Posts by Darryl

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Watched The Bunker Videos Again On JWSurvey

by JW_Rogue in

i watched the bunker videos again and noticed something strange.

even though none of the characters had actually been disloyal to the org when commended for their loyalty they all say "it wasn't always that way".

it was always that way, none of them had actually sinned!

Darryl

So what jumped out at me watching this video was all during my childhood I had a morbid fear of the Great

you know no food no water turture all the stuff that they told us about. And it's pathetic that I still remember

this passage things will be so bad that unless the days were cut short noone will survive. Worse than

anything the world has seen before or since. But in the very beginning it seems like a normal JW video

a bunch of folks of different ages and ethnic backrounds getting together telling experiences about

how they almost messed up and found themselves on the outside looking in.

Except for a few windows breaking and some yelling everything seems to be fine. Then someone makes

the announcement "we are in the great tribulation" just so that everyone is clear on that fact.

Several people stop by with the super secret door knock but not one person brings food or water or

batteries or anything. Everyone looks very comfortable and well fed. The elder is still wearing a tie like he's

conducting a book study or something. Everyone who stops by says "it's pretty bad out there" but they look

well fed, neat and clean not out of breath and didn't seem like they had any trouble getting to the secret

hideout. And the kids look very happy and not very frightened at all. Most ridiculous thing I've ever seen

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Disagreement with Mom

by Darryl in

although df'd for almost 20 years my very much still a jw mother and i would have a discussion about my return to the org .

from time to time.

that ended when i revealed myself to be an apostate.

Darryl

Although df'd for almost 20 years my very much still a jw mother and I would have a discussion about my return to the org

from time to time. That ended when I revealed myself to be an apostate. How did I do that? We were having a discussion

about pedophiles in the organization. I was questioning why in most cases the authorities are not contacted and the rank

and file witnesses are not aware of the circumstances and the fact that there is a pedophile in their ranks. My brother in

law is an elder and at the time had a 15-16 year old daughter. My words to my mom were something to this effect you

know good and well that if Harold was on a judicial committee judging a child molester and the decision is made not to

make the information public, he would guarandamntee that his daughter would not ever be in a situation where she

could be sexually abused. If the man had a daughter and she was having a sleep over my niece would definitely not

be going. He would protect her at all costs however he would not give the rest of the congregation the same

opportunity to protect their daughters. She tried to argue that it was not the case but after a while she gave up because

she knew I was 100% right

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"The Bunker" WT Conventions 2016 (Gag Me)

by Poztate in

in the very near future the gang will be down in a bunker,cellar awaiting the police,military to break in and take them away to camps or executions .

(paranoid much) this is the foretold "prophecy" of the governments turning on religion and saving them for last.since the couple portrayed as simplifying their life by getting rid of a lot of material things is shown to be (about) the same age in the bunker we know it must be any minute now that it will happen.

i have been out for over 35 years and things seem to be getting more bizarre each year.. when did this doctrine really become main stream?

Darryl

I remember living my entire childhood life (5-15 yrs old give or take) in morbid fear. Fear of the Great Tribulation

fear of the Elders, fear of demons possessing a toy or coming through the TV because I wanted to watch

bewitched or the smurfs or I dream of Jeannie, fear of my friends spotting me walking down the street holding a

briefcase peddling magazines, fear of some goody two shoes witness in my school telling on me because I walked

a girl to class, fear of getting destroyed at the big A because no matter how hard I tried the bs was never ever

in my heart I really resented my mother for being talking into such a ridiculous religion. Anyway what were

you talking about?? That's right the bunkers just more of the same fear mongering

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Cart Witnessing

by Darryl in

ok i have been out awhile-almost 20 years can someone please explain this cart business to me.

i guess it's street .

witnessing correct?

Darryl

Ok I have been out awhile-almost 20 years can someone please explain this cart business to me. I guess it's street

witnessing correct? I remember (mostly pioneers) would stand on the street corner holding a couple of magazines

talking to one another more so than approaching people. Is this a new wrinkle? Wouldn't they be kind of in the way on

some of the busier streets? Do you have to obtain them from on high (NY) or are you allowed some leeway on the type

of display you want to have or do they tell you exactly how to set it up. Do they charge you for those things I'm just

curious that's all

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Anybody remember those brothers that would harass, and hound the elders into making them, finally, appoint him as an elder himself?

by Dunedain in

lol, for some reason, i was thinking back to all the many "characters" that were often so prevalent in kingdom halls back in the day.

they are, i am sure, still there now, but fortunately i haven't been in a kh for like 20 years.. anyway, i remembered this one brother, who was dying to be made an elder.

he could not believe he wasn't an elder yet, after sooo many years.

Darryl

That's one thing I never desired in any way whatsoever. I was an MS when I started my fade and eventual ouster. I hated going to the meetings I was required to go to so the thought of more meetings, more responsibilities, shepherding calls, counseling married couples while my own marriage was on the rocks, more parts to prepare for no thanks. I was appointed along with another couple of guys we were the up and comers about to take the next step together but I took a step down instead of up.

