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  Chapter 23 New Boy 50 years a Watchtower slave

  by new boy in

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  chapter 23.

  in 1970 i saw a move that changed my life forever.

  which looking back, would have been a total blessing from god.

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  i read catch-22 many years ago--its a bit like Franz' book crisis------you have to get t the first half out of the way....--then the second half begins to make sense. if that makes sense.

  reading these Bethel stories--i cant believe how anyone could stay there for more than a few hours....

  i only ever new one bethel boy--here in the UK. this was back in the 70's. apparently he ran the pioneer desk--? whatever that was--but quit and returned home--to the Isle of Wight--where i live. he is / was a well known character here.
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  An opportunity for ex Jehovah's Witnesses survivors of domestic violence, to tell their story to the media

  by jw news 2017 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for *australian* exjws who have stories of domestic violence, use email in this story to share.

  (link: http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-18/shattering-silence-surviving-domestic-violence-in-church/8788902) mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-1.

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  snugglebunny3 hours ago3 hours ago

  I was on the receiving end of violence from my first wife. She was a born-in and had absolutely no boundaries at all once she became angry. Her whole family were that way inclined although she was by far the worst. Eventually, our neighbours who were also witnesses reported the matter to the elders having heasrd her screaming. They came to visit just as I was sporting some deep facial scratches. They sat me down and read me Scriptures about how I must keep her in subjection. Oh boy.

  were we married to the same woman ?

  my first wife( born in 3rd gen) used to provoke arguments with me--and go into a sulk for days if she didnt get her own way. this usually ended with her attacking me--such as a full punch on my nose while i was asleep....also a thrust with a long kitchen knife --which i sidestepped and it went through the door behind me.

  this usually resulted in a full on scrap--ending in violent sex--which i realised years later was what she wanted anyway.
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  Jah Jireh Care Homes

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.jah-jireh.org/.

  they have care homes in england and wales: wigan, leyland, blackpool, methyr.and one in canada http://www.jah-jireh.on.ca/.

  these are not funded or subsidized by watchtower.

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  darkspilver43 minutes agoan hour ago

  Yes snugglebunny - sad but true.
  

  I was surprised (annoyed even?) when stan livedeath made his comment above - especially as he mentioned earlier in this same thread that his wife apparently works as a senior carer in a care home

  annoyed even ? ..... tough!

  what has my wifes job got to do with care home fees? where she works its £600 a week--for self funders. they also take council funded residents as well...but i dont know the fees charged to the council.

  BUT--bear in mind a lot of homes struggle to find self funders. my late father paid his own--i negotiated £1900 a month--he was there 3 years and got excellent care NOT a jar jireh place either

  so they rely on council funded clients to fill beds. self funders are the icing on the cake.

  by the way--for what its worth--my ex wife was also in the care profession--in fact the registered manager of a 20 bedded place. so i have a fair hearsay understanding of how care home economics work.
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  Jah Jireh Care Homes

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.jah-jireh.org/.

  they have care homes in england and wales: wigan, leyland, blackpool, methyr.and one in canada http://www.jah-jireh.on.ca/.

  these are not funded or subsidized by watchtower.

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  on the balance of probability--i would think the majority of elderly dubs in the UK are "poor"---just getting by on the state pension. so--when they go into care--its most likely the care home fees will be paid by the local authority ( the council ). so--in the case of these jah jireh homes--yes--a very profitable business. good supply of new customers---fees guaranteed. good supply of staff--no doubt on the minimum wage. thank goodness the regulatory authority--CQC--has teeth !
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  Jah Jireh Care Homes

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.jah-jireh.org/.

  they have care homes in england and wales: wigan, leyland, blackpool, methyr.and one in canada http://www.jah-jireh.on.ca/.

  these are not funded or subsidized by watchtower.

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  tijkmo: surely he can't still be alive

  Bill Bull an ex DO was a trustee in UK last time I checked

  He died on Wednesday 5 August 2015

  i met Bill Bull back in the late 60's--Birmingham area.
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  Going Through A Box Of Old Photo's. Found This...

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  jw wedding early 1980s and where they are now.... .

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  pale.emperor8 hours ago8 hours ago

  The guy in prison is a real nut case. Even back then we were told not to go near him. He had about 8 or 9 kids that were ALWAYS taken off him and his wife by social services. But they just kept having babies. He was a violent bully and most likely a psychopath. He broke his own babys jaw. One of his kids he locked in a wardrobe and fed her nettles. Seriously a F-d up individual. His wife never did divorce him, most likely was beating her up too.

  is he still a dub ?
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  Jah Jireh Care Homes

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.jah-jireh.org/.

  they have care homes in england and wales: wigan, leyland, blackpool, methyr.and one in canada http://www.jah-jireh.on.ca/.

  these are not funded or subsidized by watchtower.

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  my wife is a senior carer in a care home. shes a filipina.
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  "You should worry when we stop knocking."

  by Zoos in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what an arrogant thing to say.. "you shouldn't complain about us knocking on your door.

  you should worry when we stop.".

  wish i had a snappy response to shove up their pompous ass every time i hear a jw spew this..

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  "You should worry when we stop knocking."

  Ok thanks..I'll put it on my to do list
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  Going Through A Box Of Old Photo's. Found This...

  by pale.emperor in

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  2. child-abuse

  jw wedding early 1980s and where they are now.... .

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  stan livedeath

  Surprise that only 1 was DF.

  
  

  eh ? i count 3.
  
  
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  Oh this stoopid shunning thing!!

  by Unstuck in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  warning - vent ahead....... so, my father (still very much in jw but who has at least had the decency to still keep in contact with me and hubby and to show interest in why we aren't attending and respect where we are at) is in intensive care at a local hospital and is intubated and sedated with some serious health issues.

  i'm next of kin so i get all the phone calls from the hospital.. so, the rest of the "family" has cut me off because we are inactive and because the ever-active jw gossip grapevine has rumoured with a sibilant slithy hissy voice: "apossstassssy" is the cause of our inactivity.. whatever.. but now i've had to contact said "family" with the news about my father and what is going on....... so, dad's sisters answer my calls and manage to act and conduct themselves with a degree of decorum.. my sister on the other hand - well, she doesn't deign to answer my calls and texts for most of the day.

  i push the issue tonight and insist on speaking to her when my brother-in-law answers the call.

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  ive long since given up on any possibility of 2 of my kids ever speaking to me.

  i quit the cult in the 70's. in 81 i had an affair with a married sister in my wifes congregation. the sister was d/f for it. apparently ( although no-one ever told me directly )--it was also announced that i couldnt be d/f--because i hadnt been a dub for years. so--it was announced i was an apostate and the bros should have nothing to do with me !

  my father and mother ( both deceased ) never shunned me--i told them right back then i couldnt carry on as a dub because i didnt believe in god--so wouldnt obey the watchtower rules about blood . so they accepted i wasnt a dub--end of.

  however--after my mum died--in 98--my daughter decided to ignore my father--to the point of never visiting him in his care home in the last 3 years of his life. she lives less than a mile from there ! all because she knew my dad still talked to me.