Posts by mochamint22

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picture of JW child baptism ... link to news paper

by Aussie Oz in

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i won't post the picture as it may breach some copyright or something.

here is the link.

http://www.caller.com/photos/galleries/2010/aug/21/jehovahs-witnesses-baptism/.

mochamint22

Yes this is just DISGUSTING. LIARS, LIARS, LIARS!!!! I was baptized at 11, my brother at 13, and my other brother at 12. SERIOUSLY? No pressure? all I ever heard was "when are you going to take the next step?" Yes, once you hit a certain age and you weren't baptized yet, people started to look at you like you were bad association because, as someone already said, you're viewed as not being spiritual minded. "When are you going to take the next step?" "You need to get more hours in service." Then after I got baptized it was, "why aren't you pioneering?" so i auxillary pioneered for a while- hating every moment of it. Then it was, "when are you going to regular pioneer so you can go to pioneer school?" Then I became regular pioneer and then right before going to pioneer school, I got DFd cuz I couldn't do it anymore. Oh god was I the BLACK sheep- no pun intended. The point - about them being DFd or Reprooved in a decade or less is SO SO true. It's what happened to me. 6 years after my baptism, i was DFd---that's 17 guys---can you imagine being in the back room w/three nasty brothers staring you down asking how many times you had sex and if you enjoyed it, if you used a condom, ect? Horrifying. this is a straight up lie that they don't baptize children and it turns my stomach. And what a load of crock saying no sanctions for accepting a blood transfusion. Literally, I almost threw up in my mouth, it's so disgusting to me- the lies. ughhhhhh! that's all i can say so i'll end it there.

moe

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Do You Folks Wanna Hear My Story?

by Farkel in

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i've already written "my story".

i've been "out" for 35 years.

but that is not a story that contains the little stuff.

mochamint22

I would like to read your stories. I would like to hear them because I am young and would like to compare your experiences with mine in the past decade or so. Please do tell Farkel

moe

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What emotions have you been coping with?

by mochamint22 in

i wanted to dedicate this posts to just talking about the emotional scars we all have had or maybe still have.

was there a gap of time between you thinking you didn't want to continue and actually, consciously, deciding to no longer continue as on of jws?

it's amazing to me the strong hold this religion puts on you.

mochamint22

I keep bouncing back and forth in my head thinking that I'm making a mistake doing the following: being on this website; my continued research outside of the "organization"; even thinking in my head that what I've been taught is a lie; then i go right back to feeling angry, confused, distraught at the fact I don't and can't have a relationship with my mother. She shuns me just because I don't go to the meetings. I'm not DFd just "inactive" but it doesn't matter. It's the same thing to her. ANYWAY, it feels like a vicious cycle with her.

moe

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Can't read apostacy, can't question God

by Joey Jo-Jo in

hi,.

im looking into quotes and references from the wbts about not being allowed to read apostacy and not to question god and test faith.. .

thanks.

mochamint22

So yeah, cant read apostacy! I don't have any quotes BUT I wanna tell you guys about something that just happened tonight:

I was talking to my little bro, whos still an active witness, and he tells me that he just got put on private reproof this past monday for fornicating with his worldly ex-girlfriend. He had the judicial committe and they said since he went to them about it, they just put him on private reproof. He's not even sorry about it. I wonder if they referred to the elder book before the meeting??? He said he wasn't crying or distraught, or worried about it at all. He seriously doesn't care about it and would do it again. As I was talking to him tonight, he was bringing up a porn web page. And I asked him, why are you looking at porn? He said," porn's not fornication. It's different. " Comments people please. help me understand this???

ANYWAYZ

i started talking to him about C T Russell's early teachings and how the NWT doesn't match the other versions, false "prophesies", and asked him what he thinks about it. He said, "I don't think anything about it." He acknowledged that it makes sense why I'm questioning everything, but he is so INSIDE the organization's mentality, he said that it makes sense that there would be changes in the NWT because it helps people understand the bible better. He said, there's no way the bible can have contradictions so they have to fix that. I'm like DUH THATS MY POINT EXACTLY. WHY BELIEVE IN SOMEONE WHO CHANGES THE PURE WORD OF GOD? He also said that there was no comment made about this "new light" with the overlapping generations mentioned at his convention so that means that it's not true. apostate source material. HMMMMM

HELP ME OUT HERE PEEPS!!

MOE

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What emotions have you been coping with?

by mochamint22 in

i wanted to dedicate this posts to just talking about the emotional scars we all have had or maybe still have.

was there a gap of time between you thinking you didn't want to continue and actually, consciously, deciding to no longer continue as on of jws?

it's amazing to me the strong hold this religion puts on you.

