Posts by hoser

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Another Elevated Group of J.W.'s Now?

by The Searcher in

why are only pioneers allowed to do "metropolitan witnessing"?

why do they need "special training" to stand like a zombie for hours, speaking only to their fellow elite?.

even a pioneer's mother couldn't answer me!.

hoser

It makes them feel special. It's like being the employee of the month at McDonalds

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After 2 years my parents make contact. The end result is that I promise them to cryogenically preserve ONLY their heads

by paulmolark in

it has been 2 and a half years since my departure from the religion.

i was told by my parents from the start that i would never speak to them until i returned to jehovah dog.

a few months later they told people they hoped i died before the end came, then all of this culminating in them telling my inactive / fading sister that they don't consider me a child anymore and they have given me up to satan.

hoser

Tell her you are sick and she will tell everyone she heard you have an STD. Tell her you are doing well and she will say you are consumed with material things. It is a lose lose situation.

yep pretty much so. Yet she is a master of charm with other people and if I complain to others about her they will take her side.

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After 2 years my parents make contact. The end result is that I promise them to cryogenically preserve ONLY their heads

by paulmolark in

it has been 2 and a half years since my departure from the religion.

i was told by my parents from the start that i would never speak to them until i returned to jehovah dog.

a few months later they told people they hoped i died before the end came, then all of this culminating in them telling my inactive / fading sister that they don't consider me a child anymore and they have given me up to satan.

hoser

You sound like you have the situation well in hand though.

not it totally my friend but I am getting there. We live a very long distance from my parents so it makes her easier to deal with.

I'm not sure if it is narcissism or sociopathy but there is definitely some mental disorder to treat some if your kids like shit and others like princes.

Even when I was full on in this religion and I had a good experience in field serve us she would find fault with me telling me why I didn't do this or that better. When I was a ministerial servant why wasn't I an elder?

Now that we are marginal witnesses and I am "materialistic", whatever that means, she really tries to put the screws on. She left a message a couple of months ago telling me she loves(puke) me and to phone her because she wants to hear my voice. What she really wants is to get details of my life so that she can criticize me for missing meetings and not going in field serve us.

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After 2 years my parents make contact. The end result is that I promise them to cryogenically preserve ONLY their heads

by paulmolark in

it has been 2 and a half years since my departure from the religion.

i was told by my parents from the start that i would never speak to them until i returned to jehovah dog.

a few months later they told people they hoped i died before the end came, then all of this culminating in them telling my inactive / fading sister that they don't consider me a child anymore and they have given me up to satan.

hoser

Your family dynamic sounds a lot like mine although mine was not nearly as severe as yours.

You and your sister were the scapegoats and your other sibling was the golden child that could do no wrong.

My oldest brother and I got the short end of the stick literally and my other brother is the favoured one. The oldest was smart enough to leave the Jws before he was baptized.

Even though I am still in there is no point in talking to my mother. I am a failure in her eyes. Any thing that I accomplish she puts me down. I'm never good enough for her. So I ignore her. It really pisses her off because she can't control my life.

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Jehovah's Witnesses 2015 Regional Convention Saturday PM experience parents shunning children

by Watchtower-Free in

clip 3 minutes long.

ron and brenda sutton ................warwick 3 children

it was the missed association with family that brought them back.

hoser

The people who give these experiences always say that they did family worship and attended all the meetings. They did everything "right" but the child still went astray. I think they are told what to say and it may not reflect the true situation.

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How many times were you told, "You Just Don't Qualify Yet to be an Elder"

by John Aquila in

you think it's the holy spirit that appoints the elders, at least that's what new jw males are told.

the culture within the organization dictates to all young male jehovah's witnesses that unless you are an elder, you will not get the sultry, passionate- brunette, the voluptuous, curvaceous,- blond, or the seductive, erotic, red headed-vamp..

so unaware of the social forces that are shaping your mind, you succumb to the dictum issued by the governing body to conform to the structure already in place- if you want to be successful.

hoser

It's always something, we should all run for congress or senators, same game.

the he pay is a lot better in federal politics

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Swahili Congregation in the Midwest -- Why?

by SnakesInTheTower in

jw
friends

i almost posted this in the humor section, because honestly, i almost thought it was a joke.

my family and i were driving through a suburb of st. louis, missouri this afternoon on the way back to illinois and home.

i took a back road through a bedroom community and ended up on a 2 lane road that led me right past the last kingdom hall i attended in 2007 before i left for good.

hoser

Foreign language groups are make work projects

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After 2 years my parents make contact. The end result is that I promise them to cryogenically preserve ONLY their heads

by paulmolark in

it has been 2 and a half years since my departure from the religion.

i was told by my parents from the start that i would never speak to them until i returned to jehovah dog.

a few months later they told people they hoped i died before the end came, then all of this culminating in them telling my inactive / fading sister that they don't consider me a child anymore and they have given me up to satan.

hoser

She proceeds to tell me that because I am doing well financially I feel i no longer need Jehovah, but it didn't matter because Satan would take everything away from me ;as quickly as it was given.

this sums up the real reason she called. She wants financial support from you.

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Jehovah's Witnesses 2015 Regional Convention Saturday PM experience parents shunning children

by Watchtower-Free in

clip 3 minutes long.

ron and brenda sutton ................warwick 3 children

it was the missed association with family that brought them back.

hoser

My parents shun me because I don't do as much as they think I could be doing in "the truth". I am an embarrassment to them I think. They can't tell their friends how "spiritual" I am.

If they only love me for what I can give them they really don't love me

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How many times were you told, "You Just Don't Qualify Yet to be an Elder"

by John Aquila in

you think it's the holy spirit that appoints the elders, at least that's what new jw males are told.

the culture within the organization dictates to all young male jehovah's witnesses that unless you are an elder, you will not get the sultry, passionate- brunette, the voluptuous, curvaceous,- blond, or the seductive, erotic, red headed-vamp..

so unaware of the social forces that are shaping your mind, you succumb to the dictum issued by the governing body to conform to the structure already in place- if you want to be successful.

hoser

I was an ms years ago. I stepped down because basically the PO was bullying me. I didn't recognize it at the time though.

Ive been asked twice since then to be an ms but turned them down both times.

Now I really don't attend that regularly and don't do much field service so they don't ask anymore.