I grew shoulder length hair and then once they took away all of my priviledges I cut it. I used to listen to Hardcore bands, they used to give me lectures about Heavy Metal music so I would tell them how I didn't listen to Heavy Metal I listened to Hardcore. If they gave me examples of bands I would always say I didn't listen to those bands and then list a bunch of bands that they never heard of. I used to make it a point to ask stupid questions at the book study, like I would ask what the reflection of the bowls meant in the glassy sea in the revelation book, I'd say how everything else was symbolic and how could this one not be. I'm also a huge wrestling fan which didn't go over too well. I used to give the best talks in the school too which they really didn't like because they didn't like me. Talks were a cake walk for me.
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What Ways Did You Rebel Against The Elders & The "Truth"?
by minimus ini used to get a kick out of how some people used to push the elder's buttons.
sisters would wear a dress that was 1 inch above the knee just to get the brothers going.
or brothers would grow something a little longer than a mustache......what did you do to exert your independence??
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love bombing meh
by Mysterious ini keep hearing how everyone posts and says that no one in the congregation noticed or cared about them..i have the opposite problem.
i can't get sick of miss anything and they are all swarming around me "making sure i'm okay" telling me "how much they missed me" and some of them quite sincere about it.
i just wish they would all leave me the hell alone.
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Well I've been out for three years, some of the people were nice to me when I went to the memorial the year before last. Other than that I saw some at my Grandmother's funeral, mostly my mother's friends so they were for the most part nice to me. Other than that they have just let me live which I am very happy about. I heard the stories about elders taking it upon themselves to try to disfellowship people who left or make them disassociate. I think they feel I'm not worth the effort, it was pretty obvious I hated being there the whole time I was there, ever since I was like 7 they knew that. So they've pretty much just ignored me, I'm happy with that.
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Congratulations to the US!!!
by Abaddon in.
... and to the iraqi people.
a weight's been lifted from their shoulders; let's hope that resistance from the loyalists of the saddam reigeme will die down quickly.. whatever misgivings or concerns one might have about the information given out by governments prior to the invasion, i think the capture of saddam hussain is a fantastic achievment.. i think the world will be a safer place when the international community will act together to remove such signal threats to peace and when those who violate human rights and support inter-state aggression know they will be brought to justice, even if they are the head-of-state.
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OK, I am not as bad as UK is the Greate$t or whatever. He was a bit too religious in his speech and hateful. I think I'm one of the only people in the world where the announcement of Saddam being captured just went flat. I was like, "great, so what?". I am very opposed to the war in Iraq and don't believe they had weapons of mass destruction. I think the whole thing was just a ruse so that Dubbya could get revenge for his daddy. Mission accomplished. Before anyone starts with the 911 things or the whole how he tortured his people...imagine right now what's happening to Saddam behind closed doors. And last time I checked 911 was from Bin Laden...not Saddam. Yet we still haven't captured Bin Laden, if only Bin Laden insulted George Bush Sr. then we would've had him. :(
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"Why show me these things if I am beyond all hope?"
by SanFranciscoJim ini just got finished watching yet another version of a christmas carol (this time, the one starring patrick stewart -- one of the better remakes).. those who are familiar with the story will recall when the mysterious ghost of christmas yet to come escorts scrooge into the cemetery and shows him his own grave, scrooge replies with the question: "why show me these things if i am beyond all hope?".
perhaps it's just my usual holiday season depression, but i am in a particularly dark mood tonight.. no spirits have ever visited me.
even god has not made his presence known to me in any manner that i would consider what the bible refers to as "evident demonstration".. i therefore have to draw the conclusion that either my time has not come yet (which i hope), or that i am indeed beyond all hope.
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I feel that way sometimes too, but then I realized that I felt the same way when I WAS a witness and supposedly in "God's orginization" so now I feel best when I'm doing whatever I want, whenever I want. So my simple cure for that is live for the moment and the moment alone.
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Witness Outreach UK....
by Tuesday indoes anyone have the link to the judiciary committee hearing for the guy from witness outreach uk?
i think his name was anthony roberts.
i thought that was the most interesting judiciary hearing notes i've read.
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The links on that site don't work though...is there any other one?
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Witness Outreach UK....
by Tuesday indoes anyone have the link to the judiciary committee hearing for the guy from witness outreach uk?
i think his name was anthony roberts.
i thought that was the most interesting judiciary hearing notes i've read.
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Does anyone have the link to the Judiciary Committee hearing for the guy from Witness Outreach UK? I think his name was Anthony Roberts. I thought that was the most interesting Judiciary Hearing notes I've read. I know there are some links to some on www.disfellowshipped.org, does anyone know of any more. I'm kinda writing a short story now for my thesis class (creative writing), it's not till next semester but I need time to do it right but I want to write it as someone reminicing during their Judiciary Committe hearing though I've never expirienced one so I'm trying to find writings of them.
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Thinking of becoming a JW - Need urgent honest advice!!!
by natalienu ini have met a wonderful man but unfortunately he is a jw.
i have never been interested or really ever been around any religion in my life so all of this right now is very fascinating to me.
i have been thinking of studying to become one but am also having a hard time finding anything on the net that is positive about it.
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I hope I'm not the first to say this but it's really up to you. I know being a witness wasn't for me just because it was too controlled of an environment. Now I'm not one to sit here and relay horror stories of abuses and stuff like that, the little things that got me to not like being in "the truth" were stuff like, not being able to see pg-13 or R rated movies even when I was of age, can't swear ever, had to spend not only the time at meetings but also the time to study for those, plus going out in service, couldn't have any style hair I wanted, couldn't dress any way I wanted, couldn't spend time with friends that weren't witnesses, couldn't do anything I wanted to do if it conflicted with meeting schedule. It just took too much of my time and energy not to mention I like to make decisions for myself and I felt all my decisions were already made for me as a witness. It's up to you though, the brothers and sisters are loving for the most part just don't leave, and if you can stand hearing the same stuff over and over again at meetings and like to have a very controlled environment (like a military life) then you might enjoy being a witness, otherwise I would steer clear.
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What did you do to while-a-way the meetings?
by uriah inwhen i was young (sigh) i had to go to the meetings, they always went overtime and man, were they dull.
no coloured pictures to look at in those days.
to amuse myself i used to play little games like how long could i hold the radiator pipe (hot).
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Oh the fun that was had. I used to dialate and undialate my pupils thereby making everything blurry and un blurry. I used to try to sneak candies into my mouth without making the wrapper crinkle. I used to count how many people were paying attention, I used to yawn constantly just to see how many people were looking at me as opposed to looking elsewhere. When I did the microphones I would always fill my pockets with change to see if the mics picked up the sound. Then I would stomp really hard to see how I could echo the sound throughout the hall. At assemblies I would count the amount of bolts in the rafters, I would see how long I could stay in the bathroom before my mom tried to come get me. I once stayed in the bathroom so long they ended the meeting without me....well that was the bookstudy, which was like 10 people in all so they were freaking out. I'm sure there's more too I just can't remember them now.
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Question about Bethel in Brooklyn....
by Tuesday inwhat's the name of that theatre they bought and renovated, the one with the sky and the fake buildings on the side of the theatre room?
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What's the name of that theatre they bought and renovated, the one with the sky and the fake buildings on the side of the theatre room?
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High Unemployment Among Apostates
by Joker10 ina few days ago it was asked how many people here work.
of the 44 people who posted, 37 responded.
of those who admitted
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OK Answering to put the employment figure up, I'm employed.