Posts by Diogenesister

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So my PIMO Younger Brother Tried To Kill Himself Today

by pale.emperor in

we all know that this cult will drive those trying to leave to desperate measures, and today by brother was very nearly one of those statistics.

he slashed his thigh with a kitchen knife and was bleeding out until he called the police.. i got a call on my way home from work from a police officer, coincidentally it was one of my old friends from school who's now a cop.

he told me my brother is in hospital after an attempted suicide and has lost some blood but will be ok. but i should get to the hospital as he's asking for me.

Diogenesister

Pale empower I'm so so sorry. Rant coming...I can't help it!

Will these jw " carers" have access to him in the hospital? Hope not, so the poor chap gets a break.

I urge you to reach out to his Consultant psychiatrist and fill him in as best you can with whats going on.

If your family are in full on shun mode I wouldn't mince my words - when your mother said "he's made a promise to Jehovah" I would tell them, if your brother is being guilted "No! He's made a promise to a publishing corporation" and tell your sister straight out you don't believe in obeying "some random dead guy who made these rules in order to sell more books for his publishing corporation". Don't feed the monster and let them guilt him more, tell them straight this cult is what's killing him, along with many others.

I might be tempted to give the hospital some info on cult programming by Robert Lifton but they might think you are telling them how to do their job.

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Stop harassing jws

by pomo6780 in

we want people to learn ttatt.

we have numerous resources online to draw jws in so that they will wake up.

however, i've noted some radical methods that have been used by fellow exjws, and quite frankly, this must stop.

Diogenesister

I understand where you are coming from with some of this, but...

It's not normal for a total stranger to confront a person for their religious beliefs and use emotional tactics to win them over. A strange man speaking to a woman in the street could frighten her view of strangers. It has happened

Isn't this exactly what JW's do in the preaching work ???

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143rd Gilead Graduates cRiNGeWoRThY Song

by pale.emperor in

quite possibly the most cringeworthy thing i've seen them do yet.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tk88rstv6o.

Diogenesister

Am I the only one that doesn't think it's too bad?

Oh well. Maybe I just have terrible taste.

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Chapter 48 New Boy 50 years a Watchtower slave

by new boy in

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chapter 48. turn on the tv!.

nine days after mark’s wedding, i got a phone call early tuesday morning.. “get up… get up and go turn on your tv!” it was mike, my jehovah’s witness friend from seattle.. ok so i got up and walked downstairs and did what he said.

there it was, i saw the smoke and flames coming out of the twin towers.

Diogenesister

When all the hypocrites were running back to the Org, as it delighted in death and misery, your good conscience prodded you into leaving.

You're a mensch, Keith.

I heard the fear and terror in one man's voice just seconds before his death and I fainted. Something primeval in my social animals brain felt exactly his terror and I blacked out.

Even apes have more compassion than their god. I should know.

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Do you (or did you) have much of a social life as a Jehovahs Witness.

by UnshackleTheChains in

i ask this question out of interest, because as a jehovahs witness for some 26 years, i have always felt that there is an 'all work, no play' culture within the organisation.

the organisation doesn't promote social gatherings.

i could count on one hand each year how many get togethers we have had.

Diogenesister

W friend who was a tradesman how to properly size extension cords (which he used often). I tried to tell him what gauge cord was needed for a certain number of amps. His reply was "I don't need to know that; I just buy the fattest one I can find."

Oh LoL Magnum that's my husbands obsession he is always telling me off for using the wrong one!

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I certainly got invited to more stuff than my worldly peers when I was young ...we had cong parties, which was nice. We had music and food and did dances like the conga LoL! Lots of weddings, and dinners of course.

I think in the 70s and 80s it was easier to mix in if you were not born in ( someone mentioned born in cliques, which I think are a thing now more so), people were open and this frightful phrase " not of our sort"( Paul sometimes I could throttle you) was not bandied about as it is now!!

When I moved to London my first cong in South East London was horrible, run by spiteful Cypriot elders and their wives. Ignorant council house snobs I'd never met such people before.

Of course the minute you don't attend weekly the invites disappear. They seem friendly when they see you, but they never make contact.

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Why the 2 witnesses rule is not worth attacking........barking up the wrong tree!

by krismalone in

some former jw protesters are wasting their time and energy "exposing" or criticizing the watchtowers 2 witness rule here's why:.

lets suppose the governing body changes this and expells anyone accused of child molestation even if accused by one person.

would that solve the problem?

Diogenesister

It's all absurd. If a young persons parents go to the police because their child accuses a dub of molestation, it goes to court and the dub is prosecuted and sentenced will the dub be disfellowshipped?? Damn right he will. But there is only one witness! Stupid rule Soon bloody goes out the window when it suits them!!

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Slowly killing them…

by silentbuddha in

so yesterday a family friend who was never age overs witness give me a phone call.

he says that he is quite upset with me and wants to give me a chance to explain why i'm treating my father so portly.

mind you i have not seen my father or mother in about 3 years and they refused to talk to me except for the occaisional crazy letter that my mother will send.. anyway my the family friend stated that he spoke to my mother and brother and they both told him that because i choose to leave the religion and in turn separate myself from the family it has caused my 80 something year old father a tremendous amount of stress and she is becoming sick and they're not sure how much longer he will be with us.. shoot felipe nothing they say really bothers me much anymore but the fact that i'm being accused of slowly killing my father because i've decided to make a decision that's better from my own family is actually quite frustrating to me.. give you hours after having of the conversation with our family friend i get a call from my older brother who then begins to be raped me and tells me that i should accept responsibility for the fact that i am the cause of our ejean father's poor health and that leaving jehovah causes problems not only for me but for those who love me.

Diogenesister

LoL SilentBuddah I spat my tea out over some of that!!!

I'm sorry though I'd be mad as all hell too.

I hope you put him straight about it.

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143rd Gilead Graduates cRiNGeWoRThY Song

by pale.emperor in

quite possibly the most cringeworthy thing i've seen them do yet.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tk88rstv6o.

Diogenesister

I thought they were closing Giliead? Where did I get that from?

Such wasted talent. Boy I hate to see that.😢

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It's My 25th Birthday!!!

by Cimarrona in

and i'm glad to alive and celebrating!

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Diogenesister

I'm glad you're alive and celebrating!!

I've kept your post about your moral compass and the unforgivable sin. I felt very similarly to you, but you have a darn good brain on your head for one so young. So welcome to the rest of your free and wonderful life!!

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Present day tree.

by pleaseresearch in

since leaving and fading.

i don't celebrate christmas but in its place which is sad i know.

we have present day.

Diogenesister

I was dying to post this beautiful link somewhere!Thank you for providing an opportunity. While it's nice to give and receive gifts, Christmas is so much more and the joy, music, companionship is so much better...not to mention the food! Just because Rutherford wanted to create a religion to cover the fact he ran a publishing, D2D book salesforce, Witnesses now have to suffer, as I said previously the only thing they celebrate is wedding anniversaries which I think he forgot to ban since he didn't live with his wife!

https://youtu.be/v5mdybeyLVc