Posts by Rags

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1975 End of World!!

by Rags in

does anyone have any personal experiences as to the effects that the 1975 end of the world announcement had on them??.

for starters..i was a 7 years old little girl in 1972 when they were starting to announce it...i remember my dad buying 5 foot long cheese (we are italian)...about 100 salami's...because they said we would first suffer with the starvation and all that and needed to be prepared for it.....also i remember every thunderstorm my mom would run to the window and yell..."maybe this is it..maybe this is the end of the world starting!!

"...and one day i literally got so scared that i locked myself in the cellar and shit my little pants.

Rags

Does anyone have any personal experiences as to the effects that the 1975 end of the World announcement had on them??
For starters..i was a 7 years old little girl in 1972 when they were starting to announce it...i remember my dad buying 5 foot long cheese (we are italian)...about 100 salami's...because they said we would first suffer with the starvation and all that and needed to be prepared for it.....also i remember every thunderstorm my mom would run to the window and yell..."Maybe this is it..maybe this is the end of the world starting!!"...and one day i literally got so scared that i locked myself in the cellar and shit my little pants. My parents ended up selling their house..like so many did...only that they sold it to this JW who was a real estate agent who re-sold it within 2 months double the fricken price!! He was obviously conning the JW's and knew they were all panicking now and would sell for nothing. We ended up moving in this apartment..cause my dad said we no longer needed money or the house and that God was going to have something better in store for us..(at that point i didnt care..i wanted to LIVE and wondered why i was born to go through this!!).but first we had to go through armagheddon blah blah blah..i will never forget the fear, the insecurity, the darkness and sense of doom i felt at such an early age....it is a feeling that i still get at times when things dont go right in my life...but it is also something that has taught me the importance of teaching our children the beauty of life....to appreciate what we have...and to just get down in the dirt and have fun with my two little girls no matter what...i make sure they love life and are happy with it and also that they learn to deal with the shit and get over it....and also I make sure they know that God is a God of Love..not evil..not manipulative or blackmailing...that God is there for us no matter if we are good or bad...
Anyone else been traumatized by the JW's Armagheddon announcements??
Please Share...it helps to heal.
Peace to ya all..
hugs..
Rags

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banana bread and red kool-aid

by onelove in

i mean they should have figured it out that if they gave me that much sugar before the book study, instead of after, maybe i would've stayed awake.

i remember feeling like i didn't deserve the food if i had slept through the book study.

we also used to have lipsync parties where the congregation would meet at the legion hut and wear costumes and then do lipsyncs.

Rags

Yeah, i would bring an extra dress to wear also if i went trout fishing! I would hate to come home smellin like fish!! ..and maybe a bar of soap wouldnt hurt either!!

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JWs vs Pokémon now (not Smurfs!)

by Scully in

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friends

http://communities.msn.co.uk/justjws/general.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&id_message=346&lastmodified=4675362183043271458 .

from: elsamu (original message) sent: 23/01/2002 11:23 .

hello, brothers&sisters.. .

Rags

OH Hell no...Harry Potter and Pokeman are much too traumatic for children to watch...Heck we should instead force them to grow up in the JW cult...tell them that "this may be the end of the world" every time a thunderstorm hits our city...Smack the crap out of them when they misbehave in the Hall....Let them know we would rather see them Dead than save their lives with our own blood....Show them pictures in the JW books of Armagheddon with children being killed and everyone running to and fro from this destruction..we raise them emphasizing "the world is gonna end..the world is gonna end.."
but please...NO Harry Potter or Pokeman fiction...we want them to know the reality of this cruel, ugly and dangerous world they live in....make sure they fear everyone and everything and only listen to the advice of the Elders..you know the one who just walked into the Kingdom Hall smellin of Wine as he greets you with the same hands he has just Jacked himself off with because his wife wouldn't give it to him anymore.
(okay, that last part was uncalled for...i do apologize for it..but wont take it back...)
Rags

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Rumors that they spread about you. When you left.

by jerome in

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friends

for some time now i have been reading numerous indivisual life stories relating to their experience with the jws and one obscure ( or at least not directly elabourated upon) detail keeps popping up.. it would appear that whenever a person leaves the organisation by da/df/ia that people take it upon themselves to start spreading "nasty rumours" about the person in question.. it always seems that so much of these said rumours that were frabicated and then propagated throught the local jw community that the poaster almost never seems to have time to goint any detail about what exactaly was said about them in detail.. i would like to invite the posters here on the board to shed some light on their experience regarding their reputation after leaving the kh.. it would appear that once disfelloshipped that the jw community must make it abundantly clear that the person is of absolutely deplorable character inorder to justify their inhumane treatment of the df'ed indivisual.

saying that there is no honourable way to leave the oragnisation this seems to be rather common place.. i am also informed that even if the df'ed person were permitted to return that their reputation within the jw community would never be the same due to the tarnishing of their name and the stigma attached to being df'ed.. i may not be entirely too shure about this one but it would seem that if while still in good standing should the indvisual to become "publicly reproved" or "marked" that this would also be an invitation for the local jw community to begin the same process of defaming the character of the person in question.. would anyone care to discuss your personall experience relating to any private information which became public knowledge after you left the jw community or any half truths that were deileberately propagated to tarnish your name in the vacinity of the kh.

and even worse yet blant lies that were imagined and promoted about you inorder to permanatently damage your character.. i would also be interested in who exactly you think were responsible for the iniation of these rumours.. was it the elders?

