Issac Newton is my mentor.Yes,the cult never took away my wonderlust.
He sez;"if i have seen further then other men,it is because i have stood on the shoulders of giants"
What a guy!
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Which person in history would you like to be?
by DannyBloem inif you could choose, which person in history would you like to be?.
(okay, i allow bible characters.
danny.
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Pedo charges shock assault suspect's mom (raised JW)
by DannyHaszard incharges shock assault suspect's mom
denver post, co - 3 hours ago .
... both of them were raised as jehovah's witnesses, she said, and because of that, her brother was not allowed to play sports, which bothered him.
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Charges shock assault suspect's mom
Denver Post, CO - 3 hours ago
... Both of them were raised as Jehovah's Witnesses, she said, and because of that, her brother was not allowed to play sports, which bothered him. ... Article Last Updated: 08/25/2005 01:48:01 AM
"I'd like to believe it's not true. I still would like to believe the good in my son." Charges shock assault suspect's mom
A call accusing her son of child assault floored her. But his sister cites “weird” behavior and says he always befriended young kids.By Amy Herdy
Denver Post Staff Writer
Soldad McGhee could not believe what the caller was saying. Police say Zuri-Kye Latifbay McGhee, 31, lured preteen and teenage victims by pretending to be a teen himself. "One of the parents called me at my job and told me what her son told her - that Zuri touched her son inappropriately," McGhee recalled of last week's conversation concerning her son, Zuri-Kye Latifbay McGhee. "I was so shocked. ... She said she was going to call the police. I told her if the roles were reversed, I'd do the same thing. I love my son, but this is very hard."
McGhee, 53, was referring to the criminal case against the man the family knows as Zuri, whom they describe as quiet and polite and whom police have identified as a child molester. Investigators have charged Zuri McGhee, an Aurora retail-store clerk, with 11 counts concerning 18 young victims, including sexual assault of a child with a pattern of abuse and enticement of a child.
Arrested last month, McGhee is being held in the Arapahoe County Jail on $800,000 bail. He declined to comment.
His mother described the conversation with the parent who said her son had been molested as wrenching.
"She was so upset. We both were," recalled Soldad McGhee, who also works in an Aurora retail store.
While McGhee didn't recall the exact age of the youth involved, she believed he was a teenager, she said, and did not know how her son had contact with him.
Authorities say Zuri McGhee, 31, lured his preteen and teenage victims by pretending to be a teenager. He also volunteered at local schools and churches.
That scenario resembles one from seven years ago.
In 1998, a half-dozen elementary- and middle-school boys in Roswell, N.M., claimed McGhee, a volunteer basketball coach who grew up in Roswell, fondled them. Some of the offenses took place in a hotel suite he rented for a birthday party, they said.
Prosecutors allowed McGhee, initially charged with 23 felony counts of sexual contact with a minor, to plead guilty a year later to the nonsexual felony offense of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He served a 321-day jail sentence and, after being released, moved to Colorado without a sex-offender record.
In Colorado, McGhee planned on living with his sister until her ex-husband learned of the situation and filed a restraining order to prevent him from having contact with the couple's young daughters.
His 33-year-old sister, who asked not
to be identified in order to protect her children from retaliation at school, said that from the time McGhee was in Roswell High, his behavior was "weird."
"All his friends were extremely young, and he'd have slumber parties, but they were all young," she recalled.
Both of them were raised as Jehovah's Witnesses, she said, and because of that, her brother was not allowed to play sports, which bothered him. She described him as "quiet around adults."
"But kids love him, and the parents seem to love him," she said.
On his 21st birthday, she said, she called her brother to celebrate by having a drink. He refused.
"He said, 'Shh,"' she recalled of the conversation. "'Don't tell anyone I'm 21."'
When she asked why, she said, he told her it was because he was telling people he was 15 or 16.
"I said, 'You're lying about your age because you know it's inappropriate for a 21-year-old to be hanging out with 6- and 10-year-olds,"' she said.
He did not reply, she said, and after that she cut off contact.
"Whatever happens to him, he deserves it," she said. "He has a sickness."
