Posts by mummatron

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Hello from Muddy Waters

by Muddy Waters in

well, here's some of my story.

(am leaving out a lot of personal details.).

but i was prompted to look outside the wt because i'd been having doubts and questions for a long time.

My Book of Bible Stories is horrific isn't it?! Being able to look at it objectively now as an adult, the graphic illustrations of certain stories (the flood in particular) would never be used in any other "Worldly" children's books or films. I was given a copy for my children and have just sent it to be shredded in an industrial shredder. It gave me too many nightmares as a small child and there's no way I'd put my children through that. Good on you for noticing and not wanting your grandkids to see it!

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Bet the wtb&ts didn't see this one coming...

by OneDayillBeFree in

nasa just announced the discovery of a new planet!

it's called kepler 22b!!!.

and here's the kicker..... .

mummatron

Kepler 22b was discovered some time ago. It is only recently that it was discovered that it might be capable of supporting human life. But nobody's 100% certain on that! http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tomchiversscience/100121950/kepler-22b-probably-not-home-to-interesting-aliens/

I almost posted this onto PunkofNice's thread about making stuff up... I don't know how many times I have heard JWs "theorise" about the universe and possible existence of inhabitable planets, but many seem to be of the opinion that,

"We don't know exactly what Jehovah has in store for us long-term in the New System. We do know he wants us to be fruitful and fill the earth, maybe these planets serve a purpose for when that has been acheived."

They have their heads in the sand and an answer for everything!

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How I survived being starved, beaten and tortured by my Jehovah's Witness..

by Dogpatch in

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how i survived being starved, beaten and tortured by my jehovah's witness foster motherhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=510457&in_page_id=1879.

by alloma gilbert - more by this author last updated at 19:01pm on 25th january 2008. comments.

panic is bubbling up through my body.

mummatron

It made me shudder to read this again. I remember Eunice Spry from the District Conventions in Cardiff in the 90's. I volunteered on cloakrooms and contribution boxes with my grandmother and this gave us ample opportunity for people watching and chatting. Hers is a face I have never forgotten. I had a few acquaintances and a very close friend in the same congregation. Makes me wonder if any of them ever suspected or saw clues as to what was going on. I'm so glad Alloma is now free, safe & happy.

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Pictures of our new fur baby...... SID!

by watersprout in

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He's so cute. The combination of the 2 breeds makes him look a bit like a corgi I think.

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3 Year Old Boy Dies After Father Puts Him In A Washing Machine

by Bangalore in

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3 year old boy dies after father puts him in a washing machine.. http://scallywagandvagabond.com/2011/11/3-year-old-boy-dies-after-father-puts-him-in-a-washing-machine-as-punishment-for-defacing-fellow-pupils-drawing/.

bangalore.

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mummatron

I can't even bring myself to read that. I have a 3 year old son. The title of the article says it all - it's too upsetting.

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Our new fur baby comes to live with us tomorrow!

by watersprout in

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we are adopting our fur baby tomorrow .

he is a jrt crossed with a chihuahua, age is approximately around 7 and he is gorgeous!.

he was rescued from a dog pound as he was due to be put to sleep, an angel saw him and took him home... he had been found tied to tree, left to die and had lost all of his fur... his fur is back now, just a patch missing off his tail... he had to have 13 teeth removed as they were rotten and causing him a lot of pain.

mummatron

Awww cool!

I had a JRT last year for a 24hr trial as I was looking to adopt a doggy all of my own as our dog is Daddatron's fur baby. First off, I couldn't spend any time with him as I ended up going to hospital in an ambulance (I was pregnant and had a kidney infection). My son was only 2 at the time but was so patient with him, sat on the floor trying to feed him dog biscuits as he was so hyper he refused to eat. We couldn't adopt him as he just didn't get on with our terrier cross and kept bullying him, but we did find him a new home with the mother of a friend who just happened to be an experienced JRT owner/breeder with masses of land & kennels and now he is settled and happy.

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Famous ex-Jws

by ekruks in

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michelle rodriguez used to be a jehovah's witness.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/michelle_rodriguez.

i am just wondering if we can make a list of famous people that used to be jws, i.e.

mummatron

Dave Mustaine of Megadeath (and Metallica) fame. He spills all on his JW upbringing in his autobiography.

Also, not one many people will know about but around the time that Hank Marvin got baptised, Cliff Richard was studying but never took the plunge. I was told he attended a convention one year by a JW relative who was there. I'm not sure how accurate that is, maybe someone like wobble can corroborate..?

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'Stop Trading Yourself Down' - Brilliant Article That Applies to Life as a JW & the Cult Persona

by mummatron in

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i'm a regular reader of baggagereclaim.co.uk.

i find it helps me deal with many of the relationship-based hurts in my past, but this latest blog post, although it's written about romantic relationships, just made me think of my life as a jw and puts a lot of it in perspective!

so i felt it was worth a share... thought it might help some lurkers, faders & those questionning the cult.. have highlighted the most relevant parts.

mummatron

Glad you liked it.

Zid, that's some gorgeous landscape. Makes me feel all serene just looking at it.

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Post Good Music, Any Genre

by leavingwt in

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i hope everyone is having a great saturday night (or sunday morning).. .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0tge2n3nke.

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Fresh Prince - Wow BRMC, haven't heard them in a while.

Let's Go Surfing by The Drums. A simple tune but it never fails to make me .

http://youtube.com/watch?v=CeZbbx5SPTs

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Why I Left Jehovah's Witnesses--a 10-page essay by sd-7

by sd-7 in

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why i left jehovahs witnesses.

they can be painful to bear, but sometimes that is part of life in a setting with many people and their various personalities.. it was my examination of evidence that did lead me to leave jehovahs witnesses.

they, of course, had failed to bear proper witness to his name.

mummatron

Very well expressed. I have to admit that I can't recall some of the scriptures (without looking them up) but it's nice to know which doctrinal factors and scriptural interpretations were responsible for your awakening.