Posts by RebeccaChi

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/06/23/source-michael-jacksons-reclusive-children-spreading-religious-message-door-1313501295/?test=faces#content.

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I was hoping Janet would step it up a bit. Realistically, how much longer can "Sister" Jackson care for her grandchildren? 5 years? Who's taking over after? These kids seem so nice and sane, dispite everything that has gone on. The JW lifestyle must be such a shock to them. I wish some normal family could have adopted all three of them. It's not likely that they were around the Jackson Family much before Michael died.

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QUESTION FROM A BORN-IN . . .WHAT HAPPENED IN YOUR LIFE THAT MADE YOU WANT TO BECOME A JW?

by RebeccaChi in

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when i think back to my childhood, i get kinda sad.

one of my first memories is of my mom dragging me down the stairs of the old kingdumb hell in west allis, wi.

i couldn't have been more than 3 years old.

RebeccaChi

I used to cringe at the sight of everyone in my congregation being so nice and acting normal around newly interested people. Especially the few sane, major-baggage-free people that came along. I knew that would only last until a short time after they got baptized. Then they would be gossiped about if they were not righteous enough.

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Michael Jackson's children going in field service

by Gayle in

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/06/23/source-michael-jacksons-reclusive-children-spreading-religious-message-door-1313501295/?test=faces#content.

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RebeccaChi

Ok. So does this now mean that these kids no longer celebrate holidays, associate with "worldly" friends, or take karate? I'm sure double standards are being made out of WTS desperation for new members.

These poor kids!

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QUESTION FROM A BORN-IN . . .WHAT HAPPENED IN YOUR LIFE THAT MADE YOU WANT TO BECOME A JW?

by RebeccaChi in

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when i think back to my childhood, i get kinda sad.

one of my first memories is of my mom dragging me down the stairs of the old kingdumb hell in west allis, wi.

i couldn't have been more than 3 years old.

RebeccaChi

Blondie - I loved your (I hope not) comment. Lol!

Chickpea - I'm so sorry for your loss of brother and son so many years ago. At a time like that I think I would want to believe anything of hope that came my way as well.

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QUESTION FROM A BORN-IN . . .WHAT HAPPENED IN YOUR LIFE THAT MADE YOU WANT TO BECOME A JW?

by RebeccaChi in

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when i think back to my childhood, i get kinda sad.

one of my first memories is of my mom dragging me down the stairs of the old kingdumb hell in west allis, wi.

i couldn't have been more than 3 years old.

RebeccaChi

When I think back to my childhood, I get kinda sad. One of my first memories is of my mom dragging me down the stairs of the old Kingdumb Hell in West Allis, WI. I couldn't have been more than 3 years old. The basement was where the bathrooms were and a lot of smackings across the face went on for me. I remember vivedly hearing poor children being whipped with belts for not behaving (sitting still and being quiet for 2 hours) and mothers telling them it's for Jehovah. I remember kids crying the second their parents brought them into the Kingdumb Hell. I remember other kids getting treated better than me because both parents were "in the truth", and another mother with kids (and no husband in the cult) talking to my mom about how hurtful that is to her family. I remember my mom telling my brothers and I that my dad would die soon if he did not come to meetings. All of this . . . . by the ripe age of about 4. I could go on for days, and really should write a book.

I would be really interested in knowing why anyone would ever sign up for this crap. I know the 70's were a different time, but was anyone shocked at how children were treated? Shunning your family and former friends because they were not Witnesses? Giving up holidays for reasons that never really made much sense?

Please share your stories . . .

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JW doctrines that annoyed or troubled you

by Luo bou to in

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bloodguilt a doctrine that really annoyed me when i was in.

like i was responsible for who jehovah destroyed..

RebeccaChi

Good one Sapphy about the animal sacrifices. The bible stories from that ugly yellow book never really made me feel warm and fuzzy inside.

Here's one that goes back about 20 years . . . . Remember when unbaptized publishers got removed from being a publisher due to some "wrongdoing" and were shunned like those who were disfellowshipped. You were not allowed to talk to them. Some were even young teenagers! How F-ed up is that??!!!!

As I feel deeply sorry for all of us who were born into this f--ked up religion, I question (please forgive me) why the hell anyone would sign up for this s--t?! Really . . . what horrible things happened in your life that made you think this was a good thing? Please share. (I'm making a new topic right now!)

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Proud Kids' Tribute To Dad Jacko

by Mythbuster in

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michael jackson's children are to pour out their hearts about how his death has changed their lives.. prince michael, 13, paris, 12, and prince michael ii, eight - known as blanket - will read from their personal journals in a private memorial.. .

each of the king of pop's kids will speak in turn at a jehovah's witness meeting hall where jacko's mum katherine, father joe and other relatives have worshipped for more than two decades.. .

jacko, who died from an overdose of the hospital anaesthetic propofol on june 25 last year, was brought up as a strict devotee of the religion, although he rarely attended meetings in later years.. .

RebeccaChi

WTF?????!!!!!! I'm disfellowshiped. Would the Kingdom Hall have a memorial for me?????!!!! I find this very interesting. Did the Daily Star get this right about having it in the Kingdom Hall? And the elders, C.O., beth-hell are allowing this??? I was also born into this FUBAR of a religion, baptized at a young age and abused by a parent. Oh . . . . wait a minute . . . . I'm not known world-wide and I don't have millions that can be donated to the society. I would actually be shocked if the society allows this "memorial" to take place, really shocked if it is in a Kingdom Hall.

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Cougars beware having a much younger husband can send a woman to an early grave

by Scott77 in

women who marry men seven to nine years their junior could be upping their odds of dying sooner, german researchers report.. "one of the few possible explanations is that couples with younger husbands violate social norms and thus suffer from social sanctions," sven drefahl, from the max planck institute for demographic research (mpidr) in rostock, germany, said in a news release.

such couples could therefore be stigmatized as outsiders -- receiving less social support, enduring a more stressful life and perhaps developing poorer health as a result, drefahl speculated.. please, what is your reaction to this new research finding?

here is a link to the article.. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7715375/being-a-cougar-can-send-a-woman-to-an-early-grave.html.

RebeccaChi

***** Ok . . . . You failed to mention that the study also said WOMEN THAT MARRY OLDER MEN AGE QUICKER!! People fair best when they marry someone their OWN AGE!!!!