A tribute to a remarkable woman - Danmera Dinglebum (AKA JWN's "blond moment")

by cedars 14 Replies latest jw friends

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  cedars

  Hi everyone

  Richard E. Kelly has just contributed another moving life story to JWsurvey.

  Here is the link...

  http://jwsurvey.org/domestic-abuse-2/danmera-dinglebum-why-did-it-take-so-long

  

  I'm sure many of you will be familiar with Danmera's brilliant and thought-provoking YouTube videos.

  For those who don't already know her story, this article should fill you in on the struggle she went through as a young woman thanks to her JW upbringing.

  The fact that she has emerged through all of that, and blossomed into such a valuable member of our community, is truly inspiring.

  Cedars
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  MeanMrMustard

  Awesome! Going there now to read.

  MMM
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  Dagney

  Great story!
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  sd-7

  Classic. A really great tribute.

  --sd-7
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  vajeni82

  Very relateable. I'm so glad these stories are getting out there!
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  yesidid

  I find it difficult to comprehend that she was treated so badly just because she wasn't baptized at age 14.

  In my 60 year association with J W's I never even heard of such a thing.
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  vajeni82

  yesidid- If you watch her youtube videos, she says she started her baptism questions, but then changed her mind. I think that has a lot to do with it.
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  cedars

  yesidid

  I find it difficult to comprehend that she was treated so badly just because she wasn't baptized at age 14.

  In my 60 year association with J W's I never even heard of such a thing.

  I too was astonished at the pressure she and her father were put under. However, my own experience as an elder tells me that local elders can frequently become a law unto themselves once they get a bee in their bonnet over something. It doesn't surprise me that this could happen in certain congregations, especially during the Seventies amidst the 1975 hysteria.

  Fast forward to today, and I recently posted a video to YouTube in which a Governing Body member, Anthony Morris III, went so far as to suggest that parents should blackmail their children if they get to 16 without having been baptized - so not much has really changed.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlgbJdGoJ-U

  Cedars
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  yourmomma

  she is one of the all time top jw youtubers
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  rubadubdub

  Danmera's You Tube videos were hugely instrumental in my personal deprogramming efforts following my exit from the bOrg! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Great article!