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  The Secret is out....but nobody cares

  by MrTheocratic in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've been looking on this site for some time but never posted.

  i'll give a little about myself, but not too much.

  i'm a ex-bethelite ( brooklyn )and currently serving as an elder (10 years) (thinking about stepping down) on the service committee.

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  I agree with Mr. Theocratic. This seems to be (actually is) the case with my parents.
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  Crisis of Conscience

  by WasOnceBlind in

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  wow, what a great book.

  i started reading it today and have not been able stop.

  im already 80 pages in!

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  I read the book before he passed. I emailed him to thank him. He took the time to email me back, to my astonishment (as Blondie states). He was an amazing and humble man, and his book a legacy to all those who really want to know "the truth about the truth."
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  ABCNews Nightline: Segment on JW absuse cases here......

  by WingCommander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here is the segment on the conti abuse case in california and jehovah's witness's response as reported on by the abcnews nightline broadcast which was shown early this morning.

  it really displays some absolutely shocking behavior from not only her abuser and his (supportive) wife, but also the jw attorneys and elders via video.

  i am just blown away by the audacity displayed by these monsters.. we can now understand why governing body member stephen lett slipped in his comments a couple of weeks ago about "untrue reports of child abuse" in one of his talks which can viewed on the cult's website.

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  I have a hard time understanding why Canadian news has not picked up the case of my children's grandfather. Tonight he sits in jail in Ontario convicted of 19 counts of child sexual assault. He went to jail almost 3 years ago at the age of 80, and no doubt will ever get out. He was still a JW in good standing when he was convicted. From what I get from other JW's, he is still a JW in good standing and being punished for something that happened "so long ago" and how unjust and unfair that is.

  My kids have a cousin who is also their aunt. Their JW grandfather had a baby with my children's aunt. This only became knowledge when the child of the incest was 15. He also abused others (non-jw family members) who pressed charges. The child of the incest was proven by DNA, and also played a role in getting her father/grandfather convicted. (She is no longer JW, but her mother (unbelievably) is still in.) This was unbelievably covered up within the JWs.

  His family (husband, wife, 8 boys,and the victim of the incest, 1 daughter,) moved from Ontario to BC to escape it becoming common knowledge in the JW community. It was well covered up. This man was an elder in good standing in BC when I married into the family. The child of the incest was almost 15 years old when the truth came out . It took a custody battle of my children's father's oldest brother to bring the reality to light.

  My JW mother took my 4 daughters to visit this man, and their grandmother (who also played a role in the cover up by ignoring and letting what her husband did go, as, what I suspect, was a courtesy to them for being their other JW grandparents. My parents live 3 hours away from where we live and did these visits without my consent. My girls all express he was inappropriate with them.
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  According to Oct.1st 2012 WT Directions- Past Child Molesters CAN Be Appointed Elders

  by flipper in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  considering the fact that the wt society refuses to release in courts any of it's written directions to elders through confidential letters to elder bodies- i thought i'd do the courts and wt society a "favor " by posting excerpts from this oct 1st.

  2012 letter from the wt society to all bodies of elders.

  these instructions are very exposing of the negligence of wt authorities in how they view the seriousness of felony child abuse.

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  What I cannot understand is why my children's grandfather's crimes of pedophilia have not been picked up by any Canadian news agency. I have notified them, as I sent the facts as news tips, but no media has picked it up. Not Global, CBC, or CTV.

  My kids' grandfather sits in jail today, in Ontario, for what he did to his daughter and nieces. Convicted of 19 counts of child sexual abuse. His daughter, my ex-husband's sister, had a baby with his father. Incest. This was all covered up by the JWs. They moved from Ontario to BC to get away from the scandal. He was an elder in BC when I came into the family. The crime only started to unravel in the late 80s. It took until 2012 to get the pedo into jail for, for what will amount to a life sentence. He is over 80 now.

  The victim of the incest (my children's niece/aunt) decided to press charges along with the long list of victims of this man. Her DNA came back positive that her grandfather was also her father. What I am unable to fathom is how the media has disregarded the facts, and seemingly do not want to make this reality in the media as nothing is being picked up by those that can expose this insanity.

  This is no secret, This pedophile became an elder. He was an elder for years in BC after being a known pedophile, and he now sits guilty as F!ck, iin jail. My mother, a well-deluded JW took my kids to see their grandfather, even after knowing he was a pedo, One of my daughters tells a story of his abuse while out of view of either of her grandmothers. My mother thought that he was a "reformed pedophile," who would not offend again, and that is why she took my 4 daughters to see him. She was wrong
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  Some screenshots from new KH meeting!

  by pixel in

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  2. beliefs

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  they just put up a link to watch a replay of the "new kh meeting", here some screenshots.. .

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  Intriguing. Thanks for posting.
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  I don't know why...but this is what has been happening in my ex-jw world...

  by misguided in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i took up volunterring for habitat for humanity in one of their restores about a year and a half/two years ago.

  now as far as i've known growing up in the religion, this is a faith-based organization that jehovah's witnesses are not to support.

  so i am wirded ou in some ways of what has happened during this time.. my first event was a previous elder from a congregation 3 hours away from where i live now, coming into the store.