His mother, who said she raised her two children as a single parent, described Zuri McGhee as a hard worker, someone good-hearted and kind. She said she believed he was innocent of the charges against him in New Mexico.
And now?
"I'd like to believe it's not true," she said. "I still would like to believe the good in my son."
If it is true, she said, "Then he definitely needs help."
Post researcher Barbara Hudson contributed to this report.
Staff writer Amy Herdy can be reached at [email protected] or 303-820- 1752.
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Marci Hamilton on "pedophile free zones" @ FindLaw.com
by DannyHaszard inthe drive to create pedophile-free zones: why it won't work - and ...
findlaw.com, ca - 2 hours ago .
... while the rest of us were ignorant of the scope of childhood sexual abuse within the catholic church, the jehovah's witnesses, and other congregations, the ...
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The Drive to Create Pedophile-Free Zones: Why It Won't Work - And ...
Findlaw.com, CA - 2 hours ago
... While the rest of us were ignorant of the scope of childhood sexual abuse within the Catholic Church, the Jehovah's Witnesses, and other congregations, the ... The Drive to Create Pedophile-Free Zones: Why It Won't Work - And What Will Work
By MARCI HAMILTON [email protected]
---- Thursday, Aug. 25, 2005Towns in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and elsewhere are currently considering whether to create what I will call "Pedophile-free Zones." The usual gambit is to prevent convicted sex offenders from living within 1,000 or even 2,500 feet of a school, playground, or other area where children might be.
The Approach Cities Have Used for Adult Video Stores and Bookstores Won't Work Here
The lawmakers' motives are pure, but this approach will not work. Indeed, it would create the dangerous illusion of safety, while leaving our children right where they are now - at an unacceptable level of risk. Fortunately, however, there are other, far more effective means of protecting our children.
Municipal and city attorneys are familiar with the "zone" approach for stores that sell adult videos and books, as well as other adult businesses.
When such stores started to proliferate in the Sixties, communities tried to move them beyond their city limits altogether. That did not work. The Supreme Court held that such speech, though not highly valuable, is still protected by the First Amendment, so banning it altogether is unconstitutional.
"Time, place, and manner" restrictions, however, can often pass constitutional muster. So in the end, cities did manage to succeed in pushing these stores to their borders, or into specific zones within the city, by forbidding them to locate within 1,000 feet of any school, church, or playground. Therein lies the model for the current Pedophile-free Zone proposals.
But as a model, this one is wrongheaded. While one can sympathize with the desire to create zones of safety for our children, the problem of child abuse will not be solved through zoning. Even if a pervert cannot live within 2,500 feet of a school, he will doubtless be able (either legally, or due to the limits of enforcement) to use the sidewalks and streets near schools and playgrounds. Adult bookstores are not mobile; people are.
Moreover, it would be naïve to think that all the dangerous pedophiles that exist, already appear on sex offender lists. There are many pedophiles (including incest, teacher, and clergy perpetrators) who were able to wait out the expiration of overly short statutes of limitations, and, therefore, do not appear on the sex offender registry lists.
Finally, we also need to remember that pedophiles who are not relatives of the children they victimize, tend to succeed by being nice guys who have the ability to ingratiate themselves with families; they prey on children wherever they can find them, not just at school or at the playground. And no zoning program will ever be able to address that risk.
Only parents can ensure that their children do not spend time alone with adults who cannot be trusted - no matter how kind and helpful that person may seem. The adult who is traveling alone with an unrelated child should be investigated, not thanked.
The Approaches That Will Work: How to Attack Our Problem with Pedophiles
"Pedophile-free zones," then, are not likely to go far to help solve the terrible problem they are meant to address. Yet, we should not waste this moment in history when children's safety is rightly at the forefront of public policy concerns. Sadly, that has not always been true, and because children don't vote (as every children's advocate will tell you), we cannot be certain this issue will grab headlines in the future.
There are ten legal reforms that need to be put into place if we are to ensure that children will be safer tomorrow than they are today, and they have nothing to do with zoning. They are as follows:
1. The law should require that professionals with access to children turn abusers in. We must make all professionals (doctors, nurses, psychiatrists, teachers, and clergy) strictly liable - that is, subject to liability regardless of proof of fault -- if they fail to report suspected child abuse.
