Posts by witchywoman

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It dawned on me one day.....

by Flowerpetal in

jw
friends

there are eight elders in my congregation.

all of them have children, except one.

one elder has 2 which are both in bethel.

You owe it to your daughter to find out what the elder was talking with her about. If your childs life is at stake, you want to know, and you don`t. You could be right, it may be baptizm he was concerned about. Mind control is very subtle and damaging to ones mental health. Have you ever heard anyone say "yeah, oh yeah that person had problems and I`m not surprised that he or she took her own life."? No, always the opposite. It is always one of shock.
Suicide is high among JWs, even though your daughter is 21, if she is trying to do the "right thing", you must, must, must find out if she has done the right thing for herself.
Protect your daughter, do not let her become a victim. Their lives are precious, more precious than doctrine.
Some children can not withstand the mental torture that comes from the elders counsel, meetings, discussions, accusations, yes, accusations,(she was quiet for 2 hours). Do not let this religion take your daughters life. They have done it to others.
You owe it to yourself and your daughter.
Your daughter is alive now. DO IT

witchywoman

26

It dawned on me one day.....

by Flowerpetal in

jw
friends

there are eight elders in my congregation.

all of them have children, except one.

one elder has 2 which are both in bethel.

witchywoman

Yes you are correct, my youngest daughter says today that she knew something was wrong with this religion because everyone was trying to make her do everything, pushing things on her, give talks, door to door, presenta-tions (which she never did) baptizm. Her father was a MS at the time.
Please excuse my language flower, but it was to hell with everything (marriage and kids)it was about the facade and how it looked to the brothers that she was not already an active publisher.
Everthing continues to "look good" for him, he is now an elder.

witchywoman

38

JWs Assigned to Fetch Lost Sheep Here?

by HomebutHiding in

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friends

i have been pondering the whys of jws who regularly, and not-so regularly post to the board.

the possibility then struck me that maybe they are assigned--have special dispensation--to associate here in order to retrieve any "misguided" or "lost" sheep and bring them back into their fold.

or are they, thenselves, on the edge, wanting the freedom we now have?

witchywoman

Hi Flowerpetal
Congratulations on thinking for yourself
and not letting anyone do it for you,please
don`t leave. The people on this board are exper-
eincing a range of emotions, it is not meant to
be directed at you, you could be any one of jw`s
and get the same attack. It is a hostilitly di
rected towards an organiztion. The only way that
I can explain it is for you to imagine that a
woman has given birth to a child, nourishes him,
teaches him to walk and progress. One day the
child does something wrong, doesn`t really matter
what the child does she quickly destroys and kills
her child, so that the other children are not
corrupted by the wronging child. Doesn`t matter
that they are all siblings. Doesn`t matter if all
child knew was this mother and her provisions.
She must keep here household clean.
A lot of us here feel as though we have been kill-
ed by this motherly organization. Until it happens
there is no way of really comprehending the level
of desperation, cold,and heard hearted isolation that comes from this organization. You probably feel differently and are entitled to that.
If something like this happened literally the wo-
man would be comitted to an institution and en-
prisoned. Perhaps you can understand our frustra-tions.
In any event, do stick around, ignore the bullies
I have a daughter still in, her e-mail user name
is so much like yours. Ha, to bad for me. DONT
LEAVE STAY!

witchywoman

37

??? what would you change ???

by zev in

if you had the power, and ability to change one thing in your life, be it a major life changing thing, or a small but significant thing, tell me what and how you would do it, and how it actually was, and how it would be different after the change.

please don't include jw'ism as that's something we would all want to change

if you tell me yours, i'll tell you mine

witchywoman

The thing that I regret the most, would be not persuing the love of my life.(we met at work) We spent many hours talking of each others problems.(both still married) The things we talked about led to my being dsfd. The only people that knew of the contents of our conversations were he and I. Something I told him about myself led him to a reaction that I was not prepared for. I was prepared to leave this man alone and return to the lie. I did not expect a future with him. I tried several times to return to the lie and could not sit through a talk, (Always hearing about dsfd ones) which would be me. We stayed friends for 10 years and shared something that can not be compared to any of my other relationships. About two years ago he was making his way back into my life as more than a friend when his sudden death left me without one of the best people I have ever come to know and love. A day does not pass without thinking of him.
It is my fault that I let a religion dictate to me what I could and couldn`t do, who I could and couldn`t talk to. I know Zev that you said leaving jw doesn`t count. My biggest mistake in life was letting a religion come between myself and someone that I loved. I am grateful for the time we did havee and that he was a part of my life for a little while.

Oh by the way that was best sex I`ve ever had in my life.
Just thought I`d throw that in.

witchywoman

48

YES! I AM FREE AT LAST!

by Kjell Hedblom in

i just got out from jw bye a d.f.

4 weeks ago after 44 years as an active jw.am i insane or why am i having that great feeling of freedom??

i am sitting here infront of the computer having a cold beer and just enjoying life.shouldnt i be crying and having a depression sitting here in tears over missing all my jw friends that now are vanished??.

witchywoman

That truely was a heavy load wasn`t it? Nothing like getting that shit off of your back. Ooops, stuff. Good for you.

witchy

4

Tracking Device

by kenpodragon in

jw
friends

recently it has come to my attention that the witnesses have implanted tracking devices in all of their members, and some are even active inside former members.

the device works on a very open level, by causing the witnesses to report all behavior that is unseen and to also report on others that trust them.

the device is far stronger then any used by the government, cia or any foreign power.

witchywoman

Wow! I heard those voices too. Now it is so much clearer to me.

witchy

36

Another JW suicide

by Mulan in

i have just learned that there was another jw suicide in western washington (south king county) last weekend.

the man was a young adult, in good standing, married and doing well financially.

i can't reveal more, and this one didn't hit the news either.

witchywoman

This is very sad. I had a jw friend that also commited suicide. I was surprised afterwards that nothing was mentioned of her, she had a manic depressive disorder. She was trying to get help for herself. An intelligent lady. The cong gossip made me sick. And it was business as usual.

What I would like to know is,can the wtbts be sued for wrongful death in the event of suicide? They are to blame in so many ways.

witchywoman

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Jws that post here

by WildTurkey in

jw
friends

do you think these people, who come in here, on this board and defend jws are for real?

do you think they really are good little jws?

do you think they really want to help us, or just start trouble?

witchywoman

sorry wrong thread I meant this for Keiser

16

Jws that post here

by WildTurkey in

jw
friends

do you think these people, who come in here, on this board and defend jws are for real?

do you think they really are good little jws?

do you think they really want to help us, or just start trouble?

witchywoman

Everyone is welcome here, it`s posted when you come here. I for one will not ask you to leave. Nor call you names, nor tell you to shut up. Stay, just calm down. You are namecalling and getting reactions. Did you think we would all say oh thank you for the insults. We are not here to judge you, you have the watchtower bible and tract society and your kingdom hall elders to do that for you. We all understand your hard work and frustration. We were once in your shoes.

Witchywoman

261

Welcome !

by Simon in

jw
friends

welcome to the newest jehovah's witness discussion forum on the net.. please register so that you can post to the forum and turn this into a welcoming place for other brothers and sisters online

witchywoman

Thanks Slipnslidemaster, good to be here, it`s a little scary to post at first, but I`m getting better as I`m sure everyone else will too.
Hey Slip, do you really look that great? I used to in my younger witch days, but I was a jw then and not permitted to look that good.
Oh, Thanks Simon, for this post.

Witchy