Posts by silentbuddha

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Disassociation experiences please

by UnshackleTheChains in

hi everyone.. i would love to collate the experiences of those who decided to disassociate.

the reason i am asking this question is that i have been in turmoil for a very long time as to whether i remain a fader or whether to bring closure on my membership with the watchtower organisation.. it is for this reason i would like to read about some of the experiences of those on this forum who went down the route of disassociation.

if could answer the following.

silentbuddha

How long did it take you to decide to disassociate?

About 6 months. I was debating whether or not to fade or just leave and claim my life back. I kept deciding whether or not to believe the term of playing their rules.

How has this impacted on you?

I have never been happier in my life. I have achieved many goals and my family life is much better.

Has your mental health in any way been affected since you disassociated? Eg if being shunned by family.

I have no mental health issues. If anything I am far more stable knowing I do not have to fear death.

Do any of your current JW relatives associate with you? And if so to what degree?

Yes. They beg me for money and then disappear when they dont get it.

Do you feel your life is better now that you are completely free of the watchtower?

Yes. I have my entire immediate family with me. I make the money I like. I go places I want to go and I am living my childhood dream as a farmer

Do you ever get panic attacks about Armageddon or that you left "the truth"?

Never. When I realized that it was all a giant made up pile of horseshit and that the bible is as valid as the adventures of spiderman episode 78 I had no fear

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What Is Your Opinion Of Melania Trump?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i think she’s very intelligent and dignified.

plus, in my humble opinion, i rate her as the most attractive first lady ever..

silentbuddha

I don't find her attractive but I fund her intelligent and pleasant

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Concealed carry Dubs

by scruffmcbuff in

i spent a considerable length of time living and working in america (would love to imigrate one day).. almost everyone i worked with and made friends with carried a concealed firearm of somesort.

i found this pretty interesting and as an avid firearm fan even more so.. so to our american members here... .

as a jw did you or did you know any practising dubs who carried or if not had firearms for home defence?

silentbuddha

I had the same issue, lol. So I ended up chambering both ... I ultimately realized I like the .45 long colt more.

It is such fun at the range.

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Concealed carry Dubs

by scruffmcbuff in

i spent a considerable length of time living and working in america (would love to imigrate one day).. almost everyone i worked with and made friends with carried a concealed firearm of somesort.

i found this pretty interesting and as an avid firearm fan even more so.. so to our american members here... .

as a jw did you or did you know any practising dubs who carried or if not had firearms for home defence?

silentbuddha

None of their damn business if I and why I sleep with a Taurus Judge next to my pillow or not

I also have a taurus judge, it is my trail gun as well as the gun I choose as self defense. There is NOTHInG like having a handgun that chambers shotgun shells as well as .45 LC ammo.

Prepared for every situation.

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It's a shame isn't it?

by freddo in

jw
friends

... that this forum, which is such an amazing resource for those needing support for their journey from watchtower's clutches has an increasingly present representation of unreasoning politically charged loudmouths..

silentbuddha

This thread will not result in Kavanaugh being removed from the supreme court... nor will it provide any evidence that Blasey-Ford isn't a confused and/or lying woman who deserves to be believed.

This entire thread seems to be a tantrum based on the fact that what someone wanted to happen didn't happen.

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Leah Rimini on Jehovah's Witnesses

by sparky1 in

i just saw an ad last night for this.

it will be televised in november on a&e..

silentbuddha

Is that cedars

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“Monkey this up”...

by minimus in

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friends

that expression is a no-no now.

it is racist and hateful.

some people just need to get the monkey off their backs..

silentbuddha

I wonder when people will learn or observe that the people who get so upset about this stuff generally are liberal whites. They then try to pull black people along for the ride in order to score political points.

Tear down a statue and its 95 percent whites with Starbucks there.

Street protest.... majority whites

It is tiring because these same liberal whites put black people in the crosshairs of angry people they generally try to avoid

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"We don't do that" - Serena Williams talking about celebrating birthdays

by vivalavida in

i guess you can be physically out, like in a huge way, but definitely mentally in.. serena williams claims she won't be celebrating her daughter's first birthday.. i did know people like that, raised as a jw but never actually baptizing.

that didn't mean they were not messed up in the head though..

silentbuddha

What I hate about her is that idiots like me and my family as well as others who had potential actually took this shit seriously and tried to do the best we could to be good JW's.

Then one day we come to the realization we have to let it go and our worlds are turned upside down and we have to work so hard to get it together and be a success. Get laughed at when telling others the hell it was.

This bitch spends her whole life as a parttime dub, never makes a commitment. Gets rich, married richer, and then spouts this shit as if it is the greatest thing since sliced bread so other unsuspected yokels get trapped into a life of hell

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Is Child Abuse An Issue That You Personally Have Seen In The Organization?

by minimus in

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friends

as an elder, i saw one child abuse situation involving a man who wanted to be an elder and had i believe 8 children.

he was not in our congregation when this all erupted.

he denied it and moved to another hall and unbelievably, that body of elders wanted to appoint him since they believed his entire family was lying about him.

silentbuddha

In my NJ Congo there was a brother who married a woman then molested her brother and sister. Later come to find out he molested 4 other people in our sister ccongo... he went to jail.

In Florida there was a brother in his late 60's who was caught with candid pics of the service overseers daughter in the trunk of his car. Later he admits that before he was a witness he was a molester. He does shortly thereafter and the entire body refused to give his memorial talk.

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Tax question: How are illegals paid at farms, lawn care, construction, etc?

by Bad_Wolf in

i was wondering how exactly is it that illegals can get paid and be under the radar?

a business takes in cash.

at farms, construction, etc, most probably comes in from checks and credit.

silentbuddha

I farm now, and I will tell you how many of these lowlife farmers pay these people.

1. There is an individual who has a company that provides illegal laborers. Some of them legal and some are not.

2. The farmer cuts a check at the end of the week to this individual that provides the workers. That check may be anywhere from $1 to $30,000 a week. The farmers hands are clean at this point.

3. The provider of labor then writes a check or passes the cash to the legal worker, who then passes that cash out to the others who are illegal.

Most of these people live in a communal setting with an upwards of 10 people in 2 or 3 bedroom mobile homes.