My mother was baptized in 1958 and was a very attractive woman. She too, believed that she would never grow old in this system. She is now 84 years old and even though she hangs onto their teachings because my Dad has recently died, she is a bitter negative woman. I know she thinks about it all deep down but would never admit it to us, but her daily aches and pains must remind her every day. So sad. x
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"You will never grow old in this present system of things" -- some campaign tools
by FatFreek 2005 ini am approaching 76 years old.
i can clearly recall that awake!
statement and similar during the pre-1975 hype -- "staying alive in '75", et al.
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The last video in the 2016 convention...
by problemaddict 2 in...is an epic triumph is emotional manipulation.
bringing together all of the stories they told thus far and placing them int he "new world" complete with the little boy who was killed in a car accident coming back from the dead.. i have a good friend who is stuck in with family and plays the role.
he said everyone was crying, and the people next to him rated the videos by how many tissues they needed to dry their eyes.
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You do have a point there, when I have watched the Time Machine I felt they were all like manipulated children who had no minds of their own and asked no questions. Very interesting x
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A Hard Lesson Learned
by Disassociated Lady 2 indo you remember that my dad passed away last year and i was going back to the witnesses after 26 years?
i got reinstated after going there for 9 months.
in the 5 months since then i felt the men in the congregation didn't want me there.
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Dubstepp - I am well known for the psychic work I used to do, I have been on TV and in newspapers. They were spying on me to try to gather evidence that I was still involved. he fact I am still living in the same house as the lady who helped me (the retired wisewoman/ witch) because I cannot afford to rent a place of my own is enough for them. they could have offered me somewhere to help me move out but they did not. I know far too much being out for 26 years and they see me as a threat.
L learnt quite a bit in the short time I was in, a sister had been assigned to me to take me through the 2016 Yearbook chapter called "The Light Gets Brighter" all the changes made to their beliefs regarding 1914 etc. She told me I had to forget all I was taught before and take on this new knowledge! You can read all about that on their website.
I also heard talks on the fact that the members of the org pay for materials for new Kingdom Halls and also build them which costs the org nothing. I read that in 2011 the organization sold over 30 Kingdom Halls and gained a billion dollars. I bet the members who paid out and built these halls didn't see any of it! They are now training the JWs as electricians and plumbers so that they do not have to pay anyone else to do maintenance!! I have noticed the sharp expensive suits the men at the top wear on their JW Broadcasts!
I have read all about Russells occult involvement and also the spirit medium Greber writing the New World Translation. Those elders have no right to talk to me about spiritism.
They keep the JWs so busy now, loads of study for meetings plus all the broadcasts to keep up to date with and the preaching work. I went to an assembly and the coach left the KH at 6.45am I was so tired and then sat through a full day of talks. Many JWS look very tired.
A recent talk that made me chuckle was about men wearing tight trousers accentuating their "parts"!!!
As the elders spoke to me yesterday one of them was staring at a tattoo I have on my shoulder of a beautiful mermaid showing her boobs. I kept it covered up at all the meetings, but now it no longer matters.
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What Songs Best Fit you when you learned TATT and Afterwards?
by Wasanelder Once inthe work of john lennon best fit my situation.
first, i found out.
i found out.
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A Hard Lesson Learned
by Disassociated Lady 2 indo you remember that my dad passed away last year and i was going back to the witnesses after 26 years?
i got reinstated after going there for 9 months.
in the 5 months since then i felt the men in the congregation didn't want me there.
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I wrote a detailed letter to them explaining that I wouldnt attend the judicial committee and they would not let me have a sister with me. One of the sisters told me that there is always more than one elder there as a chaperone to back one another up. Who is there to back the sister up if anything inappropriate happened? I explained all the false assumptions they were making about me just by looking at the internet and not hearing the whole story but they were not interested and did not care. They tell JWs not to believe all they read on the internet and the media had misinterpreted much about me and they are willing to believe it. I think they just wanted to get rid of an attractive single woman so that THEY are not tempted. x
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A Hard Lesson Learned
by Disassociated Lady 2 indo you remember that my dad passed away last year and i was going back to the witnesses after 26 years?
i got reinstated after going there for 9 months.
in the 5 months since then i felt the men in the congregation didn't want me there.
