Posts by Village Idiot

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Yes!!! We will see Jackson's face!

by OrphanCrow in

i emailed mr. stewart about jackson's testimony, asking if the video link would be visible to the public.. this was his prompt reply:.

thank you dianne for your interest.

the it people tell me that mr jackson will be on the screen for all to see and hear.regardsangus stewart.

Village Idiot

Damn! It would have been better if he were in person. Being on a screen allows him more control since he will not be intimidated by being in enemy territory.

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Geoffery Jackson Plan Against the Commission

by thedepressedsoul in

geoffrey jackson will attempt to df them all, shun them, take away their privileges, write a wt article on them, have the elders talk to them, their family cut off ties with them, read them watchtower articles, tell them they need to submit at least 10 hours per month etc... .

then, the "oh shit" look on his face moment when he realizes he has no power outside of his pinky ring club.

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Village Idiot

If what I heard about him is true then he might be a little tricky to pin. Mr. Stewart can handle him though.

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Hello!

by BeautifulMind in

jw
friends

i've been enjoying all of the discussions here for a good while now.

i found this site as i was researching things about this religion i've been in (finally after nagging curiosity and questions) but i wanted to figure things out more before coming on here and posting.

i'm glad to see that im not alone or crazy!

Village Idiot

Welcome BeautifulMind. It seems that you found out TTATT just in time to start a new life.

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Preaching from door to door (music scene) Проповедь от двери к двери (музыкальная сценка)

by oppostate in

an entertainment for international convention delegates.

quite a lot of dancing going on!.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq1zztq2zle.

Village Idiot

I wonder what type of fantasies go through the Brothers minds as they see those Sisters dance.

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Won't get fooled again ...Moon Landing.

by The Rebel in

jw
friends

so i was fooled by the witnesses.

what can i learn from that?

not to accept things at face value but to seek out opinion and different view points.. hence my question " do you believe man landed on the moon?.

Village Idiot

Ask this guy for his opinion!

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GEOFFREY JACKSON TO APPEAR BEFORE ROYAL COMMISSION ON FRIDAY 14TH August!!!

by defender of truth in

the royal commissions public hearing into the jehovahs witnesses will recommence in sydney on friday 14 august 2015 at 11:00am.. it is anticipated that the hearing will hear from one witness, mr geoffrey jackson, a member of the governing body of jehovahs witnesses.. .

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www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/2015-08/public-hearing-into-the-jehovah%e2%80%99s-witnesses-to-rec.

Village Idiot

I emailed the commission a copy of Ray Franz's book Crisis of Conscience and had Angus Stewart reply a thank you. I just recently received this other response:

Dear xxxxxx,

Thank you for your email of 3 August 2015 to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

Your email has been passed to the Royal Commission’s Case Study 29 (Jehovah’s Witnesses) public hearing team for their consideration.

Thank you again for your email and for your words of support.

Yours sincerely,

Philip Reed
Chief Executive Officer

GPO Box 5283 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia
www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au

I sure hope they can use it.

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Movies/Books for Cult Survivors

by Brighid in

for me, there have always been special movies or scenes in movies that trigger my old jw experience (fiddler on the roof and little mermaid touched me deeply when i watched them as a young jw).

later as a survivor, it was more donnie darko, thx 1138 themes that struck me in particular.. anyway, looking for suggestions on great movies, books (art of any kind, really) that especially speak to or move you as a jw survivor?

there are reasons beyond purely entertainment that i ask..

Village Idiot

Worlds Apart. It's a Danish film and one of the videos has English subtitles. I previously watched the full free subtitled version but now I can't seem to find it. There is a link for those who live in Australia but I don't know if it's the subtitled version or free.

Here is their description:

"Based on a true story, a young girl is torn between her conscience, religion and passion when she is forced to make a choice between her faith and her feelings for a man who does not belong to her family's church, the Jehovah's Witnesses. Nominated for three Bodil Awards in 2009, including Best Film. Directed by Niels Arden Oplev and stars Rosalinde Mynster, Pilou Asbæk and Jens Jørn Spottag."

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'Jehovah is using the Royal commission'??.. Ok, let's work with that.

by defender of truth in

what do you think of the following line of reasoning for helping a jw start to think about what they are admitting.. (essentially, the organisations way of handling child abuse has been wrong, harm has been caused, god is now putting it right.).

reply:.

"i appreciate your honesty, in admitting that child abuse has not been handled in the right way in the past.

Village Idiot

cofty:

"If they don't admit blame they will look like fools."

Not necessarily since they are in control of any information that reaches the Witnesses. They will probably scapegoat some of the elders claiming it was all their fault and that Jehovah guided them in doing so.

"My guess is that arrogance will prevail."

Yeap.

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