after watching newbies come on board and say hi, i realized that i had never done that myself.
i have enjoyed reading the posts, and i am sure that i will continue to do so.
of course we all relate to some more than others, but i enjoy them all the same.. my background consists of growing up as a witness, with my immediate family very involved.
What! Never been properly welcomed! How did you sneak in without getting noticed? If you had been a newbie at a KH the elders would have been all over you like flies on honey. We can't have them besting us at unctuous greetings.
WELCOME FREEDOM96!
There, now you have been properly initiated!
Tammy
hey guys!.
i just wanted to give you a warm thank-you for all your sweet comments and the well wishes!
i'm recoving very well from my surgury and i'm feeling quiet good!
Gosh Tink, you had the surgery! Why didn't you wait just a bit longer? I heard Armageddon is just around the corner.
WELCOME BACK TINK!
Tammy
hi from houston,.
after 2 months of investigating the wts, i have finally confirmend what my heart and mind told for a long time.
i have kept up with the post in here during that time, and i want to say thank you to all.
It's better to open your eyes now than years from now Tex. You deserve a great big...
Welcome Texas Apostate!
just wanted to say hi!
ya'll may know my aunt linda and my sis jesika.....the only other person i know here is elsewhere....hope to meet many more!!!!!!!!!!!!.
charice
Welcome Charice!
ok fine, i was criticized for my sick day thread yesterday so i shall try to do better this time *ahem* viv i am looking at you!joanna, hon, can't you think on a more lightier subject when your sick?
so if you were turned into an action figure, what feature would make you the must have toy this coming christmas?.
for example i think i would want kungfu grip and holographic eyeballs..
I would want mine to come with "SilentLamb Roar!"
Tammy
lets post somethings as a dub you dont say:.
luck, you dont say party, its a get together.
you dont go to church, its a hall
LOL! @ Marilyn!
I once got told off for saying "I got rid of all my mags today". Should have said 'placed".
Oops! Big no no!
Tammy
this is my first post on this board even though i have been lurking for a looong time.... .
i have just being told that the judicial committee has decided to disfellowship me and that i have a week to appeal if i decide to do so.
the reason: "apostasy".
I'm sorry for the pain and turmoil this has put you through, email. It isn't easy being gang raped by a JC kangaroo court. You have many friends here who you can lean on. Do you know any apostates in your area? Getting together with them has been of tremendous help to me.
Again, I'm so sorry for what you have had to go through...
... but enjoy your new found freedom!
Tammy
i got a call today from bruce baker (venice's daddy) telling me he was going to be on the news tonight.
he wanted me to tape the interview.
my vcr hasn't been able to tape anything since the last time i kicked it so it's unplugged with a new dvd player in it's place.
Dave,
The news guy then said that all three were JW's. He then said the local representative of the JW church were not available for an interview but they stated that all three suspected murders were disfellowshipped JWs.
Now here is the thing that pisses me off. The three suspected murders did what they did with the teachings of the JW's as part of their motive. Whether they were still JW's "in good standing" as they say or recently disfellowshipped JW doesn't matter a damn bit. It's the screwed up bullshit teachings of the JW's that influenced their thinking and justified what they did in their minds. I don't know enough about the third murder but I do know in the Longo case he has talked about the sunning from his family and church as a major cause of depression. He has also stated that he believed he sent them to a better place. I also know from the many conversations with Sharon Rowe the sister of Janet Bryant, that Robert Bryant experience the same deep depression because of the shunning and basic psychological execution he received from his family and one time friends. He also believed he was sending them to a better place while saving them from a life of shunning.
While I was a JW I thought that suicide might be pretty good way through Armageddon. But then I did some research in the Wt publications and wasn't so sure. Would I be forgiven? Wouldn't I be forgiven? It wasn't real clear. But I thought instead that if an accident were about to befall me, such as a speeding bus or a train, well that might be the ticket. I just wouldn't move real fast to get out of the way. On a couple of vacations I went out on some cliffs with my camera. If I fell, okay (although I really didn't want anything to happen to my camera). If I didn't, there would be some nice shots. Is that crazy or what?
Even after I left the dubs the sense of self-preservation that normal people have began to slowly return. It came back even faster after I read "Combatting Cult Mind Control" by Stephen Hassan. You are right. They don't see it the way other people do. They don't live for this world. They live for the "New Order" and they die or kill because they believe their loved ones will be reunited through a ressurection.
Tammy
i got a call today from bruce baker (venice's daddy) telling me he was going to be on the news tonight.
he wanted me to tape the interview.
my vcr hasn't been able to tape anything since the last time i kicked it so it's unplugged with a new dvd player in it's place.
Venice!
LOL! I was thinking the same thing. Your dad is so well known in this area where all three murders occured! Channel 2 couldn't have picked a better spokesperson to really irritate these Oregonian dubs! I will watch for a follow up in the local papers. If one appears, I might have to whip out Word and write a letter to the editor.
Tammy
prediction: the organization will have to become dumber,.
crazier and more cruel to survive..
confirmation?
I would love to see the Governing Body squirm during a test for once. Maybe we can talk NBC into putting them on The Weakest Link. That would be fun!
Tammy
