Posts by run dont walk

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They treat child molesters better than they treat us!

by Swan in

i have been thinking about this a lot.. my family treats child molesters better than they treat me.

my sister-in-law's father was accused of child abuse by her sister.

since there weren't two witnesses to this terrible violation, he is still in good standing in the congregation to this day.

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they never cease to amaze me, just when you think they can't sink any lower, they find a way.

UNREAL !!!!!!!

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Do you still 'hear the tapes' of the Watchtower Society?

by Steve Lowry in

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ya know whatta i mean?

when you sneeze and someone says "god bless you" do you hear any old tapes in your head about how thats pagan?

at christmas time do you feel any guilt about enjoying the songs?

run dont walk

No, I am pretty much over all these stages, but it does take awhile.

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Ah, What a tangled web we weave...

by NaruNaruChan in

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...when first we practice to decieve.. the semester just started again for me, and i'm using my computer lab access to write this, because i feel like venting.

... and so i will vent.

so i worked with my jw ex best friend (mind you, i said jw ex best friend, not ex jw best friend) and she and i were blissfully ignoring eachother (at least i was blissfully ignoring her) when all of a sudden she starts talking to me again... which, to my surprise, was shocking.

run dont walk

wow !

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alternate forms of "witnessing"

by kgfreeperson in

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today there was an "involvement fair" at the college where i work.

all student organizations were represented as well as probably 15 to 20 religious organizations.

all the religious organization's tables had kids around getting information except (wait for it!

run dont walk

Is there any successful witnessing strategy? Or is it all pretty much just putting in the time?

I don't think so, the only stragedy that works is if the new person is going through a tough time in life, otherwise it's just putting in time, it's getting more and more obvious to me that as the years go by the JW's are hating the service work more and more. Maybe they will adopt the Mormon attitude that you only have to do it for two years.

BTW, I am a bit surprised they would set up at a college ???

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Some Questions; Civil Answers Please

by Swan in

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i am questioning whether the internet is a good place to hang out.

last month i was scammed by an impostor who took advantage of me while i was depressed and vulnerable.

even this discussion board has become very vicious lately.

run dont walk

I am questioning whether the internet is a good place to hang out. Last month I was scammed by an impostor who took advantage of me while I was depressed and vulnerable.

this can happen anywhere, internet, on your street, local bar, etc.

I am beginning to question whether it is that beneficial to my deprogramming and recovery or not.

it is !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have met some really good people here

it's like that anywhere you go, even the Kingdom Hall, there are some good people and there are losers, anywhere in the world it will be the same, no where is perfect.

While I do not always agree with others opinions, I read them and consider them; at times I even learn from them. I don't need to attack the person while debating the pros and cons of a subject, but many do. I am more concerned with respecting people's beliefs, but am starting to feel animosity toward those who resort to personal attacks. I don't want to be like that. I am the kind of person who would rather win a friend than an argument.

I don't always agree, I try to respect them as well, but I do have a short temper for the JW apolgists that frequent here, so I'm not perfect either.

So you see, I have had lots of questions lately. Maybe it is part of the depression I have been going through lately, but the questions are still there, nonetheless. I question whether or not I would want to risk posting here if I was a lurking JW. I question whether this is really a safe and nurturing environment for people trying to recover from cult mind control. I question

I think it is a safe and valuable site, everyone has different needs and ideas.

Hope you stick around !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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My two week consulting trip to Bethel (the beginning of the end) part 2

by seven006 in

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as we entered a door of the administration building we did not head to the elevator to take us up the eight floors to the main administration floor.

i looked around the room and asked, "what's up with her?

i was going to work with the elder from hell who ran the photography department.

run dont walk

I haven't laughed this hard in years, I don't know if you meant it to be amusing, but I fell off my chair, I am on my second beer, can't wait for the library continuation.

we walked with Freddie Brown Shoes to the administration building. I could have sworn his shoes talked back once. At that point I wouldn't have been surprise about anything.

Again. I was speaking Yiddish.

I wasn't about to help this guy out. He was a pompous twit and having to spend an hour standing next to him I already hated his mother.

I thought leaving him alone with himself was about the meanest thing I could do. I heard from a few ex Betelites that shortly after that the little elder got demoted and was given some manual labor job.

I feel bad for the broom.

He said that Leo's last room mate had been kicked out of Bethel because he would get new young brothers drunk and then bring them up to his room and have sex with them in their butt. Yes, he actually said have sex with them in their butt. I didn't know whether to laugh my ass off or drop to the floor in a state of shock. I then asked him if his old room mate was gay. He looked at me a little funny and asked me what did I think. I didn't know Leo Greenlees from Mr. Green Jeans so I didn't know what to think at that point.

All I could think of was this just wasn't my day, and for the first time in all my years of being a JW I was actually getting to know the names of some of the governing body members. Brother Leo In the butt, Freddie Brown Shoes and Flat Nose So and So.

The sister and her husband made daiquiris for about six of us. I'm not a dainty drink kind of guy but after this day of meeting the cradle robbed English bitch who could freeze lava with her eyes, the little Napoleon elder from hell in the photo department, Learning that Leo Greenlees ex-roommate use to get guys drunk and have sex with them in their butts and almost personally knocking off a governing body member with a Kung Fu door, I needed a drink.

absolutely PRICELESS, I laughed even harder when I was editing this reply, this should be a best seller !!!!!!!!!!!!

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