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  Handing out candy

  by mikeypants in

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  2. experiences

  growing up my parents would barricade our home off by parking vehicles bumper to bumper - you would have to crawl under the cars or over the bumpers to get to our door.

  also, we would turn off all the lights and hide in the back room away from the street.. that was the norm for me.

  isnt that insane?

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  Zoos

  Wow! I'm in good company. Handed out candy for the first time last night also.

  Kids with stupid grins and hilarious costumes beats "lights out and hide in the basement."
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  I bought property, not that far from Watchtower land in Warrwick NY.

  by Dunedain in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i wound up buying 26 acres of land in upstate ny, a few years ago.

  i bought it strictly as an investment, due to rumors of there going to be huge development of the area.

  it seems like casinos, walmart, and tons of building have started in the area, or are now breaking ground, since i purchased it.

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  I don't suppose your land borders a highway/interstate. I could see a lovely billboard message directed at our friends traveling to visit the new Watchtower Country Club.
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  Where are you from?

  by BeautifulMind in

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  2. friends

  i know we are all anonymous for our own personal reasons, so i understand if you would rather not say.

  but if you don't mind sharing that would be cool.

  i currently live in georgia, usa.

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  Zoos

  Beautiful Mind, I'm just up the road from you in South Carolina.
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  CO Comes Up With A New Way To Be Judgemental...

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  at the latest co visit something very strange happened.

  during the meeting with the elders and servants he passed out a copy of a hypothetical publisher card and asked us what we could learn from it.

  upon receiving it i saw that the average hours were pretty good, it had return visits and quite a few bible studies.

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  Zoos

  You may recall how we used to have our own cards handed out to us in the CO-Elders meeting and it would be scrutinised before all present. And you would sit there and whip yourself with lashes of guilt !

  
  

  Wow! They really did that? I guess I shouldn't be surprised but I kinda am. That's pretty hard core.

  Was that SOP or just a rogue CO?

  Do they still do this?
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  CO Comes Up With A New Way To Be Judgemental...

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  at the latest co visit something very strange happened.

  during the meeting with the elders and servants he passed out a copy of a hypothetical publisher card and asked us what we could learn from it.

  upon receiving it i saw that the average hours were pretty good, it had return visits and quite a few bible studies.

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  Zoos

  Does this fall under, "DO MORE!" ?
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  Introduction

  by shattered_origins in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i joined the forum yesterday and made 2 angry posts which received encouraging replies.

  i spent a good chunk of time today browsing various posts, and i can't get enough!

  i'm doing things backwards now and taking a moment to introduce myself.

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  Zoos

  Like the bible says, "Keep asking. Keep seeking. Keep browsing various posts."

  
  

  Welcome.
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  I could sue the WTBTS

  by shattered_origins in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  ever since my sister gave me an " awakening," i have been somewhat obsessed with the failings of the religion i was born into.

  i am especially outraged at the article i read about how the elders are supposed to deal with accusations of sexual abuse (jwfacts.com/watchtower/paedophelia.php).

  i myself suffered sexual and emotional abuse from a family "friend"/ministerial servant in a neighboring congregation.

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  If you have it in you (and you have a case), go for it. The more this cult is made to face the foul stench and public shame of it's behavior, the better. If it would take an unnecessary emotional toll on you, well... that's your call.

  I was 3 or 4 when my older cousin started in on me. I found out years later he was being abused himself by his grandfather on the other side of the family. I think he might have pursued legal action after he matured had the old pervert not died. Anyway, when my cousin was - I'm guessing 11 or 12 - he started taking me out to the barn. I know he must have been prepubescent when it started because after awhile I noticed he had hair around his penis where there wasn't before. I remember asking him if it itched.

  All I remember from our years long soiree was that it was fun. My response to every bit of it, save the last couple of times when I was almost 17, was "fun"... and sometimes I even initiated it myself.

  Despite the fact that I was pulled into a sexual situation at a ridiculously young age, I have never been able to relate to the trauma that I hear so many victims describe. I DON'T DISCOUNT IT. I understand it is genuine. I just don't get it. I've never had any desire to go after my cousin legally. Maybe because I understand he was a victim too.
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  My experience with religion

  by Cota Samuel in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hello, i am sam(samuel).

  i am 18 and i live in romania.

  my english is not that good and i find it hard to express myself even in my language xd.. i'm not an open person and i would've probaly never talked so open of my life but this "event" had so much impact on my life and it damaged me so deeply that i do now write this.. i came to this site to help myself fight the problem that destroyed my life for the past 2 years.

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  Welcome, Samuel - and your English is great!

  You just described the process we all went through. It's hard... agonizing sometimes, but survivable. You're going to come out of this a much stronger person.

  The end was scheduled in roughly 1-2 months...

  They've been scheduling the end for over 100 years and someone keeps not showing up for the meeting. Could it be they have no idea what they're talking about?
  
  
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  Lets start a "Go Fund Me" for those special pioneers being kicked to the curb by the GB,.

  by notjustyet in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  lots of great potential to help those sp that are being sent off without any financial help from the wtbts.

  i think that it would be a great way to get some exposure on this topic and how the wtbts thats those that dedicated their lives to the wtbts only to be sent packing at a late age.

  then someone can take the funds to one sp couple, possibly, and give it to them in honor of the apostates that know what is really happening.

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  Zoos

  I could part with $10 if I knew FOR SURE the scheme would be picked up by media.

  HEADLINE: Ex-JWs Set Up Watchtower Workers Fund.

  The only beneficial thing that could come out of such a plan would be public exposure. The Special Pioneer would probably just donate the money to HQ and then wait for Jehovah to send money through "approved" channels.
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  Blackmail to get your drivers license, blackmail to end the shunning...

  by Zoos in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the watchtower corporation is ripping the carpet out from under sincerity.. they teach that god knows our private thoughts, the inclinations of our heart.

  how can they possibly think that it's okay to dangle a drivers license in front of a teenager under condition of baptism?

  how can they possibly think it is okay to dangle renewed association with family under condition of reinstatement?.

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  Coerced people don't donate. The WT needs to get a clue.

  That's yet another side of the coin.