Posts by Oubliette

i'm not sure if this topic has ever been posted (surely, i believe it has), but it would be interesting to revive such a topic and hear your stories!.

when my parents heard my first rant (after they told me to be home schooled when i was caught kissing a girl) they entered into a long depression that continues to this day.

my father suffers knowing his once amazing family is now divided, and my mother is equally angry.

Oubliette

They pretty much freaked out.

It destroys their fantasies. Reality is more than they can handle.

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Total Lunar eclipse soon

by truthseeker100 in

there is to be a lunar eclipse very soon i'd be interested in your impressions.

Oubliette

I think you missed it. It's totality in Los Angeles in 3 minutes.

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FMF: A Wake Up Story

by freemindfade in

sorry for the length of this, i hope anyone stopping by to read will take the time and read it.

i haven't included any things i would consider "apostate" specifics about doctrines, or major scandals.

it's just a general layout of the path i took to becoming an exjw.

Oubliette

stuckinarut2: It does not need to be an "apostate" site that makes people wake up. I woke up after doing sincere and in depth research IN THE SOCIETIES OWN PUBLICATIONS and the bible itself!

Same for me. In fact, I never visited an "apostate" sites until years after I woke up on my own!!!

Nothing is as damning to the WTBTS as their own publications.

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Any thoughts on the real reasons for droppng the 'school"

by sparrowdown in

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friends

my thoughts are.

1. they want to avoid being made to comply with any laws that come with anything classed as a "school" especially a school with children enrolled.. 2. the mid-week meeting has been dying in the ass for years and needs a revival.

i predict happy -clappy-sing-a-longs to be included in the program.. anyone else have any thoughts ??

Oubliette

steve2: So, the dumbing down continues: Even less is required. Hardly a sign of a thriving organization.

Agreed. Instead of raising expectations, they are lowering the bar.

I ran the first 10 paragraphs of the Bible Teach book through a Gunning Fog Index calculator. It rated it at a 6th grade reading level. And yet the GB, in their "infinite wisdom," feel the need to create a version that is even more simple!

Probably because the current edition is too difficult for Stephen Lett to understand.

It has become a religion for the mentally impaired and the integrity compromised.

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Please stop deriding the Governing Body.

by Esse quam videri in

please stop it !!!.

we love them.

we all love them.

Oubliette

Esse quam videri is a Latin phrase meaning "To be, rather than to seem (to be)".

Now the Governing Body may seem to be good, they are in fact not.

They are arrogant liars, hypocrites and cowards that sponge off of the hard work of others. They claim to be a "Faithful and Discreet Slave," but in actual practice they behave as if they are the lords and masters over the faithful Witnesses.

They pompously demand blind, unquestioning obedience. They issue edicts like this now infamous maxim from the November 15th, 2013 Watchtower:

All of us must be ready to obey any instructions we may receive, whether these appear sound from a strategic or human standpoint or not. - p. 20

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And yet, when called on to testify before legitimate authorities, they hypocritically say things like:

"I do not answer to Watchtower. ... Watchtower does not have, and never has had, any authority over me." - Gerritt Lösch, in a signed affidavit to the Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Diego, dated February 4th, 2014

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They make the Pharisees look like amateurs.

Let's review: It's a cult!

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FMF: A Wake Up Story

by freemindfade in

sorry for the length of this, i hope anyone stopping by to read will take the time and read it.

i haven't included any things i would consider "apostate" specifics about doctrines, or major scandals.

it's just a general layout of the path i took to becoming an exjw.

Oubliette

FMF: This brother who serves in the same hall as the GB was asked to never come back to our hall again. When I say he was insane, I am not making hyperbole. He was nuts, he said crazy things.

Great story! Thanks for sharing.

Could you elucidate on your comment above? Some specifics would be entertaining.

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help me to readjust my thinking about my hypocritical ex....

by losingit in

i am really struggling with this particular situation in my life, and i really need your help to readjust my thinking.

i am recently divorced from my ex-jw husband.

we were both disfellowshipped at around the same time about 2-3years ago.

Oubliette

LosingIt: I don't know what to say.

My ex-wife did many of the same things. When we were together, she wouldn't do anything that would bring us closer together: hiking, dancing, visiting family, going to a counselor, spending time with non-JW family.

Then, as soon as I left her she immediately started doing ALL of these things. Go figure. They are way fucked up people.

The only difference between my ex and yours is she is still in the cult.

Did I mention how fucked up she is?

You have to live your own life and live it well. Not for revenge, but for yourself.

Congrats on your Master's degree. I just got mine this last summer! I'm making more money, but more importantly: I'm enjoying my life and my work now more than ever!

Let's review: It's a cult!

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Bad timing

by Saltheart Foamfollower in

i haven't seen this mentioned anywhere yet.

in view of the cutbacks being announced, this weekends watchtower study is staggeringly badly timed - it's about how kingdom halls should be viewed, financed and maintained.

a footnote even mentions that the same principles apply to "assembly halls and other facilities that are used for pure worship".

Oubliette

Yeah, Holy Spirit missed this somehow!