Posts by WingCommander

so our congregation is full of hardliner elders, 3 of them, who are not gentle, kind or loving.. people have either moved away or quit trying because one elder inparticular was going to drive them crazy with all his rules and nit picking and being righteous over much.

(and he is pissed that he hasn't been accepted to the school.

hmmm, i wonder why!).

WingCommander

Send him an anonymous email praising him for his efforts, and with a link to this forum and JWfacts. That should help him out!

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Love for the Hate

by IronSharpensIron in

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i just wanted to share a perspective related to my experience with leaving the jw.

at this point, i have been df'd since i was 18. i'm 25, happily married with 2 fantastic children.

after being miserably at odds with my parents and extended family, i've come to some realizations as follows.. i struggled with the conditional nature of my parent's love- talking to me until it bothered their conscience, then cutting me off.

WingCommander

So you've decided to open your life and the lives of your children, up to emotional and spiritual abuse? Good luck with that shit! Please, tell us how that works out for you?

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Hello from Still Totally ADD

by Still Totally ADD in

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just wanted everyone who knows me to know i am alive and well.

we just sold our house in pa and are about to buy a house on one acre just outside jamestown ny.

our health has been good and we both have good part time jobs.

WingCommander

Getting out of PA is a GOOD thing. I'm in south-central PA, and my god was a depressing lot it is around here. I couldn't move to NY though, because anywhere near Walkill / Warwick and it's just as bad.

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We are imperfect

by HereIgo in

i can't tell you how many times i have heard this while growing up as a witness.

every time i questioned hypocrisy in the org i was told " well we are imperfect" and its was beyond annoying.

at what point does "imperfect" turn into just not christian?

WingCommander

Scully above totally nailed it and said about what I was going to say. The "Org" is run by imperfect men, but YOU as a rank-n-file are expected to be perfect, under threat of direct punishment in the form of reprove, privileges revokes, disfellowshipping, and shunning, and eventually eternal death. So much for forgiveness, aye?

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Introduction

by robrog8999 in

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hello all.... i am new here so i figured i'd make a quick post introducing myself and giving a brief intro as to who i am and what i'm here for... as well as to hopefully meet others.. so, i made a profile and in it i gave a pretty detailed explanation as to my intent here and exactly why i decided to participate in the boards.

in case you don't read it, i'll give a brief summary.

the name is robert.

WingCommander

Looking into a highly controlling, manipulative, Pharisaical CULT like JW's, Seventh Day Adventists, Mormons, or Scientology?

Good luck with that sh*t!!!!!

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Big Day fast approaching Letting go

by rebelfighter in

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the big day is two days away when she will say "i do".

i knew this day would come someday but as a mom you just want to hold on even though i did everything to train her to be very independent.

she has been making most of her own decisions since middle school.. she moved away 5 years ago but still was totally mine till 2 years ago when mr. wonderful appeared in her life.

WingCommander

Call me silly (but DON'T call me Shirley, that's another poster), but you don't sound that enthusiastic or happy for your daughter? I'm guessing "Mr. Wonderful" isn't all he's made out to be?

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Final Rejection

by Disassociated Lady 2 in

i have just returned from visiting friends and family.

when i was disassociated my parents had contact with me a few months before my dad was diagnosed with cancer.

i was reinstated 20 months after his funeral and then they disfellowshipped me 5 months later as they are convinced i had not changed my life enough to be a jw again.

WingCommander

If I had a mother that acted that way towards my son, I wouldn't even see her "in her box". If she can't be bothered to show you or your son respect while she is alive, what makes her think you're going to come and "pay your respects" when she is dead? Like the bible says, "....Let the dead bury the dead." F' these hateful ghouls.

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25% of US JW's born outside US

by darkspilver in

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hey look!!

new topic due to new topic direction - immigration rather than economic - of course they might be related.... you often hear that in the us the jw growth is in the foreign language congregations.

which is interesting because..... 25% of jw's are first generation immigrants (ie born abroad).

WingCommander

There also has been growth in the percentage of immigrants who are adherents of non-Christian faiths, rising from 8% to 12% in the past seven years, the new study found. Some groups have seen significant increases. For instance, Muslims now account for 4% of foreign-born residents in this country, up from 2% in 2007.

Gee, and all of a sudden America is seeing spikes in bombings (Boston, NYC), mall shootings, stabbings, etc? Why, I am shocked, SHOCKED I tells ya! Just like Europe, the USA's "open door immigration" policy is now coming home to roost. You would have thought we would have learned after 9/11 and everything that's been happening in Europe with their "religion of peace" immigrants, but ooohhhh noooo!!! We can't "hurt their feelings" by not letting them in, Nope! Talk about shooting yourself in the foot! Ask people in Norway, Sweden, and France how they feel about their now decades old "let them all in!!!" policy, and see what responses you get. Sweden in particular, is pretty fed up with these parasitic moochers, and nearly all of the Jews in many parts of Sweden have been driven out, many leaving for Israel. People who are sympathetic to the Syrians, Ethiopian, and other Muslim immigrants: Let the rich countries of UAE, Saudi Arabia, and the like take their asses in!!