Posts by BU2B

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What has happened to Jehovah's Witnesses???

by DATA-DOG in

i know this is old news, but as i sit here, and ponder the upcoming agm, i can't help but think, " what happened?!!

" i actually awoke an hour before my alarm went off, just thinking of everything that is bothering me about the wtbts.

approach this list as a born-in, someone who was told that you were different from everyone else.

Today's WT Study (Who is the FDS - Sep 2013)

by ohnightdivine in

please share how your wt study went today...

Yesterday I felt a weight so great and crushing on my chest and a twisting in my gut, and I know it is the result of being stuck in this damaging cult and seeing my daughter raised in it, and having NO evident solutions other than this painfully slow and almost fruitless process of attempting to wake up my wife. I was at work and I felt an overwhelming NEED to drink alcohol just to settle down. I really don't ever want to NEEd q substance just to survive mentally, so I decided to pray, something I haven't been doing much of. I directed my prayer to Christ, and asked him to remove the great crushing weight I felt from my gut, heart and mind. I told him that I needed him just to make it without having what would have been my first true breakdown. Well it worked. I felt so much better, and didn't sneak my usual 2 shots I take when I get home. I did feel the weight removed. I now know prayer has power, and I was able to endure the Thursday night meeting, while not smiling, I didnt have the churning in the pit of my gut. I also bought my wife some flowers to show her I still love her. It can be all too easy to grow cold and miserable towards a spouse who you see exhibiting cult Behavior and speech. The void feels too great some days, but others it feels manageable. I prayed for the help to say the right things and ask the right questions to help my wife think, and wake her up. I hate my life, not life itself, which is beautiful, but the miserable drudgery it has become. While my mind is free, all around me, minds are in darkness, and my body is prisoner, and that will drive any sane man insane. I sometimes think about just walking away, but I can't afford to and for my kids sake, it is worth it in the long run to try a while longer, living my life as an actor upon a stage playing a role. Thanks for reading my rant, and to Data Dog, suavojr and all the others stuck in due to sleeping spouses, you are not alone. Many are suffering with you. Also try praying to Jesus. It may help you, and it certainly can't hurt. Love you all -bu2b

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What Are Some Stupid Rules In Watchtower World?

by minimus in

jw
friends

there's a lot.

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one that i just don't understand is that no one should hold hands during a prayer.. where the hell do they come up with these rules??

BU2B

No R rated movies, even though the same movie may have recieved a lesser rating in another country, meaning it is ok for JWs to watch it there but not in the US.

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Annual Meeting on Saturday

by XBEHERE in

jw
friends

i heard credible rumors of a large (sized) release coming on saturday.

anyone else hear this?

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BU2B

What's worse is the worshipful zombies gulping down the spiritual piss and roadkill.

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Annual Meeting on Saturday

by XBEHERE in

jw
friends

i heard credible rumors of a large (sized) release coming on saturday.

anyone else hear this?

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BU2B

They are so disgusting.

89

An Elder Reads CoC !!

by TTATTelder in

i have recently joined the site.

i was just appointed an elder this summer.

i started discovering the ttatt (the truth about the truth) last year after putting a few things together myself concerning the leadership and then doing some research online.. i really enjoyed jwfacts.com, jwsurvey, and others.

BU2B

Welcome TTATT Elder! Congratulations on waking up to TTATT. I am a MS that is still in too. I do as little as I can get away with, but even that gets really old fast. I am trying to wake up my wife slowly and ask her questions to get her to think, and I think I am slowly seeing some indistinct signs. It is alot to juggle, being an awakened elder, thinking about how to step down, how to wake up the wife etc.. just take it slow and have a plan is all I can say. Some days you will feel ok, others depressed, othhers straight up pissed off. Your path was much like mine.. Jwfacts and Jw strugllle and lurking here first, then CoC. I highly suggest you read In Search of Christian Freedom as well. I found it even better than his first book. Keep posting here.. It is sooo hard not to have anyone to confide in. You cannot tell a JW obviously, and the average non-JW will not understand. It is so nice to have here people with similiar experiences and some who are going through the same thing at the same time. PM me anytime if you want to talk privately, and we can talk. We are in this together Bro.. Good Luck on your journey but just think, the greatest hurdle, your own mind has already been crossed -BU2B

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Funny story from where the need is great!!

by DATA-DOG in

i am sittng in my kitchen, posting on jwn.

in the meantime my family is sitting around talking about their experiences in a foreign country.

i am talking too, but they don't know what i am typing.

BU2B

From here on out, the only growth for the WT is born ins and people who do not use the internet, and that is why they emphasize moving to foreign countries and the immigrants in western lands. They prey on the ignorant. Plus even if they know how to use the internet, most apostate sites are only in english. The solution? Recruit the non english speakers.

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Annual Meeting : where is yours?

by gingerbread in

jw
friends

if the original announcement still hold for this weekends 'open' annual meeting, it will be streamed live to (only) english speaking members.

is this still the plan?.

i'm interested in hearing from all on the forum where 'their' program will be broadcast.. our local kingdom hall will be live streaming the meeting.. .

BU2B

At an assembly hall in NY

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Head coverings yet again in the latest KM

by life is to short in

my husband just gave me the latest km the novermber 2013 and it yet again has a question box on head coverings.. question box "should a female publisher wear a head covering if she is accompanied by a male pubisher at a doorstep bible study?".

it says "when a female publisher conducts a reagular, scheduled bible study and a male kingdom publisher is present, she should wear a head covering.

(1 cor 11: 3-10) the july 15 2002, issue of the watchtower page 27, explains: "this is a prearranged session of teaching where the one conducting the the study actually presides.

BU2B

This is yet another pharisaical rule to add to their already extensive Talmud. Do they feel they must have a rule for eveything single thing? Seriously, can anyone here come up with something the "elite eight" have not had a ruling on?

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Update on my fade

by wizzstick in

it's been over 3 months since i first posted after years of lurking:.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/253883/1/my-story-a-kinda-newbie-from-the-uk#.ukhopt-yza8.

and what a 3 months it's been.

BU2B

This is great news! Congratulations on the beginning of your new life with family intact!