I have not heard anything from my family since I left 2 1/2 yrs ago. I don't really mind, because they always critized me all the time anyway, I never measured up to their standards and I was sick of listening to them preach to me all the time. I am far more happy and content being free of the chains and shackles of the WTBS....and my mother getting on my case. Don't get me wrong I still love them, but they were driving me to the brink of insanity.
Now I have peace of mind and a wonderful husband.
Peace to all of you.
Orangefatcat!!
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Do your parents still talk to you?
by scootergirl injust curious if your parents still have contact with you after you have been df'd/da'd.
mine have stood by w/strong convictions not to have contact w/me.
they have to have some being that i have kids that they want to see (but that is very minimal).
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Shaking Hands with Death - Part 3
by Amazing inshaking hands with death part 3: .
the angioplasty begins: the cardiologist arrived from the other hospital, and started telling everyone what he needed.
more medical staff showed up soon after, and the room was insane ... just like on tv ... short tempers demanding this or that device or assistance, people yelling out my vital readings, and i got a brief glance of the operating room door with people in green outfits, head caps, and face masks bopping in and out.
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Amazing,
What can a person say? I for one am so happy that you are on the mend and I want you to know that I really appreciate you sharing your innermost feelings with us. I know that if this were to ever happen to me I would now know what to expect because you have explained it so clearly and concisely.
You indeed have a very strong will to live and you are a survivor. Bless you Jim.
((((((((((((((((((((((((HUGS))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))Orangefatcat
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What's the one thing you miss about the WTS?
by Naeblis inthere are times when ilook back fondly on my days in the witnesses, especially when i think on the congregation get togethers we would have every once in awhile (not too often) people from our hall and sometimes others would show up (not too many) and good times were had by all.
this is how the schedule usually went.. 8pm: arrive at the community centre.
8:05pm: scope the room.
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PS My Mom
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Dateline Aftermath
by silentlambs inthe result of the airing of the dateline program has been very positive.
dateline program will no doubt air again in reruns and may get further coverage soon.
there have been many mixed emotions as a result of this program.
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Bill, You have indeed helped so many in their battle against the WTBS for justice. I do strongly believe you and the silentlambs are now victorious. The evidence speaks volumes.
I would have loved to been in that KH in Florida where that brother gave his student talk and then gave his brave statement of never setting foot back in the Kingdom Hall until the governing body changes their policy. Well between all of us we know that will never happen. The avalanche of letters from concerned people and other lambs are an indication that there is still much work to do in helping these dear lambs get there justice. I can visualize the legal department of the WTBS right now, they must be going crazy. As for the persons who have attacked you, don't despair Bill, they know that your message to the Jehovahs witnesses is strong and solid and they don't like having their feathers ruffled. Stand firm Bill and all you beautiful silentlambs, we love you all dearly.
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Thank you for the support
by Erica ini can't find the words that would express how grateful i am for all the support, not only for all of you to back me on the dateline show but for my trial as well.
i don't think i would have had the courage to go through the trauma if it wasn't for all your prayers and encouragement.
dateline was a huge help for many and i know this because i have recieved quite a few calls, one from a current jdub who wants out for the safety of his 16 month old baby, i was so excited that he lifted the veil and saw it for the pure truth that it was.
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Erica, I am lost for words as they have already been spoken. I share all these feeling for you too. I hope that one day when you little one grows up to an age of understanding that he'll know his mom was brave and a real hero. She stood up to all those big bad wolves and rose above an organization that dared to keep her silent. No greater pride will you have in knowing that your child will have that heritage to carry on from generation to generation in time. What a legacy to pass on! Be proud Erica! We love you and your family and all the other lambs very much. ((((((((((((HUGS)))))))))))))
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JW BLOWS WHISTLE!
by bay64me inthought i'd share some of my experiences with you all!.
sister x, was somewhat of an enigma in the congregation, certainly a 'one-off'!
allegedly she suffered from an 'illness' that incapacitated her at strangely convenient times!
