Well, the same account uploaded this gem...
that's revolting.
Posts by Odrade
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24JW Claymation Propaganda
by mavie inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7-i7xqqdhq.
found this on another board.
it's about 10 minutes...and o so sickening!.
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Odrade
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In Memorandum
by RichieRich init was the 14th of april last year that i had to sit my mother down and tell her i was an apostate.. i was closer to her than anyone else.
my father and mother are still married, but he let her raise me as a witness, and that meant it was me and mom.. me and mom in field service for 100 hours in july because she had to make her time as a regular pioneer.. me and mom fighting over what to bring for lunch to the district convention.. me and mom up late at night, when she would berate me, and then unload all her problems on to me.. me and mom and our 4 hour family studies, where we discuss 2 paragraphs of a random book, and then she would browbeat me until early in the morning.. somehow, through all that, i pretended to be a witness for years, just to appease her.
looking back, i don't know if i loved her, or if i was just afraid of her.
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Odrade
I'm sorry Richie. What a shame.
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Your favorite JW euphemisms...
by AuldSoul inthe heart and soul of doublespeak is euphemistic references.
i think many jws are not aware of how often they do this.
since leaving slightly over a year ago, i have discovered many that i had not even been aware that i used.
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witnoids just came to my door! woo hoo!!!
by tetrapod.sapien inlooks like i am not on their "do-not-call" list anymore!!
mwa ha ha ha!!!
i bet they are going to have to rewrite the reasoning book now~!
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Odrade
Fun conversation. I doubt they will come back, but you can be sure this "householder" will stick in their minds for quite awhile.
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My JW elderly aunt just called me..........
by Mulan inshe lives thousands of miles away from me, and called me now to tell me how much she loves me and misses me, and she started crying, and could hardly get out the words, about the wt study for tomorrow.
she begged me to go to the meeting and hear the information, so i compromised with her and told her i would get a copy of the magazine and read it.. i felt so badly for her.
we were always very close, and her daughter, my late cousin sharon, who died in 2001, was my closest friend in my life.
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Odrade
Seems this new magazine has quite a few worked up. My mother wrote me a "why" letter this week, complete with the obligatory "this world is on a downhill road to destruction" and "you know better!". I'm thinking about posting it and my response, although I don't know why or what good it will do. Stupid watchtower.
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Have you recovered financially since leaving the Tower?
by lovelylil inremember how many families (maybe even yours) struggled with money issues while being a jdub?
i remember lots of families under stress due to being jdubs.
you are always told by the tower not to work overtime if it conflicts with the meetings and not to go for higher education, for the same reason.
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Odrade
Yep, I have an actual career now, and by the end of this year will be making nearly 3x what I made when we were still JWs.
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yet another email...
by puck injust got this one from my mom.... .
making the devil happy.
devil's beatitudes (happinesses).
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Odrade
Thinking person's beatitudes
1.Blessed are those who put their energies into helping the unfortunate, for they will be accomplishing good works, not simply wearing a butt print from napping on the kingdom hall chairs 5 hours a week.
2.Blessed are those who thank those who expend themselves in honorable service, for appreciation is a small thing to give those who work hard, and lack of appreciation is one of the cruelest and most disheartening things to endure.
3.Blessed are the sensitive, for they are the keepers of kindness. They are the ones who make sure that the smaller and weaker do not become skinned and thrown about by the "shepherds."
4.Blessed are the the strongminded, (troublemakers,) for it is their challenges that maintain the integrity and prevent abuses of authority by the men in charge.
5.Blessed are the complainers, for without complaints there will be no improvement.
6.Blessed are those who strive for excellence and hold others to the same high standard, for they are the ones that provide high caliber education.
7.Blessed are those who do not turn their backs on the cruel and abusive, claiming that it is "none of their business," for they are the ones standing between predators and our children.
8.Blessed are those who are easily offended, for they teach all of us to be more compassionate, kinder and to watch what we say and what we do.
9.Blessed are those who carefully choose to give their available funds to organizations who adminster their charitable works with full disclosure to the public-for they know that their monies are being used for the hungry, sick and poor, not simply to fund real estate ventures.
10.Blessed is he who professes to love God, and hates and holds accountable his brother and sister when they abuse God's little children - for he is a true Christian.
11.Blessed are you who, when you read this, have the ability to recognize a wolf in sheep's clothing, and choose to exit an abusive organization.
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My Wife Just Left Me Because of the Evil Watchtower
by rassillon inthis is very difficult to write because i am crying.
i am normally not the kind of person you will ever see cry because things don't affect me that much but this has got to be the hardest things i have ever went through.. i just got through discussing with my wife my feelings.
i guess it has been hard to hid some of the things that i have felt since i have learned that many of the wt teachings are false.
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Odrade
I'm sorry rassilon. You say she has left before? Because of PMS and stuff? This is a problem she has. Don't let it make you feel wrong for being honest. This is a woman who runs away from her relationships whenever things upset her or don't go her way. It's not all just because you have finally stated what you feel about the WT. Even if she hadn't left over this issue, you two still have a problem. Again, I'm sorry, it's just that this pattern of running away for minor reasons kind of struck me as the primary issue.
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Dog Owners: Is your pet a Killer?
by restrangled inone of my dobermans today, dragged a tarp off a pile of wood we had covered.
sure enough there was a large pink nose sticking out of the pile.
he went in and dragged out an oppossum which must have weighed fifteen pounds.
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Odrade
Aw, Nina, I'm sorry about Moose. I was hoping his condition would be manageable. :( He was a cutie. I have a photo of him you put up in my screensaver slideshow.
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My insensitive dub brats (found some pictures)
by MsMcDucket inwhen my husband was in the hospital, they told me that they had been going out of town to various states.
they were like mom, you didn't know we have drove to arkansas and (some other state) to go visit some unknown witnesses!
omg, i could of stroked!
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Odrade
No, I don't think you're a bad mother for raising your kids JWs. You did (presumably) what you thought was right in that instance. But I do think that your blaming it on the WT might be missing the boat. Maybe they treat you that way because you treat them with a lack of respect.
I'm not projecting, and you're not my mother. MY mother doesn't treat me that way. When I said the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, I meant you taught them to treat you with disrespect by the way you treat them.
I think lots of people blame their bad relationships on the WT, when really it is their own fault and due to their own actions. It is simply easier to blame it on some outside force than to accept responsibility for their own bad treatment of their "loved" ones, and the "loved" ones' consequent avoidance- which is then too easily labeled as "shunning."