I hear you Outlaw. What you speak to should be heard and respected.... As well as your observations. They are more important then mine.... ATJ
Raising Children In The JW Cult Is Child Abuse
by George Yurich 46 Replies latest watchtower child-abuse
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White Dove
Yup, and I'm another one of them that got dragged to the bathroom and got a hairbrush taken to my bottom. Nothing like hard plastic to make you feel like you just caught fire. At home it was the belt that sent fire up and down my legs. Just about every time, my mom pulled out the Bible and showed me that she must use the rod on me. F*ck the Bible!
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mouthy
Welcome to the board
Well I agree the WT encourages child abuse. I was one of those who was guilty
No not sexually,but in every other way.
Before Melanie( my daughter died) she begged me to try to stop folks rearing
their kids JWS...WHY??? Because they cant be normal kids, sitting for 5 hours
a week listening to men tell everyone what God told them. Insisting that the
kids must not join in sports at school,no Christmas enjoyment,Bithdays dont count,
spankings in the library if they dont sit still,must NOT have a toy to play with while
listening to the spewed "faithful slave's "info.Then when they get older ,They MUST
have a chaperon if they go out together....Must stand out side the school door when prayer is done,
Must stand out side the door if the flag was saluted.
Yes I am very guilty!!!! I abused my kids, Melanie died,( 42yrs old. Alan died (46 ys old
Annmarie is still there 63 yrs old,shuns me. the only one that escaped was SUE!!!!60yrs old
She is my helper now. Is a Deacon in a Church HELPS SO MANY who are not religous now
Says "MUM dont feel guilty,you thought you were obeying God. Let the JWS do what they are
doing. I forgive you because you thought it was right.Now you know it was wrong so forgive yourself"
Sorry for the long post....But wanted to tell you I am guilty for giving my mind over to a false prophet -
Quandry
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You posted:MUM dont feel guilty,you thought you were obeying God. Let the JWS do what they are
doing. I forgive you because you thought it was right.Now you know it was wrong so forgive yourself"How wonderful that you have a daughter who feels this way and says this to you.
I thought it was right also. My daughter hasn't exactly said these words but I don't think she holds it against me, although I am sure she wishes she could have had another type of childhood.
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mouthy
Yes Quandry I am truly blessed .Thanks
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verystupid77
I think I agree with all time Jeff expect that parents are never told who the pedophiles are in the hall. to me that is abuse. I know some parents have allowed their children to be taken care of leval 2 sex offenders with the elders blessings and the parents never knew. That is abuse and it is also agaist the law. But who will stop it not mother for sure.
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Heaven
Welcome George Yurich.
you said: Anybody who is a JW is insane and psychotic and incapable of logical and analytical thinking.
I disagree with this statement. Many people have realized the flaws and have left. I believe that most JWs are looking for what is promised by the WTS. I believe that as one proceeds into the cult, one slowly becomes aware that there are issues. But when one is under mind control, it becomes increasingly more difficult to leave, especially if you've been born-in or if your whole family is in. It is also difficult to seek any outside information so you are stuck with the truth that is fed to you.
I suggest you read Steven Hassan's 2 books "Combatting Cult Mind Control" and "Releasing The Bonds" for a better understanding of the whole mind control issue. Check out his website as well: www.freedomofmind.com. Most people are actually quite intelligent and of healthy minds when they join a cult. If anything, it is the WTS cult that makes them ill.
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freedomisntfree
outlaw your experinced reminded me of my own but i stopped getting spanked at the hall when i started screaming at my seat and all the way to the back room DONT SPANK ME IM SORRY PLEEEEEEEEEEASE DONT SPANK ME at the top of my lungs.It embaressed my parents enough to wait untill we got home wich usually gave them time to forget about the beating they wernt very consistant parents.lucky me
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ptrehearn152
from what i have seen, and i don't want to judgemental, a lot of jw's do seem to have difficulty when it come to making dissisions, and further to that my partner was brought up as a jw and a lot of what she has told me i would class as child abuse for example being hit around the head because she couldn't remember how to spell a word or being pulled around by the hair because she bumped into a table causing it to move, name just a few.
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ldrnomo
My wife and I raised our child while in the bORG. We don't feel we abused him however he did suffer emotional abuse on different occasions because of the Watchtower teachings and certain witness families who he spent time with.
Many children raised in JW families are not equipped to deal with life as an adult. They are taught all of their lives to put off things and wait for the new system. So they don't mentally feel the need to prepare themselves for the adult world. As parents under the cult mind control we did not try to motivate our son for his future.
We did however try to fill the needs he had as a child by playing with him and getting involved in activities that we knew he would enjoy. We did not forbid him from playing with neighborhood children who weren't dub kids but we did discourage him in a mind controlling way from playing organized sports and getting involved with celebrations at school.
True some witness families take the societies teachings so seriously they oppress their children completely and many now possibly like the original poster of this thread feel hatred for the way they were raised, that is their right and I applaud you for speaking out about how you feel. Abuse of children is rampant in the world and always has been those that suffer from it are affected for the rest of their lives and we are seeing the product of that in the senseless violent acts perpetrated around the world. Will this abuse end, I hope so but in the meantime I will do my best to help my grandchild who is being raised in the bORG by my son and daughter-in-law to have as normal a life as humanly possible despite the cult mind control she will be subject to.
I have already made my son aware of the things we did that were wrong and hope that he learns from our mistakes. I think he has and will do his best to give his daughter the opportunities that he did not have.
Everything in this universe spirals from the universe down to the smallest living creature and all that we can do is maneuver our life's spiral either up in a positive way or down. I am determined to turn my life's spiral to that positive way.
The universe moves us in the direction that we set in motion and only we have the power to change that direction. Children raised in the bORG are set in motion based on the teachings and direction of a group of old men in the inner sanctum of their protected little corner of life. Is that a form of abuse? Yes it is. Can we change it? We can and we are. By speaking out and making people think.
There will always be people like Reniaa who don't want to open their eyes to all the possibilities in life, who only look at the negatives in the world and think some white knight on a white horse is going to come along and save the world from those perceived dangers. Will people like that ever think for themselves? Perhaps not. Possibly the abuse they suffered at the hands of the cult mind control governing body is too much for them and they are too weak to open their minds. It's sad but there is nothing we can do about it because it's their spiral and only they can control it. And perhaps they are right and a white knight on a white horse is going to come along and fix their lives after all many other fictions in life have become a reality given time. But in the meantime, can't we all just be friends?
LD