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Thank you Dunedain that is such an encouraging comment. When I was trying to get back into it I kept praying to God asking if I was doing the right thing and also what did he think of their teachings. It doesnt matter to them that I was an abused child by a JW. Also when you think that Charles Taze Russell was an occultist and Johannes Greber who wrote the New World Translation was also a Spirit Medium, they dont have a leg to stand on. I know far too much now to be accepted back as JW and they know it! It really helps to ahve your support as I am feeling a little "shell shocked" at the moment. x
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A Hard Lesson Learned
by Disassociated Lady 2 indo you remember that my dad passed away last year and i was going back to the witnesses after 26 years?
i got reinstated after going there for 9 months.
in the 5 months since then i felt the men in the congregation didn't want me there.
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A Hard Lesson Learned
by Disassociated Lady 2 indo you remember that my dad passed away last year and i was going back to the witnesses after 26 years?
i got reinstated after going there for 9 months.
in the 5 months since then i felt the men in the congregation didn't want me there.
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Londo 111,
The elders said that they had found evidence on the internet that I was heavily into Spiritism. I do not consider my work with Holistic Therapies as such but maybe they do. Whenmy husband of 21 years divorced me in 2012 I was homeless and could not go to my family as I was shunned. A friend was kind enough to take me in and let me stay there and because she has been known as a wise woman/witch they wanted me to move out and never see her again. No Witnesses would help me, I would have thought my own mother would have let me sleep on her floor rather than live where I am but that is not the case. They give instructions but are not willing to help you.
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Appealing a disfellowshipping - any experience
by dozy inanyone had any experience of a successful appeal against a disfellowship?
a friend of mine feels he has been dfd unjustifiably & is considering an appeal.
he probably has something of a case - the jc was a total shambles - but i'm very dubious that he has any likelihood of success.. my only experience of a successful appeal is when elders in a neighbouring congregation were appointed by the co & overturned a df in our congregation a few years ago.
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I have 7 days to appeal, but they have made a huge effort to drive me out of the congregation since reinstatement and try to find all types of evidence against me to back it up. Not worth even considering. x
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A Hard Lesson Learned
by Disassociated Lady 2 indo you remember that my dad passed away last year and i was going back to the witnesses after 26 years?
i got reinstated after going there for 9 months.
in the 5 months since then i felt the men in the congregation didn't want me there.
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Hello Everyone,
Do you remember that my Dad passed away last year and I was going back to the Witnesses after 26 years?
I got reinstated after going there for 9 months. In the 5 months since then I felt the men in the congregation didn't want me there. Anyway they got their spies to search my name on the internet and found out that in the past I had been involved in psychic groups etc and they made a meal of it, I was sent a text and asked to attend the Kingdom Hall on a Monday evening not saying why. When I went their I was greeted by them holding their tablets and showing me various website photos they had found of me playing music at folk festivals and dancing. One of the elders was very aggressive and asked me if I was having sexual relations with the woman I was staying with, I was questioned by him aggressively for 2 hours, but I stood up to him.
After that I attended no more meetings, my friend said she could see I was traumatised. They called me to a judicial committee tonight. I did not attend but wrote a letter. They about 40 minutes ago they knocked on the door (the window cleaner is a JW and told them where I lived as you wouldn't find this cottage unless you knew where to go) and announced that they were disfellowshipping me. In one way I feel relieved. the JWs are much worse than they used to be they watch your EVERY move and I just couldn't take it.
Another woman in the congregation told me that the elders are awful to single women and often drag them in the back room to have a go about something or other. She said there are big problems in that congregation and the elder who interrogated me is sex mad as he always turns around any comment he makes to David and Bathsheba lol!. Anyway some of you warned me it wouldn't be a good idea and you were right. I promised my Dad I would return before he died and I did just that, but what was going to happen after reinstatement I did not know. I only hope he can see the truth of it all now and one day I will see him again.
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