u/Independent_Fly_48

Basically I'm going to be on the mother's and babies team this year, for the first time. We had a zoom meeting for this, to discuss health and safety etc. The person taking us through everything and how it would all work, was a BROTHER.

I was just sitting there through the meeting feeling kind of annoyed. Then I realised why. It was because for a mother's and babies department meeting, the person taking the lead was a man. He's not even allowed in the mother's and babies section, because NO man is. This just makes me wonder, why is he leading us? God forbid a woman takes a lead in anything.

Anyways this meeting just drove home how deep the patriarchy runs in the organisation. It's full of fully competent women, and yet, even when doing something about literally womanhood itself, you can't have a woman leading, which is actually quite confusing. It's honestly disgusting.

Hi everyone this is my first time on this sub. I'm also very interested in witchcraft etc, and I've seen a few tiktoks about Hekate, which has piqued my interest, along with some coincidences. I've always had an odd pull to the supernatural and gods and Goddesses.

1. I bought a bag recently, which had a lock and key attached to it. (They were put on in a way which could be removed if you wanted) The lock and key isn't really my usual style so I thought to myself that I would probably remove it after I brought it. Weirdly, something told me not to remove the key. Then I was walking around, and randomly this lock and key attachment fell off my bag, even though it was tied quite securely. Looking back, it almost felt as if my attention was purposely being drawn to it. Weirdly, I felt kind of territorial about they key and hurried to attach it back to my bag, which I found strange. It was only later that I realised that on of the signs of Hekate is keys. I realised this in a shock and had a very strange feeling. I'm a rational person, so I can't tell if it's one big coincidence or not?

2. I found out that 'the witching hour' was from 3-4am, so I decided to wake up at three. At this time I was very sleepy and I remember attempting to 'pray' to Hekate, but I probably mumbled some stuff but I said her name clearly several times. After that I drifted off to sleep and had the most vivid dream. I've always been a vivid dreamer, and they get especially worse when I'm ill, but my dreams are always FULL colour and so clear. Last night I dreamt so vividly that I was viewing myself, like I was watching a movie with me in it, and there were like 2-3 moths on my eyelid and didn't want to get off. It was soo strange, and was the shortest dream I'd ever had. Idk could this be Hekate trying to reach me? This happened directly after I had prayed to her.

I would really appreciate any advice or comments, and why/if you believe in Hekate and if it would be worth it for me to start looking deeper into her.

I heard about Hecate on tiktok... And long story short I woke up at 3 am and I prayed to her for the first time asking her to give me a sign. After that I went back to sleep.

And I had a very vivid and real feeling dream, that maybe 2 or 3 moths were on my eyelids and I couldn't get them off. Do you think this could be her sign? I'm really interested by her and I would love to find out more about her!

Any responses would be rlly valuable

We had a day out as a congregation. I'm quite good friends with another girl, I'm 16 and she is 18. We are very close, however, my younger sister who is 13 (but acts a lot younger) is not close with her and actually doesn't like her, yet is complaining about feeling left out. And of course my parents jump to her side and tell me that my sister should be first in my life all the time and I can't ever make her feel like she's left out. ( She has no friends in the truth.)

So if I have friends who are no where near her age, who she is not close to, how am I supposed to have a close friend? Am I supposed to talk to my sister instead? The whole point of 'associating' with the brother and sisters is to talk to people you don't fkn live with.

My parents say that they want me to have friends but clearly I can't let them be too close if my sister isn't equally close to them. I'm never allowed to be myself only, it's always me and my sister. Have they never wondered if maybe I just want to have other friends? Other than my sister who I don't have that much in common with? Am I the bad person?

My point is that I blame this on the cult. Because if we were talking to friends from school, who were our own age, we would not have this problem as there are loads of kids to be friends with, but in this religion there is barely any kids so you end up trying to make 18, 16, and 13 year olds be equally close. The worst part is the way they think that my friend who I've been friends with for like 3 years is gonna dump ME for other friends, just assuming that I'm the dispensable one. It actually hurts quite a lot. And I was 6 months clean but now I've started cutting myself again which is just great. This religion has brought me more stress and anxiety and problems than good

Sorry for long post I'm just struggling

If you HAD to choose , what would it be?? Here are mine:

Pure Heroine - Glory and gore

Melodrama - Sober (sorry)

Solar Power - Hold no grudge (hardest album to pick)

The love club EP - swingin party

OMG I FORGOT VIRGIN: GRWM

What are all of yours?

I'm hypermobile and have scoliosis. In wondering how many of you do too, and if anyone knows whether they could possibly be linked?

I'm 15 and been baptised for 4 years, so I was young. However, I'm really starting to wonder about the Governing body.

First, this whole blood thing. Suddenly, if your conscience allows, you are able to store your own blood prior and use it if a need comes up. But why has there been absolute silence when it comes to this, and no more direction? When sisters could wear trousers, it was groundbreaking news, even though it's been socially acceptable for almost 100 years. But this? Nobody has said a word.

Also, the GB have not acknowledged or even apologised to those brothers and sisters who may have died during surgery because of blood loss, but may have lived it they had it stored up.

I feel like with any human run organisation, corruption is setting in. Maybe they had good intentions at the start, making the Bible available to everyone, but things aren't right.

Also I'm starting to question some other things. Why so much hate towards hanging out with people outside of the congregation. I was messaging my friend and my dad told me that I shouldn't be doing that because school was the only time to communicate. I don't understand the logic. Who of my own age am I supposed to talk to, if not my friends at school?? This is what many cult groups do, disguising it as protecting you from harmful influences, but really stopping you from maybe seeing the truth.

Finally, I'm starting to feel like a lot of what the GB says is almost common sense...

Don't lie, because that breaks trust

Don't cheat because that's a disgusting thing to you

Don't give all your life to money because it won't make you happy, etc etc. is this not obvious? Are you saying that people who don't read the Bible aren't truly happy?

Anyway I'm just starting to wonder and could use a bit of genuine advice and maybe proof? Because what about all the 'experiences' and prophecies in the bible? Are they all false??

Sorry for long post x

I'm not a massive talker or anything, but for some reason, people I meet seem to like me a lot. Like I'm not sure why. I seem to make many people feel comfortable. Is that just me ? Does anyone else have similar experiences?

This is really hard for me but I thought it would be interesting...

Pure Heroine:

1. Glory and gore

2. Still same

Melodrama:

1. Liability

2. The Louvre

The love club:

1. Swingin party

2. biting down

Solar Power:

1. Leader of a new regime

2. Dominoes

Virgin:

1. GRWM

2. Shapeshifter

What are yours ??