"Dis-fellowshipping" is really just a control tactic that uses intimidation to force compliance to the Cult. There is no "free will" in a cult. Period.
WingCommander
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Chapter 49 New Boy 50 years a Watchtower slave
by new boy inchapter 49. cool aid anyone?.
this was of course great news for my wife.
all the talk in the congregation about who had caused our spit up was now over.
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Chapter 48 New Boy 50 years a Watchtower slave
by new boy inchapter 48. turn on the tv!.
nine days after mark’s wedding, i got a phone call early tuesday morning.. “get up… get up and go turn on your tv!” it was mike, my jehovah’s witness friend from seattle.. ok so i got up and walked downstairs and did what he said.
there it was, i saw the smoke and flames coming out of the twin towers.
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WingCommander
Good experience to relate.
I've got to admit, on 9/11, I absolutely DID NOT think it was the start of Armageddon. Not at all. Why? Because the events of the Great Tribulation had not even transpired yet. Maybe the START of the Great Tribulation, but certainly NOT Armageddon. Guess I just wasn't eager enough????? More like, just physically out for nearly 6 years by that point.
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So my PIMO Younger Brother Tried To Kill Himself Today
by pale.emperor inwe all know that this cult will drive those trying to leave to desperate measures, and today by brother was very nearly one of those statistics.
he slashed his thigh with a kitchen knife and was bleeding out until he called the police.. i got a call on my way home from work from a police officer, coincidentally it was one of my old friends from school who's now a cop.
he told me my brother is in hospital after an attempted suicide and has lost some blood but will be ok. but i should get to the hospital as he's asking for me.
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I forget, are you in the USA, or not? In the USA, you'd have the right to kick out anyone NOT related or family! Those HLC guys would have been booted out of the hospital!! The freakin' BALLS those two had!!
Let me tell ya something, my late JW mother was a Registered Nurse for 35 years, nearly 10 of them in a hospital psych ward. Guess how many JW's had nervous breakdowns, suicide attempts, drug/alcohol problems, etc? TONS!!!!!! In fact, JW's had a disproportionate amount of psych patients. Mormons too! My mom really had an "awakening" working on that ward. God's happiest people, my ass!!!!!! So you see, it is NOT something YOU did.....it is all on the JW Cult!!! They tear families apart and drive people nearly insane. My mom's experience on the psych ward proves it!!!!!
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Secret sex in the Org
by pomo6780 in2 pioneers of the opposite sex.
the brother is in his mid-20s, sister is in her late 20s.
both are alone in car as the only 2 out in field service.
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WingCommander
Wow.......this shit is truly warped. Wish I could say I'm surprised, but I'm not, cause I've heard/seen it happening where I'm from.
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What happened to Cruzenhart and Big Tex?
by faithnomore ini know of her father that committed suicide however i wasn't in the congregation at the time.
i know of people she spoke about here 15 years ago or so.
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Hey, I'm still here! Joined 2002. I'm on Reddit exJW forum as well.
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Chapter 38 New Boy 50 years a Watchtower slave
by new boy inchapter 38 .
norma’s hope.
my mother favored my daughter over my son.
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WingCommander
She had a hard life to be sure, but she also sounds like a covert narcissist, or at least NPD.
Classic signs are: lack of empathy, a "pity me" attitude, favourtism towards children (Golden Child vs Scapegoat), needs to be center of attention, drama queen, never wrong, has to have their own way, martyrdom complex.
Yep, probably a narcissist.
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Facing My Mortality And Becoming A Donor
by pale.emperor inthis thread is quite morbid so i apologize in advance.. a few days ago i was having a conversation with my girlfriend in which she mentioned in passing that she's signed up to donate her organs after her death.
i was quite surprised because she mentioned it like it was no big deal.
i asked her which organs.
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WingCommander
I also am an organ donor. In the USA's quite simple. When you go to renew your driver's license, they put it on.
My mother needed an organ transplant. She got it, but unfortunately it did not take and she died 3 months later after severe complications. However, without the transplant she would have certainly died anyway. It gave her one more chance than she had. Also, she had a high survival rate. It was just a fluke.....a failure of the new organ to function properly.
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Chapter 37 New Boy 50 years a Watchtower slave
by new boy inchapter 37. passing it down line.
how did i rationalized everything i had experienced growing up and what i saw at bethel?
no one wants to believe their whole life is a lie.
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See, I don't get this about the food situation. Newboy claims food was scarce, so does Marcus Vaughn. Then you have Morpheus (also a trusted source on here), claiming food was abundant.
So, who do you believe?
I honestly believe it's a bit of both. Allow me to explain. I think it comes down to the job you work, and the table you are assigned. How so?
If you have a labour intensive job, you need more calories to function vs a sedentary job sitting in the Writing Dept or similar. And depending on your table head and where you sit at the table, you could be left with next to nothing to eat!!!!! Lunch (at least at the old NY location) wasn't some sort of cafeteria buffet, though it SHOULD have been!!!!!! Your table head had to get the platter and give it to the waiter and go, "Please Sir, may we have some more???" And then you got some more chicken, maybe a breast, IF you were lucky and at the head of the table, not the foot.
So, if you worked bindery, had a room farthest away, sat at the foot of the table, you were starved to death!!! However, if you worked in the Administrative Office, had a closer room (less walking) and sat at the head of the table, you were juuuuuuust fine!
So the reality is (at the old Bethel anyway, not sure how the new HQ is) it was much like a Nazi Concentration Camp. It's who you knew, your circumstances, and sometimes just a lot of pure luck.
I believe Newboy. I believe _Morpheus, and for damn sure I believe Marcus Vaughn. Marcus being one of the newer ones having been let go within the last 2 years. Also, his experiences totally match other experiences I have heard come out of Bethel to a "T", so it's not "BS" or exaggerations. Bethel is a physical and spiritual prison.
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It's been a GREAT week for me!
by dubstepped inso as some of you know i have a podcast called this jw life.
i put my story out there in 9 parts, and i've had lots of great experiences so far and met lots of nice people and i've made new internet friends, even some in person.
this last seven days though has been soooooo cool!.
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WingCommander
I see the downvote Troll is up and about again. Hey JW troll, why are you even on here? Isn't there enough spiritual food on JW.gag?? Go put the Cart Song on continuous loop until the rest of your brain becomes goo.
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Classic situation at Circuit Assembly Day
by freddo inso i've just skived off to the car park half way through our assembly day - what a classic morning.. i'm sat right behind an early-teen kid with some sort of special needs (autistic?
) who's sat with what looks like his late-30's harassed single parent mother.
(or married to an unbelieving mate?
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WingCommander
t-t-t- TIMMAAAAY!!!!!!