several threads on here about the excellent bbc r4 programme this week ('the report') focussing on rape and abuse in barry, south wales, jws.
fat pervert mark sewell later got 14 years and i hope he is enjoying every minute of it.. the courageous ladies who spoke on the programme were articulate, reasonable and made a tremendous impression.. the quote in the thread title made an impression on me, and i hope, on all listeners.. forget religious, theological, 'biblical' issues and cut to the basics.
a rape victim was asked to demonstrate - to demonstrate, ffs - to three unqualified (middle-aged at least, presumably) men just how far her legs were apart when she was raped.. i have rarely heard anything so outrageous, and i used to investigate rape and abuse in my profession.
a friend of mine--an ex jw----ive known her since she was a baby. shes late 40's now.
she was d/f'd in her late teens for sexual misconduct. apparently the elders made her describe--in graphic detail---her private behaviour.
this cannot be right--surely?
are there any written instructions from the watchtower society as to how these elders conduct these hearings--? what questions are required ? does any one know ?
i saw this on a public user group for jw's .
the librarian [email protected].
the caption reads:.
Could you be more specific or elaborate a bit more stan ?
how about fibro myalgia ? i know several female ex jws who have it--yet i dont know anyone else who has. i'd never heard of it before.
earlier this week i bumped into a couple of jws who i recognised from the cult cart.
a few months ago i had a long conversation with him one of them and found him to be quite friendly.
he is new to the area in the years since i left.. this time he was very defensive and said he wasn't allowed to talk to me.
They think if they stick their hear further in the sand it will go away.
wrong location i think---up their arses more likely
back in the 50's, when i was just a skinny kid, my father became po of a new congregation.
he'd only been baptised for around 4 years, so his rise was quite remarkable.just one of his flock in the new cachement area was of the "remnant".
this lady was well into her 60's, childless but married.
i saw this on a public user group for jw's .
the librarian [email protected].
the caption reads:.
i just found this website and im so glad because for the first time in a long time i dont feel alone...i am a born in and in the last two years have been struggling because i thought that i was the problem and i was the reason for not feeling any love from and for the other pubs .i want to leave the org but have no idea how to tell my mother(who is a faithful jw).
i am currently having to spend a little time waiting for an appointment in the vicinity of a central london station.
whilst waiting i am catching up on some work in a cafe.
i can see a couple of trolleys and have been watching them for around an hour now.. not one person has stopped to take literature.
http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news0101/planofsalvation.html.
if you haven't seen this before thought you'd like it.
kate xx.
i mis-read the name first time i saw it-----land Rover baptist. obviously a humerous scam---or is it ?
surely not another cult-in-a-can from the land of the free / coke/ macdonalds / KFC etc.
i am currently having to spend a little time waiting for an appointment in the vicinity of a central london station.
whilst waiting i am catching up on some work in a cafe.
i can see a couple of trolleys and have been watching them for around an hour now.. not one person has stopped to take literature.
in my village the kult kart is on display in the main shopping street several days a week. recently i noticed a somewhat amorphous lump standing guard over it--and she looked familiair---i slowly realised its my ex wife !! not seen her for years .
then--just last week--an altogether prettier young lady was in attendance--who also looked vaguely familiar--i think it was one of my grandaughters -----but i thought better than just walking up to her--i was carrying a large bottle of cheap cider at the time-----just didnt look good.
hi there guys,yes i do like having fun.
i am am very fun loving and can have fun everyday if you like.i am retired now i have 16 kids to 16 different dads.
i live alone as the youngest one who is 16 has just had a baby and has her own place two doors from me.
