Posts by erbie

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I am officially 'mentally diseased' by WBT$ standards!

by punkofnice in

last night whilst i was relaxing 2 elders came to my door to tell me i am officially da'd because of my 'actions'.

they weren't specific but i have been to church and telling others about the wbt$ scandals.. i was told they thought i was rude for ignoring their letters and not attending my jc.. my reply: 'you were the rude ones for sending me hounding letters when i specifically asked you never to contact me!'.

i got a 'hurumph' from the lead eldub.. i don't remember the whole conversation but they were annoyed i kept referring to the wbt$ as 'just a big business' but i told them they were on my property uninvited so they'd have to listen to my opinion and i don't have to listen to theirs.

erbie

Good on ya Punk. That'll teach em.

They won't like the taste of their own medicine!

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Why do we care?

by fade_away in

jw
friends

ok this thread might get my ass kicked by some of you in here, but don't take it the wrong way...i'm just curious, why do we care so much about the wt calling us "mentally diseased"?

i mean haven't we said far worse things about the wt and gb in this forum?

(i include myself)...i know many of us got all bent out of shape because of those two words they used on us and some of us are trying to get the law on our side, but if we could file lawsuits against them, then i'm sure they can just as easily get their money back by accusing us of "hate speech" and having this website shut down.

erbie

Bang on!!!

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Why do we care?

by fade_away in

jw
friends

ok this thread might get my ass kicked by some of you in here, but don't take it the wrong way...i'm just curious, why do we care so much about the wt calling us "mentally diseased"?

i mean haven't we said far worse things about the wt and gb in this forum?

(i include myself)...i know many of us got all bent out of shape because of those two words they used on us and some of us are trying to get the law on our side, but if we could file lawsuits against them, then i'm sure they can just as easily get their money back by accusing us of "hate speech" and having this website shut down.

erbie

How would this health label read though?

Any ideas?

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Whatever happened to the UN in JW prophecy?

by wha happened? in

is it me or is the un no longer the enemy?

when i was studying all i heard about was the un banning religions.

do any current articles discuss this anymore?.

erbie

Yes designs, that awful Revelation book just about sums it up. It truly was awful. I'm just glad we left before my kids had to study the rubbish. How can they be a charitable organization and publish shocking trash such as that.

To think I actually sat there and gave serious attention to it's content.

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Did You Ever Make the Pilgrimage?

by Quendi in

jw
friends

how many of you have ever visited one of the branch offices or world headquarters of jehovah's witnesses?

i was an active witness for nearly thirty years and was associated with the cult for more than thirty-five before finally walking away for good last year.

during all those years i never made a trip to brooklyn bethel.

erbie

I've never been there personally but I eagerly await seeing it in the new system as that is where our direction will come from ;)

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Did any of you need counselling or psychotherapy as a JW?

by TimothyT in

i have just started my new course to be a qualified counsellor.

naturaly i am studying this because of my own background and now i want to help others who have had similar strains on their lives.. i know the pressure that the jw organisation puts on its members, so i was wondering, if you dont mind saying so of course, did any of you attend counselling sessions due to the pressures and problems that the jw life brought along?.

i can imagine that the majority of my old congregation (myself, my dad and my brother included) would need some form of counselling or medication in order to remain sane.

erbie

Yes, I too have seen a counsellor. Didn't go for years after I had left the borg and just struggled on doing what I felt responsible for. Psychotherapy does help one to see that they are/have been a victim of an extremely controling influence which affects the way we view ourselves and the world around us. There is no magic bullet and it's a long road to any sense of normality. When I look at the damage they did to me and my family I wish I could sue them.

Like discreetslave, I am looking to study psychology and help others as I feel it is all that is left for me to do.

I think many on the inside are a ticking time bomb.

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I believe this -- don't you?

by therevealer in

the watchtower ?

december 1, 2011 7. when severe calamities occur today, god's.

servants respond similarly.

erbie

This is because Jehovah is the God of the one true religion and always cares for his own. Now, the nasty, wicked people on the other hand (that's us) will be completely destroyed at the great battle of armageddon in which we will fully realise our own weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Who ever said that the future was bleak!

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Disturbing Divine Behavior

by Terry in

disturbing divine behavior:.

troubling old testament images of god.

by eric a. seibert.

erbie

I can't actually bring myself to take the bible seriously or even read it. That used to trouble me but not so much now. I'm sure there is a creative force or inteligence but in what form I know not.

Just got my son a book on the Hubble Telescope photos. WOW!

What wonders!

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