Posts by WingCommander

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Update to: As a Matter of Conscience, I Am Resigning from the Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses

by Sail Away in

i just had a two-hour doctor's appointment (treatment for branch retinal vein occlusion) that requires screenings, scans, dilation, anesthetic and injection, etc.

this makes it necessary to spend a lot of time in the waiting room..

my former p.o., book study conductor and later field service overseer was there and greeted me in a friendly way.

WingCommander

20% Growth? BULLSH*T!!! There is no way, NO WAY, that a Congregation would see that much growth. What really happened, was that 1 or even 2 or 3 Congregations were dissolved, their Kingdumb Hells sold, and profits sent back to "Mother Org". Then, the pauper Sheeple were commanded to come to your old Congregation. Whaa-laaa! Instant "growth" for your old Congregation. There are lies, damned lies, and statistics. JW's are the masters of manipulating the numbers and statistics in order to make themselves look good.

20% growth in a Congregation? Ha! FantasyLand.

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Prince wanted Obama to ban birthdays and Christmas, according to his buddy Van Jones

by OnTheWayOut in

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i saw this news scrolling at the bottom of the television screen this morning.

i looked it up.

not much of a story, but it certainly has the ring of truth to it.

WingCommander

I saw that Kevin Smith lecture several times. I was floored at Prince's inconsiderate, ungrateful, aloof attitude. Though I guess I shouldn't have been. The part that got me, was near the end when Kevin was talking about how at the end of the week, Prince wouldn't let him leave early to spend a day with his son (maybe even Father's Day?), and Kevin had to work his butt off to get something done. Then at the end. Kevin was "dismissed", and Prince didn't even come out to say "Thank You." This, after Kevin came out and did this filming for FREE!!! So here Kevin dropped whatever he was doing, flew out to Prince, filmed whatever BS he wanted, sacrificed time with is own family, and the Almighty Prince couldn't even be bothered to thank the guy. Excuse me, but F**k Prince. I'm sure he fit right in with the haughty JW crowd. What a hypocritical, rude, drug-using, douchebag! Talented, yes! But a douchebag nonetheless.

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So I bought a Harold Camping book.

by schnell in

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i found this at goodwill and i want to burn my eyes out a little.. .

camping predicted september 15, 1994 as the end of history in his 1992 book ingeniously titled "1994?

" he pulled the same thing for december of 2011 of course, and here we are.. .

WingCommander

Oh the End came, for Camping! He's been dead years now.

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Elder wants to stop by with the CO for a visit .

by NikL in

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so i got a text from an elder who i consider one of the good guys and a friend in his own way.. he asked if he could bring the co by for a visit.

he said it would be "just a pleasant call and visit and will hopefully encourage my wife".

he says that "he knows she is dealing with a ton of pressure".. in all my years around the organization, i never had a visit from the circuit overseer.

WingCommander

Your wife can be "appalled" all she wants. Remember, according to the Bible (you know, the book they like to attempt to beat you over the head with?) YOU are the "head of the household." Hence, YOU'LL be making that call, and if your wife doesn't like it, I'd remind her who pays the bills and who's in charge, per WT official doctrine? Use, and turn that crap right back on them. You DO NOT have to let these intrusive assholes on to, or in to, your property at all.

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Elder wants to stop by with the CO for a visit .

by NikL in

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so i got a text from an elder who i consider one of the good guys and a friend in his own way.. he asked if he could bring the co by for a visit.

he said it would be "just a pleasant call and visit and will hopefully encourage my wife".

he says that "he knows she is dealing with a ton of pressure".. in all my years around the organization, i never had a visit from the circuit overseer.

WingCommander

Just say "No. We are fine. We'll let you know if we need anything. Thanks."

You don't owe these clowns anything, nothing, ZERO. They are basically inviting themselves to your home? They need to get some manners, and get a clue! You don't have to "allow" jack squat! Do they pay your bills, your mortgage? No? Then you don't owe them your time if you don't want.

Make like Nancy Reagan, and just say "No".

