Posts by discreetslave

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It's my Birthday!

by drewcoul in

jw
friends

it's my birthday today, sept 19. i was born in 1972. .

i find it interesting that so many people i know post a "happy birthday" on my facebook page.

all of those years inside the wts org., and i always thought birthdays were evil, pagan, god dishonoring.

Fav Movie Directors, do U have one?

by talesin in

second attempt here,.

let me know your favs... :d .

i love to watch flicks, and whether they are famous or obscure, would love to see your favs (exception, i don't watch zombie films, sorry, except for bodysnatchers).. .

discreetslave

Stanley Kubrick

Martin Scorsese

George Cukor

Elia Kazan

Sam Mendes

Coen Brothers

Clint Eastwood

Federico Fellini

Hitchcock

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Celebrate Good Times: Come On!

by headisspinning in

jw
friends

today marks our two years free.

my now husband was df'd on september 13, 2009 and i was officially canned on september 15, 2009!.

it has been a long road and if any of you remember, we initially came on this board looking for help to get reinstated.that is a huge laugh now, hey!

Were any of you anointed?

by TimothyT in

did any of you feel that mystical force telling you that you were of the anointed class?.

what did it feel like?

was it real?

I was going to partake this year but I didn't get to attend the memorial. After reading the bible and realizing I have the heavenly hope I began to doubt JW's as having the truth. The insomnia due to researching the Society and stimulants I took to stay awake led to a mental breakdown and I was hospitalized. So even if I had remained in the borg as a fader & started to partake they would have dismissed me as mentally imbalanced like the QFR suggests.

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The story of Punkofnice. It was the 'Overlapping' that finally got me out!

by punkofnice in

why i am now a faded apostate after the ridiculous overlapping teaching!.

i was raised in the trooooooooooth and both my parents were pioneers.

over the years i pioneered, was an ms and finally an elder.

discreetslave

Hey there Unky!!! I've missed chatting with you this week.

You've given your boys a wonderful opportunity. There is still hope for your wife & daughter. I hope your daughter awakens while still young.
Even though JW's will never admit it but they lost a force for good and being among ego tripping elders they notice your absence.
I'm glad you've crossed over to the other side. Isn't life grand!!!

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Did anyone record the "Anti-Apostate" WT study on 9/11/2011?

by RayPublisher in

hey if anyone recorded the wt study send me a link to it or pm and email it to me- i missed recording it was out of town thank gawd but i want to do a youtube mashup of it.. it'll be funny, especially if i can find several of them to slice and dice together.

lemme know!.

discreetslave

When I was at Brooklyn i use to clean the pharmacy & the suicide watch room. Seeing the psychiatric meds made me open to the idea of taking meds if needed because I felt less ashamed after seeing it on the shelves at Bethel. I was told they had 2 suicide rooms in the new infirmary at Brooklyn but I never confirmed it. If everything is wonderful at Bethel why this need or why have psychologistson staff?

I had friends who had to leave their missionary assignment early due to the wife's PTSD. Her's issued due to living thru civil unrest in Central American country before becoming a JW. My husband & I encouraged the couple to make known her experience in that country while attending Gilead. She was afraid of being sent back there but they were also scared to speak up fearing it would reflect badly with the the br's if they made a request not to be sent somewhere. They ended up being assigned to a neighboring country so they thought she would be fine. They were wrong, the countries were very similar and it triggered horrific memories. She was ashamed to admit she needed help or to take meds. They only spoke up after another missionary informed them she was on anti-depressants and that there was nothing to be ashamed of as many missionaries are in need of psychiatric meds due to the stress.

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My father's funeral

by jwfacts in

last week i attended my father's funeral in hobart.

i was the first time i have been in a kingdom hall in several years, and many years since i had attended the hall of my childhood, but felt like it was just yesterday.

the funeral talk was quite a departure from normal, so worth writing about.

discreetslave

Again I'm sorry for your loss.

I feel sorry for your mom.

Did your wife & child go with you? From your writing it seems like they didn't. If so how were they treated?

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New apostate movie coming soon

by fade_away in

so my wife's cousin known as "free" on this site told us of this new documentary coming soon.

i'm not sure if it's coming soon to theatres, independent film theatres, or just dvd.

the movie is called truth be told.

discreetslave

The photo of the young lady is absolutely real (as is the brief footage of her in the fundraising video)

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New Ex-JW Documentary To Be Released

by discreetslave in

about filmtruth be told is a feature length documentary that explores the lives of several individuals raised in the jehovahs witnesses religion.

the title of the film refers to the tendency by jehovahs witnesses to regard their beliefs exclusively as the truth.. the documentary is not an indictment of religion but rather a retrospective.

in a series of informal interviews, former jehovahs witnesses discuss life experiences within the organization including the impact the religion had on their childhood and family, schooling, adolescence, and approaches to dating and marriage.

discreetslave

I'm in support of every project put out to show our stories in a fair light .

I understand your viewpoint Mad so does the director. He has successfully produced other films. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2042405/bio so he already has some recognition outside our community and that helps get our stories out.

Who knows he could be a resource for the other films. It's us vs a corporation not in competition with each other.

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The impact of Governing Body policy on higher education: read this!

by Terry in

excerpt:.

does your religion affect your income?by mari cockerell, ktxs newsabilene, texas -- the pew forum on religion and public life recently put out the results of a survey on wealth and religion in the united states.. you may be surprised to learn which religious groups in this country have the most and the least wealthy members.an infographic produced by the folks at www.good.is breaks down information gathered by the pew forum on religion and wealth.

it maps out distribution of income for the 14 major religious groups in this country, charting those whose income is less than $30,000 a year all the way up to $100,000+.. what they found is interesting.the religions whose members earn the most money are jews and hindus.

discreetslave

Poorly educated about so many things. Even their own religion