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  she passed faithful to the end to them!

  by jookbeard in

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  just found out (second hand of course) and by someone on here that my faithful jw mum passed away within the last couple of days, dont know the exact day, and what cause, she spent the last few years living with my fanatical sister, she was 65 and survived my father by 10 years, bitter, angry and hateful till the end and never as so much enquired or asked how her 2 grandchildren ever were , they are 5 and 7!

  feeling a mixture of emotions right now, they were lousy parents in all honesty, she suffered health wise so maybe its for the best, dont even know when the funeral is!

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  I'm so sorry for your loss JB.
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  Oregon, Hillsboro Tribune, Article: Jehovah's Witness sex abuse case in feds' hands

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  2. child-abuse

  http://www.pamplinmedia.com/ht/117-hillsboro-tribune-news/255785-125363-jehovahs-witness-sex-abuse-case-in-feds-hands.

  lawsuit seeks $10.5 million from hillsboro church, watchtower society .

  attorneys for a 40-year-old woman and a 38-year-old man who say they were sexually abused nearly 30 years ago by a church elder in hillsboro want to have a lawsuit filed by the pair last fall placed back in state court jurisdiction.

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  I too wondered why they wouldn't release the requested information, VID mentioned ..potential evidence of other alleged criminal activities in the data that they don't want exposure of...

  Could it be possible that someone from the GB might just be mentioned in one of those files as being accused of this heinous act? There is definitely something much deeper going on with this that needs to come to light.
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  These guys crash a Kingdom Hall on Memorial, video included

  by Crazyguy in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=7mars2mtaui.

  to funny nice job....

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  This is just rude and disrespectful. If a confrontation was what these folks needed to accomplish, there are better ways. Making a point about the generations, if it were to cause any newly interested ones to doubt, this would only give the bible study conductor the opportunity to reinforce the teachings, not get the new one to walk away. This only made the poster look like a fanatic apostate.
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  Introducing my self

  by WasOnceBlind in

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  2. experiences

  i stumbled upon this site about a week ago while googling a question.

  the question was "why can't jw's have beards?

  " i read the responses and realized the truth in them.

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  Gone and forgotten

  Welcome WOB!

  Enjoyed reading your story. I look forward to reading your future posts.
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  Shunning Styles 101. Any I missed? Care to elaborate?

  by Open mind in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my oldest brother got baptized at 12 and realized he was 100% gay at 12 1/2.

  sucky timing huh?

  he fought the fine fight of the abstinent until his mid-twenties and then decided he couldn't live like that anymore.

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  One horrid outcome of shunning happened within family that I was close to. A sister suffered from a severe mental illness. She would hallucinate and do things in a fugue state that ended up getting her df'd. She had 5 grown brothers and sisters, as well as her parents that should have been looking after her, but because she was df'd, she had no one.

  SShe had an episode and ended up jumping through a plate glass window and fell 3 stories. As a result she ended up paralyzed and on life support. Her family only came to the hospital when the medical staff called them when decisions needed to be made. They only spoke to her right before she died. The family never told any of the "friends" what was happening to her. I can't begin to imagine how alone and frightened this young girl must have been. Such a "loving provision".
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  Trying to live the rest of my life without being bitter.

  by Bigdummy in

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  2. experiences

  i'm new to this forum.. i was raised in " the truth" from age six and now i am in my mid 60's.

  my wife was born in " the truth" and is very strong in the religion.

  i have had many experiences during my lifetime with the other members of several congregations.

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  Hi Big D...welcome. Looking forward to learning more of your story.
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  All Gays Are Perverts

  by Coded Logic in

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  2. beliefs

  "scientists may never resolve exactly how much of a role nature and nurturing play in same-sex attraction.

  but one thing is clear: all humans are born with the tendency to succumb to wrong thinking and inclinations.

  --romans 3:23. a youth who desires to please god must therefore conform to his moral standards and shun immoral behavior, though doing so may be agonizingly difficult.

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  What Finkelstein said...

  In my mind...child sexual abuse is the same thing as rape! It comes from the same place...rage and control!
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  How to raise awareness about child abuse.

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  here's an idea.

  we know the wtbts fears exposure more than anything.

  so what if we made an organized, concerted effort to contact every celebrity jw that we can think of?

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  I just sent an email to Carol Swain at Vanderbilt University...I'll update any reply I get.
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  How to raise awareness about child abuse.

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  here's an idea.

  we know the wtbts fears exposure more than anything.

  so what if we made an organized, concerted effort to contact every celebrity jw that we can think of?

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  Gone and forgotten

  I found a list of even more...http://wiki.jw-archive.org/+Celebrity+Jehovah's+Witnesses+-+Famous+or+Infamous%3F+You+decide. The list of ex JW's is at the bottom of the page.

  I think this is a really cool idea, it would be nice if we could get some of them to speak out.

  Sorry...looks like I got the same one as DOT...
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  All Gays Are Perverts

  by Coded Logic in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "scientists may never resolve exactly how much of a role nature and nurturing play in same-sex attraction.

  but one thing is clear: all humans are born with the tendency to succumb to wrong thinking and inclinations.

  --romans 3:23. a youth who desires to please god must therefore conform to his moral standards and shun immoral behavior, though doing so may be agonizingly difficult.

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  Gone and forgotten

  This issue was always one of my cognitive dissonance triggers...pre JW, I had lots of gay friends that I loved dearly. So this issue always grated on my nerves. But being the good little JW, I just shut my mouth and tamped it down. But as I started working full time, and became a manager in a phone room, I came into close contact with people of all orientations. As part of my job, there could be no appearance of discrimination or bigotry...this was so freeing for me. I was finally able to "associate" freely with anyone I wanted to. I didn't do so outside of work...of course, but this actually may have been part of what started to cause my dissatisfaction with the whole lifestyle. It was also the cause of many disagreements between my ex and myself (I honestly think he's in the closet, even to himself.) Homosexuality was the one issue that he was completely violently opposed to...even after he was DF'd for being a drunkard and being with prostitutes...hypocrite...anyway...

  In the OP the quote... "Child molesters invoke the same pathetic excuse when they say their craving for children is "innate." But can anyone deny that their sexual appetite is perverted? So is the desire for someone of the same sex." How quickly will they DF's someone for being gay, yet protect the real perverts...sick!