Rags

larc...why are you so defensive and why are you protecting the JW's and worried about their reputation getting tarnished? Because by not allowing Jerome to satisfy his curiousity and ask questions about certain things..you are acting just like all the JW's do in the congregation who dont allow you to question anything and tell you that this is the way it is and just accept it..Loosen up a bit will ya..?? I am Not trying to start a fight...i am new to the board and dont seem to understand your attitude....and it truly seems that you still have one of an authorative JW...
Please do some Splainin to me so i could better understand where your coming from if it seems that i misunderstood you...
Take Care

Rags

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BEATING KIDS IN THE WASHROOM

by Rags in

i am 36 yr old female originally from toronto ontario canada.

was raised jw till i was about 14. has anyone else had this happen in their hall?

the mom's (thank god never mine!

Rags

Wow...this was my first time on this board and definitly wont be my last...thank you all for sharing your stories...holy smokes...you know..whenever i reminded one of my mom's old witness friends about these incidents..they always told me that it never happened...you guys are proof that i am not out of my mind and that my memory is in tact...
God bless you man!!!!!!!!
You guys rock!

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BEATING KIDS IN THE WASHROOM

by Rags in

i am 36 yr old female originally from toronto ontario canada.

was raised jw till i was about 14. has anyone else had this happen in their hall?

the mom's (thank god never mine!

Rags

I am 36 yr old female originally from Toronto Ontario Canada.
Was raised JW till i was about 14. Has anyone else had this happen in their hall? The mom's (thank God never mine!) would bring their children..as young as one year old...and beat the living crap out of them in the washrooms downstairs and we could all hear it upstairs (the screams from both mom's and kids being tortured!!) and not once did anyone ever say anything to that up on stage!! I remember being scared to go to the washroom because i didnt want to see this kid getting beat up. In our hall it almost became a trend. Honestly..it was the Oakwood Hall in Toronto and this was about year 1970-73.
when i think of it now..why didnt somebody call children's aid..the police..or at least announce it on the stage that this was unnacceptable behaviour and child abuse???
They actually encouraged parents to use the whip along with anything else they could use to beat the crap out of kids.
Okay, thanks for letting me share..
peace to all of you.....goodluck in your journey towards Unbrainwashing yourselves from this cult...been there...done that..and totally understand it..
Rags

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What Do "Disfellowship" and Child Cus...

by outnfree in

in common?!!!

a search on the wtbs site for "disfellowship" returned this:.

search results.

Rags

Now i am really confused..i grew up as a JW little goody two shoes girl and believe me you that I know they never would disfellowship for child abuse of any kind...they encouraged it in Toronto Ontario and the elder of our Hall was my dad's best friend and HE was putting his wife in the corner at his house for hours as a punishment for talking out loud while he talked..this was done in front of us..and he would get up and "smack,,bang.."right across his daughters face while we were there if they..went against anything he said, or belt them silly till they were black and blue and the other JW's just sat there and stared as if to say.."good"...as far as Molestation..they pretended these things never occured in the Jehovah Witnesses and if they did....You were still supposed to pretend that it never occured!!!
Thanks for letting me share...and thanks to whoever put up this sight..finally i could have my say after years of turmoil...man they sure fucked up my head...but i am 36 now and happily married with 2 kids...took me over 25 years and thousands of dollars in therapy bills to recover at least half way...
peace to ya all..
keep it together huh??
Hugs from Rags in Cananda

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Bring Food Back to the assemblys.

by Tin Man in

i really miss the chesse danish's and the choclote pudding, and hoggie sandwichs, and people spilling their cokes behind me and it flowing into my kids blankets.. it was not comendable for the gb to do away with our food, dam them all them anyway, hell they were making good money on our eating their food, only a few of the items tasted any good, the rest tasted like goat shit.

tin man

Rags

My God..you guys are bringin back all the memories for me....this is an awesome sight!!

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OK, what the hell is this about???

by 2SYN in

v. interesting.

does anyone here have any theories as to what this might be?

since i live half a planet away, i can't exactly go to the states and see for myself, so any demystification would be much appreciated!

Rags

I agree...what the HELL is this all about???
I am totally lost here...
Rags from Canada..
Esplain..Esplain..paleease..do some
Splainin' for me // thank you

5

UN and WT investigation

by DevonMcBride in

last october when the un/ngo story broke, i recall reading that the un had planned to start an investigation and possibly file charges on the watchtower society for failing to follow the charter.

does anyone else recall reading this?

what was the outcome?.

Rags

Okay, i might be real dense..but i have no idea what your all talkin about..so can someone please do some Splainin pleeeeease!!!!!!
Thank You....
Rags from Canada
;-)