since the courts are saying that the wts is not responsible for child molestation that is reported to them and then covered up, will the authorities go after the parents?.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=427&e=2&u=/krfortworth/20041209/lo_krfortworth/policemotherignoredabuses.
police: mother ignored abuses.
WOW!
I never thougt of that. It would be fantastic if JW parents were charged and prosecuted all over the country for not reporting molestation.
Wonder what the elders who covered it up would do................disfellowship the parents for committing a crime?
HappyDad
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ok...we have been stocking up our liquor bar....and i saw this whisky: macnaughton for super cheap.....................(it says it is a canadian whiskey...but don't believe it........i know canadian whiskey's...this doesn't qualify).
don't buy it...don't go there...................... codeblue
This Yank used to think that Johnny Walker Red was the elixer of life........................until I tried and learned to love Jamison's Irish Whiskey.............the BEST 'sipping' whiskey in my opinion. If you have a better one.........tell me. I would like to try it.
HappyDad
2004 worldwide service report
jehovah's witnesses are up this year.
1,019,000 live in the lower united states.
Joker10 wrote about the persecution of JW's in a few countries.
The WT society always plays this up as if ONLY they were being persecuted.......because ONLY they are real Christians.
When you look at the real facts.............Christians in general are being persecuted, raped, maimed, killed and whatever other hideous thing can be done at a much higher percentage than JW's in these "prehistoric" countries such as Sudan, Afghanistan, Rwanda and others...........and most of it is being perpetrated by the "whacko" Muslim sects with their psycho warlords.
Sorry Brooklyn............you are a persecuted minority compared to the 10's of thousands of Christians who are bearing the real brunt of this "satanic" persecution.
HappyDad
i recently found these forums and have been browsing them.
i thought it time to introduce myself in case i ever have something to say.
here is a very brief history (it may not seem brief but with all that has gone on and is going on, trust me, it's brief .
Leilani,
Welcome to JWD and please stick around. You will not regret the experience and the friendship.
I know first hand about ovarian cancer and it's effects. You wrote:
Five years ago my mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and the last couple years of her life she went back to studying with the Witnesses. My mother died from the cancer a year ago this past September. My older sister, who had never been a Witness, was diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer (she's now stage 4) two weeks before my mother died.
I lost my wife to this 8-1/2 years ago and it was devastating. My 33 year old daughter has become somewhat of an expert in studying this disease since it runs in the family. Recently, she was turned down for health insurance because she has every year and insists on the CA 125 test. The insurance carriers don't want to face the facts about this silent killer.
anyhow............WELCOME
HappyDad
i had this bizarre urge the other day to walk into a kh (i am df-d by the way) and play dumb .
not tell anyone that i ever had any affiliation with the witnesses and lead them all on.
oh, to see the looks on the faces of some when they came to find out they were associating with a df-ed person (gasp).
That's cool redskymedic,
Let us know about the response. I thought about doing that myself while I'm staying at my daughter's place in Florida. There is a KH a mile down the road. But I don't think they will appreciate me coming in jeans or shorts. That's all I have to wear these days. Got rid of all my suits! I'll be heading back to western PA at the end of the month and can't wait to freeze my a** off again.
HappyDad
famous jws or influenced by jws:.
michael jackson(used to be).
prince(for now).
I remember hearing a tape that was being passed around a number of years ago. (JW's love to think they are associated with famous people) by a "brother" Reynolds. He was part of the group Hamilton, Joe, Frank and Renolds who had a few megahits in the mid to late 1970's. In his talk he talked about leaving the music scene for something better. He even did a music skit in this talk that started his career. In the 1960's there was a TV commercial for........if my mind serves me right........something for the stomach. (what shape your stomach's in) The little "ditty" was just an instrumental percussion in the commercial that went something like.........(and I'm trying to put words to percussion)..........tutty-tutty-ta-ta..ta-tutty-ta-ta.
Yeah.......I know! You all are going to try and have me committed now.
HappyDad
wow, where to start?
well a couple of months ago, when i went to the assembly, seeing my sisters all skinny, and then going to bed bath & beyond and stepping on a scale....triggered me.
i felt so crappy.
Hey!
The "old man" cares too! I'm sooooooooooo happy for you. Keep up your studies and the great attitude. And win your sister over with your love.
Have a "fatherly" hug and smooch from HappyDad
when i realized, i needed to debunk the wts, i threw a tantrum.. the society's appointed elders were responsible for going to court and reversing a restraining order my husband had for sole custody of his children.
his x-wife threatened to kill them.
he had a psychiatrist's paper work that she needed mental help.
Wizedup
If you are anywhere near Fort Myers, I would be happy to talk to you and your hubbie.
HappyDad
do you believe the bible is the word of god?
i ask because i believe it's important for searching jws who come here to not only learn if there are christians here but also to hear from them personally what their thoughts on the bible are.
i believe the bible is the word of god, do other chriatians here also believe that?.
I do! Just like Jeff said,
Greenpalm...I absolutely believe that the Bible is God's word - read it every day - the only diff is, I read it now for what it says, and not the interpretation of a legalistic board of rules that the WTS, IMHO, has become.
I am glad to see and hear these kinds of thoughts here - I think most of us became 'Chrstian witnesses' - I for one did not lose that faith, just faith in the WTS. Thanx for asking
HappyDad
threads, posts within threads...life events, doctrine, hopes, dreams, drama.....what causes you to post here?
what do you feel you get from it?
or give to others?.
I post because after a lifetime of feeling different from other people because of being a JW I have finally found people with the same experiences and mind set as myself. What ever our different views on things our experience with the JW cult is more or less the same.
Yeah! What Gill said.
HappyDad
