Posts by shamus

Sounds like a typical story. The JW's become more and more boring, as their truth becomes more and more ~~brighter clearer crap~~ confusing. Their Pharisitic ways make them the scourge of the planet... They always think that they're so right. How dare they judge worldly people as "pagans", when they are the biggest hypocrites of them all?

I know what you mean, and I'm glad that you're out.

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How Can We Help Lurkers???

by minimus in

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any ideas??

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shamus

By doing what we're doing right now, and keeping things civil. The way some people fight in public here is shameful. If things are that bad, PM each other and fight that way. I don't like seeing it.

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Why On Earth Did You Ever Become A Witness & What Made You Decide To Leave?

by minimus in

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i've known for years that if i was visited at my home by jehovah's witnesses, i would have become a do not call.

i would have firmly but politely told the witnesses to never come back to my door and bother me again.

since i was raised "in the truth", i learned the religion from infancy.

shamus

It was a need that I had at the time. I was seriously depressed, and thought that all my problems would be solved in the religion. I thought that people were loving, kind, and truly would help me. It took 10 years to find out they didn't give a rats ass about me, or anyone else for that matter.

I'm not angry about it, though. More ashamed.

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This is Cappuccino OC - long/short story

by happybdaytomeAKAcappucinoOC in

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this is cappuccino oc.

i'm not a newbie.

when my computer crashed in december i lost my passwords to this forum, my dummy e-mail account, etc.

shamus

Hi There!

I don't know you, but know you now. Welcome back! Good to see that you are doing something with your life... JW's sure like to take our lives away from us.

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How do they justify running ppl off from org? x-Elders, MS, any

by wednesday in

i was basicaly "run off' from the org.

had they shown a modicum of human kindesss towards me or my family -i'd probably still be one of them.

if u have been an elder, or ms, or just want to comment, tell me , how do they justify this with the scriptures to .

shamus

I was pretty much a MS when I left... the only thing that I was waiting for was the C.O. visit. It may have taken two visits at most... I was the congregation suckhole.... the next "up and comer". Bleah.

How do they justify it? They can't. They just don't care. Look at human nature; there is more attention drawn to you by bringing someone into the religion, as opposed to helping out one of your brothers. Why would you want to help them? They're not going to meetings, they must be bad assosiation.... that is the view that everyone had when I was in the religion. It was generally frowned upon. They are such hypocrites, aren;t they, Wednesday! They could have given a flying F*** when I left... good riddance, he wasn;t good enough anyways. I could care less about them now. They showed themselves to have no natural affection between each other, and that is a sign of false religion in the bible.

There are probably millions more stories just like ours, Wednesday. They make you feel bad even when you leave sometimes.

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Ozzie's Weekend Poll #51

by ozziepost in

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well, how's the weekend going?

there's eurovision song contest parties, there's plenty of rain on the east coast, and sounds like there's a great apostate gathering in manchester...... and young rhys got a taekwondo award.

well done rhys!

shamus

#1

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Who is your least favorite GB member?

by logansrun in

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okay, i always look with suspicion on topics that talk about how evil certain jws are, but i am a little curious about this -- who are the "bad guys" on the gb and who are the "good guys" (if any)?

my experience: ted jaracz -- the bad guy.

i've discussed a little of my contact with him in the past.

shamus

Hi! Welcome to the board!

Yes, that's a pretty funny story, all right. Not funny ha ha. JW's are very arrogant, and self-rightcheous. They pretend to have love for everyone, but they have none.

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Another Df'ing/suicide...in memory of a dear friend...

by Ghost of Esmeralda in

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things have calmed down again with my mother to the point where i found myself once again in her kitchen last night.

drinking too many cups of coffee as i always do at her house, i imagine if i were a smoker i'd have been lighting one cigarette after another instead.

it had been a pleasant enough evening, i sat there with my crocheting in my lap, something i always take with me to my mother's house so that if i get nervous or stressed out, my hands, and my mind, have something to do and somewhere to go.

shamus

What a sad story. It's too bad that it's not the only case. It's a disgusting religion that controls your mind and pushes you out at your first sign of weakness.

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Organized Mail-Outs To The Society.

by shamus in

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what would everyone think about flooding the society once a week, for as long as it takes about their bloodguilty actions in regard to their sexual abuse coverup?

if you were to think about it.... getting 500 letters from individuals every week would certainly get their attention, would it not?.

obviously, there would be many details to be worked out... i think that a generic letter, that you could cut, paste, and print out would be excellent.

shamus

That is true.... but, it could be just one more pressure tactic.

I dunno. Maybe I am talking out of my butt here... If the thread dies, maybe that's the answer I was looking for.

It would be cool, though. Have 500 letters arrive every week asking them what they're doing about the sexual abuse cases, and how much we are disgusted by it, after all the years they laughed at the Catholic Church. They just disgust me so much sometimes.