While the rest of us were ignorant of the scope of childhood sexual abuse within the Catholic Church, the Jehovah's Witnesses, and other congregations, the religious leaders were lobbying to be exempt from reporting child abuse. Now that we know the facts, it is irresponsible for any state to exempt clergy from these reporting requirements: They are often the only ones who know about child abuse, and, it turns out, are utterly ineffective in stopping it; indeed, they may end up acting to, in effect, shield the perpetrator, allowing him to strike again and again. It cannot be said often enough: Self-policing does not work.
The problem with the reporting statutes has been inadequate enforcement, but the tools are there if legislators care enough about children to enforce reporting. State legislators ought to adopt a stair-step approach: First, any professional who knew about child abuse and failed to report it, at any time, must pay a mandatory fine of $500 and do 300 hours of community service. Two failures to report child abuse ought to require a $5,000 fine, and 1000 hours of community service. Three failures, and those professionals who are licensed by the state lose their licenses, those who are employed by government (such as public school teachers) lose their jobs, and all serve a mandatory minimum 30 days in jail.
2. All states must abolish the statute of limitations on childhood sexual abuse. As I have discussed in a previous column, this is a crucial measure that must be taken so that these predators can never rest assured that they have gotten off scot-free.
3. All states ought to create incentives for existing victims to out their perpetrators, who are in all likelihood still abusing children. On average, a pedophile will victimize hundreds of children. States should retroactively abolish the statute of limitations on childhood sexual abuse - so perpetrators cannot use the passage of time as an excuse to avoid accountability.
I am suggesting a permanently opened window. Relatively short "windows" of retroactivity (lasting one year), in which suits can be brought even though the statute of limitations has expired, have been created for child abuse victims in states like California and Illinois, because groups like the Catholic Conference in the states often lobby against such liability. There should, however, be permanent retroactivity - in other words, abolition -- of the statutes of limitations on childhood sexual abuse, in order to stop already-active predators from striking again. (The Supreme Court's decision in Stogner v. California makes it impossible to create retroactivity in the criminal context, unfortunately, but in the civil context, it is clearly permissible.)
This would create a class of child abuse victims that has been given the power to sue the perpetrators, and those who aided the perpetrators - and to educate the rest of us on the secret pedophiles. The result would be that perpetrators who abused in the past can be stopped from abusing now or in the future.
4. All states should raise the age of marriage and statutory rape to at least 16, and educate our young people on the law. Recently, a girl in Nebraska was impregnated by a much older man. That is a violation of the statutory rape laws. Yet the family permitted the man to take the child across state lines to Kansas, where he legally married her. He should be in jail, not married, and Nebraska is right to prosecute him.
5. States should enact mandatory life sentences for childhood sexual abuse involving rape or sodomy. The same sentence should be mandated for the third conviction on lesser childhood sexual abuse crimes.
6. States, and the federal government, should take away tax-exempt status from nonprofits that fail to report abuse and then hide it. They should also take away corporate tax advantages enjoyed by for-profit corporations that do the same thing.
7. The federal government should create an Office of Child Safety within the Department of Justice. The primary job of that office should be to prosecute Mann Act violations - that is, crimes defined by the movement of children across state lines for sex -- and to investigate the cover up of child abuse by organizations. The Mann Act is scandalously underenforced with respect to clergy crossing state lines for sex (they often, for instance, take their victims to "vacation" homes or on "special" trips; polygamous organizations cross state lines to exchange young girls, often blood relatives, as wives).
The Office should also oversee a national registry of convicted sex offenders. And it should maintain a public database of names of those perpetrators found liable in tort for childhood sexual abuse.
Why haven't steps like these already been taken? The answer may be, in part, that former Attorney General John Ashcroft was more interesting in aiding religious entities - for the purpose of which he created a new position within the Department - than aiding child victims. (The Office of Child Safety ought to be clearly separated from the office of whoever holds this new position, due to a clear conflict of interest.)