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Lunch today with.. JW step father....

by raven in

it has been a while since i've posted, i think its because i have finally gotten some peace and quiet as far as harassment from the jw elders.. my step father, the one who reported me to the elder police for a sinful act invited me to lunch today.. it has been almost a year since the incident, we have talked here and there, it has been just casual though.

he says he is in town for work and asked if i would like to meet up for lunch, i couldn't think of any excuses so i agreed.. i hope it goes well, hope that we don't go into the jw nonsense.

hope he doesn't bring elders with him, am i paranoid or what?

WingCommander

Are you freakin' serious? This guy TURNED YOU IN TO THE ELDERS, like a snitch going to the Gestapo, and you are going to have lunch with him? WHY? In the future, I'd just say, "No!!!" Who needs a JW snitch in their lives, to create more drama and subject you to emotional and spiritual abuse, all the while snooping in your personal life? Fugg that!! I'd have been done with him after the betrayal, because that's exactly what he did to you, betrayed you for his CULT. Un-be-lievable.

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Living with Your Parents Well Into Adulthood the Norm?

by Sorry in

i don't want to seem like a jerk.

i know full well economic times are not the greatest.

there's no shame in struggling and staying with your family until you're back on your feet.

WingCommander

This is because this cult produces children who are dependents, non-thinking, non-productive, anti-social, introverted, socially retarded, sexually repressed, DEPENDENTS. Pod people. That's what you have up at WT HQ, and that's what they produce in the congregations as well.

If you are an independent, critical thinking, educated, productive, social, extroverted, social butterfly, able to support yourself with a job, hobbies, interests, and some sort of social life, you are NOT JW material. Nope! That type of person is "frowned upon." You are supposed to stay at home away from "worldly people", "worldly influence and pursuits", etc with mommy and daddy until the Great Tribulation and Big A arrive. Then all of your problems will be solved. Prey, study, attend all the meetings, be more regular in the field ministry, and above all - DONATE - and that is the end-all, be-all existence of these indoctrinated SLUGS. Sums up JW's existence of misery pretty well, if you ask me?

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I'm Fed up and I can't take it anymore!

by MTSman in

i was born in four gen, been d.f.d.

for about eight years now.

my father had always been a true company man, although more times than i can count, he's always been floppy.

WingCommander

Sounds to me like you're sick of their emotional and spiritual abuse? Not even contacting you to notify you of your father's accident, or mother's declining health? That's fugged up! Those situations more than constitute "necessary family business", even by JW standards. These smug, self-righteous assholes really take things too far.

I feel for you man, I really do! You care enough to check in on your aging parents, and THAT is the reception you get? No wonder you don't want to see them again; why would you go back for more of the same?

Let the dead bury the dead. They are enjoying their reward in full, now.

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Agaete, Canary Islands, Spain (jw.org front page)

by darkspilver in

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the third in an occasional series....... following on from wollongong, nsw, australiahttps://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5753386743889920/wollongong-new-south-wales-australia.

and valparaíso, chilehttps://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5763151209431040/valparaiso-chile-jw-org-front-page.

and gerry's interesting photo at: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6009869029081088/_post/5508330128670720.

WingCommander

Man, whoever gets to be a "Missionary" in the Canary Islands, is freakin' lucky! That's practically paradise already, 2nd only to Hawaii. A former JWD regular member lives there. The photos they share with me are beautiful, and their lives have gotten so much better since moving there. They had to learn Spanish, but other than that their lives are fantastic.

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Australian Jehovah's Witnesses are ignorant of the Australian Royal Commission

by stuckinarut2 in

many here have asked how the average witness in australia is taking the news of the arc findings and conclusions.. is it affecting them?.

sorry to say, hardly any are even aware of the facts.

those that are, have been convinced that all the publicity is "apostate lies and satanic propaganda".

WingCommander

OMG, that pic of the newspaper at that location is EPIC !!!!!!!! Share that on the ex-JW Reddit forum and everywhere else! Awesome! Awesome too, is the large, in-your-face BOLD print of that large headline! I bet JW's across Sydney are gasping in horror at such a sight. Only the most deluded and dumbest would be able to skip past it without reading it! Wow!!!!!