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sizemik
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My spiritual goal...reaching out
by 2tone ini'm so tired of hearing people setting goals for themselves.
i know people who are in there early twenties with the goal of being a c.o.
do people just wake up one day and say "i think ill become a c.o" well i know some girls that want to marry a c.o.
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Hello Everyone! Heres my story!
by OneDayillBeFree ini'm new here, and although i have been a lurker for several months now, its nice to finally dive in and join you all.
i hope that i find some friends as thats what i'm really looking for, i've seen enough proof that theres real love outside of this religious prison that i've biult for myself over the years, but i would like to feel it firsthand.
it's been a little hard to post anything since it's not easy being around in websites like these when you're still in and theres other jw's around sticking their noses everywhere, but now that i've found the time, i would like to share a bit about my story.... this is an email i sent paul grundy, (creator of jwfacts.com) and it basically sums up the story of my life... so i thought it would be good if you all had a read as well.
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sizemik
Hi OneDayillBeFree . . . welcome aboard.
It's a high-control organisation you wish to leave . . . and few get out without some cost . . . brace yourself for a time when you may not have the relationship with friends/family you would prefer . . . that may well be out of your hands.
As the above posters have said in all sincerety . . . life outside of that religion can be very happy and satisfying . . . just keep your head, and your self respect, and your patience . . . make good choices
Your a young man with wings on his feet . . . get ready to fly
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Personal Grudges and Judicial Committees: is There a Link?
by passwordprotected ini've received a submitted article for publication on my blog (http://thegoverningbody.org).
this is from the introduction:.
i have an issue i would like raise.
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sizemik
Mathews fate was sealed early . . . just how early I'm not sure . . . well before the "shepherds" took a personal interest in him I suspect.
While his efforts where ultimately futile, the guy had some style. The 'power of the passive' at it's best . . .
I will enjoy reading this again sometime
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I still recall being in the grip of this awful mind-controlled state . . .
Truth is (as we all know), such ones have a huge gaping hole inside of them . . . it's an awful thing to have your natural humanity stripped away . . . makes you poor and blind and pitiable and naked
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Personal Grudges and Judicial Committees: is There a Link?
by passwordprotected ini've received a submitted article for publication on my blog (http://thegoverningbody.org).
this is from the introduction:.
i have an issue i would like raise.
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sizemik
WOW . . . . . . . . I mean WOW!
I've just read the transcript of Mathews appeal . . . one of the most compelling transcripts I've read in quite a while ever. (prefer the written word).
Before then Sanhedrin . . . Mathew shone . . . It would be an honour to buy that man a beer . . .
Personal grudges? . . . never experienced a JC without them! . . . never
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Changes are coming
by startingover ini see it happening.
any comments on our future here in the us?http://www.evolver.net/user/soultraveller/blog/america_changes_are_cominga_lot_them_are_herechanges are coming ----.
that will blow your mind..... #1 the united states has lost approximately 42,400 factories since.
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sizemik
And changes are going . . .
When I was a boy we turned a handle on the side of the telephone and a woman's voice said "number please?" . . . During the 60's we felt 'flooded' by cheap Japanese imported goods . . . much like China today. Funny, but in many ways "made in Japan" is now a stamp of quality. People still talked about "the great depression" which "changed the world forever"
Change has been with me all my life . . . some good . . . some bad.
Perhaps the chief concern as we move forward from here is the increased demand, and therefore cost, of resources and commodities brought about by population increase. Some negative impact in living standards will likely result. But I don't see some major unforeseen disaster resulting . . . just more change (with it's upheavals) unfolding. I invisage a gradual move toward more of a 'subsistance style' of living in many developed countries but don't see this as all bad. Consumerism and trade has been here as long as humans have and will always be.
Natural disasters are just that . . . and always will be . . . big and small.
Living on this Earth has never been easy . . . hence the 'paradise lost' ideology that fosters the 'divine intervention' mentality
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sizemik
Get this . . .
A 'sister' my wife and I have known for twenty years, knew we had become 'inactive' for some time. Her husband (my best friend at the time) had suicided about ten years ago leaving two young children. She has since remarried.
That's the background . . . anyways . . . she rang a few months ago absolutely distraught . . . her current husband and her had visited her ex's grave and argued afterwards. He had dropped her off in a small town about 120 km's from us and buggered off home without her. Highly distressed she had rung another sister in the town, whom she knew, and had been told to ring the elders ???