The Department has been like the three see-no-evil, hear-no-evil, and speak-no-evil monkeys - even in the face of the revelations that have been forthcoming since 2002 about the extent of clergy abuse in a number of religious organizations. It is now clear that there are thousands of children who have been abused in the United States by clergy, and whose religious organizations covered up their abuse, and the DOJ has treated the problem with dead silence.
8. Congress should pass spending legislation that stops Medicare and welfare funding to states unless they enact serious reforms (see above) to stop and deter childhood sexual abuse. The cost to the health care and welfare systems of childhood sexual abuse is staggering - its toll is taken not only in physical harms, but also in addictions, mental illness, and broken families. All taxpayers are paying those costs, and it is unconscionable that states continue to receive such funds, if they are not doing everything possible to deter the harm from occurring in the first place.
9. Every citizen needs to take it upon himself or herself to protect the children they believe are at risk. Police departments can make this easier by instituting and publicizing nontraceable child abuse hotlines for people to report suspected child abuse to authorities. In my recent book God vs. the Gavel: Religion and the Rule of Law, I tell Jennifer Chapin's horrific story of suffering years of ritualistic and sadistic abuse by a priest. Her parents did not suspect, but a neighbor did. If that neighbor had had the option of calling an anonymous child abuse tip line, Jennifer might still have been a victim, but she might not have been a victim for years. Such a tip line would also be a means for an abused child to report their own abuse without fear of having the report traced back to them, or for their friends and family to do the same. Even a professional afraid of repercussions within his or her organization could use the tip line, as well.
10. In the next election cycle, candidates need to be made to understand that they better have a position on stopping, and deterring, childhood sexual abuse. From prosecutors, to elected judges, to state and federal representatives, they all need to be grilled on what they will do to make this country a safer place for children and why their proposals will be an improvement on the past. Both political parties must include in their platforms a plank for the children. And any official running for political office who is soft on the protection of children, should be subject to journalistic investigation to figure out which lobbying organization got to them, so that we can all learn who are the true enemies of children's safety.
Pedophiles do not have organized lobbyists, but religious organizations and insurance companies do. Both have been effective bulwarks against reforms that will protect children. They need to be forced to account for their subjugation of children's interests to their interest in money and and preserving their public image.
Make no mistake about it -- there are ways to protect children, and if elected officials' feet are held to the political fire, we will create a country that is better for our children. Unfortunately, zoning them out of our cities simply will not work.
What Do You Think? Message Boards see below Danny
Marci A. Hamilton is the Paul R. Verkuil Chair in Public Law at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University. An archive of her columns on church/state issues - as well as other topics -- can be found on this site. Her email address is [email protected]. Professor Hamilton's most recent work is God vs. the Gavel: Religion and the Rule of Law (Cambridge University Press 2005)
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Related: The Pedophile At Your Door Yes they come to your house! http://www.dannyhaszard.com/pedatdoor.htm
Watchtower Whistleblower: Danny Haszard Bangor Maine Jehovah's Witnesses are the 'perfect storm' of deception-in a word they are the cult of Innuendo
DannyHaszard - 04:07am Aug 25, 2005 (8301. 14110/14110)
Marci Hamilton on "pedophile free zones"
Regarding; clergy and church abuse in faith based organizations.
Much exposure has been published about pedophile priest in the Catholic church.
Clergy sexual abuse is also covered-up in the "other" religions.
Sexual abuse is rampant in the Jehovah's Witnesses due to an organizational policy of requiring "two witnesses" to the crime of child rape.
This fosters a code of silence and a "pedophile's paradise" in the Jehovah's Witnesses.
Learn more at our child advocacy page; http://www.silentlambs.org
--------- Danny Haszard Bangor Maine life-long Jehovah's Witness
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Hot News-New GB members
by truthsetsonefree inhey ya'll, t was announced this morning at the breakfast table that there are two new members of the governing body.
they were formerly "helpers" or "given ones.
" anthony morris raised a family and then went into the traveling work.
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Can i still jeer them go up you baldheads?
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As a 3rd generation born a JW 1957 i can testify that half (especially teens) more or less are living double lives.
