Posts by Phoebe

so i was recently in a thrift store, looking through some of the stuff there, when another aisle over, somebody sneezed.. (as far as i know, nobody lost a meatball.... 😅🙃 ...).

anyway, somebody sneezed.

and somebody immediately said, “bless you!”.

Phoebe

Muddy Waters

That was a brilliant post and I agree, love your style of writing!

Well done you for confronting her.

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Allergic to Kingdom Hall

by Cerise in

does anyone else know of a person who has such a sensitive nose or bad allergy that they are allergic to the paint or interior of the kingdom hall somehow and they can’t go inside?

and that person doesn’t even switch halls they “listen on the phone” all the time.

i know of a couple people like that.

Phoebe

I was in a congregation many years ago where an elder had to move his family to another hall because their young daughter was allergic to the upholstery.

I have very bad allergies and used to get a reaction to all the perfume and aftershave. I'd sit in the hall with a pouring nose, sneezing etc because some sisters would literally bath themselves in perfume.

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"Leave it in jehovahs hands"...except .....

by nowwhat? in

when you feel your copyright has been violated and you have to hire a high priced legal firm with dedicated funds!.

Phoebe

After watching Lloyd's video 'Subpoena Warfare' and seeing how the WT are now going after certain people aggressively and with bullying tactics, we were both wondering if Kevin had a place where we could donate to help him with his fight.

Isn't it crazy that WT can go after a Youtuber that makes little videos with Lego and has less than 4,000 followers? How desperate have they become? I hope the court laugh in their faces and throw this out. But meantime, Kevin, can we help?

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Out of the mouths of PIMOs

by dubstepped in

new episode twenty five - daniel is a pimo jehovah's witness.

pimo – \pee-moe\ noun – short for physically in, mentally out, a person held captive to the cult of jehovah’s witnesses because although they are awake, to let others know would cost them everything they’ve ever known.

they stay in physically to keep spouses, family, friends, the only social structure that they’ve ever been allowed to have.

Phoebe

I enjoy the shunned podcasts. It's great hearing people's stories. We all have experiences and lives that are worth listening to.

If you find it too long, don't listen to it all at once. Listen to it in pieces, that's what I do.

Dubstepped puts an awful lot of work into the podcasts and we really appreciate it and we also really appreciate people being brave enough to tell their story.

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Zealous much?

by Olig in

evening everyone hope we're all oreyt!

first time posting.... bit of my background i grew up in the wts (still keep on almost calling it the "truth!

" lol) and have been pimo for around 2 years now.

Phoebe

Hi Olig,

Are you in the UK? You sound British.

Good to have you here and you've got out so young. Well done.

Hope to hear more from you.

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Part II: it's time

by Gorbatchov in

jw
friends

earlier i posted about the call from close family about that the end is expected in very short time.. today i had the opportunity to speak in person.. this is what is told to me:.

- the gb speaks to us personality through broadcasting;.

- the annual meeting was a very clear message from the gb;.

Phoebe

I've just had an email from a sister who has been a witness her whole life, now in her 70s, and she literally said: 'it's just around the corner'

She also said the world has never been as bad as it is now.

I couldn't help myself, I had to reply. I told her it has been 'just around the corner' my entire life and I'm 65.

I also said, I'd just watched a documentary on the WW2 and the horrifically cruel Nazi experiments on people including pregnant women and babies and told her that was 70 years ago, it doesn't get any worse than that, so don't go telling me the world now is worse than it's ever been.

She didn't email back.

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"Caves" from this forum on the Shunned Podcast

by dubstepped in

---------------new episode-----------------.

episode twenty four - silvers is shunned by jehovah's witnesses.

homeless at just 13 years of age, married at 16, raised by extended family that claimed him as their own to create the young jehovah’s witness that they wanted, silvers led a life that encompassed the whole toxic palette of cult life.

Phoebe

Listened to this last night.

What an amazing person to have come through so much. He is a survivor and should be so proud of himself.

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Anyone in Aberdeen?

by Farmer Jim1 in

jw
friends

anyone here from or living in aberdeen area of scotland, uk?.

Phoebe

Farmer Jim1

Wales....long way from you but at least I'm in the same country.