Posts by His Excellency

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LURKING JW: Thinking of leaving? Learn from my experience.

by SnakesInTheTower in

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"mental wondering in the wilderness"... uh oh.... it's a long post from snakes.... lol.

yep... i think that is the best way to describe where i am at in life right now.

if you have read my past posts (mostly in the private section) you know some of my history as a life-long (now former) witness.. i have been away from the jw religion, for all intents and purposes, since dec. 06, though it was not until sept 07 that i stopped attending meetings.

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can you really ever fade with immediate family still in?

by oompa in

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i am beginning to think not....elders still want to call on me rather than befriend me in any way.....and with a "good" wife and son and parents in, it seems like i still have one foot in only because of the overlap with my other "free" self........it is hard to really feel free in this situation, and is still have desire to just run the fluck away.....which would mean pretty much giving up my family in nearly every respect.

some here really miss their family and wife, others so love the freedom they seem able to move on and start fresh....as you know, i dont seem to have the balls for that, and at this point in my life the price seems to high to fully start over........it is the "one in one out limbo dance"......oompa.

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IT IS EASIER TO LEAVE JWS IF NONE OF YOUR FAMILY ARE JWS

by steve2 in

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one of the biggest - if not the biggest barriers - to leaving the organization is family ties - particularly immediate family (i.e., those living in your household: sons, daughters, mothers, fathers, mother-in-laws, father-in-laws).

i know of no bigger barrier.

therefore, it's relatively easy to predict who will face the most adversity in trying to leave.

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longest married couple in the U.S

by His Excellency in

john and ann betar of connecticut have just been named the longest married couple in the u.s.!

he's 101 and she's 97, and have been married 80years.. .

!.

His Excellency

John and Ann Betar of Connecticut have just been named the longest married couple in the U.S.! He's 101 and she's 97, and have been married 80years.

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Revivalist preacher convicted of sexual abuse

by His Excellency in

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markku koivisto, a charismatic preacher at a revivalist congregation in nokia, has been given a 15 month suspended jail sentence for sexually abusing a 17-year-old boy.. .

koivisto will also have to perform 30 hours of community service and pay 15,500 euros in compensation, as well as court costs.

he had admitted his crimes during the case.

His Excellency

Markku Koivisto, a charismatic preacher at a revivalist congregation in Nokia, has been given a 15 month suspended jail sentence for sexually abusing a 17-year-old boy.

Koivisto will also have to perform 30 hours of community service and pay 15,500 euros in compensation, as well as court costs. He had admitted his crimes during the case. His congregation had removed him from leadership positions in August 2011, but did not suspect him of a crime.

The maximum sentence for sexual abuse in Finland is four years. The court found that a lighter sentence was justified because the victim was not related to the defendant.

Pirkanmaa District Court said in its ruling that the sentence was justified because he had abused a position of trust. He had convinced his victim that sexual acts helped his spiritual development.

Proceedings were held behind closed doors at the request of the victim.

http://yle.fi/uutiset/revivalist_preacher_convicted_of_sexual_abuse/6554940

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Apostates are Perverts!!!

by His Excellency in

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last sunday's public talk was about tools the devil uses to tear down our faith, and as usual; apostacy, false teaching and erroneous thinking came up in the point, and the speaker went on and on, accusing apostates of being perverts and aspiring to live a life of debauchery which couldn't be tolerated amongst jehovah's people.. he further went on stating that if eventually apostates get into the world, they often find themselves not being able to mix up with satan's system as a result of the bible based understanding which they had acquired, and they ended up getting bitter and wasting their lives .

those words were quite frightenning, i never heard it this strong before!!

His Excellency

This was just a deliberate attempt to preach hate and contempt, In a place where love, togetherness and happiness should be promoted?.

What a pity?

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Apostates are Perverts!!!

by His Excellency in

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last sunday's public talk was about tools the devil uses to tear down our faith, and as usual; apostacy, false teaching and erroneous thinking came up in the point, and the speaker went on and on, accusing apostates of being perverts and aspiring to live a life of debauchery which couldn't be tolerated amongst jehovah's people.. he further went on stating that if eventually apostates get into the world, they often find themselves not being able to mix up with satan's system as a result of the bible based understanding which they had acquired, and they ended up getting bitter and wasting their lives .

those words were quite frightenning, i never heard it this strong before!!

His Excellency

Last sunday's public talk was about tools the devil uses to tear down our faith, and as usual; apostacy, false teaching and erroneous thinking came up in the point, and the speaker went on and on, accusing apostates of being perverts and aspiring to live a life of debauchery which couldn't be tolerated amongst Jehovah's people.

He further went on stating that If eventually apostates get into the world, they often find themselves not being able to mix up with satan's system as a result of the bible based understanding which they had acquired, and they ended up getting bitter and wasting their lives . Those words were quite frightenning, I never heard it this strong before!!!

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