Posts by scratchme1010

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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"?

Ex Jehovah Witness Christian Fellowship

by maccauk in

jw
friends

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.

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.

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Signing Away Your Hard Earned Cash

by Disassociated Lady 2 in

reading the meeting workbook study for this week to see what my family will be reading at their meeting, once again they are asking for members for generous gifts not only from money they earn but also part of any investments they may have and making future arrangements for them to inherit after death through their wills.

take a look at the lower part of the page on this link, its awful!

https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20151115/donations-worldwide-work/.

scratchme1010

They really have to get off by seeing people suffering.

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JWs - Liberals or Conservatives?

by neat blue dog in

where they stand is a strange mixture.

yes, they don't agree with abortion and homosexuality, they believe in the bible and wear skirts and ties to church .

but in many ways they're liberal.

scratchme1010

This conservative-liberal bullshit gets on my nerves.

I am neither. That thing causes so much unnecessary divisiveness. At the end of the day, we all have our own individual sets of vales and principles. Many of mine coincide with both conservative and liberal. I am me, not something that some people decide I'm supposed to be. I believe in what I believe because I choose to, not because liberals are this or conservatives do that.

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One Question to ask any JW that will blow their end times out of the water

by maccauk in

ask any jw this one question.

are there any apostles from the 1st century still walking the earth alive today ?.

100% will say there are no apostles from the 1st century alive today.

scratchme1010

Ask any JW this one question

...or don't. Just live your life and let them live theirs.

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Went to a sunday meeting Waterbury, Connecticut, yawnfest x100

by Brokeback Watchtower in

well went on a vacation cross country for 10 days to see relatives, and so decided to drop in on my old kingdom hall to get a look at some old friends i haven't seen in more the 27 years.. came in around 1:15 pm middle of the public talk wearing tight fitting jeans and an old sweat shirt, and sat down in front of person i served with as an elder.

the talks was so boring i can't remember a word of it, i can only recall that it was very disjointed with tremendous leaps in logic, so that my mind could not and would not follow the speaker.

watchtower study was a complete brain shrinking repeat of putting on the new personality or something, with the conductor fishing for baby food comments where none of the 3 or 4 young ones gave any comments only the hard core braindead were answering.

scratchme1010

I can't believe I sat through almost 3 decades of listening to this utter bull shit nonsense!

Well, no more. I mean, until this time. You are waking up my curiosity. Now I'd like to go to see the changes myself.

Thank you for sharing the experience.

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Captain Obvious: A Success Story

by Captain Obvious in

january 2012, at the age of 24 i “woke up” to the truth about the truth.

march 2012, i joined this esteemed message board and was welcomed.

this forum was such a help.

scratchme1010

How lovely. It's great that you were able to fade in such nice manner. I'm very happy for you. And congratulations of your upcoming member of your family.