Posts by berrygerry

*%#?!. When my child was molested, the elders not only told me to be quiet about it so as not to upset the congregation !!! but told me not to let anyone see that I was upset !!!

I met an ex-Dub couple today - RP's - recently df'd for apostasy, and a third who was from the States.

The American's sister and cousin were molested by Dubs.

The couple both had siblings that were molested by Dubs.

The male became MS, and was told by the BOE, so-and-so is a pedo, so-and-so is a pedo - 4 known pedos in their KH.

I had been wondering if this was contained to the US, but it is obviously global (I'm in Canada).

Anyone defending this corporation is as guilty as the corporation is.

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Candace Conti Settles

by Nitty-Gritty in

hot topic on topix seems to be candace conti settlement.

but it's all quiet here.

are you guys aware that your hero, who was not in it for the money but to change policies, settled without changing anything?

berrygerry

I agree with Sir82.

Given that this is the ONLY thread that you have started, the odds of you not being a troll are the same as WT starting to apologize for anything.

You're trying to make it seem that Candace lost, as well as caved for money.

CANDACE WON. CANDACE WON. CANDACE WON.

Candace rejected settlement offers before trial.

WT's appeal would not have been overturned, even if the Court would have allowed it.

You're insinuating that the settlement was lower. On what basis?

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Getting it out of my system, a VERY long introduction/outpouring..

by adimmedlight in

warning, novel ahead:.

after a few months of lurking on this site, i've decided to take the plunge...i don't really care so much about introducing myself, but somehow there is some relief in the thought of getting my little story out there, just getting it out of my system.

i am the oldest of 5 kids.

berrygerry

I'm living a life of sin

Religion thrives on guilt. Dubs have mastered this with the best of them.

We can't all be right, but we can't all be wrong, can we?

Dire Straits - Industrial Disease

Two men say they're Jesus one of them must be wrong

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Lines in Posts Missing

by berrygerry in

posts made last night, and again today.. bottom lines go missing, even with edits.. (will try 10 lines).

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berrygerry

Posts made last night, and again today.

Bottom lines go missing, even with edits.

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WTS Does Help People

by berrygerry in

somewhat ironically with respect to timing, i read the post below just after reading a quite interesting documentary.http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/356320001/ran-into-some-jws-but-this-time-did-teaching-x.

"but in anycase, i thought on it a few days and decided (haven't told her yet) that i have no interest in destroying her faith.

her life has been a total train wreck and now she is sober(she has been in and out of that and jws my entire life), in a happy relationship and has a good job.

berrygerry

(Script wasn't accepting posts properly - or edits. This was supposed to be on the tail.)

Does the saving of one soul justify the suicides and emotional damage to other souls?

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WTS Does Help People

by berrygerry in

somewhat ironically with respect to timing, i read the post below just after reading a quite interesting documentary.http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/356320001/ran-into-some-jws-but-this-time-did-teaching-x.

"but in anycase, i thought on it a few days and decided (haven't told her yet) that i have no interest in destroying her faith.

her life has been a total train wreck and now she is sober(she has been in and out of that and jws my entire life), in a happy relationship and has a good job.

berrygerry

Somewhat ironically with respect to timing, I read the post below just after reading a quite interesting documentary.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/356320001/ran-into-some-jws-but-this-time-did-teaching-x

"But in anycase, I thought on it a few days and decided (haven't told her yet) that I have no interest in destroying her faith. Her life has been a total train wreck and now she is sober(she has been in and out of that and JWs my entire life), in a happy relationship and has a good job. I love her-she has always been more like my big sister than my aunt. She has a stability that I haven't seen in her before. I know it isn't "the truth" as it usually is part of her downfall, but I also know that I don't want to send her down the last dark alley of her life."

In Mr. Nicholson's piece, he refers often to Rick Pain.

Rick makes this statement at the end:

"I ask Rick one day if becoming a Witness had helped him feel God more strongly. “To be honest, no,” he says. “That’s something that comes, for me, in time.” His difficult early life, he says, made it “hard for him to trust people”. Pain credits the church with keeping him on the straight and narrow, pointing out that his three brothers, who are now in their seventies, are all still using drugs. “If I left the truth tomorrow, I’d be back on drugs by the end of the week,” he says. “No doubt in the world.” There have been times, he says, “where all I’ve had to hang onto was Jehovah. In hindsight I can see that there was an intervention in my life that can’t be explained in any other way.”

http://peteanicholson.com/writing/in-the-belly-of-jehovah

http://theliftedbrow.com/post/88214463157/in-the-belly-of-jehovah-by-pete-nicholson

Given JWdaughter's post and Rick Pain's statement, I can see where WTS provides help to a minute fraction of society.
That is, to those who are messed up, with no structure in their lives, etc.

So, does the WTS BS benefit certain people?
It does.

For every one benefited, does this justify WTS cruelty to multiple others harmed?

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Looking Back In Retrospect To 1975...

by titch in

greetings, folks: so, it's been 40 years since 1975. and, if you were actively involved with the witnesses back then, the mindset of many was, that by early autumn of 1975, it would mark the anniversary of 6000 years of human existence.

and, the hope was then, that it would mark the start of the 1000-year of christ, from the heavenly realm.

but, looking back now, 40 years ago, in june of 1975, only 3 more months remained until early autumn.

berrygerry

The main JW who told my dad that, the most prominent one in my area, died about twelve years ago as a broken old man shuffling his feet in old bedroom slippers in a dreary nursing home.

In most respects, the WT conglomerate is no different than any other conglomerate.

Anyone who has worked at whatever institution for whatever number of years, is completely irrelevant.

This reaches into many levels of politics as well, except for, possibly, US presidents.

One of Canada's most popular premiers was Ralph Klein. Once Ralph stepped down, he was not sought out.

Unless you're Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, etc., once you quit your job, move congos, etc. you become a nobody.

For Dubs, this extends to everyone, no matter their long-held RANK.

(Probably with Dubs, the only difference is that there is no pension. The "luckier" ex-missionaries and CO's get to be given institutional care at a Bethel - yee-haw.)