Posts by RoosterMcDooster

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Suicide - How many do you know within the JWs

by Lady Lee in

thw wts likes to play games with their statistics.

one interesting but truly tragic is the number of jwhovah's witnesses who commit suicie.. now i suspect that if a person commits suicide shortly before or after they are disfellowshipped then the elders would say that person wasn't a witness or that they had done something so terrible that they were too guilty to admit it and by their action of committing suicide they pretty much declared they were no longer a jw.. yup fancy talk to make sure any crap didn't fall on them.. so my question.. do you know of cases like this?

if so then can you answer a few more questions.. had this person been dfed or in real danger of being dfed or whatever the equivalent is if they were never baptized?.

RoosterMcDooster

My mother.

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Hello from Rooster McDooster

by RoosterMcDooster in

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i've been lurking around here for a while, so i feel like i know most of you already.

its been a rough 20 years getting here, but now here i am.

RoosterMcDooster

What happened, Rooster?

Thanks Talesin.

Nothing really negative has happened. I guess I just thought I might make a few friends here. When I first came here, I got the big welcome, which I really, really apreciate. But then, afterwards it feels like what you said in jest is true. Not the gossiping, but more like the feeling ignored, kind of like going to the KH, having expectations for friendship and then after the welcomes are done its -fend for yourself- social dynamics. Not that I have contributed much here worth getting attention. But I guess I feel likeI just dont fit in. Maybe its my goofy handle or stupid comments or quirks or maybe because I dont have any intererst in bashing the wt or somthing. But people always say "just be yourself" so I try...But anyway, I know that whining and feeling sorry for my self is not the best way to make friends. I really dont know what I expected here, it just was the only place i felt i could go to connect with others that have had simmiliar experiences and perhaps share some of my own. After going what we went through in the org now its like i just dont fit anywhere. Well, wah, wah wah. But really ...thanks.

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Hello from Rooster McDooster

by RoosterMcDooster in

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i've been lurking around here for a while, so i feel like i know most of you already.

its been a rough 20 years getting here, but now here i am.

RoosterMcDooster

We're 'love-bombing' you. When we know you are hooked, then we will ignore you and gossip behind your back.

Just like at the KH!

Well Talesin, its been five months and I have to say you were right. I guess its the same wherever you go. Thanks though, for the welcomes anyway.

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UN (again!)

by zound in

hi guys, i'm new to the site.. sorry to bring up an old topic.

but just wondering if anyone knew if the brochure referred to in the infamous un letter of 2004 is available to read anywhere?

this is the brochure of 1991 (before the supposed "changed language that we cannot subsribe to").

RoosterMcDooster

-Stupid A$$ comment deleted-

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AAWA is here!! (The Association of Anti-Watchtower Activists)

by cedars in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcic4g5tulw.

http://www.jwactivists.org.

facebook the association of anti-watchtower activists.

RoosterMcDooster

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Women: Are they Equal to Men ?

by villagegirl in

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one of the hard core doctrines of the wt society, and many other religions, is that women are to be in "subjection" to men.. in the bible, in genisis , it says the domination of women by men came after adam and eve disobeyed god.

eve was cursed by pain in childbirth and that from then on as a curse: "he shall rule over you " from then on the male was to dominate the female.. but that was not in the original plan.

this was a reversal of the plan and a curse.

RoosterMcDooster

No, women are not equal to men. My wife is a better, greater, kinder person than I ever will be!

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Distrust and paranoia among faders

by cedars in

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hi guys.

i'm interested in knowing whether any other faders out there ever find themselves feeling a little paranoid about establishing contact with other faders or former jws, just in case the unthinkable happens and things turn sour.. personally, i'm now fairly comfortable with the idea that i will be disfellowshipped or disassociated within the next year or so.

i see it as inevitable, and an essential transition in order to do what i want to do with my life.

RoosterMcDooster

Yes Cedars, I still have the heebie-jeebies!

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Why do Jw's have to pay for CO's expenses?

by nolongerconfused in

this is something that has always bothered me!.

why do rank and file have to pay for co's do's expenses, car, health insurance, meals, etc, etc...?.

didn't the apostle paul say that all christians have to be self sufficient and work?, not depending on anyone else and cause a burden?.

RoosterMcDooster

Good question. Technically the boe is supossed to "invite" the co to present his expenses and they vote weather to reimburse or not. If they do not he can present them to the circuit or wt as a last resort. I have never heard of the cong not paying for his expenses while visiting. But it is expected.

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