Posts by hoodwinked

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Scully's Saturday Shenanigans - Now With Pics!

by Scully in

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the day started innocently enough.

i had to rush through my morning workout so that mr. scully could go to work.

when i returned from the gym, i picked up my daughters and headed out to do some errands, since the stores had been closed yesterday for good friday, and would also be closed tomorrow, easter sunday.. .

hoodwinked

HABS FAN HERE!!!! err...ok i'll shut up now

HOODY

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Do Any Of You Think That A JW That You KNOW Reads This Board?

by minimus in

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i think that there are one or two in the congregation that read this board.

or some inactive ones.

i even have a suspiscion that an elder or two might browse this board every once in a while, too.

hoodwinked

I'd put money on it!

Hoody

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How Many Refused To Meet With The Elders When Told They Wanted To Talk?

by minimus in

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have you ever just not dealt with the elders if they told you they wanted to talk to you?

you know, did ya just "blow them off"?

hoodwinked

I was harassed day and night with never ending phone calls. I think they finally got the hint....or would I be giving them too much credit?

What will it take for this elder to just leave me alone? I have been told he has done this to others who just "stopped" going to meetings. Incessant phone calls and sometimes visits at the weirdest and most unopportune times.

They feign concern for you but they won't stop until you give them an answer, or start coming back to those ~~indoctrination sessions~~ meetings.

Frig off!!

Hoody

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My brother is not worthy....

by hoodwinked in

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my disfellowshipped brother and his likewise disfellowshipped friend attended memorial tonight but were not passed the emblematic wine??!!??

is he is not worthy of the sacrificial significance of christ's blood?

this is stranger than fiction!!!!

hoodwinked

scully: you have mail..

mattnoel: that's exactly what my brother said to me when he told me about it.

manon: good point!

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My brother is not worthy....

by hoodwinked in

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my disfellowshipped brother and his likewise disfellowshipped friend attended memorial tonight but were not passed the emblematic wine??!!??

is he is not worthy of the sacrificial significance of christ's blood?

this is stranger than fiction!!!!

hoodwinked

My disfellowshipped brother and his likewise disfellowshipped friend attended memorial tonight but were not passed the emblematic wine??!!?? What were they trying to tell him? Is he is not worthy of the sacrificial significance of Christ's blood? What were they trying to tell him? This is STRANGER THAN FICTION!!!! These assholes never cease to amaze me!!

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Are Jehovah's Witnesses A Stupid People???

by minimus in

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jw's are supposed to be the cleanest, the happiest and the most honest people on earth.

in reality, do you think that they are amongst the most stupid people on earth??

?

hoodwinked

ummm.....yep I'm starting to believe so. How many times do you have to be kicked in the nuts before you realise it hurts?

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Well I finally got the cajones.....

by hoodwinked in

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gidday to all you "apostates"....or should i say "truth-seekers" on j-w.com .

i have been "lurking" on this board for about 3 months and i finally feel ready to say something about the situation that i am in right now.

it's rather tenuous because i was recently baptised <1yr ago.

hoodwinked

Thanks to everyone for such a warm welcome! I have been away for a few days and I didn't have time to respond to your kind words of encouragement.

I am looking forward to contributing to this board and getting to know all of you.

I am at work now so I don't have a heck of a lot of time to post this, hope that I got my message across ok.

Sincerely,

"HOODY"

"fading fast"

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New Date for Armageddon?

by NeonMadman in

i had an interesting chat with a jw on yahoo messenger yesterday.

of course, he was using "theocratic war strategy," at least at first, and pretended not to be a jw, but someone who was asking a lot of questions about them.

he opened the conversation by asking if i wanted to discuss 'the meaning of life'.

hoodwinked

Big Tex you couldn't be more right. Spot on buddy!!

