Pilate is great.
Seeing the funny side of what so many people take so seriously, for me is a breath of fresh air.
Fwow him to the fwoooor...
vewy well, i shall welease woger.
Brilliant
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has your life been "blessed" since leaving?
by tigeress inwhile in the org we are constantly told that if we just tow the line and behave that will we be blessed and everything we want will come to us.
personaly i havn't found that to be the case in the 30 years i spent trying to tow the line.. but now i've left wonderfull things are starting to happen in my life and i'm so very happy!.
so i wondered, have you encountered more "blessings" or less since leaving?.
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Charlie Cheddar
Blessings? Just to get off the religious tone, I would prefer to call them Improvements or Advantages.
Yes, many improvements and advantages after leaving. I've got my freedom back, my confidence and self belief have increased, i dont feel oppressed, depressed, manipulted or burdened by the excessive rules, regulations and teachings of the WTBTS anymore.
I have been able to concentrate and expand on my career which has brought new opportunities to travel the world, make more money, make new friends and have some good and enjoyable times.
Oh yes the 'Blessings' have been wonderful.
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Did you get drunk/take drugs as a witness?
by wouldacouldashoulda insmoked.
got drunk.
taken drugs (non medicinal).
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Charlie Cheddar
Got drunk on some occasions when i was a witness. However, most of the time i would just drink to enjoy drink, and not drink to get drunk.
I used to smoke when in the world and quit when became a witness.
Regarding taking illegal drugs, i did plenty of this when i was in the world and quit when i became a witness.
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How Did You Handle Sitting At The Meetings?
by minimus indid you pretend to listen?
did you actually follow along, listening intently?.
at the end i was listening more intently and getting more irritated by the whole sham..
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Charlie Cheddar
Depends. I've got to admit some of the speakers were good at speaking, and sometimes the topics of talk were interesting.
Of course sometimes it was completely boring, and then just found myself thinking about getting home and breaking my bottle of Whisky open.
Other times i'd just scan the room and check the sisters out, and if they were looking ok that evening, and if by chance of luck they were wearing anything sexy.
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So you're out - first thing you did was.....
by wantstoleave indid you 'break the rules' full force?
did you go celebrate a birthday?
buy xmas decorations?
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Charlie Cheddar
Nothing.
I did not feel compelled to rebel against the Org by indulging in the worldly activities like those you have mentioned. This is probably because i came into the 'Truth' from the World and had already done many of these things previously.
I just realised it was a load of crap, and I had been conned, and had paid the price for being conned, and then just got on with my life as normal.
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Do you have many friends since leaving the bOrg?
by AK - Jeff ini don't have many in my physical sphere.
but the ones i have are good ones.
of course we share no 'history', since i never had a 'worldly' friend until i left at 48.. in my cyberworld [and some would argue the credence of that] i have found many fine souls with which to commiserate, share, grow.
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To leave the org after having many phoney, plastic and 'conditional' friendships, (conditional in the sense that they'll be your friend as long as you stay in the org), and then make just one real, sincere, genuine & true friend in the World, in my opinion is a thousand times better.
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Have you Overcome Guilt & Fear Since Exiting Jehovah's Witnesses ?
by flipper inminimus had a great thread recently asking if any who were witnesses felt guilt as a jehovah's witness.
thought i would build on that a little dealing with how you have moved on after being a jehovah's witness ?.
one definition of guilt in the american heritage dictionary is : " self-reproach for supposed inadequacy or wrongdoing ".
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Charlie Cheddar
Hello eveyone, i'm new to the board. Look forward to chatting with you all from here on.
Well i've been gone for 3 1/2 years now, and since my departure i have took a step back and realised all of the horrible and manipulative mind games that the WTBTS plays with you. As you have mentioned, methods of manipulation such as deliberately trying to implant Fear and Guilt into you, are a common, convenient and effective means for the WTBTS.
The longer you remain a member of the organisation, and the longer you are subjected to this Fear and Guilt mental torture, then the longer it will take you to get over it when you leave.
In my 3 1/2 years, i feel like i have made considerable progress in overcoming all of this. I no longer fear Armaggeddon, no longer feel any guilt over my inadequacies as a Human Being, and no longer feel shame for the things they make you feel shameful for.
Although i (and probably many others on this board) have managed to break free and escape, my thoughts and sentiments lie with the many other individuals who arent so lucky, and who are still trapped inside the Cult today.
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