Posts by satinka

i have been called 'spiritually weak' for quitting field service, meetings etc.. how would you respond (without swearing or giving a punch up the hooter), if you were called this?.

Learning the "Truth" Is not true is like...................

by foolsparadise in

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after 33 years of being mind controlled at 5 meetings a week, field service meetings, special day assembly, curcuit assembly,district assembly, finding out "the truth" is just a big hoax is like getting punched in the stomach-uppercut in the jaw-being kicked in the balls from behind and then having the rug ripped out from under you and smashing your head on the ground.

what was it like for everyone else?.

satinka

Learning the Truth TM is not the truth is enormously freeing!

satinka

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Here's an update to what has happened since I used the words, "Big News," five years ago

by AndersonsInfo in

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/scandals/103353/1/the-news-is-bigger-than-dateline-bbc-cbc-etc.

as many of you know, i made the "big news" statement when kerry louderback-wood's scholarly article about watch tower's blood misrepresentation that was published in the journal of church and state was just about to be published.

i was excited about it because lives were at stake and weve never had such an article before to be able to use to show how the watch tower misrepresents the blood issue through its literature and people die because of it.

satinka

Thank you Barbara for sharing your valuable information on this forum.

Sadly, we see time and time again, that Jehovah's Witnesses never want to admit they were wrong about anything.

satinka

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Being honest with yourself, could you have reasonably adjusted your attitude and continued on as a JW?

by miseryloveselders in

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i ask this question in harmony with deedub's swan song thread which i linked below.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/members/private/205902/1/time-to-say-good-bye.

to some degree, i think i understand where she's coming from.

just speaking from my own experiences since stepping into the world of anonymous apostacy, i went through a few different phases of personal outlooks.

satinka

the pros of being a JW, if even conscious of its many faults, far outweight being a disgruntled, hardheaded apostate?

Do you mean to say there are pros to being a brainwashed book seller?

Do you really think that apostates are disgruntled and hardheaded?

Why are you putting us in a box?

To answer your question about being honest with myself... that is exactly the point...it was time to be honest with myself. After spending my entire life as a JW and adjusting my view, my thoughts, my beliefs to the very uncomfortable, constricting, restricting JW box, when I finally left, I decided it was time *finally* to find out who I truly was and be true to myself. I am happier now than I ever was as a depressed, mal-adjusted JW-in-a-box trying to please an un-please-able, punishing god and demanding, controlling patriarchs.

Gone dancing!

satinka

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University student's JW based honors thesis research. PLEASE HELP!

by honorsthesis in

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/defectedmembers_honorsthesis.

hello community,.

my name is brett w., and i am senior undergraduate student at the university of florida.

satinka

Students who approach the public for surveys...don't their questions need the approval of the University Ethics Board?

Furthermore, I see he claims to be an "independent researcher." Which leads to my next question. I understood the term "Independent Researcher" to mean he has no institutional affiliation.

Based on the Facebook comments above, it seems the JWs think he is an apostate.

satinka

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Awake!: For Idiots - Or Just Written By Them?

by metatron in

good grief!.

how dumb can this future landfill waste magazine get?

take a look at the march issue, "five keys to better health".

satinka

A wake!: For Idiots - Or Just Written By Them?

ummmm...both!

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Does anyone know what happens to full-time JW's(DO's, CO's, Missionaries, Special pioneers, etc) when they reach old age?

by african GB Member in

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i am just wondering since these people never work a secular job.

is there some sort of an arrangement from the society to care for them?

presuming they don't even have children of their own to look after them when they are old..

satinka

No one expected to die...

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Has Feminism Screwed with the current Generation ?

by caliber in

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i present this video as a starting point to spur discussion (this is like a red dot topic.... wink wink .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwr1z4aiywm&feature=related.

satinka

I hear your frustration, caliber. Sorry, but feminism is important and not to be feared, but rather embraced by men. Women can't be expected to live a disempowered life. Feminism is necessary for our growth. And, contrary to some beliefs (like the jws) it is not a threat to real men. It may ultimately benefit men because it will challenge men to grow.

Women are growing emotionally. If men don't grow their emotions also, men and women will only grow apart.

Mr Satinka happens to agree with me on this point. He's a keeper.

satinka