Posts by mrs rocky2

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growing up scared of Armageddon

by bittersweet in

i was just curious if any of you growing up in the truth were overly scared of armageddon?.

when my mom came into the org.

in the 70's,the only so called kids book was the paradise lost book.the pictures in that book scared the pants off me!at night when i was lying in bed,if i would hear a loud plane go over head,or there was a thunder storm,i was sure it was the start of armageddon and i would be sooooo scared.i was wondering if i was the only one overly scared,or if their were others.. also,was anyone out there extremely frightened of the demons?i would hear all these crazy experiences of people having problems with demons,and i was sooo frightened they would come bother me.maybe i was just a big old scaredycat,but if any one else has any experiences,please post them!

mrs rocky2

Armageddon was the whole reason why I hooked up the JWs. My uncle used to stop by our house and tell us that 'they took the last count for Armageddon at meeting tonight...you weren't there.' Pretty scarey stuff when you are 6 or 7 years old - we're talking mid 1960's here. I remember looking at an old Make Sure of All Things book looking for any information I could find on surviving the Great Tribulation. I was just sure I wouldn't be finishing high school before Armageddon. Everything we did was geared toward Armageddon being 'just around the corner - any day now.' It even affected the classes I took in high school. Stuck to business classes, bare minimum, graduated a semester early - because there was not point in staying in school any longer than necessary. Armageddon was coming, blah, blah, blah.....

Mrs R

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One year ago today..........

by Mulan in

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sharon mcdaniel kennedy

january 27, 1942 - september 6, 2001

(we called her "the rose", affectionately, .

mrs rocky2

Reconnecting with Sharon was a turning point in my life. I am so glad I could spend a little time with her before she passed away. She was truly beautiful inside and out.

Mrs R

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Seattle - Press Conference Success - Pics

by Trauma_Hound in

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we had a total of 5 people show up, including myself, bruce baker presented the lamb, and left a press packet on the door, with copys of the new york times articles.

i got some pictures and video, and we had a reporter for the seattle times, and komo tv 4 show up, they both talked with us for almost an hour.

it was great to have a couple of people share they're personal experiences about being molested with the reporters.

mrs rocky2

Check out KomoTv's website - nice article about the press conference.

http://www.komotv.com/stories/20208.htm

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Seattle - Press Conference Success - Pics

by Trauma_Hound in

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we had a total of 5 people show up, including myself, bruce baker presented the lamb, and left a press packet on the door, with copys of the new york times articles.

i got some pictures and video, and we had a reporter for the seattle times, and komo tv 4 show up, they both talked with us for almost an hour.

it was great to have a couple of people share they're personal experiences about being molested with the reporters.

mrs rocky2

Awesome! Way to go Bruce and everyone involved. I recognize that Kingdom Hall - somewhere close to Greenlake maybe? Even the weather cooperated!

Mrs R

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M.E illness amongst jehovahs witnesses?

by haujobbz in

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i have always wondered why so many jws i knew suffered from the illness "m.e" previous to being a jw i never heard of this illness but when joining the borg i noticed noticed so many jws saying all of a sudden they had m.e maybe its a jw disease trend.

anyhow what does m.e stand for.. haujobbz

mrs rocky2

If any of you with CF see a massage therapist or physical therapist be sure to tell them you have CF. There are specific trigger points in your nervous system. A person without CF may have pain and discomfort from stress relieved by massage these points but a person with CF will have increased pain and discomfort.

I have a lot of non-witness friends who have CF and/or ME. They have found eliminating refined sugars (and other highly refined foods) from their diet helpful, but think this may have to do with the immune system's response. I have always believed the refined foods compromise the immune system. CF and ME are immune system disorders so this makes sense to me.

It is unfortunate for those who really suffer from these very real diseases to hear of some using this diagnosis fraudulently to get out of living their life to the fullest. Most of my friends who have CF and/or ME live very full lives in spite of their pains and discomforts. And they don't wear their disorder as a badge of courage either. You might meet them and never know they had CF or ME.

