i think you people would like to know that since the public hearing has finished.
there has been ongoing contact made to me by the staff at the rc.
they have been inundated with calls and the same experiences or similar ones are being related.. the staff are not backwards in coming forwards with insights that they have shared.
Would it not make sense now that everyone take audio recordings of their shepherding calls and J hearings?
We had a shepherding call with a CO once where we were asked that very question, "Do you believe the GB is the faithful slave?" I wonder what response I would have got from the CO if I answered with the same words that Geoffrey Jackson answered at the RC for that same question.
Take personal recordings, even if it is only for a laugh later on.
in march of 2014, i was a very active jw, a ministerial servant, gave a public talk, was an attendant for the memorial, and one of 4 cleaning captains for an international convention of 40,000+ attendees.
so what woke me up?
an innocent comment from a co-worker about the candice conti court case rang a bell that could not be unrung.
using a samsung galaxy s4 , the search box opens, but once selected the box diappears.
hi all, nothing to report just now.
wanted to add name to list of those awakening.
been lurking for nearly a year.
(my apologies if this was already discussed somewhere else.).
i noticed that the domain www.mt2414.com was taken, and when i tested it, it was a mirror of the log in portion of the www.jw.org site, where you can look up assemblies, kingdom halls, and make either one time or recurring donations.
so i created an account there (you can use fake form information as long as it's a real email address for email verification).
the local hall recently sold some property to the state for a road improvement project that is sorely needed.
they received about $20,000.
guess what?
this is interesting, i would love to hear of some experiences.
i was speaking with someone offline about their talking to someone and coming to find out that person was waking up/awake too.
the reason i find it interesting, is because it is such a fragile situation, a dance where the two people don't trust each other enough to just speak freely like they are afraid of being turned into the kgb.
No I haven't. But then there are some in the congregation that make me wonder if they are awake, until they answer up some watchtower guided nonsense at the meeting, then I know that no, they are still fully in.
Even close friends of mine that have left the watchtower I would love to know if they are aware of the ttatt.
hello from fortaleza, ceara, brazil!.
i am a coordinator at an english language course here in fortaleza.
i have been both living in brazil and working at this course for (4) years.
https://www.reddit.com/domain/childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/.compact.
i pressed all the wrong buttons.
here it is, posted about an hour ago..
there's been quite a number newspaper articles quoted over the past week, but i would recommend this as a good summary of the first three days of the royal commission hearing in australia - complete with some scathing commentary.. apologies if this has been posted elsewhere, but have not seen this posted previously.. https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-crime/2015/08/01/royal-commission-examines-jehovah-witnesses-cover/14383512002194.
just one thing that is not quite right is that the article refers to joe bello as a narrogin elder.
the assualts took place while the victim was part of the narrogin congregation.
Nice summary. I read this with my jehovahs witness mind in operation. There are a number of points in that read that a jw will point to as reason's why this article is a lie.
1: "Jehovah’s Witness Church is a tightly controlled, rule-bound organisation that seeks to keep its members in relative isolation from the rest of society…". - Jw answer "no it doesn't" would be the answer I would hear.
2: "Elders encourage their flock to shun “worldly people” because the secular are agents of the Beast". - jw answer "no they dont".
Based on these 2 so called in correct statements, the average jw that I know is going dismiss this article as being apostate lies.
