Posts by Scully

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I'm sick of this boring life!!

by Nicolas in

i'm really tired of always having to fight.

i don't have any friends in this world and i don't want to return to the evil watchtower.

it seem to me that everyone else around have fun and enjoy the life while, i still don't know what to i do with my life.

Scully

Nicolas:

From what you've been saying, I get the feeling that perhaps you're more depressed than you'd like to believe. That's my professional opinion (I'm a nurse) and my personal opinion too (I've suffered from depression in the past). You'd probably get a lot of benefit from going back to therapy, only this time talk about what you are going through because of leaving the JWs. Educate the therapist about how the JWs are a group that has strong control over members, so that the therapist will know how best to help you.

Coming away from the JWs is a very difficult thing psychologically. You are undoing YEARS and YEARS worth of "brainwashing", and having to learn to think all over again. It's VERY hard work. When we were JWs, we believed that our lives had a real purpose, and now that we know it's all a huge farce, we have to figure out what is the point of being here all over again, without having someone to just give us nice answers from a book that claims to have all the answers.

I got the impression from you in chat that you're a young man with almost your whole life ahead of you. I don't know if you were ever baptized as a JW, but if not, you're probably in a better situation than if you were because you'll have less problems maintaining relationships with your family who are JWs. You're going to be OK.

It is going to take some time for you to adjust to being 'out' of the JWs. Mentally we've been in prison, and like someone who has finally been released from jail, there is a period of adjustment where we have to learn to socialize and re-connect with people all over again. We're all here to help you with your journey.

I'm glad you're here. My e-mail is open if you want to talk privately.

Love, Scully

It is not persecution for an informed person
to expose a certain religion as being false. - WT 11/15/63

A religion that teaches lies cannot be true. - WT 12/1/91

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Part 2: Torn between Two Worlds

by Amazing in

part 2: torn between two worlds .

in late november 1989 we decided to visit our new town, and see our new house.

we scoped out the small town for its amenities, and this included a visit to the kingdom hall where we would eventually attend.. hindsight, being 20-20, i regret now that i did not try to get my family out of the organization before the move.

Scully

Amazing:

I'm enjoying your story. Please tell us more!

Love, Scully

It is not persecution for an informed person
to expose a certain religion as being false. - WT 11/15/63

A religion that teaches lies cannot be true. - WT 12/1/91

16

News on Dan Sydlik anyone?

by Room 215 in

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friends

hi all,.

a recent thread mentioned the possibility that gb member dan sydlik may well be on his death bed.

is there any news on this?

Scully

I have some photographs from a visit to NY Bethel circa 1980. During the visit, I spent a fair bit of time with Sister Sydlik. In the photographs she looks positively miserable. He showed us his paintings and was quite pleased when one of the Gilead graduate's guests offered him a lei. I'll have to get the photographs scanned sometime and put them here.

Love, Scully

It is not persecution for an informed person
to expose a certain religion as being false. - WT 11/15/63

A religion that teaches lies cannot be true. - WT 12/1/91

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Two girls missing - more Longo murders?

by Nathan Natas in

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two recent stories, both from the detroit free press, follow.. - - - - begin first news story - - - -.

monday january 28 10:39 pm est .

fbi searches for runaway sisters.

Scully

"This guy is very smart," Taff said. "This is a high-IQ individual who could have been a millionaire if he had taken a different path."

Interesting. I wonder if Longo's upbringing as a JW had anything to do with that suppressed intellect. Probably.

It's probably also a safe bet that the a lot of highly intelligent JWs whose intellects have been supressed by the WTS's dogma are teetering on the brink of insanity, or perhaps worse, using their intelligence for harm instead of good.

Love, Scully

It is not persecution for an informed person
to expose a certain religion as being false. - WT 11/15/63

A religion that teaches lies cannot be true. - WT 12/1/91

39

Being a JW Kid

by Scully in

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i've always felt that the adult jws got off pretty easily compared to jw kids.. for instance: .

my dad went to work, and didn't bother his co-workers with jw stuff.

it wasn't allowed.

Scully

Lee:

In my case, it was almost always the other way around. Being on such a short leash, as you said, made it nearly impossible to have friends, much less boyfriends.

We had one phone, that was on the wall between the kitchen and living room. If I received or made calls, my side of the conversation was always monitored. I was allowed to babysit for neighbours and other JWs, and on those occasions, it felt so great to be able to have a 'normal' conversation on the phone with someone without having to be careful about what you talked about. Mind you, it was never "bad", just what teenagers want to talk about.... clothes, school, which guy you thought was cute, etc. I was too naive to know about phone sex and stuff like that, but my parents were convinced that if they left me alone for two seconds, I'd be swearing and doing drugs and having orgies and bringing other assorted reproaches on Jehovah.

Anyway, the short leash (or choke chain if you will) just kept other kids away. I know that I purposely avoided becoming close friends with anyone because I was mortified of having them 'interrogated' by my parents.

When I was 17 or 18, a friend of the family introduced her brother to me. He was several years older and was interested in getting married. I was not the least bit interested in him. Not that I have anything against sheep farmers (yes, really!) per se, it's just not the lifestyle I wanted. It's kind of funny how the friend felt I would have been such a great prize catch for her brother, but she didn't feel that it mattered that I deserved someone at least compatible to me.

The teen years were horrible. I couldn't wait to move out on my own.

