Posts by Tameria2001

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Involved(ish) with a JW Man.

by BNG-713 in

i know there are several posts about witnesses and non-witnesses in regards to relationships.

i couldn’t find anything specifically that spoke to me, so i would love some third-party advice and thoughts.. i have never been someone to pursue a stranger from the internet.

earlier this year, i became friends with someone on a video game.

Tameria2001

As we get closer to my visit, the nervousness and second thoughts are creeping in for both of us. A couple weeks ago he did have a bit Of an internal conflict. He felt as though pursuing this may hurt his God, or compromise his relationship down the line with his religion.

I will finally be meeting him, and I’m terrified.

The closer we get to the date, the further apart I feel like we are growing.

Listen to what your mind and body is telling you; nervousness, second thoughts, terrified. There is something not right, and you can feel it. I can tell you if a JW still believes in their religion it will lead to some major problems down the road for you. I can't even tell you the number of times someone has posted on this site about getting involved with a JW, only to be faced with total misery later on. JWs don't have a problem lying to those who are non-JWs, they even have a word for it and it is called Theocratic Warfare. Here is a link to more information about that subject if your interested. JW Facts

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WTBTS - You can run, but you can't hide

by The Fall Guy in

i apologise if this has been discussed while i was on vacation, but i've just become aware of it.. is the wtbts preparing to avoid losing a fortune, by declaring bankruptcy?.

the cult's scumbags may be about to initiate their own "great tribulation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-66zz1fptu.

Tameria2001

Fall Guy, Someone was saying why the Watchtower can't declare bankruptcy. The reason being they have assets, such as kingdom halls, assembly halls, and so on.

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On A Scale of 1 to 10

by The Bethelite in

jw
friends

with 10 being the highest, how..... 1.honest are you.

2.humble are you.

4. happy are you.

Tameria2001

I'm honest, but if I say 10 I would be lying. A total of 10 on honesty would not be a very likable person.

Wife to her husband, "Do these jeans make my butt look big?"

Husband to his wife, "No dear, those jeans don't make your butt look big,"

Now if the husband was being totally honest to his wife he would say, "No dear your jeans don't make your butt look big, your butt makes your butt look big." lol

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The Watchtower Society want basic human rights but ''somehow'' deny disfellowshipped members theirs

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

jehovah’s witnesses imprisoned for their faith—by location.

locations where jehovah’s witnesses are put in prison, sometimes under harsh conditions, for practicing their faith and exercising basic human rights.. .

others are imprisoned for their conscientious objection to military service.. watchtower society: please don't lecture anyone on the denial of basic human rights when you take away the rights of disfellowshipped family members associating with their family and friends!.

Tameria2001

That doesn't hold water for those who were brought in as children or born into the cult.

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The Watchtower Society want basic human rights but ''somehow'' deny disfellowshipped members theirs

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

jehovah’s witnesses imprisoned for their faith—by location.

locations where jehovah’s witnesses are put in prison, sometimes under harsh conditions, for practicing their faith and exercising basic human rights.. .

others are imprisoned for their conscientious objection to military service.. watchtower society: please don't lecture anyone on the denial of basic human rights when you take away the rights of disfellowshipped family members associating with their family and friends!.

Tameria2001

I'm just saying that the Watchtower cries foul when it comes to their human rights, while at the same time denying others theirs.

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The Watchtower Society want basic human rights but ''somehow'' deny disfellowshipped members theirs

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

jehovah’s witnesses imprisoned for their faith—by location.

locations where jehovah’s witnesses are put in prison, sometimes under harsh conditions, for practicing their faith and exercising basic human rights.. .

others are imprisoned for their conscientious objection to military service.. watchtower society: please don't lecture anyone on the denial of basic human rights when you take away the rights of disfellowshipped family members associating with their family and friends!.

Tameria2001

Vanderhoven7

What are human rights?

Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status. We are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination. These rights are all interrelated, interdependent and indivisible.

UN Link to this information

Part of human rights is religion, but the Watchtower is denying it's former members this. Yes, you are free to choose to stay or go, but if you go you will be shunned by everyone you care about. People have a choice on who they want to associate with, BUT the Watchtower will penalize their current members if that person wants to have contact with their friend or relative who left.

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It is on my local news - Silent No More

by Tameria2001 in

i had a pop up on my phone from my local news (40/29 fayetteville, ar) and they are covering the jehovah's witness and the sexual abuse.

here are the links.. silent no more: the survivors.

silent no more: the verdicts.

Tameria2001

I had a pop up on my phone from my local news (40/29 Fayetteville, AR) and they are covering the Jehovah's Witness and the Sexual Abuse. Here are the links.

Silent No More: The Survivors

Silent No More: The Verdicts

Silent No More: The Reckoning

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What’s your favourite memory?

by Theonlyoneleft in

hi guys and girlies, .

since i’ve joined a fortnight ago or so, i have reading all sort of posts, some recent and some really old!

🙂 i’m really enjoying all of your stories and contributions.

Tameria2001

I don't know if this is my best memory, but it is my favorite. When my husband and I were married, I asked a certain elder if he would like to perform the marriage vows. I asked him because he was the main reason why I had met my husband to be. He agreed. But the problem he turned a simple wedding ceremony into a very long talk. Now before you say they all do that, yes, they do, but this elder went way longer than your average JW wedding talk by the one who performs it.

For any who know me, always knows that I believe in the sweet art of revenge. One year and nine months later I was able to exact my revenge on that elder for being extremely long-winded when performing my wedding. After getting married I had moved to where my husband was living, and it came up that we were getting a new kingdom hall. I knew this brother was going to be there so I called him up and asked if he would like to stay at my home. I lived about five minutes away from the construction site. He accepted, and he brought his wife, who also happened to be a friend of mine. She wanted to catch up on old times, and also the "wonderful opportunity" of working on a building project.

Now back to my wedding, the whole thing was recorded, so I asked the elder if he would like to watch my wedding video, and he accepted. After watching the whole video he turned to his wife and asked her if he is always that long-winded when giving his talks. She said, "Yes you do dear." Then she informed him that was why their children, they had 4, were always so fidgety. He ended up apologizing to his wife about that. I don't know if he changed the way he gave his talks after that, but to see him get a small taste of what he put others through was quite funny.

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Have Your Relationships Been Affected Because You Were A Jehovah’s Witness?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i’m just curious if you think your past life either adversely or positively affected your relationships?.

Tameria2001

Even though he was raised as a JW, my husband never believed in a word of it. I did not know this at the time we got together. He basically went with the flow to make his mother happy. He waited for me to finally wake up, and we officially left it together.

My husband has no problems making friends, but when he was attending meetings he had what you would call quite a few "worldly" friends, and he didn't care what the JWs said about the matter. He still has a few friends he had since high school.

Myself, on the other hand, I'm what you would call a recluse. I was never one to make friends in or out of the JWs. I grew up in a very abusive home, and my parents moved around a lot, 63 times to be exact. 63 different locations from the time I was born until the time I got married to my husband. I did attempt to make a few friends but found they all had alterative motives, one even did her damndest to destroy my marriage. After that, I stopped even trying.

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More fear-mongering in Nov. 2019 WT

by neat blue dog in

first of all, there's a new imaginary picture of jws during the great tribulation:.

then there's a picture of a jw family refusing to listen to "apostate lies" via pre-programed, self imposed information control:.

the description says:.

Tameria2001

Hiding in attics won't do them any good. The amount of technology that is out there today that the authorities would use would have them spotted very quickly. It's not like the days of Anne Frank.