Well I have learned that it was very true. I do not want to post the story because I do not want to totally give myself away and the story dose not say he was a JW only that he attacked children and had a police standoff. Plus it gives his name and I just do not want to bring more problems on him, it is just really sad.
The brother is schizophrenic. When he was learning the truth he was studied with by an elder who is also an attorney three times a week. Tons of attention was given to him. I mean an elder none the less studied with him he was totally loved bombed. This brother was on assemblies saying how he had these demonized books that he realized he needed to get rid of before he was baptized so he started a huge fire to burn them and the fire would not start he tried and tried to burn them and it was supper hard but he stuck to it and got rid of all his demoniac things and Jehovah has blessed him so much.
This brother is schizophrenic he hears voices in his head. HELLOW!!! to the stupid elder who studied with him. I mean to tell a man like him that the demon's are in things is a disaster waiting to happen.
Well this schizophrenic brother tired he really tried. He would go through times of being real active in the "truth" talking about regular pioneering and he did auxiliary pioneer at times or at least try to get the time in. He got married and his step son-in-law is an elder. But he is schizophrenic and he will be schizophrenic until the day he dies. He will hear voices in his head and he will need to stay on meds forever in this world.
But no I forget JW's can cure everything how stupid of me.
I am just so frustrated, he is not the only schizophrenic in the hall. We have at least one other that I know of. He is really nice but he has real problems also and hears voices too. We had one mentally ill person who was schizophrenic very unstable coming to the hall. Another group of elders had DF'ed him and he was very upset over it. Again this attorney elder would talk and talk to him before and after the meetings for months and months. The man I heard was living on the streets at times, it was so sad he needed help but could not let go of the JW thing. He thought the "truth" was wrong and he had to convince everyone of that in the KH but he thought everyone needed to follow him, and his way of thinking. It was scary because I knew he could come back with a knife or gun. I talked and talked to the PO telling him 'look this man needs help, true help. We need to call mental health. NAMI someone to truly help him.' The PO said 'well we do not want to get him mad because he could be dangerous.' ' I am like he is already mad, we DF'ed him but having someone just talk and talk who is not trained in mental health is making it worse.' All my pleas fall on deaf ears. The man did come back and started screaming and threatening it finally scared the elders to death and they told him to never come back again. Then the attorney elder gave a local needs part on not talking to DF'ed people. I went straight to the PO after the talk and said the only one who is talking to DF'ed people is the attorney elder why of all people did you have him give that talk. I was pissed to no end. I said the attorney elder put everyone's lives in danger and he did not help the mentally ill man. The PO said Jehovah was trying to humble the attorney elder by having him give the talk. OMG
I just feel so frustrated in my hall, there is a sexual psychopath, at least two schizophrenics, we had two registered sex offenders that have since moved way, and many of members in the hall are on anti depressants.
I have went to the police about the sex offenders, nothing can be done until they harm another child because they have severed their time for what they did do the police can do nothing about it. No law is being broken to not tell the member of the congregation. It is an in house decision between the elders to inform parents of the dangers. I just called the national alliance on mental illness and there is nothing they can do though they admitted it is a ticking time bomb, but JW's have a right to recruit the mentally ill.
Everyone has a right to go door to door sex offenders, mentally ill there is no law against it. The JW's are not breaking a law but morally it is sick. That brother could have wigged out at a householders door and attacked them.
I have asked the ones in the hall who still speak to me what is going on with him and they are mad at him for being off his meds. Schizophrenics do that HELLOW!!! Plus I heard he does not have money for the meds, one sister told me and she seemed upset at him over that. Schizophrenics also do not know how to handle money well. This brother has no criminal record until now.
I just hate this religion so much. I told the lady yesterday at the mental health place that I feel so helpless I am just watching horrible thing unfolding and there seems nothing I can do to stop it. No one cares.
I think the attorney elder might be on this board. There is one poster who sounds like him. I have put a huge amount out here that is another reason I do not want to say where I live.
The lady at the mental health place said I need to take care of myself. It is all just so sad I feel like my heart is breaking.
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