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Can a pedolphile reform?

by Bonnie_Clyde in

i need help soon - i was molested by my brother when i was about 9 or 10 and he was about 15 or 16. it has been about 50 years now.

the only way i got him to stop was when i threatened to tell my parents.

since then, i was completely quiet about it.

I need help soon - I was molested by my brother when I was about 9 or 10 and he was about 15 or 16. It has been about 50 years now. The only way I got him to stop was when I threatened to tell my parents. Since then, I was completely quiet about it. We became witnesses not long after that and I truly believed that now that we were in Jehovah's "clean" organization that everything would be OK.

Since then, he married and had four children. He lived 2000 miles away so for at least 30 years, I seldom saw him. He was not particularly a good father--He often used physical abuse (which he called discipline) but I do know that it was harsh enough where at least once his daughter called the police. However, in my naivity, I still believed that no way would he molest his children as he was in the "truth." Lately, after becoming more aware of the scope of the pedophile problem, I am beginning to wonder. However, all of his children are grown now. He has one grandchild, but doesn't live at all near him. In fact he is quite the loner.

Right now, my brother is giving me all kinds of problems on another issue, even threatening to take me to court over a financial issue. All of a sudden, all my old feelings are coming back. He was always a bully when I was growing up, and now I'm seeing him as a bully again. I'm thinking that this might be the time to expose him. Don't know for sure what good it would do and whether I need to go through the trauma. Any advice?

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Can a pedolphile reform?

by Bonnie_Clyde in

i need help soon - i was molested by my brother when i was about 9 or 10 and he was about 15 or 16. it has been about 50 years now.

the only way i got him to stop was when i threatened to tell my parents.

since then, i was completely quiet about it.

Bonnie_Clyde

I need help soon - I was molested by my brother when I was about 9 or 10 and he was about 15 or 16. It has been about 50 years now. The only way I got him to stop was when I threatened to tell my parents. Since then, I was completely quiet about it. We became witnesses not long after that and I truly believed that now that we were in Jehovah's "clean" organization that everything would be OK.

Since then, he married and had four children. He lived 2000 miles away so for at least 30 years, I seldom saw him. He was not particularly a good father--He often used physical abuse (which he called discipline) but I do know that it was harsh enough where at least once his daughter called the police. However, in my naivity, I still believed that no way would he molest his children as he was in the "truth." Lately, after becoming more aware of the scope of the pedophile problem, I am beginning to wonder. However, all of his children are grown now. He has one grandchild, but doesn't live at all near him. In fact he is quite the loner.

Right now, my brother is giving me all kinds of problems on another issue, even threatening to take me to court over a financial issue. All of a sudden, all my old feelings are coming back. He was always a bully when I was growing up, and now I'm seeing him as a bully again. I'm thinking that this might be the time to expose him. Don't know for sure what good it would do and whether I need to go through the trauma. Any advice?

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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 2-1-04 WT Study

by blondie in

wt quotes

"?matthew 24:44.

you also must be ready all the time.

Bonnie_Clyde

Hi Blondie - I have been enjoying your posts for quite a while, and want to thank you for all your hard work and research. Since I attend the meeting almost every Sunday, I would like to make a simple request that I hope you don't mind. Would you be able to type in the paragraph number so I can more quickly relate it to the lesson?

Thanks so much

Bonnie

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Remember traveling to the conventions

by Strawberryfieldsforever in

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i remember years ago when my mom and i would travel great distances to the week long conventions.

we always had to travel with another sister whos husband was also "unbelieving".

anyway, her daughter and i would put the watchtower and awake mags in the back window to show everyone who we were.

Bonnie_Clyde

I also went to the NY convention in 1958 with relatives. I remember we had a bumper sticker (from the society) which advertised the convention. Not long after that, the Society stopped producing bumper stickers because of the possibility of vandalism. We also put the WT and Awake in the back window. It was fun to wave at other witnesses.

Bonnie

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Why I Believe the Bible, A Nuclear Scientist Tells His Story

by VM44 in

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from awake!, january 22, 2004, pages 19-23.. "why i believe the bible - a nuclear scientist tells his story".

read how a nuclear physicist reconciled his knowledge of science with his belief in the bible.. -- page 19. .

why i believe the bible.

Bonnie_Clyde

In my years of doing scientific research, I have never encountered a conflict between a proved scientific fact and a teaching of the Bible. Often, seeming conflicts are caused by a lack of knowledge--either of a scientific teaching or of what the Bible really says. For example, some scientists and others erroneously think that the Bible teaches that plants, animals, and humans all developed on earth within six literal 24-hour days. This would be in conflict with known scientific facts. But the Bible does not teach that. Rather, it reveals that the creative "days" encompass thousands of years.*

Back in 1978 the when this scientist was baptized, the Watchtower still taught that the creative days were 7,000 years long.

