Posts by scratchme1010

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Classic situation at Circuit Assembly Day

by freddo in

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so i've just skived off to the car park half way through our assembly day - what a classic morning.. i'm sat right behind an early-teen kid with some sort of special needs (autistic?

) who's sat with what looks like his late-30's harassed single parent mother.

(or married to an unbelieving mate?

scratchme1010

I thought this kid is smarter than everyone thinks.

People with special needs in the congregations I was part of were treated like shit, mostly because of their honesty and because they speak their minds.

I feel sad for the mother.

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Listening to the meetings from the perspective of a "newly interested" person?

by stuckinarut2 in

just wondering how many others (when you were still in the org) would try and listen to the meeting programmes from the perspective of a newly interested person visiting for the first time?.

i know that i did this, and most times i did, i found it disturbing!

it was not just the "in-house" language and terminology that was odd, but also the actual doctrines, and method of 'teaching' that was odd!.

Creepy, archaic, obsolete instruction methodology, faulty logic, inappropriate adult language and subjects in front of children, children talking about fornication and adultery, the list of things that come to mind goes on and on...

I didn't look or listen to it from a newly interested perspective, but I do remember once I started observing people in the meeting, looking at their reactions, their body language, and the way they were taking what they were being told. What I saw was just a bunch of people in pain looking for an escape to their real issues, looking for answers in the wrong place, and following very bad advice.

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Why I get out of bed every morning.

by compound complex in

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because someone needs my help.. as a jw -- you can relate -- i truly believed that what everyone really needed was the kingdom hope and its eventual reality.

you know, the hope that does not lead to disappointment.

of course, if anyone needed practical help with a task or getting through some difficulty, most of us realized that was part of being a helpful and caring friend (or family member).. at nearly seventy years of age -- no, i didn't enter the promised kingdom in my healthful and vibrant youth -- my getting out of bed isn't so bad.

scratchme1010

What I really wanted to get to was how we support one another, here on the forum and outside, one-on-one, with flesh-and-blood human beings. I appreciated the replies to my two recent threads on suicide and had to tell you that our words do matter.

Thank you for sharing this. Your post, especially the part that I quoted, made me reflect on the things and the ton I use in some of my posts. Sometimes I'm not supportive of others at all. I speak my truth, but sometimes I tend to forget that there are in fact people out there who are suicidal and have struggles with life in general, JW experience or not.

Thanks for sharing this.

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Oddest front covers on Watchtower or Awake

by usualusername1 in

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friends

in my comedy i want to show the audience a large version of some weird front covers from the watchtower or awake.. do you have any suggestions?.

cheers.

paul.

scratchme1010

They look so effing creepy!!!! And to think that I grew up thinking that that's normal.

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School inspection is just like a CO visit.

by pleaseresearch in

so our school has just had the school inspectors in, looking and observing lessons.

the similarities with a co visit is uncanny.. how well behaved teachers, members of staff and pupils are..

scratchme1010

How well behaved teachers, members of staff and pupils are.

And only for that one day. They should do like the show Undercover Boss to get the entire story.

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Do you believe in god?

by freakyAL in

i used to be a staunch believer in god.

maybe its technology and science advancing so much thats got me doubting idk.

do you believe in god?

scratchme1010

I don't have a belief. That part of me is dead, and I'm ok with it and too busy to care.

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My story and what I'm trying to do with it

by Ft2188 in

my dad was an elder my entire life and my sister a regular pioneer for most of my life, along with my mother.

ill never forget being 4 years old and staring up at the stars outside and my dad leaning over to and saying "look what jehovah made for you".

my response, "but how do you know god is real"?

scratchme1010

Thank you for sharing your story.

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Ex Jehovah Witness Christian Fellowship

by maccauk in

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please feel free to come and share your testimony, hopes, fears and stories in your walk of faith.

in this group you can share freely without condemnation, silly name calling.

its a new group and we welcome those who have left of thinking of leaving.

scratchme1010

Stop preaching.

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Kleenex Head Covering

by jwundubbed in

growing up a woman in the cult was pretty bleak.

most of the adult women i knew were either depressed sad women or an embarrassment to me.

i was typical kid in that regard.

scratchme1010

A few weeks ago I made a flippant off-hand comment about how I would never wear a Kleenex to cover my head and I just started crying.

We use humor to cope with all the nonsense we grew up with, but some things just trigger that trauma and unravels how we really feel/felt.

Thank you for sharing. Seeing a woman with a Kleenex on her head conducting a study is quite a site, though. For the unaware outsider it's a WTF moment.

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If the WTBTS Was Disbanded Tomorrow...

by Cimarrona in

how would the gb, do, co, bethelites, elders, pioneers, etc list their now-meaningless positions on their resume?

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scratchme1010

How would the GB, DO, CO, bethelites, elders, pioneers, etc list their now-meaningless positions on their resume?

Not fond of if scenarios, but I choose to contribute to this one.

I'm not well versed in the matter, but I know there is standard documentation for volunteer work that applies to people in Bethel (as I recall hearing from a former Bethelite, I may have heard wrong). It's like people who join the Peace Corps, and they can use their work in the Wt as professional experience.

Skills don't just dissapear.