Does living a double life the same as apostasy?Why am i even posting this question,it's all the same bullshit?
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Deny this! Brooklyn! I dare you
by stevenyc ini'm to angry right now to write a complete synopsis on the following article from the watchtower.
it regarding child molestation and repressed memories.
i'll put in one quote, and leave this rest for you to read at your leasure.. ps, probably worth copying this because i would be surprised if they will leave it up much longer!.
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I could have gave this article it's own thread,i think it's best here. Abuse and accountability Click for image
Seattle Times - United States
... for an opportunity to molest, is a Christian church where the ... whose ecclesiastical policies inadvertently permit supposedly repentant pedophiles to repeat ...The trust of a child is a very delicate matter, creating a tremendous burden of responsibility for the adult caregiver. This burden is also an explicit duty, both moral and legal, to assure that the child's trust is not misplaced by allowing a sexual predator to covertly abuse that boy or girl.
Of all the places you would not expect to find such people lurking, waiting for an opportunity to molest, is a Christian church where the words of Jesus are commonly enshrined, "Suffer the little children to come unto me, for such is the kingdom of heaven."
But there are presently some religious denominations whose ecclesiastical policies inadvertently permit supposedly repentant pedophiles to repeat their dirty work under a shield of the priest-counseling privilege. Why these churches routinely protect their identity is incomprehensible.
These allegedly penitent sex offenders satisfy their cravings until their young victims finally cry abuse to their parents. In most cases, these confused pre-adolescents seriously believe they are the ones to blame and continue into adulthood laboring under a severe burden of guilt.
This is usually the first time that the shocked parents are made aware that a sex offender has been in their midst, that the culprit has been sitting in their congregation every Sunday acting as a humble and respected parishioner.
Even more egregious and startling is when the one officiating in the most sacred rites is the deceitful predator. Then, the church's ecclesiastical leaders are pointedly asked by the parents whether they knew that the perpetrator was a sex offender.
With defensive tones, the bishops, archbishops and chief ministers cajole the victims — both the children and the parents — into believing that the offender, who typically was placed by the governing clergy in a respected position allowing him access to the children, repented of his sins and went through a period of penance that absolved him of all wrongdoing.
The victims are encouraged to undergo church-sponsored counseling and to forgive the sinner and try to forget, especially about any thoughts of holding the church legally accountable for damages inflicted on the children.
The most recent incident of sexual molestation emanating from inside a religious denomination occurred in Mountlake Terrace, where there is presently the highest density of Level II and Level III sex offenders within the entire state of Washington.
David Henry Herget, a Mormon high priest and convicted Level I sex offender — a person whom I knew — was arrested July 1 on suspicion of 18 charges, including child rape and sexual exploitation of a child. He died early the next day while on suicide watch at Snohomish County Jail. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has a very questionable policy of shielding its lay clergy who previously have committed sexual child molestation but supposedly have repented of their crimes. It is a policy that should be promptly amended.
Herget was excommunicated from the Mormon Church in 1993 after a conviction for child rape, but subsequently was re-ordained to his priesthood office in 2004. During the interim, Herget's status as a convicted sex offender was mostly unknown to the rank-and-file Mormon congregation in Mountlake Terrace, which allowed him the opportunity to mingle with, and gain the confidence of, the local Mormon children.
For most of a decade, the Catholic Church has been unsuccessful in using the priest-counseling privilege as a valid defense in the numerous lawsuits alleging abuse by the Catholic clergy. This futile attempt at ecclesiastical privilege, in order to protect the church from liability, has also been tried by attorneys representing the LDS Church in more than 30 sexual-abuse lawsuits across the country.
Perhaps it is high time that the Mormons, and all other churches that routinely protect the identity of sex offenders, take a long hard look at their disclosure policies and whom they regularly ordain as priests.
Norton R. Nowlin is a paralegal and freelance writer residing in Mountlake Terrace. He has been an elder in the Mormon Church since 1972. E-mail him at [email protected]
[email protected] Letter to editor addy
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Deny this! Brooklyn! I dare you
by stevenyc ini'm to angry right now to write a complete synopsis on the following article from the watchtower.
it regarding child molestation and repressed memories.
i'll put in one quote, and leave this rest for you to read at your leasure.. ps, probably worth copying this because i would be surprised if they will leave it up much longer!.
