Posts by redpilltwice

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My Bethel Experience Part 18. The last Bethel Tread, Blood Guilt

by new boy in

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besides almost getting mugged a couple of times.

his folks had a fit and told him he had to go back and "do his time".........and do the "right thing"...........he told me he had just left max larson’s office, max had just told him “what a disappointment he was, to his family and to the organization!

“do you ever think about james olson?

redpilltwice

OMG, your experiences are like an emotional rollercoster!

I mean, you went from this :

"These are MY people (because I'm Italian too)........I love all these old 300 lb. women with moustaches!" Just then I felt this liquid running down my head and all over my clothes. You guessed it. I looked up and saw a big fat Italian Lady with a moustache, pouring her wine glass out on my head.

...to this :

Jimmy was dead and judged on that day.

So my friends......Just who did kill James Olson? Was it the heartless religion? Was it his family? Was it the "Bethel brothers?" Was it Max Larson? I'm the only person who knows who really killed James Olson!

IT WAS ALL OF US!!!

Thank for sharing your bethel experiences with us new boy, I'm hooked since day one.

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No more reporting time for field service!!!

by Khaleesi in

so at last i am in my next step of my fade, this month is the first month i did not turned in any hours.

i received a text from our group leader an ms & i told him i didn't have any to report, then of course it got bumped up to the elder & i text him back i have no hours to report for december.

i came to this decision when reading many posters here about the yearbook stats, i do not want & refused to contribute to this organization "boosting" numbers for their glorious purposes, after the rc in australia they do not deserve for me to give them a "production" report of what i do for god, no more.

redpilltwice

I never knew I had it in me , but I was aux. pio. last september during the CO's visit, dropped the A-bomb by writing a letter to the BOE regarding 1914 & ARC then went from 3 to 2 to 1 hour during oct-nov-dec. My first day in fieldservice was january 1996, so I guess at my 20th anniversary, the time finally has come to say goodbye and retire!

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First time here

by BarelyThere in

okay so here goes...this is my first time on here.

i'm lost and confused and am feeling very hopeless.

i was dfed in september and i am still wrapping my head around everything.

redpilltwice

BarelyThere, welcome & good to have you here! I've only been here since last week, but this forum really is like therapy, I dared to express myself, shared some things, and love and understanding was what I found. I'm convinced there is a voice and compassionate ear for every situation/experience imaginable here...

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Watchtower financial yearbook statements 1989-2016

by the comet in

since the 2016 yearbook yearbook was released i've been tearing through the numbers, trying to figure a few things out.

i have several different projects i'm working on, and this is one of them.

i looked through all the yearbooks from the 1989 one through 2016, the only thing they really state about money is how much they spent on; special pioneers, missionaries, and traveling overseers.

redpilltwice

We await comet

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Watchtower financial yearbook statements 1989-2016

by the comet in

since the 2016 yearbook yearbook was released i've been tearing through the numbers, trying to figure a few things out.

i have several different projects i'm working on, and this is one of them.

i looked through all the yearbooks from the 1989 one through 2016, the only thing they really state about money is how much they spent on; special pioneers, missionaries, and traveling overseers.

redpilltwice

Thanks for the info comet, another sign of the times

At least "they" are not hiding these financial numbers for us

Looking forward to your next project!

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Returning

by Doubtfully Yours in

i was a member of this community a long time ago and have lurked for years.

well, i am back and still thoroughly conflicted, with my heart/loyalties as divided as ever.

please welcome me back, hear me out, and make me feel as welcomed as before.. the wtbts has changed so very much in recent years that i feel trapped in a completely different religion altogether.

redpilltwice

Good to be back.

Well, welcome back!

I can honestly say that in the congregations I am not alone so we of like minds keep each other company while enduring the misery of the Organization.

So, it could've been worse, right? That's at least one bright side!

Also, you can keep us informed about what's going on in your congregation. I visited only 2 meetings since my fading 4 months ago, and can't listen to it anymore, but I still love to read the real life experiences from within this dying cult.

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My Bethel Exoerience part 14 "The Courtship"

by new boy in

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my strange bethel courtship started with me trying to meet mike stillman's sister, even though he worked in the ink room next to my elevator, we were not good friends, he was just a little to "country" for me........and on the self-righteous side too.

they say "there is nothing more dangerous in combat then a new guy with a map!

".........well, there was nothing more dangerous at bethel then a self-righteous new boy.. .

redpilltwice

Thank you for all these incredible stories. My first week here has shown me how endlessly deep the rabbit hole is! Truth stranger than fiction? Yes, in JW world it certainly is sir! Off course we wanted out of this cult

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Your Jehovah’s Witness Is Showing

by David_Jay in

since i just signed up and posted a few times without doing this yet, here is my story..

i think that i became a jehovahs witness because of my immaturity.

i had some quirky personality traits, and i joined finding that i fit in because, as i said to myself: these people get me.

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“What’s wrong?” I asked.

Randall’s mom, Eileen, spoke up. “You’re Jehovah’s Witness is showing,” she said.

Thanks for your intriguing story David-jay! There is a lot to read on this forum, but I'm glad that I took the effort to read all of your story. In fact, I learned from it. It showed me that I might need to excorcise more of my Borg-infected mindset than I tend to believe. Regardless the shame of being deceived, the brainwashing has proven to be very effective, no matter someone's intelligence. That's a fact

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To all JDub lurkers: How can you continue to preach knowing that you are telling lies?

by macys in

this is a damn serious question.

you must know by now that jerusalem was not destroyed in 607 bce and that 607 was initially picked by ct russell by using his "pyramid scheme" measurements.

there is no hiding these facts yet you continue to preach this nonsense.

redpilltwice

A damn serious question it is macys!

That's the reason I did my last hour last december. I went to zero in just four months, and only for the sake of my fading not to be too radical. How could anybody lie by showing "evidence" (Matthew 24 most cited) that we're living in the last days and that people need to hurry to get into the spiritual Ark (a.k.a. the Watchtower's Titanic) before it's too late? Any JW should know Russell believed the world was already so bad before 1914, that "his" last days started in 1799, Christ's parousia in 1874 and the end would come in 1914...COME ON!!!!

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Strange things I have seen and heard JWs do or say

by wwjdnwt in

i'm sure you guys have heard or seen similar.

they will accept christmas gifts from co workers most of the time.

just can't be wrapped in christmas paper.

redpilltwice

If Armageddon doesn't come soon, there's going to be a riot of Jehovah's Witnesses.

"And if there's anybody left in here

That doesn't want to be out there

I predict a riot

I predict a riot"

(Kaiser Chiefs - "I Predict a Riot", 2004)