Posts by silentbuddha

they are nothing like the weirdos i had to put up with in the congregations.. what is your take on the people in the jobos as opposed to your associates now?.

silentbuddha

Nearly every Congo I was in had a number of people who were highly talented, smart, financially well off etc...

I noticed that the dubs that were poor or emotionally / mentally scared seemed to associate with each other.

I disassociated and many of my friends still keep in touch with me and are members of my blog. One very close friend of mine even came to my vow renewal ceremony.

Most JWs are decent people just trapped in a poor situation.

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"Get Over It!"

by The Bethelite in

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this is what my children tell me... get over the whole jehovah's witness thing!

yes, they tell me they have gotten over the whole thing and they tell me that and i need to also.

my exgirl friend who was raised as a jw also has said the same thing.. my children say they got over it, however they are quick to point out how messed up their lives are now because of no college education and other missed opportunities.

silentbuddha

I might get blasted but I have to say that although I didn't make the best choices I dont feel the years were a waste.

1. Being a JW kept me off the streets that claimed the lives of classmates.

2. It gave me my wife

3. It gave me my children.

4. Say what you chose but the theocratic school made me unafraid to speak in front of people and I was/am far more skilled at public speaking them almost anyone I met. Which helped my career and allowed me to be very successful.

There were some negatives, but at some point you have to realize that had you never been a JW you could have just as easily been fucked up in a variety of other ways

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The Latest From The Loony Left

by Simon in

so apparently, not only can people identify as men or women, regardless of reality, but they've now declared that people can identify as black or white as well!

no word yet from rachel dolezal, who will no doubt be declared a visionary, and sadly michael jackson didn't live long enough to celebrate.. i must say, now that i am a black woman, my views on reparations have completely changed.

y'all owe me some reparations bitches to make up for slavery yo.

silentbuddha

I was seriously asking because I was wondering if everything was alright with you. Not so long ago your posts were very different..

You needed consoling, you said life had no meaning, you were hurting, and poor, no education, lonely with no companion, music wasn't doing so well, daughter left, you were upset you wasted your entire life in a cult, and you were a depressed nihilist. Il

After seeing your latest posts I was wondering if you were actually a young person trying to fool us.

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The Latest From The Loony Left

by Simon in

so apparently, not only can people identify as men or women, regardless of reality, but they've now declared that people can identify as black or white as well!

no word yet from rachel dolezal, who will no doubt be declared a visionary, and sadly michael jackson didn't live long enough to celebrate.. i must say, now that i am a black woman, my views on reparations have completely changed.

y'all owe me some reparations bitches to make up for slavery yo.

silentbuddha

Hey punkofnice, how old are you? I'm just wondering.

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The Latest From The Loony Left

by Simon in

so apparently, not only can people identify as men or women, regardless of reality, but they've now declared that people can identify as black or white as well!

no word yet from rachel dolezal, who will no doubt be declared a visionary, and sadly michael jackson didn't live long enough to celebrate.. i must say, now that i am a black woman, my views on reparations have completely changed.

y'all owe me some reparations bitches to make up for slavery yo.

silentbuddha

I'm a republican. Voted trump. Tired of people trying to force me to participate in their insane desire to be what they are not.

On the other hand I am not with rounding them all up and putting them in mental institutions.

I remember one of the posters on this board not to long ago stating they were suicidal and depressed over failed music career, children leaving, and failed life because of watchtower.

There was also a time that suffering from depression and voicing those feelings would get you committed as well.

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Ewart Chitty

by NoAbuse in

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ewart chitty was appointed as secretary-treasurer , which position he held until his appointment to the governing body in november 1974.. when in brooklyn, chitty seems to have preferred younger men as roommates.

the actual charge brought to the gb against chitty was made by a former roommate and involved some sort of inappropriate conduct.

the gb concluded that chitty had homosexual tendencies, and asked him to resign.. a rare photo of chitty in happier days.

silentbuddha

I have to admit. I do not look at my time at Bethel as wasted. I was a kid from a very poor area who went to the big city... went to parties... drank alot... became a small time celebrity(bethelites were cool lol) ... mad alot of friends, and ultimately became an apostate at the young age of 22, but didn't officially leave until many years later.

Sure I almost died from toxic poisoning after cleaning out an abandoned food trap at the 25-30 building, but I can imagine there are tons of people who never got to have the same fun I did

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Ewart Chitty

by NoAbuse in

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ewart chitty was appointed as secretary-treasurer , which position he held until his appointment to the governing body in november 1974.. when in brooklyn, chitty seems to have preferred younger men as roommates.

the actual charge brought to the gb against chitty was made by a former roommate and involved some sort of inappropriate conduct.

the gb concluded that chitty had homosexual tendencies, and asked him to resign.. a rare photo of chitty in happier days.

silentbuddha

No abuse, to be honest if you were young then you were worked to death. I remember when I was moved to the Office Furniture department we had to work the typical hours from the end of morning worship till 5 ish...

but also 3 days out if the week we would be back at it from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. in "the world" at abandoned office building dismantalling panel walls and scavenging steelcase desks and chairs to being g back to Bethel and we would repair them and ship them to other branches.

We cleaned the chairs with a chemical called "PERK" that was later said to cause cancer. We used it to clean the fabric of the paper gel walls and chairs.

When we got in early in the morning we still had to be up like everyone else and work normally. The shit was horrible

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Ewart Chitty

by NoAbuse in

jw
friends

ewart chitty was appointed as secretary-treasurer , which position he held until his appointment to the governing body in november 1974.. when in brooklyn, chitty seems to have preferred younger men as roommates.

the actual charge brought to the gb against chitty was made by a former roommate and involved some sort of inappropriate conduct.

the gb concluded that chitty had homosexual tendencies, and asked him to resign.. a rare photo of chitty in happier days.

silentbuddha

When I worked in recycling I remember every Monday morning when we had the entire allotment of glass and aluminum that came in the the Henry street building it seem inpossible that one building could drink so much liquor and beer in a weekend...

It was literally like a frat house.

The brothers in their 30s and 40s all had good liquor... the younge brothers drank skanky beer. I still miss Mickeys malt liquor