i reported the other night that we sat down to watch the new video, and while my wife was smiling and laughing while watching the first part, she stiffened and became quiet during part two.
it disturbed her deeply:.
"this is ridiculous.
Great news BOC cant wait to see your wife make new progress with more stupid releases from the GB.
AskDuane and MrFacts are either together or are the same person. How do you know AskDuane is a 'her'? Im also a little disturbed that AskDuane plans to 'meet god'. That doesnt even sound JW to me. Anyway wait till youve been in the org for 37 yrs and really see the WBTS for what they are, lets hope you wake up before that.
to donate all her hair to cancer?
discuss..
Theyd ask why she is raising money for cancer and not giving more to the cong?? Then suggest she wear a wig for her brazen new hair-do.
I remember a newly baptised sister who had just gone thru breast cancer and had the breast removed, she turned up to the hall without a prosthetic breast and her bust on one side was very large. The poor darling was so shunned by the sisters for looking 'different'. No love and kindness for that lady from the cong.
Funny thing is she cared for the sister who studied with her till she died, even toileting and washing her with no help from the cong.
Needless to say, she left because of the lack of love in the org.
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this topic has been discussed before ... i just wanted to put my two cents in.. i will start off by saying that of course mental illness exists outside of the organization.
I have personally known 6 people in the org that have committed suicide and attended their terribly sad funerals.
All of them were having trouble in the org, facing or just having been disfellowhipped or reproved. Never have I heard the dubs blame the judicial system they have set up, no, blame was always placed on the dead person who should have been doing the 'right thing' in jehs eyes. 'they obviously didnt have jehs holy spirit', 'probably still doing the wrong thing'.
There are many, many suicides I have heard about and then all of those that tried to suicide.
So many poor people just trying to find happiness, they will never get in the org.
Disgusting people to judge others this way even after they have died.
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this topic has been discussed before ... i just wanted to put my two cents in.. i will start off by saying that of course mental illness exists outside of the organization.
Put it this way... after a lifetime in the org and depression as far back as I can remember as a small child, progressing to panic attacks, awful self esteem and anxiety issues, suicidal feelings and serious chronic fatigue... I found out TTATT.
Wow, the amazing weight that lifted off my shoulders, the negativety, pressure and guilt GONE. It has improved my problems 98% getting away from it all and that is no exaggeration.
The org has a lot to answer for!! They took so much from that young impressionable girl and left an emotional wreck.
The GB and the selfish arseholes that love all the power and control in the org will one day face their own armaggedon... its called KARMA.
The mother and baby in the flood scene is still too much for me to think about. Wow what a kind loving god the GBs Jeh is!
Dont let your kids watch violent movies or play violent games but leave them to sit and look at this garbage in my book of bible stories for 2 hours.
Personally those pictures para mentioned are all permanently stamped on my brain. I was emotionally affected by them as a kid and was hesitant to let my own kids look at these pictures. (but hey Jeh/GB knows best)
Another pic that comes to mind is the one of Jesus on the stake in terrible pain with nails in his hands with blood leaking out. Thats the one that my kids always opened up to as soon as they picked up the book.
would they refuse the transfusion?
or come up with a "new understanding" that you can accept blood in certain situations?.
btw as you can see this is my first post so hi.
Cocos comment on the hemophiliacs only being allowed one treatment is one of the weirdest and most hypocritical of all the rules they ever made. If they think abstaining really means total abstinence then how can it be ok to have even one dose?
would they refuse the transfusion?
or come up with a "new understanding" that you can accept blood in certain situations?.
btw as you can see this is my first post so hi.
If they did take blood secretly then they have the blood of thousands of people on their hands who they have upheld the 'no blood even till death' doctrine on. Having said that Im sure some of them still would.
alex, our youngest graduated cum laude from the university of washington today with a bachelor's in environmental science and a minor in quantitative analysis.
he has a job in his field.
he and his fiance, who also graduated today (biology) are getting married july 1. she's starting a phd program at berkeley in august, so they're moving.
Wow what an exciting time for them and for you proud parents. These kids sound like theyre well on their way to success. I hope the wedding day is beautiful. Congratulations.
I wish my stupid dub parents bragged just once about their kids, just once! They were so wrapped up in the cult they didnt even notice us kids unless we mucked up then they worried about someone seeing or finding out. They are the same with their grandkids, organisation and friends number 1. Family at around number 5 on the importance scale.
Continue to feel proud of your kids and enjoy your family, things may not have turned out so well for you if you were still stuck in the org.
it's perhaps sad, but perhaps a bit of wisdom to come to realize how insignificant jws really are.. .
you finally get to the point where you don't even care what happens to the borg one way or another.. .
this said after almost four years..
Although well into recovery I still have flare ups of anger, hurt or frustration at something that reminds me of my 37 years stuck in the cult.
You cant just turn off a lifetime of involvement in anything overnight. It used to BE my life.
I now follow the JWs beliefs in a positive way, Im still learning about ways the GB have scammed us, Im still learning to turn off my automatic reactions to situations. Many of us come here as we unlearn the JW way and learn to live life without it controlling us.
This site is an amazing support to many people, being here helps us see how far we have come and how good our lives are with this freedom we have away from the org.
As Flipper said, many of us have family still in, its good to keep educated on the direction the org takes and be ready to catch those who are ready to leave.
You might be an expert in the field of War or Homicide, it doesnt mean you like those things but with the information you learn you can help others and you find it interesting to study. Same us many of us ex-JWs who continue to research the org.
Its even more interesting to be involved with the JW religion from the outside than it ever was to be stuck inside.
