Posts by Sabin

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What Was The Silliest "Offense" That You Were Counseled For?

by minimus in

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when i was a teenager, i was told by an elder that because i smiled a lot and was known for my good sense of humor, that i should come across as "more serious".

so before i was appointed a ms, while in my late teens, i transformed myself into a much more "serious" brother.. were you ever told that you needed to work on something that you knew was stoopid?.

Sabin

I was always getting told off for being tactless, I always say exactly what I think, actually I generally say it with out thinking. Got no filter between my brain & mouth, I'm what's commonly know as verbally dyslexic, it just all comes out round the wrong way. One elder called it honesty & said I had to much of it. LOL.

Funny enough my poor husband got counselled, shouted at to be specific by the CO for buying our girl a new mobile phone as a graduation present. She may take nude pic's of herself & send them to brothers. What a wanker. Oh & his wife told the sisters what underwear they could wear, G-strings were for prostitutes only. I remember it cause when they told me I said "I didn't think prostitutes wore any knickers".

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I've been depressed lately.

by Butyoucanneverleave in

my husband and i went to visit his family for the holidays.

not everyone showed for the visit ,the weather was lousy, and it just generally sucked.

now we're back to the same old routine with work and life and we're both depressed and alone.

Sabin

I was just having a con flab with my husband about what you had written & my reply. He said "people in this religion are being drip fed poison everyday, they feel like shit & they have no idea why." We all need to detox. You always feel worse before you feel better, you know in your heart though that it is the healthy thing to do. In the words of Spock, "It is logical, Live long & prosper".

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I've been depressed lately.

by Butyoucanneverleave in

my husband and i went to visit his family for the holidays.

not everyone showed for the visit ,the weather was lousy, and it just generally sucked.

now we're back to the same old routine with work and life and we're both depressed and alone.

Sabin

Big Hug for you BYCNL. Sometimes we think that every one else is having a great time when we are not. It just isn't true, I do it, my imagination runs wild I think no-body loves me, then comes that feeling maybe I'm wrong. My own kid's don't phone, you feel depressed, you cry. At least that it is how it pans out for me usually. We always had jw's round xmas day, parties & now nothing, no-one & no invites. It hurts, but hey, I remember that as a jw I spent years feeling suicidal, then I realise that WOW all those pretend friendships & smiles were just an illusion. Now I'm having to deal with reality that most people on the planet live with everyday & it takes abit of time to get used to. Don't be so hard on yourself, it gets better & remember that Jehovahs witnesses are the most unhappy people on earth. You know where you & I are both lucky, we got our best friend on our side, our husbands.

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"Marked" for association with "worldly guy"

by Anon_SA1 in

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my best friend has recently been "marked" for associating with a "worldly guy" what advice can you give me to pass onto her?

i am not a jw, never been one, so looking for guidance.

thank you in advance.

Sabin

I was unaware that you could be marked for that, i'm just looking at the organized to do Jehovahs will book pg 150, it says nothing there about that. It says I quote "grossly lazy or critical, being a profitless talker, meddler, scheming to take material advantage of others (so we should mark the WTBTS) indulging in entertainment that is clearly improper". that's it, no mention of having worldly friends, did I miss something here. Is there some kind of new ruling going on. Anon, I would suggest you give your friend jwfacts, JWsurvey, Freedom of mind resource center, AAWA2014 & other web sites to look out. Then stand well back while the penny drops.

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God Made Eve From Adam’s Penis, Not His Rib, Academic Claims

by OrphanCrow in

there are days that i drop to the ground and kiss the earth in gratitude that i was born a woman.

at least women didn't have anything to do with writing the bibble.

and women don't come up with this nonsense.

Sabin

If God took half of a mans brains to get started on making a woman it explains why men are so stupid. Oh sorry did I say brains, I meant penis, same thing though isn't it?

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Chapter 1 My Bethel Experience First Posted 9 Years Ago A Walk Down Memory Lane

by new boy in

part 1. i when to bethel march 21,1970. at the time you had to be a pioneer for two years to apply, by the time i left in 1974 they were calling people in who had never pioneered..........average stay was 5 months (they had signed up for 4 years)..........the reason they left was......well, it was hell.. one of the reasons was, knorr hated bethelites, but he loved the gilead students and why?

because when they screwed up they were thousands of miles away!........just before i got there, they had kicked out over 30!

homosexuals (at one time) ....the would kick out 1-2 bethelites a week.

Sabin

Hold up, I need to clarify something here, they put young men, or any man at that washing the sisters knickers & bra's? I'm sorry it has to be said' that is f....king outrageous. What on earth were they thinking, I am truly shocked by this revelation. Is this going on today?

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Thinking about disassociating yourself - STOP!...at least for a moment

by rory-ks in

(this recent forum post about a letter of disassociation encouraged me to post this new topic.

it's been sitting in my drafts folder for a little while, but now is as good a time as any.).

my suggestion would be, try not to go down the route of disassociation.

Sabin

Great thread, as every one acknowledges we must all make a choice that is according to our own personnel circumstances but I do feel that you (Rory) have put forward excellent thoughts for ones trying to leave to think about & consider, which can only place more power & control back in the hands of themselves where it belongs. So thank-you.

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Remember When Something Bad Would Happen And You Felt Its Really What They Deserved?

by minimus in

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i was thinking about christmas and how celebrants may lose their home and all their possessions because a christmas candle burned down the house.. witnesses smugly would say, "well, they shouldn't have been celebrating the holidays!

".....yet if a jw got into a fatal car accident while going to a convention, it was clearly satan's doing..

Sabin

Don't they just say the most stupid things. The big Tsunami that happened in 2004 was a prime example of this & hurricane Katrina another where JW's survived & they claimed it was because Jehovah had protected them. There was a councillor in my area who had said that she wouldn't agree to a kingdom hall being built & 2 weeks later she had a heart attack & died, well as you can imagine the JW's believe Jehovah had coursed her death so they could get their kingdom hall. How twisted can they get.

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Watchtower crackdown on anointed expansion - are they reaching for a solution to the expanding numbers problem?

by slimboyfat in

if this has been discussed i missed it.

i think the january study watchtower is a concerted attempt to reduce the numbers claiming to be anointed.

but i love the sneaky way they go about it this time.

Sabin

wow, so God no longer decides based on heart condition, the GB decides based on ministry report. They actually do believe themselves to be higher than the heavens don't they. They are the Pharisees all over again, no wonder Jesus didn't choose from among them you would think this would be a lesson for them wouldn't you.

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merry xmas

by Sabin in

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it has just turned 12 o'clock in n.s.w, australia, is i am just saying merry christmas to all you on the forum & i hope you all happy a happy new year.

big hugs all round.

sabin.

Sabin

hey cognac how you doing? so I went to the sex shop, LOL, sat in the car giggling like a school girl but got inside & OMG! it was so educational. My poor husband switched a vibrator on & then could work out how to switch it off, the guy in there could see we were in trouble you need a bloody degree to work some of the stuff. Arent you proud of me . I got to go to sleep now as it's so late but I will pm you & share my new found knowledge about the Eggs. Have a wonderful holiday time with your daughter.