Posts by TardNFeatheredJW

well for those of you who many not know i gave birth to a beautiful baby boy on the 31st jan, however our joy soon turned to concern when it was discovered our son had breathing problems.

this concern later turned to fear as we learned that he had a congenital diaphragmatic hernia (cdh) and that he would need an operation asap.. basically our baby had a hole in his diaphragm and most of his digestive system now resided in his left chest cavity compressing his heart and lungs into the remain space in the right cavity.

this is a very serious condition and much of the information we were given made very bleak reading.

TardNFeatheredJW

Congratulations on your child. I hope he grows well.

To answer your question, "Does the JW Cult Rob People of Their Humanity!"[?], the answer is a resounding "YES".

They must do this to go through life, otherwise they would constantly feel badly about the people who will be killed by their angry, jealous, vengeful, loving God.

I would not be surprised if some of the dubs were making comments on how sad it is that your baby will not survive armagedon, and how they pity your child. Some of the really wacky ones are probably blaming your baby's health conditions on your lack of spirituality. Divine punishment.

I have seen this myself when I was a dub, and have heard the comments about my children since I'm no longer a dub.

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Early 80s Delaware DC at the race track: Apostates kicked out

by TardNFeatheredJW in

just wondering how small a world this is.

experience:.

it was summer (hot one) in delaware, usa, district convention.

TardNFeatheredJW

I remember attending DC's in DE around this time and at the VET; there were always apostates protesting and passing out leaflets.

This one was more memerable. This guy got up from the audience and started speaking out and got rough-handled right to the gate.

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Remember when assemblies were fun?

by Aphrodite in

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i just remembered when i was a kid and we would go to the assembly, it was fun because we got to buy new clothes and put extra effort into looking good.

when we would get there you could save your seats and even save some for your friends, then go off looking for them.. i used to love our circuit assembly because of the food.

it was at the assembly hall and there was a big kitchen, some of my favourite brothers worked in that kitchen, sometimes i was allowed to go in and help.

TardNFeatheredJW

Yes, the orange juice cups did kick ass. If I was really lucky, I'd get one still partially frozen. It was like a slushy.

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Early 80s Delaware DC at the race track: Apostates kicked out

by TardNFeatheredJW in

just wondering how small a world this is.

experience:.

it was summer (hot one) in delaware, usa, district convention.

TardNFeatheredJW

Hi,

Thanks. I did leave about 18 years ago. What brought this back to my mind was another active thread about "fun" at the assemblies, so I started reminiscing, remembered that instance with the "apostates" and realized that some person may actually be here on line (either one of the guys, or someone who knows them). I realized at 13 or 14 that there would be an alternate to being a lifer dub, but it took several years and several other small things to get me to leave. That was just one gem of light that I was given way back when.

Thanks for the kind words, Paul.

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Are JWs attracting more and more off-center people?

by undercover in

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this thread is prompted by the thread about a jw woman who disprupted a funeral.

i don't know the details as i can't view youtube from work, but it did get me to thinking.... over the last couple of decades, at least, i've noticed that more and more 'fringe personalities', for a lack of a better term, have infiltrated the ranks of the everyday jws.

true, jws are themselves a fringe element to normal society, but even within their own communities, there used to be a sense of normalcy, or at least seemed to be.. has the cultic message of the wt society started attracting people with different thought processes over this time period?

TardNFeatheredJW

I've been out for 18.

I personally know of lots of narcissists, "recovering" drug addicts/alcholics, abusers, a few molesters, a whole bunch of control freaks, a lot of lonely people, a few devout and humble (not many), a lot of extreme judgemental types. A few paranoids.

I suspect I fall into the paranoid, lonely type. Not so paranoid anymore (but they are out to get me ).

I know of one guy who was 42 years old and married a girl 18 yrs old as soon as she graduated HS. That was f'd up, but no one seemed to bat an eye.

I know of one guy in who was serving a sentence in Graterford Prison in PA who was dating a young girl from my hall. I worked in field circus with him when he was on weekend furlough. He was convicted for killing a guy in a bar fight. Nice to know that THAT can show up at your door, eh?

I know several pedophiles, one girl my age who's step father diddled her. He kept going to meetings after, but she and her mom were DF'd for some reason. Not sure why, I was young and du(m)b then. I figured it was weird that he was okay and she was a "bad" person.

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Remember when assemblies were fun?

by Aphrodite in

jw
friends

i just remembered when i was a kid and we would go to the assembly, it was fun because we got to buy new clothes and put extra effort into looking good.

when we would get there you could save your seats and even save some for your friends, then go off looking for them.. i used to love our circuit assembly because of the food.

it was at the assembly hall and there was a big kitchen, some of my favourite brothers worked in that kitchen, sometimes i was allowed to go in and help.

TardNFeatheredJW

I used to love it. Looked forward to it all year.

The CA, I used to work in the kitchen, dishes (the only dishwashing job I would actually like), boxes, cooking as I got older. Then socializing, sitting with friends. It was a blast. I used to hit extras, Buckingham PA and the one out past harrisburg... can't remember the name.

The DC, I really had a hoot. Allentown when I was little, would watch the bands play, talk to people, eat lots of danishes and fruit. Was a loner there, mostly. Then Philly was fun. Hotel across the street, swimming, meet up with friends, work meals. Socialize as I got older.

Then they stopped doing lunches. At that point it sucked. We would head out to BK or some other fast food crap house, but it wasn't the same.

I loved just walking around Vet Stadium for hours during the sessions, I think what I loved the most was that I wasn't knocking on doors.

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Early 80s Delaware DC at the race track: Apostates kicked out

by TardNFeatheredJW in

just wondering how small a world this is.

experience:.

it was summer (hot one) in delaware, usa, district convention.

TardNFeatheredJW

Just wondering how small a world this is.

Experience:

It was summer (hot one) in Delaware, USA, District Convention. It may have been the last day of the convention, after the Public Address. Year, 1982/83/84? Not quite sure. But I know it was at the Horse Track in Delaware.

There was a couple men, one in a light blue suit, I think, who stood up and started shouting, I was sitting too far away to know what was said, but I recall them being quickly swarmed and hauled out of there. It was surreal. I think one of their cars broke down on the way back from the convention, because someone in the car I rode in saw their car broke down and my co-rider laughed as we drove by. I didn't laugh.

I suspect that maybe someone on this board was there, one of the men, or knows who it was. I just want to say thanks, as that experience was probably the earliest experience I had with knowing there's a way out of dubs. I was probably 12 or 13 years old. They would have probably been from pennsylvania, as their car would have been heading the same direction as the traffic from my congregation.

If anyone recalls this or knows something, please feel free to PM me.

Thanks.