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Am I helping?

by be wise in

i was brought up as a jw and i always thought it was full of small mindedness, in it's simple, simple explanations for life.

i was the youngest in a family of 5 brothers and sisters, and i am very proud that i am the only one out of my family that has had the guts to really question everything i've been taught for well, all my life, because my family are pretty hardcore about it, as most are.

we're not a close family, most are not because once the religion is taken away no one views you the same, this makes me sick just thinking about it.

hoodwinked

Welcome be wise! I am new here also and too have DF'ed family members who still attend meetings. I couldn't imagine shunning them and I think that's one of the main reasons why I decided to really take a look at what these men teach, doctrines of men. It is not humane or Christian to treat people, especailly the ones you love, with such callousness. It really angers me that they make families obey these doctrines of men for the sake of their sadistic religion. God instituted the family and the marriage arrangement and they continue to disassemble God's institutions. Woe to you Pharisees!

Looking forward to chatting more with you.

hoodwinked

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Well I finally got the cajones.....

by hoodwinked in

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gidday to all you "apostates"....or should i say "truth-seekers" on j-w.com .

i have been "lurking" on this board for about 3 months and i finally feel ready to say something about the situation that i am in right now.

it's rather tenuous because i was recently baptised <1yr ago.

hoodwinked

Gidday to all you "apostates"....or should I say "truth-seekers" on J-W.com

I have been "lurking" on this board for about 3 months and I finally feel ready to say something about the situation that I am in right now. It's rather tenuous because I was recently baptised <1yr ago. I have family "inside" so to speak and I have been trying to get them to take a good long look at the BORG (love that name! ) to see for themselves what they are involved in.

Funny part is they have been treated so shabbily by the so called "loving" elders. They see it as Jehovah's way of keeping the ORG clean, and we all know how much of a joke that is .

I began to really see what these people were capable of after I had witnessed this "unloving" treatment. It really started the whole ball rolling so to speak. If they wouldn't have been so heartless and cold I don't think I would have ever began to question the ORG. They exposed themselves by their own "works".

Shortly after baptism I saw the coldness of most of these people. I can't say they were all cold, some were very warm and friendly to me but to my amazement it was the so-called "sprirtually weak" ones who showed the most christian love. I believe to be "spiritually strong" as they coin it, you have to be cold and unfeeling. Which is exactly what I believe someone who is indoctrinated for long enough period of time eventually becomes (haughty and cold). With their your-gonna-die-but-we'll-be-living-on-a-paradise-earth-oh-if-you-would-only-succumb-to-the-brainwashing-and-control-you-too-could-live-forever attitude.

There is no fellowship in this ORG. At least for the new ones on the outside looking in. If one's not in a clique, or one's not related to everyone else, good luck to ya! They say that we are all brothers in the faith but try cracking some of the fleshly-family "cliques", or just regular old "buddy-buddy" cliques that are abundant. No chance bucko! Outsiders not welcome! The fake smiles and greetings took a while for me to catch on to but eventually I realised that it was all just a show to make themselves feel good inside. Some were sincere but for the most part not many were. Very few even congratulated me on my baptism. That set off some warning signs to me but I thought, "ahh what the heck..were not perfect, some people are shy and so on".

Then came the interference in my personal life and the control tactics that I have heard so much about from other members here. I can certainly relate to it. I am purposely being vague with my story because there are still some issues that I must settle before I complete the break. I have suffered minutely at the hands of this hypocritical BORGINISATION compared to many of you and I just want to say that I feel terrible for you. They will have to answer for what they have done sooner or later!

Sorry if I sound pissy but I don't like being made a fool of. I will take alot of the blame because I should have investigated this group more before I got involved with it. I have family inside and I got caught up in the "love" they showed me at the start and to me that was good enough. Stupid naive, gullible me. I was prime for the pickin' as they say.

Thanks all for listening to my abbreviated story.I have learned so much about WTBTS, Jehovah' Witnesses in general and about my self since reading this forum. I just want to say THANKS to all of you and especially to Simon for making this all possible. You're doing an awsome job man! Looking forward to many posts in the future and getting to know as many as you as I possibly can. Especially SYN. She is an absolute RIOT!!! You owe me 4 pairs of underwear girl! I can't understand why she isn't writing comedy screenplays for tv or movies. YOU ROCK!!! Keep up the good work.

Cheers!

hoodwinked