I'm surprised that no one mentioned the purple triangles in the Holocaust scenes from Shutter Island.
RebeccaChi
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Looking to meet new friends
by little-butterfly inhello my name is kerri and i was reinstated back into the truth last year after drifting away when i was younger.. im 28 and live in the nottinghamshire area and am looking forward to making new friends all over the world.. hope to hear from some of you soon.
kezx.
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RebeccaChi
Butterfly girl is about as much as a doctor as Dr. Pepper, Dr. Seuss, Dr. Dre, Dr. Cosby, and Dr. Teeth from The Muppet Show.
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Have you ever heard of a BS who just wanted a wife?
by highdose ini've seen this happen no less than 5 times.
a lonely person, always a man is contacted, starts a bible study and starts attending meetings just to get a wife.
none of them stayed once they realised the sisters where stuck up weridos.. am i alone in having seen this?
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RebeccaChi
Ohhhhhhh YES! These were men who I'm sure would be turned down by toothless hooker, washed-up bar skanks . . . . with crabs. These losers would be in heaven leaning against the literature counter at the Kingdumb Hell looking all of the pretty young virgin Jdubs and think they had a chance in hell. If none of these young virgin Jdubs were mentally unstable (by Jdub standards) these pervs would start looking at the "over 20 crowd" then the "over 30 crowd". Eventually they would find some desperate single pioneer "sister" who was probably so depressed, nothing mattered anymore. I think people in the congregations looked so forward to the good laugh at the circus wedding, that they did very little to talk the "sister" into her senses. Very sad . . . .
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9/11....what if a plane hit the Watchtower building instead!!!!
by Witness 007 inthe society would sell the land and claim insurance.
no need to fire 1,000 bethelites so they could move to watchtower farms.
they would claim we are "near the end of the system" and satan is attacking god's people.
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RebeccaChi
Hahahaha! I love your comment Flipper!!
I was a flight attendant during this time, and my eyes had the unfortunate experience of having to look at that building often while desending into LaGuardia. Even with the ugly "wAtChToWeR" sign pitched on the top, it wouldn't have been an easy target. Worse than hitting the building would be justmissing the building. Could you imagine all the faders and disfellowshiped people running back? It would give the society way too much "power".
Agree with Zid about the move to the secluded location. It reminds me of Jonestown! This would be a great opportunity for the smart Bethelites to run for their lives . . . .
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JWs having trouble renting town hall for Memorial due to alcohol ban
by dozy inhttp://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/lake/os-lk-groveland-alcohol-20100315,0,6854922.story?page=1.
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RebeccaChi
Why do they feel the need to rent the town hall?!! Is there a reason they cannot use their Kingdumb Hell?
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Signing Publisher Record Cards
by IMHO ini know this doesn't apply to all countries.. however, is it a 'requirement'?.
is it enforced?.
is it optional?.
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RebeccaChi
What kind of cards are these? The monthly hour cards or the cards where elders write crap about you?
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Judical Committee- FUBAR decisions
by Think About It ini had posted this as part of another thread, but thought it might make a good separate thread.
here's a jc fubar decision that i experienced.. i dealt with a brother who threatened to kill his family, my family, and then himself.
this guys' secret sins were becoming manifest and as an elder some things came to my attention, including wife abuse and according to her, allegations of possible misconduct with the young daughter.
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RebeccaChi
Oh my . . . Just wondering what did the elders and CO do, and how did the crazy guy have dirt on them? What a corrupt religion!
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Do You Personally Know Of Anyone That Committed Suicide?
by minimus inlately, i've come to find out that a more than a few people in the area had killed themselves.
most of the people i know of were in their early twenties or forties.
for those loved ones surviving them, it was mostly a shock!
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RebeccaChi
This is such a sad (but necessary) topic. I'm so sorry everyone for your losses. I grew up with a large family in my congregation who's father was an abusive prick. Owned a roofing business and did pretty well. (Of course all of his JW employees made minimum wage or slightly above.) He also thought he was part of the 144,000. The oldest son left when he turned 18 I believe, and the other kids were not allowed to have contact with him. The middle and youngest son both left together. I remember hearing about the mother sneaking in visits, food and money to her sons. The father always monitored every penny she spent. The middle son was going through some depression due to trying to start his life over. Ended up committing suicide through drug overdose. I often wonder how different our lives would have been (and be now!!) without the cult past. Very sad!!
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Were You "Afraid" Of The Elders?
by minimus indid you view them as men who truly cared about you?.
did your heart sink in fear when an elder came to talk to you?.
were the elders nothing special to you?.
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RebeccaChi
Great question! I think there were a few in my JW life (left at 21) that genuinely cared about people in the congregation. Of course most just got a high off of being in charge, being naive that they were part of a cult. And then there were the the douche bags . . . . I think the only time I was afraid of the elders was when my mom would threaten to take me to them. It was always over weird things like forgetting to study (highlight) my Watchtower, or for questioning silly things like "Why are we leaving so early after the meeting today." Interestingly enough, during that phase of my mom making all the threats, she was a pioneer cheating on her best friend's (also pioneer) husband who also happened to be a pioneer and MS. One of these days I'll have to post my "life story". It's pretty unbelievable.
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Does this happen to anyone else?
by doublelife inthis doesn't happen a lot but every once in a while, on a day that used to be my meeting night, i'll get a weird feeling.
it happened today.
it's hard to explain what it is.
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RebeccaChi
Welcome kgirl!
The same thing would happen to me shortly after I left. It maybe lasted three or four years. I was born and raised in the cult, so Tuesdays and Thursdays were my dreaded evenings for almost 22 years. I probably missed no more than 2 meetings a year as I was unfortunately dragged to the meetings by an over-zealous mother. When I think about it my body actually gets that uncomfortable, sore feeling I got as a kid from sitting still so long. It's sad to think of how much of my childhood was wasted sitting at these mindless, pointless meetings. It takes a little while for your body and mind to readjust after all that. Now it's very rare that I ever think of the meetings on those nights, and cannot picture myself ever committing to such a demanding religious schedule again.