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Another generation....

by joey jojo in

it has been 21 years since the 1995 article that pretty much buried the idea of the '1914 generation'.. remember those guys?

the ones born in 1914 that would still be alive when the end of the system arrived.. i'm glad i'm old enough to remember going from door to door, preaching this belief.

the reason i say that is because i have a lot of 'still in' jw friends and family.

Darryl

I was in high school in the mid 80's and I remember vividly the teaching about this generation the one which were alive in 1914 would by no means pass away. I don't know if it's been mentioned here but does anyone remember the added kicker to that teaching? Not only the ones who were alive but you actually had to be old enough to know what was going on in the world. There was a lot of speculation as to exactly how old that would be but many people thought anywhere from 7-10 and the society certainly didn't discourage that thinking. So the generation born between 1904 and 1907 or 112 years ago apparently is still going strong. Oh wait they never said that that's right

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WT Resurrection Hope Absolutely Ridiculous As Illustrated In Their Publications

by JW_Rogue in

saw this while browsing through the good news brochure:.

is it any wonder people aren't listening to jws anymore?

what an absolutely delusional scene!

Darryl

How many witnesses are there in China? How many of those are going to make it through? Of course we all know

everyone who's currently a witness is not going to make it. I mean one month of inactivity say you miss 3 weeks of

meetings in a row, the big A comes during that time you're a goner. Anyway how many people have died in that

country over the years? Hundreds of millions? Over a billion? It's going to be quite a task for the 50,000 or so (if

that...I really don't have any idea but I'm thinking it's not that many) to witness to all those people.

Maybe Jehovah will allow the internet to stay intact in order to reach and teach all the resurrected ones.

Perhaps there will still be electricity and televisions...not 70 inch plasmas of course don't want the "friends" to be

too materialistic but maybe small TV's for the sole purpose of explaining rules and regulations and setting up a

mandatory meeting scheddule

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Disturbing/Puzzling Skit at JW Function Last Night Plus Odd Choice of Music

by Cadellin in

so i attended a fairly large jw gathering last night with my active, elder husband.

it was a good-by party for a former special pioneer couple who have been demoted to reg pios and have now moved to a larger city to find work.

anyway, there was music and skits.

Darryl

"Christian" gatherings must have changed a lot since the days when I was in several years ago. The ones I used to attend used to always end up with people taking turns telling stories about someone's house being possessed by the demons. The stories I used to hear when I was a kid were traumatizing. Imagine a 8 or 9 year old kid going home and going to bed scared s*&tless as every odd noise or shadow would keep me awake all night shivering. Ahh the good old days

TELEVISION

by Darryl in

so i have been hooked on the oj miniseries very compelling.

i happened to miss episode 8 forgot to set my dvr.

i had been searching for days for episode 8 because with past episodes they have been showing them at least a half dozen times at odd hours however not true with episode 8. so i go to my phone and google the episode maybe it's been downloaded somewhere so can watch it.

Darryl

So I have been hooked on the OJ miniseries very compelling. I happened to miss episode 8 forgot to set my DVR. I had been searching for days for episode 8 because with past episodes they have been showing them at least a half dozen times at odd hours however not true with episode 8. So I go to my phone and google the episode maybe it's been downloaded somewhere so can watch it. Lo and behold it's on youtube I get ready to watch it but I think about the small screen and the fact that I'll be using data then I consider using my ipad but same thing concerning data.

I remember I have a smart TV I have Netflix on it and I know I can surf the web on tv so I say let me see if I can find youtube on this thing. Well there are a whole host of Networks you can download which has movies and old tv shows what have you. Most of those you have to pay for, then there's a category of free channels like youtube, Pandora, tune in radio and get this......JW.Org. I said What????!!!! You have got to be f*&*ing kidding me. But there it was plain as day. I started to download it just to see what mind controlling crap they had on it but I said no been there done that and I have much more fun things I could be doing with my time like getting a root canal or a colonoscopy

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Hashtag "BESTLIFEEVER!!"

by Lostwun in

is it just me or does it grind your gears when you see #bestlifeever hashtag after every damn jw post on fb and instagram?.

i rarely get on instagram anymore because i dont want to deal with the jw propaganda but i swear sometimes i just want to comment on one of those pics 'jw life is the worst life ever wake up already'.

does anyone else know what i'm talking about?

Darryl

I grew up in the life and I can truly say without equivocation that it was indeed the worst

life ever. Think about this as a child/teenager what were the most important things in a normal child's life? Let's see Christmas of course-nope, your birthday-nope, having friends from school to pal around with-nope, discovering the opposite sex talking on the phone going on dates experiencing things instead of marrying the first person you've ever gone out on a date with-nope, college- HELL NO! Saturday morning cartoons, sleeping in on the weekend-nope. Having your friends see you walking down the street in a suit carrying a briefcase knocking on doors-yes. Being considered normal-no. Being threatened every day with shunning, being destroyed, being possessed by demons-yes. Being told that you have to tell on your friends who might be slightly on the edge or else-yes, looking warily at a fellow witness as you casually talk to a girl in school for fear he or she may run and tell the elders-yes. It was pure hell I can vividly remember asking myself how in the hell did my mother allow herself to be talked into this s&*t??!!!