Posts by scratchme1010

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Why do so many that leave wind up coming back?!

by nowwhat? in

i have seen so many that have left.

and their life turned into a dumpster fire.

most do not live the average life of living in suburbs, raising a family.

scratchme1010

I have seen so many that have left. And their life turned into a dumpster fire. Most do not live the average life of living in suburbs, raising a family. And such. And then the organization uses such ones as examples of what happens when you leave Jehovah. Thoughts?

What some people don't seem to realize is that not only the WT brainwashes people to control their lives as JWs, but also convince them of what they claim awaits them if they leave. Some JWs, especially those who get disfellowshipped or leave abruptly for any other reasons, don't prepare themselves for their lives outside.

They don't limit their indoctrination to how their lives as JWs should be, they also teach that if you leave, you are supposed to be this, become that, or this will happen to you.

Furthermore, some people end up joining religious organizations and/or cults precisely because they lack the life skills to negotiate with their own lives, hence, expect their god to make things right for them and take care of them. When they find themselves without the cushion of religion, they don't know what to do with their own selves or their lives.

Not everybody can face the ugly things in life and have the skills to properly cope and have a sense of making it on their own.

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Why are Humans so Obsessed with trying to find Meaning in Ancient Writings that they waste their life on and are willing to die for ?

by smiddy3 in

when you stop and think about it , isn`t it just plain crazy ?

ludicrous even ?

to live your life on texts centuries old and are willing to die upholding those beliefs ?.

scratchme1010

Why are Humans so Obsessed with trying to find Meaning in Ancient Writings that they waste their life on and are willing to die for ?

I'd restate that like this: "Why are SOME Humans so Obsessed with trying to find Meaning in Ancient Writings that they waste their life on and are willing to die for ?"

I can't care less and can give you a list of many others who don't care either.

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I want to talk with other people

by Sammy12 in

i want to talk with people who are witnesses.

i’m 17f and wanting some company.

get in contact with me please.

scratchme1010

I want to talk with people who are witnesses. I’m 17f and wanting some company. Get in contact with me please.

Join the Jehovah's Witnesses. If you mean "I want to talk with people who were or aren't witnesses" then welcome, you are in the right place.

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The twisting and manipulations of the scriptures used by the WTBTS

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

the watchtower society has always been headed by narcissistic control freaks.

scriptures as a front for their human agendas ( have the power so they can control its members ).

they twist and manipulate scriptures to fit it in with their ideas and controlling ways.

scratchme1010

You might not notice this, but the same applies to pretty much every organization that uses the Bible. That book can be used and interpreted in any way you want; you can use it to prove pretty much anything you want.

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How do you deal with the loneliness after leaving?

by Whynot in

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i'm having one of those days where i feel lonely and wish i had someone to just hang out with.

my husband got disfellowshipped 3 years ago and even though i didn't do anything wrong i was pushed away.

my so called "friends" decided to avoid me.

scratchme1010

I was raised to fear anyone who is not a jw. I hate it! How do you deal with these horrible feelings? There is a co-worker that wants to hangout and I would really like to. How do I push this endoctrination out of my head that it's not fine to be friends with someone who is not a JW? I feel like a big mess bleh.

I'm so sorry you are feeling like that. It's a very undeserving treatment what they gave you.

I don't feel comfortable giving you advice, but I can suggest that if you feel that your JW hangups are precluding you from moving on, especially from socializing, there are healthy ways of dealing with it. There's professional help if you feel the problem is something you cannot solve on your own (counseling, therapy, support groups, reliable self-help information from reputable sources to name a few). There's you just taking baby steps to feel comfortable out "in the world". As opposed to the black and white mentality that the JWs promote, you don't have to be extreme (neither a loyal inseparable absolute best friend, nor totally isolated from everybody).

I didn't have problems making friends, probably because I prepared and faded, I was not pushed out. That gave me the opportunity to start making friends and building support outside as I was preparing to leave. I went to college, did volunteer work, activism, and joined groups and people I like.

It may be different if you still feel that the WT's preachings are true. In my case I couldn't care less, and once I stop believing in the Jehovah crap, I couldn't care less about being friends with the JWs I knew then. That was motivation for me to look for support outside.

There isn't one way of getting a better social life, but a good starting point for me was to get rid of the WT influence as much as possible.

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Update jws hate jw book

by Catcat in

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hi this is my second post this time i won't mention any names or the book cos last time people complained that i was promoting this book.

so any away in my last post i wrote that i was afraid if someone in my family will find out that i was reading this book where an ex jw is negative about the organisation.

but everything is ok. a sister has read the book and told everyone how disgusted and offended she is by it.

scratchme1010

A sister has read the book and told everyone how disgusted and offended she is by it.

So everything is ok as long as you say something negative about it.

Reminds me of this pervert in the congregation that always made comments about sexual things, always very graphic in his remarks, but they were ok because he was talking about how "putrid" this system and their people are, and how much they deserve to be destroyed.

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What is the strangest book or craziest book the JWs have ever printed?

by blownaway in

what do you think the crazies or strangest book they ever printed is?.

scratchme1010

What is the strangest book or craziest book the JWs have ever printed?

I wouldn't say a specific book, The WT and Awake magazines had quite a few off-the-wall stories. I remember one story about "Something worse than AIDS", about this JW who was gay and got HIV, but according to them, what was worse was that he got disfellowshipped.

Then soon after I was out I remember some book that claimed that their Jehovah intends to populate other planets once Earth is full in paradise. Don't remember the name of the book.

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Do you recognise this artwork?

by usualusername1 in

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scratchme1010

That's some bad use of Photoshop.

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Anybody here like to dabble on the roulette wheel ?

by smiddy3 in

i came to the conclusion a long time ago that many jehovah`s witnesses are very superstitious in my opinion.. if after leaving the jw`s or even sometime before leaving the jw`s you may have been tempted to use the pokie`s /slots or the lotto , or even the roulette wheel at a casino .

now did you know that if you add up all the numbers on a roulette wheel it adds up to 666 .?.

now i have no problem myself playing lotto ,keno ,scratchies ,etc,however ,would i ever play the roulette wheel ever again ?.

scratchme1010

Now I have no problem myself playing Lotto ,Keno ,Scratchies ,etc,however ,would I ever play the Roulette Wheel ever again ?

Like everything else, have fun, but don't let it get out of control.

I have played at casinos, but it's not my thing. Every now and then I try my luck with the Lotto or the Power Ball, but so far no luck. I have much better odds at getting randomly selected at the airport, though.

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Pedos being covered up

by Redpill in

are there still child abuse cases being carried out in many of the bethel branches around the world?.

scratchme1010

Are there still child abuse cases being carried out in many of the Bethel Branches around the world?

Who knows? Go ask them.