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Let me tell you the tale of my ex husband. In 1991 he became disabled at work from an accident, he injured his arm, he had surgery, and then he said he injured his leg, he was holding down two jobs. I and my son never seen him, between jobs it was the service. we were of little concequence to him. Well some how with his manipulative powers of persuasion he managed to go on disability pension, first through work and then the candian disablity pension plan, now let me tell you if he was disabled I was a monkeys uncle. But never mind I was only his wife and I didn't count. He managed to fool everyone. He started walking with a cane and faked pain all the time. He would regualarly aux. pioneer, the elderes would never let him regular pioneer,(that is a story for another time}He would feign pain all the time, he had this uncanny ability to make it look great in the ministry and at the kingdom hall, but never at home.. I use to say to him who are you trying to kid. I said you don't even need a cane. Well he said yes I do just in case I loose my balance. Let me tell you he was the biggest con of all times. He made the brothers and sisters feel sorry for dear old Johnny and they fell for it hook line and sinker every time. He must have borrowed money from every brother in our kingdom hall at sometime or other saying we couldn't make ends meet. We were living in subsidized housing after he delibrately stopped paying the morgage payments on our house(I didn't know this at the time) and one day the bank calls and says to me is there any reason why you have'nt payed your morgage payment in serval months? I was flabber gassed, I couldn't believe it. And Johnny said, he did it on purpose so we could move to another town because it was closer to his work. We were morgaged to the value of our house and on the day of forclosure the house sold, but we had no where to go no house no apartment no where. We were literally on the street. My parents lived next door to us and they wouldn't take us in. and my sister lived a few miles from us and she wouldn't take us either, because they knew what my husband was like and he had made me look terrible in the eyes of my family and they didn't want to have anything to do with me either. one other brother from the kingdom hall, helped John put our things in another brothers garage and we didn't have very much money so we ended up in a dive of a motel. I wanted to kill him.
We stayed at this motel a week until our money ran out and got social assistance and then we were relocated to another motel for four months until an apartment or town house unit was found for us. During all this time John still played his charade of his disability.
It made me sick physicially and an emotional basket case. I felt so terrible for my sweet son Richard here he was pushed from pillar to post. People in three congregations couldn't figure out why my family completely ignored me and would help. It wasn't long after that my parents began to believe me about my ex, as at the same time my dear grandma became very ill and was hospitalized and I was at her bedside everyday and I had to travel everyday over an hour to get to the hospital and I think finally my parents began to realize that John had been lying to them all along about whatever it was he was telling them about me. Yes he was a good liar too.
Yes John even turned to churches of Christendom for Christmas baskets and the St. Vincent Socitey of St Pauls for money. Yes he took hand outs from the churches that he condemned in one breathe and yet took from with his hand out.
He was a hypocrite. After it came time for the Candian Pension Disability Plan to come to an end and he was to start to recieve the old age security and guaranteed income supplement, guess what, he lost his wife (me) he also throw away his cane. And my son tells me that the government wants $28,000.00 in money returned and another $4000.00 to the ontario government. the 28,000.00 is to the Quebec gov.
Tell me there is justice!!!
Finally someone has caught up with him and now it is only a matter of time that the elders catch on to his being a con and a scammer.
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Will *YOU* take the bait?
by LDH infor many of us, the internet is old news.
when i first met my husband in 1995, we were using the internet for his job search.a friend racked up $494 in monthly charges out of my checking account back in the days before aol was unlimited.
(yes, they paid me back) strange, but true.. since that time, i have seen many things.
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Shaking Hands with Death - part 2
by Amazing inshaking hands with death part 2: .
it was at this moment i knew it was over ... when the best people of modern medical science have done their best, and tell you they are sorry, but they did all they could do ... there is a certain final feeling, a jarring sense deep within that you have hit an immovable stone wall --- no way around it, no alternatives to contemplate, no side-stepping, no talking my way out, no escape hatch, no ace-in-the-hole, and no markers to call in ... yet, then .... what about god?
or is there an atheist in the foxhole?
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AMAZING I LOVE YOU BUT YOUR MAKING MY CRAZY!!
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Shaking Hands with Death - part 1
by Amazing inshaking hands with death: the one common bond we all share, even jehovahs witnesses, is death ... it lurks in the back of the head ... and most people dont think about it more than they are forced to when a loved one dies.
on monday, 5/28 i was forced against my will to meet mr. death, and have my first chat with him.. i would have expected to have profound and serious thoughts combined with the wise and sage advice of standing at the threshold of deaths door.
what i found was something most unexpected ... something that altered my views of life and death, yet once again.. the heart attack: it was a pleasant noontime.
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Amazing, your amazing, and boy you sure know how to keep a person in suspense. I am so glad like everyone else that you are on the mend and eagerly await future postings that are always great.
SPEEDY RECOVERY JIM WE LOVE YOUOFC.
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WT officially admits their system is NOT PERFECT
by Insider infollow the link to wt official admission.. second to last paragraph contains the admission.. .
http://www.jw-media.org/releases/default.htm?content=bg_molestation.htm
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Please tell me how on earth is a sweet innocent child going to have two bloody witneses to the sexual abuse?????????????????????????????????????Where the hell is the WTBS head, in the bloody sand. I am sure the bastard brings a partner with him. GOD DAM IT I AM SO BLOODY MAD, I COULD SPIT WOODEN NICKELS
I hope every silentlamb sues the Society and the elders and the abusers and the enablers and who ever else they can think of.
whewwwwwwwww.
Sorry about that but I just had to blow off some steam.