Posts by pale.emperor

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My sister passed away this evening

by smiddy3 in

it was only about two months ago she was diagnosed with lung cancer and she was a non smoker .. she was never a jw and she never held it against me that i was for 33 years.. we had a good relationship even though we lived in different states about 2000 miles apart,.. tears are rolling down my cheeks as i type this .

r.i.p.

sylvia .

pale.emperor

My condolences Smiddy.

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Just About To Leave For My Work's Christmas Party

by pale.emperor in

it's my work's christmas parts this evening.

just getting myself ready for it and decided to wear a suit rather than casual shirt and pants.

it's funny because i've just noticed that i now only own one suit.

pale.emperor

Ow, my head!...

had a great evening. The company had a tab with bar which you can guarantee we took advantage of. They say don’t mix your drinks yet I did precisely that.

Some of us will be facing a JC for some of the stuff that went down... oh no, wait... ah, yes I’m not in a cult so no one to answer to.

Life is good. (This hangover, not so much).

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Just About To Leave For My Work's Christmas Party

by pale.emperor in

it's my work's christmas parts this evening.

just getting myself ready for it and decided to wear a suit rather than casual shirt and pants.

it's funny because i've just noticed that i now only own one suit.

pale.emperor

It's my work's Christmas parts this evening. Just getting myself ready for it and decided to wear a suit rather than casual shirt and pants. It's funny because I've just noticed that I now only own one suit. I used to have about 5. All cheap and worn about a thousand times each. Now I own only one suit and it's a damn nice one. I remember when I had a wardrobe and personality makeover (which I think we all do eventually when we leave the cult) and I ditched all of my suits. Months later I was invited to a child's christening by a friend (a christening! in a Catholic church!!) so I went out to buy a new suit. Seeing as this will only come out on special occasions I decided to buy a really good one.

I mean, it makes sense right?

So off I go to my work party looking dapper. I even have some cigars in by inside pocket which I'll share with anyone who fancies a step outside for a break from all the loud "worldly" music and "debauchery".

This could get messy guys. Wish me luck!

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My Story

by Kathy1978 in

i was a 3rd generation jw on my mom’s side and both of my parents were jws when i was born.

me and my 3 siblings were raised a bit on the strict side.

no sports, outside association, college, mandatory meeting attendance & service routine, etc.

pale.emperor

Thanks for sharing Kathy. I like reading peoples stories.

It's good that at least some of your family are still in contact with you. Who knows, perhaps they'll have doubts (or already are) and you'll be a great support for them when they want to vent or ask questions.

All the free time and lie in's on weekends are great arnt they?

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Police Raid on Dutch Branch Office, 2 kingdom halls and 4 private houses related to child sexual abuse

by Not_Culty in

https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/nederland/artikel/4508841/politie-invallen-bij-hoofdkantoor-en-kerkgebouwen-jehovahs.

police raids at head office and church buildings jehovah's witnesses for abuse.

the police attacked three of the buildings of jehovah's witnesses on november 19 as part of a major investigation into sexual abuse.. the police came in at the head office of the religious community in emmen and at two church buildings, so-called kingdom halls.

pale.emperor

It's about time. The Watchtower society have been trying to stave off this for a long time:

2 May 2018 - https://nltimes.nl/2018/05/02/nearly-300-reports-sexual-abuse-among-dutch-jehovahs-witnesses

22 May 2018 - https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2018/05/jehovahs-witnesses-reject-calls-for-independent-inquiry-into-sexual-abuse/

3 August 2018 - https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2018/08/jehovahs-witnesses-refuse-to-hand-over-evidence-in-sexual-abuse-case/

So the Dutch authorities take it by force, and good on them:

6 December 2018 - https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2018/12/police-raid-jehovahs-witness-buildings-in-sexual-abuse-inquiries/

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What would make an Ex-Jw go back to been a full in Baptized JW

by LOLS in

i was just wondering , why would my jw husband return to been a full blown baptized jw after 20 years of fading?.

he has spent 20 years of his life been a worldly person , with a worldly wife & kids & worldly friends .... to joining the borg full time , to getting baptized , to getting new brothers & sisters .... and to writing off most of his worldly friends (some his known his whole life ) , to trying to convince me & our children how wonderful this org is ......and anyone else who will listen :(.

has anyone ever experienced this ...... oh and he seems to be in it 110% and no-one can say anything about this crazy org or show him proof that it all bs...... his such a clever independent , successful guy , why on earth would he go back to this , after been out for so many years & change into this domineering , opinionated fool ..... oh and his entire family also went back ... father , mother , brother & sister .

pale.emperor

There are people who have this worry that "but what if it's true?!!" - the cult mentality never really left.

The only thing that would make me go back is a lobotomy.

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Evolution is a Fact #31 - Ten Questions for Creationists

by cofty in

i thought this would be a good time to pose some questions based on the series so far.. if creationism is true these should be easy.

answers that don't involve copy-paste would be really interesting to read.. ... .

1. since some proteins can be assembled in more ways than there are atoms in the universe why do the sequences of amino acids and bases vary between species in exactly the way evolution predicts?

pale.emperor

Where did all the water come from ? Scientists still haven't got a clue just bogus made up theorys.

I cant help laughing out loud here. Was this a serious question? In order for a "theory" to be published and acknowledged it has to go through very rigorous scrutiny by other scientists who are there to actually look for flaws in the theory, rip it apart and discredit it - if it withstands all that then it's published and accepted as a legitimate theory (or model).

You know the idea that the earth goes around the sun? That's a theory.

The water cycle? That's a theory.

Gravity? That's a theory.

If anything, it's science that's debunking other scientists and previous knowledge.

Evolution is a fact, just like gravity, astrophysics and the water cycle is a fact - how it happened is where we have the theories.

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Evolution is a Fact #31 - Ten Questions for Creationists

by cofty in

i thought this would be a good time to pose some questions based on the series so far.. if creationism is true these should be easy.

answers that don't involve copy-paste would be really interesting to read.. ... .

1. since some proteins can be assembled in more ways than there are atoms in the universe why do the sequences of amino acids and bases vary between species in exactly the way evolution predicts?

pale.emperor

If you're up for a laugh, check out this entire website by creationists "debunking" evolution, natural selection and even the fossil and DNA record... it's hilarious.

https://answersingenesis.org/natural-selection/

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Did Ray Franz Help You To Get Out of “The Truth”?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i sneakily read his books at work.

it was written in such a way that no one could accuse him of being another bitter old apostate.. once it registered in my brain, especially after reading the second book, i knew i had to get out!.