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The Watchtower's "two witness" rule is an over extension of the Biblical mandate @ 2.Corn. 13:1 and is SELECTIVELY ENFORCED by the Jehovah's Witness Church Elders who play
favorites and fast and loose with the facts.
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Trouble for Richie?
by RichieRich inso today, after the meeting, one of the elders from my jc walks up to me and my mother and asks if we had time to talk.
thankfully, i had to get to work, and mom wasn't feeling great.
we said today wasn't good.. so basiccally he said that he and another brother want to meet with us on wednsday night, after the tms, to "see how things are going".. so here's quandry:.
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My family is busted to pieces by the WT.
Best regards from Danny in Maine all i can do is expose them on the info superhighway i made 5 new apostate blogs just today. I have made 30,000 post in just 3 years
If you or anyone has dub dirt they want put up email [email protected] we beat the bastards
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Why the Watchtower Will Never Change on Blood -(or much else)
by metatron inyou're the head of a major religion.. your religion is deeply embroiled in scandals invoving officers of the church and sex with children.. what will you do?.
what religion am i describing?
the watchtower?
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Yup! whole lotta cognitive dissonance going on.....
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"How is the Kingdom Hall abusive?"
by Robert_V_Frazier insometimes i get a question that just stuns me.
this one was from a self-described "ex-jw" who says he was disfellowshipped for some ethical lapse or some such.
he thinks there's nothing at all wrong with the watchtower society, just something wrong with him.
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They Trashed my Ca$h The saga of the,COOLS vs. the GEEKS
In 1989 a leading elder { that I trusted } taps me on the shoulder and tells me how he has telephoned the WT$ H.Q. Ivory tower,to inquire on,"how much longer can it last"."It can only 'last' just a few more months is the ominous reply".
Yes sir, this is heavy on my heart. Just how will I be 'found in the day of Jehovah's anger'?Will I 'probably' be saved?How do I conduct myself with the horrific death of nearly 6 billion men women and small children on my conscience?Will I be found 'blood-guilty' for not serving Jehovah to the fullest.[Col.3:23]
Who, should I look to as an example?What about the resident'Bethelite'?He just did a stint at Brooklyn and was a ministerial servant,and is looked up to as "exemplary". He is also considered to be the 'coolest' guy in the hall.In fact he drives a 'cool' two door Saab coupe.{the sisters are drooling over him}.He also subscribes to 'worldly',Rolling stone and Spin magazines.So he can be current with all the latest coolest 'worldly'. trends.
In contrast,I have heeded the WT$'s directive to only purchase a modest,$1,500.00 four door family style sedan.it's very plain and ordinary (geeky) I think it s**ks,I'm a 4X4 pickup man myself.But the Ivory tower say's only buy four door sedans to facilitate,'car groups' for the sacred door to door 'field service'.
I'm making $50,000.00 a year and I drive a 's**t box'.because i am donating all my profits to the Watchtower $ociety.I am also at (age 29) still living with mom and dad, to economize on living expenses. I keep my nearly blind from birth mom,furnished with all the necessary appliances for sure.I even bought her a 25" color TV from K-mart.While the most popular( exemplary) family in the church has a wide screen TV.
I bought with cash, for a pioneer, a better car than I have.I am giving Thousands of dollars to the Watchtower's world wide work,while my family and I lives modestly.
For all my sincere earnest toil and goodness,I am loathed and ridiculed by my brothers and sisters at the Rockland Massachusetts kingdom hall of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Sneering at me behind my back.Yes,they tried to pin a 'kick me sign' on my back.Squeezed into their mold a dumb geek,"who is so dumb,why he doesn't have the sense to be cool like us".
This is the event that set me free.The god of these ass"wholes" is not the god i will serve. Are you looking for my ground zero?If my family and i hadn't been f**ked over by the Rockland Massachusetts kingdom hall,just think you wouldn't be reading this. They Trashed my Ca$h
