the enduring human spirit of humor never seems to let me down.
please read the story below.
what do you all think of a jw action doll set?
LOL
We could have Baptizer dolls... wearing white T-shirts
We could have Parent dolls... carrying paddles to the KH to enforce paying attention
We could have Pedophile dolls... wearing nothing but a raincoat
Ministerial servant dolls... short hair, no beard, cheap suit, holding a microphone
And... Apostate dolls! Wearing leather miniskirt, holding a cigarette, on a motorcycle. Optional Satan horns and tail.
my wife told me that last night a letter was read from the society, explaining how all printing operations in brooklyn were being moved to either walkill or patterson, and that worldwide there would be consolidation of the printing operations.
i know there have been rumors like this floating around here for the last month or so, but now it seems there is confirmation.
has anyone else heard about this letter being read?
What are they going to do with all that expensive Brooklyn property??
i loved to be a part of the christian congregation.
i always been a good jw (18 years) and im still one.
but, internet has given me too much information on wtbts, and now i can see it is a fraud this doesnt mean i dont love jehovah or jesus, i love my brothers and sisters too, but, i cant say the same for the organization.
What parts exactly, did you love? Most people, "good" JWs or exJWs, really minded doing some of the stuff you had to do. Going to 5 hours of meetings a week, studying, going door-to-door, much of that can be a real burden to some.
It's normal to feel alone and angry inside. You've been fooled, and that makes you angry. Who could blame you? Many of us here are extremely angry and bitter. People have lost much--family, educations, careers. And for what? To help an organization get rich.
As far as being alone, you need to make new friends. I actually created my own new "family" since I no longer have the one I was born with. Go back to school... cultivate friendships at work. Do some volunteering. Lots of ways to meet new folks.
Knowledge is power. Keep researching the organization. Have you visited Quotes.JehovahsWitnesses.com yet? It's a terrific web site. All it is are quotes from the Watchtower. Really.
And yes, it's hard to smile on the outside and be upset on the inside. That's one of the worst things... how you become a mask, never being able to truly say how you feel.
I'm glad you have seen the "real" light. May you now find freedom, and peace, and unconditional love.
Hugs, V
the wt.
society doesn't care about how outsiders view them.
they don't care about how the rank and file look at them.they don't give any credence to congregational elders or ministerial servants or pioneers.
Yes they do.
All this crap concern about keeping their organization clean is because they care very much about what NON-JWs think of them, so they can keep their tax-free status and keep the money rolling in from the sales placement of their literature.
You are right, though, they could care less what their members think as long as they are properly terrifed into submission obedient to Jehovah.
I used to induce real asthma attacks
Is that pathetic, or what?
i have to give a presentation today in my spanish lit class in spanish.
reminds me of giving talks in the ms only the subject matter is a lot more interesting.
wish me luck, please
repetition for emphasis
AAUUGGHHH
Us "older folk" remember when "W" was for "Weak," then they changed it to "Work On It."
Somewhat less humiliating. Not by much. A "W" is a "W" is a "W".
My MOTHER got a "W" once, for something. She'd been getting straight "G"s for so decades. She was depressed all night.
So Chris, how did your Spanish talk go??
have you ever broken the silence this way before, at the hall?
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edited by - jh on 4 december 2002 11:30:7.
Chris
Don't you like, ummm, have to go and give a talk now??
thanks to all that responded to my post yesterday...it helped a lot..... http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=41622&site=3.
unfortunately my mother seems to have been to a meeting last night and was a complete stranger to me on the telephone last night - she has never been like that to me before - i was shocked - but i didnt "rock the boat" any more - i was calm and was compasionate, but mum was defensive and defending her beleifs and stating that i must of been mis-informed by someone about their religion.
to me this wasn't my mum - but she was just a puppet saying what she's been "told" to say by someone from kh - im adamant about that (i think i know her very well).. anyway, at least the conversation ended well, where i now have an opportunity to write (yes, you heard it) write my concerns in a letter and send it to her....my first thoughts were great...hopefully she'll be able to meet me halfway and see where im coming from...then it dawned on me..."what if she is being told what to say" - then my letter would be defended by another jw (or maybe herself.....).. this is where (hopefully) you guy's come in...where so i start?...i dont want to be over-informative in the letter - this would look like weird i think....... id like to write all the good stuff about my mum in the letter, be positive about our relationship, what we can build on etc etc, and just put a few thoughts here and there for her to ponder over about the wtbs and other issues like blood...which issues would you as exjw's put in there....remember the issue's that first made you think about the integrity of the whole org?...
Let the Watchtower's own words speak for themselves. If you question anything it's from Satan.
Go here http://www.quotes.jehovahswitnesses.com/
And cut and paste the Watchtower's own quotes into your letter. Be very mild. Use the quote about Jesus being the mediator for only 144,000 (under the Mediator) heading, and then maybe one or two of their most famous flipflops, like whether or not rape is fornication.
If you like, draft something up and post it, and let us fellow apostates have a whack at it!
i have to give a presentation today in my spanish lit class in spanish.
reminds me of giving talks in the ms only the subject matter is a lot more interesting.
wish me luck, please
!Buena suerte!
No olvidas los gestos.
i'm relatively new here and this site has helped me a lot.
however, i think i'm going to need more help... i was dfed back in july just after my 18th birthday; i just couldn't take it any more.
things have been very hard for me to say the least.
You are going to have to make some very hard decisions here. You might not like it, but it's reality.
You can either let her go back and grovel for forgiveness and let her family take care of her, but as Naru said, her life will be an utter hell and the baby will be raised a JW and IT'S life will be an utter hell too.
OR
You can bite the bullet. You'll need to drop out of college and get a full-time job, marry your GF, and help her get out of the organization. The s*** she's gonna get when they find out she's pregnant should more than help that process. Also get the book "Crisis of Conscience" by Ray Franz, former governing body member and both of you read it. (Avail. from www.freeminds.org.) Also if you marry his daughter, maybe her Dad won't throw you in jail for statutory rape.
OR
Go the adoption route. Just don't let your baby be raised a JW.
Good luck... please let us know how you're doing
((Hugs))