Well, of course, on receiving her call we immediately arranged to travel to the town to pick her up. Her hubby had a change of heart in the meantime and returned to pick her up himself.
She wrote us a long and troubled letter after that and made arrangements to visit us in our home. She duly arrived and we spent a nice time together reminiscing for several hours over a BBQ lunch. She confessed to being depressed and suicidal herself and told us her (now grown) daughter was suicidal as well. We were as encouraging and supportive of her and felt genuine sympathy for her plight. Well of course she just had to raise "the subject" eventually, and it soon was made clear (in the least offensive way we could muster) that we would never entertain the thought of becoming active JW's again, because of what we had since learned. (no specifics)
At that she effected a very hasty exit . . . told us that we were 'dangerous' and that she would have nothing further to do with us . . . for her own "protection" . . . protection from what? . . . we had demonstrated nothing but heartfelt love and support!
But she sailed off down the road and back into WT world . . . we have heard nothing since
I just felt the episode highlighted what is emerging here . . . the totally upside-down distorted view of real human "love" JW's have
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How Many JWs Have You known Who Have Commited Suicide?
by Was New Boy injames olsen and richaed wheellock both bethelites.. rich templet.
rich and james out of guilt, richard out of depression.. james and rich were both under 30 years old.. after richard wheelock (a bethel heavy) killed himself the society changed it's stand on whether suicides could be resurrectioned or not..
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Was New Boy said . . .
They say people that kill themselfs really don't what to die....they just can't continue to live in the "Hell" of what their lives have became.
I know this to be very true . . . . and it takes some pondering and serious consideration to fully understand this . . . . to understand just how much "hell" an individual can find themselves in that precipitates such a reaction to it . . . . think about it.
I believe the most shallow statement I've heard is that suicide is 'selfish' . . . how can the elimination of 'self' ever be considered 'selfish'?
The victims of suicide are among the most tragic of losses to us all
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How Many JWs Have You known Who Have Commited Suicide?
by Was New Boy injames olsen and richaed wheellock both bethelites.. rich templet.
rich and james out of guilt, richard out of depression.. james and rich were both under 30 years old.. after richard wheelock (a bethel heavy) killed himself the society changed it's stand on whether suicides could be resurrectioned or not..
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sizemik
@GOrwell . . . Does anyone have reliable data on the JW suicide numbers?
Straight answer . . . no. I have read an article which researched mental illness among JW's and found they were 4 times more likely to suicide and 16 times more likely to suffer mental illness (several studies were involved). Figures were considered slightly conservative as JW's were found less likely to reveal their religion to official records in the case of suicide, and less likely to seek traditional medical assistance in the case of mental illness.
As to my experience, I knew personally 12 individuals over 30 years who suicided . . . all ages, both sexes, wide variety of methods.
In the case of 6 of them . . . they were members of the congregation I was in at the time and close friends . . . one I considered my best friend at the time. One extrordinarily fine young man . . . a 17 year old, was my eldest son's best friend and precipitated our exit from the cult.
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How do i tell them im no longer interested in being a JW?
by TimothyT inhi everyone.. iv been a jw for 3 years and iv been attending meetings since i was young!
im now 23. i have recently accepted that im gay and id now like to leave the organisation.. im trying to do things bit by bit, and i wanted to ask you all for some advice and ideas.. personaly, at the moment, id rather just phase myself out than hand in a letter of dissasociation - although i likely will arrive at that point within the next 6 months or so.. i have been quite well known in my congregation as a serious, kind and spiritual young man, and at the moment, im attending less and less meetings and not going out on the ministry as much.. i keep getting constant calls from elders asking about me and wondering where i am.
i understand their concern but its a little annoying, and unlike the majority of you here, i just couldnt tell them to get lost or to leave me alone as its just not who i am.
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sizemik
Nuggets suggestions about sum things up for you TimothyT . . . along with the other similar posts . . . keeping it simple is vital in that you want to reveal AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE . . . any information or 'hints' you give away will feed the situation and may create speculation and gossip . . . "personal matters" are just that . . . and could mean anything . . . keep it vague and always be relaxed and pleasant . . . and make preparations for life outside.
All the best to you