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discrimination if your fathers not an elder

by smiler in

its sad to think that if you are in the 'truth' that discrimination is so blatant, this works in your favour if you happen to be male and have the 'privalage' of being an elder.

as this will mean that as an elder he will probably be aware of any persons attending the kh who have had allegations made against them or convicted of child abuse.

if the 'privalaged' elder has children of his own then he is in a better position to protect his children from abuse or contact with the abuser.

mrs rocky2

A very close family member married a convicted child molester. My father, PO of the congregation, refused to tell us what crime this brother had committed, the relative would only say that he became a witness in prison and committed a crime worse than murder. We confronted my father and he told us that we were heading toward gossip and slander and could be disfellowshipped if we pursued getting the information. Fortunately this brother took us aside and told us about his past. We were then able to protect our children - he and this relative were never allowed to be alone with our children. It has been more than 15 years since this man has been in our family. We have a good relationship with him, he has not reoffended, at least to our knowledge. Our children are now young adults. My father still won't talk about this situation after all of this time. So just because the elders know doesn't mean they protect their families...at least in this case.

Mrs R

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JW admits he OBEYS the Watchtower

by Sirona in

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i couldn't believe this comment on another forum.

a jw admits that he obeys the watchtower and uses the bible to say that we should obey them or be struck dead!.

lol.

mrs rocky2

Dad said a lot of things raising us that connected back to some of the more brutal Hebrew customs. When my sister and I wanted to pierce our ears he said he would do it for us...with an awl, just the like they did to the slaves. I think I was 14 or 15 at the time. Pretty scarey stuff. But we survived and moved on and I did get my ears pierced, not with an awl. He's still not particularly pleasant, very regimented. So glad I live hundreds of miles away!

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JW admits he OBEYS the Watchtower

by Sirona in

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i couldn't believe this comment on another forum.

a jw admits that he obeys the watchtower and uses the bible to say that we should obey them or be struck dead!.

lol.

mrs rocky2

Sometimes I wonder if they really hear what they are saying...no personal conscience whatsoever. My dad, PO of a rather large congregation on the West Coast admitted that he follows the rules and does what he is told to do, much like the military. Don't question, don't make suggestions, just follow orders from the high command. If someone he has studied with gets baptized and then makes a serious mistake, enough to be reproved or DF'd, he feels they have personally sinned against him not just God! Haven't gotten him to admit it but he would be one who would bring back stoning in a heartbeat - at least that's the way he talked when we were teenagers. When we were even slightly rebellious he would remind us of the scriptural practice in the Hebrew days of stoning disobedient children. Heartless....so sad.

Mrs R

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Are There More Than One?

by Sentinel in

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i've been reading posts for a while now, and sometimes it seems that some posters really know each other quite well.

i was thinking perhaps that they knew each other prior to coming on the forum.. how many here went to the same congregation and were friends or family?.

or how many here did not attend the same congregation at the same time, only to connect again on this forum?.

mrs rocky2

My family and Mulan's family knew each other in Seattle way back when. But Mulan and I were in different congregations and there is a slight age difference so we didn't run in the same circles. If I told you how involved are families were it might give away my real identity, which I'm still a little reluctant to do in such a public place. Also met Venice and her family shortly after becoming inactive. There are a few others that I've discovered I knew while we were all still in the Borg but since we are operating under aliases it took some time to find out those connections. Again, the desire to keep some anonymity prevents me from sharing more information. I am inactive but not unconnected from JW loyalists.

Mrs Rocky

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DO YA MISS "THE SWEET FELLOWSHIP"?

by minimus in

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one of the major reasons that a disfellowshipped or disassociated person has for coming back to "jehovah's organization" is that perhaps they will miss the "sweet fellowship".

after hearing comments regarding the km article on how to treat disfellowshipped ones, i must wonder why anyone of sound mind would think a disfellowshipped person would miss anything from the organization.

viewing persons as "dead" while out of the organization would not make one feel anxious to return to jehovah's loving arrangement through the organization.whoever coined the term about missing "the sweet fellowship" was pretty clever.

mrs rocky2

How do you miss something you never had?

Mrs R