BTW, I believe it was the book "Paradise Lost to Paradise Regained" that taught that the earth has been here for millions of years. The creative days had to do with making the earth fit for human habitation.

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South Beach Diet update again

by Mulan in

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i have gotten a couple of pm's wanting to know how i am doing on the diet.

tomorrow starts week 4, and as of today i have lost 8 pounds.

the last time i tried to lose weight was on weight watchers and it took me about 4 months to lose 8 pounds and then nothing more would come off.

Bonnie_Clyde

Glad it's working. How does it compare with the Atkins diet? I've tried Atkins and lost ten pounds but just couldn't stay on it and gained it all back. I need something more balanced.

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Further Education

by scotsman in

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i had lunch with a jw friend who's just finished a law degree.

she was saying that at the last circuit assembly the bethel speaker, (philip longstaffe) said that the society had not changed its stance on further education, and that college for vocational skills was all that they thought was ok. my friend's a bit of a free thinker (i'd half hoped that this lunch date was to tell me she had doubts, but no) so she doesn't give fig what they think.

i was actually appointed as an elder the month before i started attending uni and the co had told the other elders it was no reason to prevent my appointment.. anyone else heard this at their assemblies?

Bonnie_Clyde

Our circuit overseer recently told parents, "Do not sacrifice your children to the god of higher education."

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You'll die if you don't go to meetings

by Bonnie_Clyde in

last sunday's watchtower admits (p. 17) that "we are not under the mosaic law.

" but in the next paragraph it says that just as the tithing arrangement was not optional for the israelites, meeting attendance is also not optional for christians.

the first page of the february 2004 kingdom ministry tells us why.

Bonnie_Clyde

Last Sunday's Watchtower admits (p. 17) that "we are not under the Mosaic Law." But in the next paragraph it says that just as the tithing arrangement was not optional for the Israelites, meeting attendance is also not optional for Christians.

The first page of the February 2004 Kingdom Ministry tells us why. After talking about how Christian families should give priority to attending meetings regularly, it encourages us to look at things from Jehovah's standpoint:

"By gathering wood on the Sabbath, one Israelite man deliberately failed to consider Jehovah's point of view. He may have reasoned that he was providing for his family or that it was just a small thing. By means of the judgment rendered, however, Jehovah showed that pursuing mundane activities during times designated for worship is a serious matter." Numbers 15:32-36 is cited. Verse 35 and 36 says: "Without fail the man should be put to death, the whole assembly pelting him with stones outside the camp. Accordingly the whole assembly brought him forth outside the camp and pelted him with stones so that he died, just as Jehovah had commanded Moses."

No excuses - household duties, secular work or school work should never encroach on time set aside for the worship of Jehovah. Some worker's trade shifts with workmates, seek a more suitable job, or simplfy their life-style. Some parents explain to teachers that their children cannot complete their assigned homework because attendance at Christian meetings is a priority for their family.

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!919 God chose them, recient articles???

by seedy3 in

hey folks,.

i was in a discussion with a jw and the subject came up about the watchtower and their fds being gods sole channel and visable org.

i mentioned that the watchtower claims that they were chosen in 1919. i was abruptly told that had to have come from old literature.

Bonnie_Clyde

Isaiah Vol. 1 page 242 - regarding 1918 - Christendom's leaders have brought dishonor on the Creator by amassing riches and power for themselves. Hence, when the time of judgment ."'to start with the house of God" came in 1918, Jehovah removed Christendom. Another steward was identified--and appointed over Jesus' earthly household...

This "faithful steward" is referred to as a "peg" (a reliable support). On page 243, the books makes this bold statement, "Those who support themselves on the "peg in a lasting place," the faithful steward, will survive." What about looking to Jesus Christ?

Christendom is referred to as a "discredited peg."

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Length of creative days.

by dothemath in

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now that we're starting to read the bible at the beginning again.........i was wondering if this subject has ever been discussed.. the length of the creative days........used to be considered 7000 years in length.......stated rather dogmatically up until around the mid 1980's.

(aid book says this......insight book does not) of course....this is quite rediculous.......... more recent publications don't stress this .........just periods of time.......... yet there was never anything published to indicate how wrong this old view was.........done very gradually.......i think some still think the creative days were still 7000 years long.. if this topic has come up before.....maybe someone could post a link to it..

Bonnie_Clyde

To try and force the Hebrew YOM to mean anything other than a standard 24 hour day in the context of Genesis is ridiculous.

But you must if you are trying to keep the biblical account of creation from collapsing under the huge amounts of physical evidence that the earth and universe are billions of years old. As I recalled, the WT explained that the universe and earth could be billions of years old, but that the creative days began with God's preparation of the earth for human habitation. That was an explanation I remember in the book, "From Paradise Lost to Paradise Regained" published in 1958.

Bonnie_Clyde

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