Posts by jesussaves

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I'm NO Longer a JEHOVAH'S WITNESS?

by Smoldering Wick in

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ok....it's been a while since i've posted.

i've been playing it cool...not really thinking about religion, just living life.

got a visit from my older sister & her husband.

More American Idol

by Mulan in

did anyone else have a hard time deciding who should be bumped this week?

i thought everyone was wonderful.

i was so shocked they booted julia d'amato.

I love American Idol. This season is waaaaaaaaaaaaay better than last season. I thought that Julia should've gotten the boot last week when she did her horrible rendition of 'What a feeling'. I actually liked Charles Grigsby singing that song from The Wiz. I think Corey and Kimberly C will go next, then after that, I have no idea. Kimberly C was also a finalist on Popstars. My personal fave is Reuben (although I wish someone would give him a new idea for his outfits). I was wondering how he would do on the Country/Rock theme and he picked the perfect song for himself. I'm not into Country music that much but I was actually singing along with Reuben on that 'Sweet Home Alabama'. I also like Clay, although he was kind of sucky on the Country show. He'll make a comeback, though. I think Trenyce will be the last girl standing, but this season the guys are running things.

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Voices in Head Not Demons? - WT Writers Have a Reasonable Moment?

by NeonMadman in

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i found this interesting - it's the questions from readers in the may 1, 2003 watchtower.

could it be that the boys in the writing department actually had a moment of reasonableness?.

jesussaves

If only this article had come out twenty five years ago. Maybe my grandmother would have told my mother to get help. She was diagnosed as schizophrenic at the age of 22. My grandmother chalked it up to demons, and told my mother that she didn't need any medication. Her refusal to get help ruined her marriage, and caused me to grow up without a father. Now, some 28 years later, she's about a thousand percent worse. She can't hold a job or even take care of herself. Her house looks like a junkyard, she hoardes every piece of paper that she comes across. I can't persuade her to get help either. The society is always too little too late.

Tiffany

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Elders' kids - special treatment?

by starfish422 in

it seems to be the opinion of some on this board that elders' kids received special treatment, weren't punished for their wrongdoings, etc.. as the daughter of the po in our small congregation, let me tell you that it was much harder for me than for the kids of those who weren't elders.

our family was expected to be the "model family for displaly purposes" and we were held up to very high standards so that we didn't "stumble" anyone.

at times i wished my dad wasn't an elder so that i could have a bit more freedom.

jesussaves

I got in trouble with an elder's son. Mind you, I had no prior offenses and I we weren't caught in the act. The elders wouldn't have known anything if I didn't confess (my partner in crime tried to convince me not to). Anyway, the guy went into his JC and confessed about 10 women that he'd slept with and his alcoholism. I went in my JC and confessed to sleeping with the elder's son. He was privately reproved. I was publicly reproved. I was furious, but I'm glad it happened. The injustice was the catalyst for my leaving.

Tiffany

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Going where the "Need is Great"

by OUTLAW in

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lets go back in time,back to the late 60`s early 70`s..armagedon is coming and the wbts wants it`s members to sell every thing they got and preach in areas where there are few or no dubs..where did the people you know go?..my parents packed up their belongings and went to..the friggin bible belt of b.c..lol!

a good wind storm would knock a few christians out of trees there were so many..a bloody church on every street corner,and every one of them had the truth..so why the bible belt?..there were`nt many dubs there at the time,but most importantly property was cheap.a smart dub could make a killing at real estate,and they did..more money than you could shake a dead donkey at,lol!....my bud`s dad also went where the need was great.the dumb-ass religion broke his family up,his wife being a none believer and all.so where did my buds anointed dad go?..hawaii,lol!

where else would you go to rough it out till armagedon?

jesussaves

My aunt and uncle left sunny Los Angeles to be needgreaters in Manhattan, Kansas. This is a one horse town that doesn't even have a shopping mall. They're a novelty because they are the only African-Americans in their cong. My aunt loves it.

