Posts by FayeDunaway

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Im ready to leave

by SpunkedTeen in

jw
friends

i just found this website and im so glad because for the first time in a long time i dont feel alone...i am a born in and in the last two years have been struggling because i thought that i was the problem and i was the reason for not feeling any love from and for the other pubs .i want to leave the org but have no idea how to tell my mother(who is a faithful jw).

FayeDunaway

If I was you I wouldn't tell my mother yet. Just slack off with witness stuff little by little. And occasionally try to ask questions to get her to think. This will make her worry, but won't completely break her heart all of a sudden, and who knows you might help her start thinking.

I am really sorry you lost your father.

As I said before, use your last year in high school to do the best you can, save money, and talk to counsellors (there are way too many ways to spell that word and I don't know which is right and am unwilling to look it up!)

Definitely get involved socially in school this last year. Heck even try to go to prom if you can. Start living your life. But be very gentle with your mom.

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Why hasn’t someone gotten real pissed off yet?

by John Aquila in

i keep reading of some guy who is so upset at someone that he goes into a theater and shoots 20 people..

or a kid that is so mad that the other kids made fun of him that he goes to school and shoots a bunch of kids..

or some guy that was fired from his job and he goes back and shoots of bunch of his workers.

FayeDunaway

The JW's would get sympathy if something violent happened to them. They don't carry guns or go to war. People would be like, 'they're innocent! Annoying, but innocent!'...without understanding all the real harm they do to people.

I never considered violence. In my most tumultuous crisis/ttatt days I considered picketing the local hall with 'JW's destroy families!!' signs. And if they were going to disassociate me I was going to stand up immediately after the announcement and shout 'I'm free!!!' While running out of the hall. It was a fantasy I used to have while sitting through meetings.

I think anyone learning ttatt can see pretty clearly and knows everyone is brainwashed. As cruel as they can act, they are controlled by someone else.

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Why hasn’t someone gotten real pissed off yet?

by John Aquila in

i keep reading of some guy who is so upset at someone that he goes into a theater and shoots 20 people..

or a kid that is so mad that the other kids made fun of him that he goes to school and shoots a bunch of kids..

or some guy that was fired from his job and he goes back and shoots of bunch of his workers.

FayeDunaway

It could potentially happen, there are enough crazy JW's that it's possible one could go postal. However most of us realize other JW's are victims of mind control just as we were.

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Would it be possible to catch a GB on his travel plans?

by StarTrekAngel in

i was just wondering if, among the many videos available, anyone ever caught one of the gb members leaving hq on a trip.

i doubt anyone followed them but at least leaving the building.

what do they ride?.

FayeDunaway

Disgusting. They could learn a thing or two from Pope Francis!

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Child Abuse - "I don't care. I haven't got any children".

by cofty in

earlier this week i bumped into a couple of jws who i recognised from the cult cart.

a few months ago i had a long conversation with him one of them and found him to be quite friendly.

he is new to the area in the years since i left.. this time he was very defensive and said he wasn't allowed to talk to me.

FayeDunaway

I bet he rued his own words after he said them. I bet they echoed in his head all day. I bet it makes him think.

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"Millions Now Living Will Never Die"

by drewcoul in

i understand that the judge's book "millions now living will never die" has undergone a slight of hand change of title to "millions now living may never die.".

where could i find the new title in print in any wt publication?

i do not have a wt library anymore, and would like to show my mom how they have changed the name of the book in their references to it..

FayeDunaway

Good one berry! Or is it 'millions now dying MAY never live'?

There's still a chance if they come to places like this and wake up!

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Bible Students Convention ......New Understanding of 607!!

by umbertoecho in

july 23, 2015 at 3:35 pm.

i have just read this from berean pickets in the comment section.

it's quite a leap.

FayeDunaway

Do they have their own conventions? 'Bible students convention'...Are they sort of like Russelites?

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Im ready to leave

by SpunkedTeen in

jw
friends

i just found this website and im so glad because for the first time in a long time i dont feel alone...i am a born in and in the last two years have been struggling because i thought that i was the problem and i was the reason for not feeling any love from and for the other pubs .i want to leave the org but have no idea how to tell my mother(who is a faithful jw).

FayeDunaway

Yes, I agree with the advice above. But meanwhile do your best at school, college is the direction you should take. Junior college is usually a good option for witnesses unless there's a way you can go straight to university. Also, if you have a job, sock away as much money as possible so you can use it towards college. Don't give in to the the temptation to buy lots of clothing or entertainment. In your particular situation it is especially important to have cash for when you choose to move on from this religion.

Talk to the councillor at school about your situation. She will do what she can for you, and possibly even get you scholarships.

You are DEFINITELY not alone! Even tho I stayed with the witnesses for way too long, I felt like you did when I was in high school. Unfortunately I believed part of it, so got baptized etc etc. You have a fantastic life ahead of you! Stay positive and be an advocate for yourself.

edit: yes, as one eyed joe said, tell us more about yourself and your family situation, we can give you more specific advice. Love!

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Rejecting something due to unscriptural or pagan origins.....?

by stuckinarut2 in

so witnesses reject many practices or holidays due to their "unscriptural or pagan" origins.. for example, birthday celebrations, mothers or father's day, christmas etc..... most people in the world will say "but the origin doesn't matter anymore, we follow this custom now because it's a joyful occasion that creates happy times and brings the family together".

it is still firmly rejected.. so, if the wrong origin is so important, and should result in rejecting something, why isn't the same principle applied to the actual jehovah's witness faith itself!?.

after all, the very foundation of the organisation was based on wrong understandings of the bible, far fetched teachings and doctrines, links to false religious backgrounds, pyramidology, false predictions, inaccurate beliefs etc...... using their reasoning, it doesn't matter how good something is now, if the origin was faulty to begin with?

FayeDunaway

Stuckinarut,

brilliant post! Thanks for that.

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Band Green Day and JWs

by hardtobeme in

a few years ago i heard of a story about two jw's being at a green day concert.

i think that the witnesses were bethelites.

the person that told me that story said that the band was about to play but they couldn't.

FayeDunaway

I grew up feeling guilty whenever I enjoyed a Stevie Nix song because I was told she was a witch and demanded witnesses leave her concerts if they were there.

It's just self important gibberish from our delusional subculture.