mochamint22

Hi Tara,

I'm the original poster for this and I wanna say thank you. I appreciate your words so much because you and everyone else sharing is slowly helping me cope w/the feelings I've been dealing with. If you want to see a little more in depth about me and my "story" you can look at my post titled "Eyes Recently Opened" (that was the night i decided to register and make my first post) It's really difficult for me because I've been told the same thing: You're either a witness or you're not. Then my parent tells me the scripture that says you can't slave for two masters. But you know what? It's Jehovah or Satan. Not The Governing Body or Satan. I still love Jehovah, although I do feel my relationship with him has never been the same since my traumatic experiences (again see my other post for details). I too, first, was scared to even click the link to come to this site. I remember the brothers specifically naming this website, saying to stay away from it! Then I started reading it and felt compelled to register. I wasn't even looking to converse with anyone. Just wanted a place to put everything out there, even if it wasn't read, as a form of therapy. I've only joined this site a couple days ago, but I've been coming here everyday since. I've received such a warm, non-judgmental welcome. It feels AMAZING to be able to say what I feel and have other people understand me. I have a good non witness friend from work that I talk to about everything, but she doesn't get it. She cant, she wasn't raised a witness like me. I've never ever researched the early history of Jehovah's Witnesses and the little bit that I have researched has me still in shock. I had no idea the GB changed the words of the BIBLE to prove their points. The ever changing doctrines. The other thing is, I was always taught that only JWs know and use Jah's name. I was surprised to find out, thats not true. Well, we can talk about religion part later, but I just want you to know that it took a lot of courage for you to start posting and I promise that you are going to see that as you "get it out there, get it off your chest" it makes it easier. All of a sudden, you don't have to hold things in-you'll see that it's OK to talk about what you TRULY feel. Take care Tara, welcome to the blog-

moe

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What was the worst part of the conventions for YOU?

by mochamint22 in

i thought it'd be fun to talk about what part of the conventions just made you cringe or be annoyed with.

i can remember a couple things:.

i remember after the tms when they put the list in the back on the announcement board, there were people that would get up while the last song was being sung to write down the info.

mochamint22

LOL, a hangover. I remember I went to the meeting once w/a crazy hangover. It was the day after my 21st bday. HA HA, partied hard at my brother's house. I was sitting there listening to the brother giving his talk thinking, wow. i'm hungover. im sitting in the kingdom hall, hungover, and there's like 4 brothers up here right now giving the talk. HA HA. i was so wasted. i was so ashamed at the time, but I was all worried people could smell the booze on me. LOL

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What was the worst part of the conventions for YOU?

by mochamint22 in

i thought it'd be fun to talk about what part of the conventions just made you cringe or be annoyed with.

i can remember a couple things:.

i remember after the tms when they put the list in the back on the announcement board, there were people that would get up while the last song was being sung to write down the info.

mochamint22

I thought it'd be fun to talk about what part of the conventions just made you cringe or be annoyed with. I can remember a couple things:

I remember after the TMS when they put the list in the back on the announcement board, there were people that would get up while the last song was being sung to write down the info. My mom even got in the habit of sending me or my brother back there with a cell phone and call to make the reservation- even while the last prayer is going on. People would push and shove trying to get back there and they would cut in line, and get all pissed off if there were no more rooms at the hotel they wanted.

My mom always having a problem with the hotel. I remember this one year not too long ago in Amarillo, Tx. She made these reservations and when we got there I guess the room was too nasty for my mom's standards so she went to the rooming committee telling them it was unacceptable and she couldnt stay there. They gave her another option for hotel and that didn't suit her either so she just went to some hotel she wanted to stay at even though it wasn't on the list. What happened w/"Kingdom Control" there mom? LOL

Also, people falling asleep, including myself, ha ha. I couldn't wait for the lunch break and I'd drag myself back after that. And those dang SYMPOSIUMS that are like a couple hours long, switching brothers in between. OMG. I just kept looking at the clock, checking the program to see how many more talks there were. And my mom would make us kids STAND UP if we fell asleep. So there'd be all these people and then you'd see us standing up in the front of the stinking section cause we couldn't stay awake. LAME. Whenever new books came out, my mom would also send my brother out in the halls while the last song/prayer and start the line to be the first. And they'd say, for example, there was only enough for eveyone to have ONE- yeah she'd get TWO or more, just cause.

What are some of your funny stories at the district conventions?

moe

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Say it together now: "itsacult"

by pirata in

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i dedicate this thread to itsacult.. everyone say it:.

"itsacult".

.

mochamint22

I too laugh everytime I see itsacult only post that phrase. It's hilarious

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My Experiences

by Former in

i'm a former ministerial servant and bethelite that left about six months ago.

my stay at bethel ended one year ago.

for those interested, this is my story:.

mochamint22

Hey Guys!

Quick question came to my mind, Mr.Flipper, as I was reading your post. You mentioned the "blackout on Psychiatrists by the WT society." I was talking to my mom, an active JW, about me seeing a Psychologist and she made this comment that it's recently been said by the society that it's ok now to go seek professional mental health treatment and that it's now been left up to conscience. Anyone know when this "new light" --LOL, i had to do it---was announced? It never ceases to amaze me how things change at the drop of a hat. Things before that were unacceptable are deemed acceptable and encouraged. LAME

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What emotions have you been coping with?

by mochamint22 in

i wanted to dedicate this posts to just talking about the emotional scars we all have had or maybe still have.

was there a gap of time between you thinking you didn't want to continue and actually, consciously, deciding to no longer continue as on of jws?

it's amazing to me the strong hold this religion puts on you.

mochamint22

BEFORE THE END OF NEXT YEARS 2011...AND THATS A FACT!!! COUNT ON IT!...THERE IS AN "EVENT" THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN EARLY IN 2011 THAT WILLL SHOCK EVERYONE AROUND THE WORLD, THAT WILL "FREE" ALL MANKIND FROM "BONDAGE"...THEY WILL COME IN A FORMAL "ANNOUNCEMENT" BROACAST ALL AROUND THE WORLD!

to what are you referring?