Posts by andys

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AUTISM and JW children

by apostatekate in

i was a jw kid.

i remember having to sit still through long, boring meetings.

i remember being taken to the book room for numerous spankings.

I am very happy, (am 35 yrs old) to be totally free of the Watchtower both physically and mentally, I have a high functioning type of autism PDD-Nos, about the only thing that the watchtower taught me is how to be a very good reader thats how I got out of the watchtower is when doing research and reading books, the one book that helped me out was Crisis of Conscience.

I would have to say growing up was hell for me going to the meetings, also being different and not accepted and alot of times I was kept out of anything that was going on socially, now after being out of the watchtower for 3 years I finally have friends to do things with and for the very first time one of my friends is asking me to be a groomsman in his wedding:) Inside the watchtower I didn't have any friends an not even was asked to be involved in anything like a wedding so this be the very first time I be a groomsman:)

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There is no end of the world

by maccauk11 in

revelation was wirtten to those seven 1st century churhces not thechurhc of doolaly in florida etc.

those 1st cnetruy beleivers were fully expectant of the returning king in power and he did.

he didnot lei or mislead them.

andys

I have come to realize this also and its been totally awesome being finally set free from thinking about the world ending because I realize its not going to end anytime soon.

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Who kills more trees? Wt vs. power company?

by DS211 in

i have to share an interesting experience with my wife this morning (not a bedroom story...sinners ;-)).. we were driving to work and my wife asked why they havent changed the wooden power poles to concrete.. me: well i think they change them as they start to give out.. wife: but they kill so many trees doing this!!!!

why wouldnt they figure that out?.

(what i wanted to say)me: how many trees do the watchtower kill printing magazines and bibles????.

andys

I also remember in the 90's I think there was an Awake that was printed about tropical rain forests, how ironic it is that they print an article about rain forest trees wasting paper/trees in the process..........................................

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Anyone Celebrating Halloween this Year???

by cognac in

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i started yesterday.

took the kids (they were both princesses) and my nephew to 3 different events.

got tons of candy and the kids had a blast.. .

andys

I was Ghostbusters!!!! at a halloween party at one of the bars that was having a costume contest.

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Were U Surprised To Learn Anything About The Witnesses That U Didn't Know??

by minimus in

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when i was a kid, i researched the origins of the religion and realized that the witnesses were an offshoot of adventism.....we're you surprised to learn something about the witnesses that you didn't realize?.

andys

I been out for 2.5 years:) Its been very nice being out and for me I woke up all in one night, everything hit me with a ton of bricks after reading Crisis of Conscience, I was on 80 pages in the book and woke up all in one night, the way I can decribe what its like, for me it was like I was coming to reality, all I can say is living in reality is way better then being in fantasy paradise, I was a born in and it was a major relief off my shoulders.

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memorial attendance

by drawcad_1 in

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i just looked at the september issue of the km and they are proud to admit that the attendance in the united states for the memorial, on march 26, was 2,504,114 for 2013. that is about 2,000 more than last year.

looks like things are slowing down rapidly.

i know that there was not a big increase last year from the year before and it was speculated that it was becuase it was on a weekday.

andys

I did the math and thats only an increase of 40 people per state that attended the memorial and if I got my percentages right I think thats only a .02% increase in each state.

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Up-skirt voyeur pervert is a Jehovah's Witness

by RayPublisher in

this jw guy put a camera in his bookbag and went around snapping pics... sick.. .

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/8799082/up-skirt-voyeur-a-jehovah-witness.

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andys

6 months later he is reinstated with restrictions, I am guessing one of the restrictions is he won't be allowed to carry a brief case........................................................

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What do you think happens when we die?

by cognac in

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i'm trying to figure it out.

if we are just dead then there is no point to anything i do.

i'd like to hope our energy goes somewhere... but, i'd like to examine what somebody presents as proof....

andys

I think part of one of the purposes in life is simply finding out who we all are individually, a cult will take away that identitiy of who a person is inside, also one other thing is being good to other people, I do believe in an afterlife but when I get to that point I will find out, but right now I don't worry about it I just am working on finding more of who I am.

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Warwick project... I had no clue it was this big!!!

by sosoconfused in

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http://www.townofwarwick.org/wt_con/_appendix%20j.pdf.

of course i was aware that the new headquarters would be there but according to the above plans it is immense!.

253 acres???

andys

I think I read in there that the Warwick project is a mile away from the airport, there is a way to see what it all looks like overhead, I found a video of a pilot landing at the Warwick airport:

Warwick airport landing

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Julia gets hit with the Shun Gun for the first time...and it really hurts.

by Julia Orwell in

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my jw friend of 20 years, the first one i ever met, the one who got me into jwism in the first place, unfriended me from facebook without explanation.

other jws who have unfriended me at least called me names (apostate) and told me they were unfriending me, but they were no loss.

but someone who's been your friend since you were 13...and no explanation...i'd think 20 years- 20 years!

andys

I am very sorry what you are going through, my situation is all my immediate family shuns me to a certain extent, it hurts, I haven't associated with any of my immediate family for over 2 years, sometimes I run into family like in a grocery store and they still talk to me but my dad said that I am not allowed to go over to their house and visit, I can feel your pain, it hurts beyond anything I have had hurt, its even more worser hurt then a girlfriend breaking up with me.

There are several things I have done to keep the hurt down and over time I am healing, I have for one thing found my own path in life, for one thing I workout now which helps out alot, I go to either the YMCA or I bought a bicycle and ride it on bike trails, also for an interest I have taken up dancing and have discovered that dancing is one of my passions, one other thing I do is I have found new friends that I consider family, also keep this in mind everyday that things can change, you never know when your friend will wake up, I look foward to the time when some of my family members will wake up and I look foward to helping them out of the cult.