Posts by Uzzah

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child abuse issue

by jeffory1 in

a little background about myself will clarify things i think.. my wife and i raised 3 daughters in the org., 2 are still belivers.

the last meeting we attendes as members of a cong.

was dec 3 2001. the process of seeing things for what they really were took a few years motivated by some pretty hard times at the hands of the " most loving people on the earth".

Uzzah

Jamie:

That was pretty much my thought as well. Who gives a flying F*** about scriptural rights to remarry. A child has been abused and it was never reported???

There are more important issues here than whether or not your daughter can re-marry. I am relieved you spoke about counselling and sincerely hope that you can convince your daughter to get your grand daughter into therapy. If the elders and your daughter have not reported this to the police I do strongly urge you to do so yourself.

This is not just going to disappear due to the public reproof. Pedophiles are repeat offenders. Other children in the neighbourhood and congregation need to be protected against this sick bastard.

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Life After JWs

by Uzzah in

jw
friends

i wanted to share some very cool (in my opinion) news.

in two months i will have been gone from bethel for 14 years and attended my last meeting 11 years ago.

i spent 11 years at bethel sacrificing all of my 20's to the borg and finding myself at age 32 with no resume or real work experience.. it has been a tough haul with the majority of my energy going into building a career.

Uzzah

Thanks FF. You have known me since my early 20's so your comments take on a special significance.

We've both come a long way!!! And yeah, I do take great pleasure in being in a position to make a real difference to others.

Eat my shorts WTBS!!! With certain projects that I have initiated I will be doing more for people with direct positive impacts in a year than you have in over a century. ... and I don't even demand blind loyalty...

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Life After JWs

by Uzzah in

jw
friends

i wanted to share some very cool (in my opinion) news.

in two months i will have been gone from bethel for 14 years and attended my last meeting 11 years ago.

i spent 11 years at bethel sacrificing all of my 20's to the borg and finding myself at age 32 with no resume or real work experience.. it has been a tough haul with the majority of my energy going into building a career.

Uzzah

I agree StAnn. Even when I was an elder I remember stating from the platform that we are encouraged not to think more of ourselves than it is necessary to think, which means it is necessary to think something of ourselves. That everyone has something to be proud of. Of course I then distorted it to fit into Society think but the concept remains.

Self worth is integral and congratulating oneself or celebrating one's strengths, victories and accomplishments is normal and healthy.

That realization can take forever for some who have been beaten by the BORG for many years.

Uzzah

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Life After JWs

by Uzzah in

jw
friends

i wanted to share some very cool (in my opinion) news.

in two months i will have been gone from bethel for 14 years and attended my last meeting 11 years ago.

i spent 11 years at bethel sacrificing all of my 20's to the borg and finding myself at age 32 with no resume or real work experience.. it has been a tough haul with the majority of my energy going into building a career.

Uzzah

I wanted to share some very cool (in my opinion) news. In two months I will have been gone from Bethel for 14 years and attended my last meeting 11 years ago. I spent 11 years at Bethel sacrificing all of my 20's to the BORG and finding myself at age 32 with no resume or real work experience.

It has been a tough haul with the majority of my energy going into building a career. I am now in the humanitarian/charity sector with a decent title and job.

Today I found out I was nominated to run as Vice President for the Industry Association for my profession. It was a nomination by three of my peers and I was asked today if I accepted the nomination and if I wanted to run in the election. After due consideration (about 20 seconds) I accepted the nomination. The election is in May.

Whether I win or not to me isn't the issue. The fact that I started so late, have developed enough of a professional reputation and credentials to have people, with no prompting at all, nominate me for the second highest position within the Association is very cool and rewarding.

I guess I just wanted to share that just because someone was once a slave (birth - age 32) to something with no future doesn't mean one is destined to remain that way.

Plus a little shameless self-promotion isn't a bad thing after years of being told I am nothing more than a worthless speck of dust.

Uzzah

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Happy 9th birthday JWD er ... JWN

by Simon in

yes, just a few days ago we turned 9 years old!

this is how it all began: welcome !.

so much has happened since, so many people have shared part of their lives with us.

Uzzah

Still here but was Kismet back then. Amazing the transition of so many over the years and the growth and the realization of some who had to be fake in order to cope with reality.

Thanks Simon for this outlet and Happy Birthday

Uzzah formerly known as Kismet

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The poor soles who work in Behtel

by is there help out there in

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friends

jehovah has truly blessed them.

you spend your hole life working in the wt and devoting your life to jahovah.

one day they decide to down size and they kick you out in the street.

Uzzah

I agree. I only was in the big house for 11 years but it was tough as a 32 year old with no real "work experience" to try and get a decent job! I eventually created an alternate resume showing IBSA (International Bible Students Association) or W. Glen How & Associates as employers rather than stating Watchtower Bible & Tract Society. ...

Eventually built a resume of real work experience to be where I am now at 44 but it has been a helluva ride and a damn tough time of it to build from scratch being about 10 years behind others my age in career development.

Forget Scripture but morally and out of a sense of fair play the BORG really should offer some kind of severance program for people who have given 10+ years to them. But then again the WTBS doesn't have a moral/fair bone in their entire body....

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