Love, Scully

It is not persecution for an informed person
to expose a certain religion as being false. - WT 11/15/63

A religion that teaches lies cannot be true. - WT 12/1/91

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Why I think the Borg will have another enemy soon.

by Mindchild in

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friends

there is that old story i'm reminded of sometimes about the world being full of three types of people.

the people who make things happen, the people who watch things happen, and the people who have no idea of what is going on.

i thought you might want to at least be in the second catagory so i wanted to share something i found interesting with you.. i have two short poems and a short story for you to read below, and if you care to read these you might find something quite remarkable about them.. long years have passed.

Scully

mindchild:

by 2020, we will have personal companions . . . that will never forget anything, and that will surely remind us of when our perceptions of reality (i.e. belief systems) don’t match the consensual world

I've always said "everyone needs a wife"

But can they cook??

BTW, I noticed a few typos and grammatical errors too. Looks like super-computers, for now at least, still need proof-readers.

Love, Scully

It is not persecution for an informed person
to expose a certain religion as being false. - WT 11/15/63

A religion that teaches lies cannot be true. - WT 12/1/91

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They didn't even want to be witnesses.

by sleepy in

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friends

for a start my parents.one day in 1973 a young couple call at their door they listen out of politeness.a first they didn't want to become witnesses in fact my mother was very much against this, they didn't want to make all those changes in their lives, they didn't belive it was true.. but the org taught those faithful witnesses calling they must carry on, you must save these people.. so they keep calling.. and calling and calling.. but my parents cannot beat their reasonoing and logic eventually they are beaten , "this must be the truth".. now they start the long road they are still treading as loyal witnesses.they bring four kids up in the truth and help others work friends and more into the truth.. they didn't want to be witnesses.. who else?.

a brother in my hall had witnesses call on him.he listened out of politeness.after a while he wanted no more to do with it.but they wont stop calling.he even hides behind his sofa when they come.. one day though they catch him off guard.. he invites them in.. he's now a faithful pioneer who sold his home to go where the need is great.. they didn't want to be a witness.. who else?.

my wifes parents left the truth before she was born , her father died knowing it was wrong.. my wife though read some books they still had in the house when she was growing up.. eventually she leaves home and goes to collage.

Scully

My parents didn't want to be witnesses, either.

My dad, fed up with the calls, told the JW at the door to get off the doorstep or else he would be thrown off the step. The JW at the door said "Would you speak that way to Jesus?" Of course he wouldn't.

My dad only agreed to study with them in order to prove them wrong. It was a short time after that when we started going to meetings. The rest is over 30 years' worth of history.

It is not persecution for an informed person
to expose a certain religion as being false. - WT 11/15/63

A religion that teaches lies cannot be true. - WT 12/1/91

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CAPTIONS PLEASE!

by nicolaou in

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friends

okay, we last saw these pictures about a year ago so for the 3000+ members who've joined since then here they are again.. .

picture 1. .

picture 2. .

Scully

PICTURE 1

Good thing I brought earplugs with me today! She couldn't carry a tune in a paper bag!

PICTURE 2

Look sweetie! Jehovah is killing all the bad people!! Isn't that nice!!

PICTURE 3

Damn!! She came back up!

PICTURE 4

I'll show you what's under my raincoat if you put those stupid magazines away!

It is not persecution for an informed person
to expose a certain religion as being false. - WT 11/15/63

A religion that teaches lies cannot be true. - WT 12/1/91

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Keeping House to House Records??? Joe Public

by Celtic in

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friends

you know when we used to go from house to house and we kept records etc of not at homes and what have you?

surely the general public would be concerned to know that so much personal information is taken and kept by the jw congregations.

anyone else with any views on this?

Scully

Neonmadman writes:

If we are paranoid to the point of guarding against every possible abuse, we start to look like the Mel Gibson character in the movie, Conspiracy Theory.

Paranoia is not necessarily a bad thing. Remember, in that particular movie, the conspiracy theory of Gibson's character ended up being RIGHT.

Quite frankly, I'd much prefer having the JWs make note of me telling them to sod off and never come back, than to be bothered with them over and over and over.

While JWs have the 'legal right' to perform their manner of 'worship' by going door-to-door to preach, individuals also have the right to not have their privacy intruded if they so wish. If a community wants to take that kind of action and collectively tell JWs that they do not want them calling, then people have to be willing to press charges against them for trespassing if and when it occurs.

Perhaps a neighbourhood petition would be useful. Of course, the JWs will protest and call it persecution, but when you think about it, this type of action should free up their time a lot more to concentrate on those homes where their visits are welcome. A copy of the document would have to be kept on file at both the Kingdom Hall with the appropriate territory card, and with city officials so that any infraction would have some kind of legal support. It's just an idea. I'll let you do with it as you wish.

Love, Scully

It is not persecution for an informed person
to expose a certain religion as being false. - WT 11/15/63

A religion that teaches lies cannot be true. - WT 12/1/91

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Let's have a baby shower!!!

by Julie in

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friends

as most of you know one of our long time posters, "mommy"/wendy, is expecting a baby in the very near future.

as some of you may not know (and i hope she doesn't plot my murder for discussing it) wendy is going through some real tough times.

she could use a few things for the baby considering getting by with two other children is difficult enough!.

Scully

expatbrit:

That's how it's done.... real easy... almost as easy as the remote for your telly

And the lovely folks at amazon.com have all the necessary shipping info too.

Love, Scully

It is not persecution for an informed person
to expose a certain religion as being false. - WT 11/15/63

A religion that teaches lies cannot be true. - WT 12/1/91