My sister asked the society where she should go to serve, because she's a sign language interpreter/pioneer. They gave her some little town in Tennesee for her needgreater experience. She went there and found a roach-infested apartment (all she could afford) and found a job paying minimum wage. The elders at the cong went on to tell her that they didn't need her and that she could go back home. The PO told her that the society doesn't run things in their cong. Well, she stayed on anyway, and lost her job. Now, she works as a housekeeper, making about $75 a week and she's living with someone's family. Also interesting to note, a middle aged (around 50) elder decided that he wanted to marry my sister (she's 27). She resisted his advances and the elder then proceeded to bad mouth her to another young man who was interested in her. The whole thing ended up in a committee meeting. I'm not sure what happened, seeing that my sis shuns me (except when she needs money). Anyhoo, she's still in Tennessee, but guess where she's planning to go next - Hawaii! She's broke as a joke too...Ah well, as long as she's happy...

Tiffany

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Is everyone on this Web Board a Jehovah's Witness Basher?

by sandy in

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i grew up in the religion and was baptized at.............supposedly the most important day in our lives and i cannot remember how old i actually was, anyways...... i believe it was 13 or 14. i was never disfellowshipped.

i have a "worldly" boyfriend whom i love dearly, and i no longer attend the "meetings".

i do not disagree with the organization entirely; in fact i am not even sure if i disagree with it at all.

jesussaves

Sandy & Eppie

Both of you are telling MY story! I too am a third gen x-jw. I'm not a witness basher, however I don't believe in their teachings at all anymore. I got in trouble with a witness guy when I was twenty-one. I did the slow fade after my committee meeting, because the whole thing was unfair (he got privately reproved, I was publicly reproved). I met a non-jw man and got pregnant by him. We're married now, and have been for almost four years. I decided that I wasn't through with God, even though I knew I could never go back to the JWs, but that may not be for you. It took me years to get to where I am, though. My entire family are JWs and they know that I attend church regularly. Most of them have just accepted that I'm not coming back. Welcome to the site. Do some research and read Crisis of Conscience. It'll help.

Tiffany

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A question for those of you who were raised in the cult

by siegswife in

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when i was a jw, i often found myself wishing that i would have been a jw from birth.

that way i would've avoided many of the mistakes i'd made in my teenage years.

now, after reading so many of your stories i've realized that many of you didn't really believe it when you were young.

jesussaves

I made the same mistakes that alot of non-JW teenagers make, and I was born into the cult. I was just a little older (nineteen) when I started making bad choices. The biggest mistake was not going to college right out of high school. Now that I'm out, I can't understand anyone choosing to be a JW, but when I was in, I wondered what logical person wouldn't be a JW.

Hi Ring!!!! I haven't lamped you in months!

Tiffany

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Young X-JWs in Cleveland, Ohio

by jesussaves in

hey everybody,.

i was just wondering if there are any young x-jws from cleveland, ohio that post on this website.

so many of my friends from the east side of cleveland no longer attend meetings, and i'd love to see them.

jesussaves

Scout,

I don't think I know anyone on this board...Yesterday's child, email me. Maybe we know each other.

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Just venting

by dsgal in

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i faded from the jws thirteen months ago and since then i have only been called on by two elderly pioneer "sisters" a couple of times.no loving shepherding calls from the elders,not even once.i always felt out of place at the kh because i didn't have any friends there.never once got invited to social gatherings the whole year i went there.what's with all the clique $hit?that's about as far from jesus' teachings as i've ever seen.now today out of the blue i have a message on my machine from one of the elder's mother.i didn't call her back.wonder what came over her to think of me anyway?oh well,you all might not understand my feelings but i feel better now that i sat down and typed it out.

jesussaves

You are not alone. The elders harassed me for two months straight with reference to my judicial committee. Then after they Publically reproved me, not so much as a phone call. Not even after I attempted suicide. Not one call. Not one visit to me in the hospital. When I finally stopped going to the meetings, no one cared at all. I never received a sheperding visit, and I didn't move away or change my phone number. I recently saw one of the elders from my JC at a restaurant. He had a chance to speak a word of encouragement (if he was a real shepherd) He looked dead at my face, and then looked away nervously. I feel you....

Hugs and Kisses

Tiffany

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Young X-JWs in Cleveland, Ohio

by jesussaves in

hey everybody,.

i was just wondering if there are any young x-jws from cleveland, ohio that post on this website.

so many of my friends from the east side of cleveland no longer attend meetings, and i'd love to see them.

jesussaves

Hey everybody,

I was just wondering if there are any young X-JWs from Cleveland, Ohio that post on this website. So many of my friends from the East Side of Cleveland no longer attend meetings, and I'd love to see them. If you are under 35 and were in Circuit 10, we probably knew each other. I know I'm not alone in this city! Email me at [email protected]!

Tiffany