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  So I took up volunterring for Habitat for Humanity in one of their ReStores about a year and a half/two years ago. Now as far as I've known growing up in the religion, this is a faith-based organization that Jehovah's Witnesses are not to support. So I am weirded out in some ways of what has happened during this time.

  My first event was a previous elder from a congregation 3 hours away from where I live now, coming into the store. He was the most awesome elder who helped me go through the divorce of my husband, and father of 5 of my children. He is now an "apostate" after having issues with the lack of love within the organization. He was an elder and special pioneer for many years, having helped establish many congregations in the Carribbean.

  My second event (or in reality maybe was my first) was that of a "sister" who was in the same congregation as the person above, 3 hours away from where I live now. She and her JW husband had 2 kids around the time I had my 5. They moved up to where I live about 5 years after I moved here. She eventually left her husband, was df'd and married a person who was someone I knew from where I was working at the time. She is df'd but seemingly still "in". Her ex-still-JW-ex husband almost hit my vehicle running a stop sign as I was dropping my kids off at school a few years ago, it was only stopped by a dump truck that took him out before hitting my vehicle in the driver's side door. Oddly, my daugher is an assistant manager of the same place their daughter works now. They only figured that out months after she was hired. Mom has not come in the ReStore in months.

  My third event was that of a JW who was in my congo when I moved to where I am at now. Evidently she is still in. I don't know why she is shopping at Habitat for Humanity, but she has been in multiple times. One of her dtrs has a baby out of "wedlock." She has also came into the store. She always makes a point of saying "hi" to me.

  My fourth event was that of a person who came up to me and said, "this is the nicest ReStore I've ever seen. I just thought I'd tell you." I live (again) a minimum of 3 hours from where he lives. I'm still of the belief that JW's are not to support Habitat for Humanity, a faith-based charity. I looked at him strangely and said, "you don't recognize me, do you?" He looked at me an then realized I was his ex-sister-in-law. He was the oldest brother of my ex-husband, now out of the JWs and totally a mess from the fact that his father had a baby with his sister all hidden in the JWs. He quickly gathered up his wife and left the store, apparently very affraid of me.

  My fifth event came as I saw a blood card in a customer's wallet. I never said anything about being an ex-JW. I chose to treat her and her husband respectably, even though I was of the belief they should not be shopping in the store.

  My sixth event happened when someone who was in the cong. I attended back in 1985. She had moved to the area I have been living (for almost 18 years now). She left the JW's but never was df'd. She pulled off the fade that I wished I had done. We had coffee and talked about how her dtr had been molested sexually by my ex-husband's brother, also covered up within the Org. and how disgusted she was with them. She has been out for years.

  My seventh event happened only a couple of weeks ago. A JW who I used to date in JW world in the 80's showed up at the store. I was beyond astonished that we recognized each other. He asked me how long I had been living where I'm living, having known each other a minimum of 3 hours from where I live now. I told him 17, almost 18 years. He told me he moved up "yesterday." He has been back to the store at least once. I am known as an apostate in the area. He is married to the daughter of the person (the couple) who I saw the blood card. I haven't seen him since 1989. at an assemby,untill now.

  I'm not sure why these co-incidents are happening in the only 1 1/2to 2 years I have been working for Habitat for Humanity. Weird.

  Truthfully,

  Rose
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  "Jehovah is really blessing our family! Thanks for your visit"

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i am being hounded by the elders who are staring to get suspicious about our "slackening off in the truth".

  rather than being railroaded or pushed into a defensive or argumentative situation, i am keeping the following comment up my sleeve:.

  "jehovah is really blessing our family life.

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  Hi Stuck:

  Here is my story:

  I was an elder's daughter who married an elder's son when we were just 20 years old,

  I am a 2nd generation

  Shortly before our wedding we both find out that the child of his one and only sister (there was 9 of them only ) had a child from his father. His cousin was actually his 1/2 sister. All swept under-the--carpet by the ORG.

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  In LESS than 200 words: Why is the JW.ORG religion immaculate EVIL?

  by hamsterbait in

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  2. humour

  mine is:.

  their god is a petulant, pschopathic, genocidal sociopath.

  he requires them to teach lies as a sign of loyalty (see nov 15 study wt on knorr, and 20 pages later).

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  They have torn apart families. Allowed known pedophiles to become elders. Covered up sexual abuse. Covered up child abuse. Isolated people. Killed babies and people with the blood doctrine. Essentially have made themselves God by claiming to be the sole channel of communication from Him. Outright lies (UN affiliation, 1975, etc.)
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  JW.ORG logo at Kingdom Hall

  by Gorbatchov in

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  2. friends

  yesterday i drove to mcdonalds and noticed that the nearby kingdom hall had the new blue jw.org logo.. the rebranding has started here in holland.. g.. .

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  Last week I saw the first JW.ORG sign posted on a KH in Canada. It is large and placed on the roof where it has great visibility from a major highway. It stands out like an eye sore. I wonder how it can meet the local sign laws. (Winfield, BC)
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  BARBARA ANDERSON DOCS!

  by clarity in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  here is a sample of the treasures on the anderson's web site!.

  http://www.watchtowerdocuments.com/documents/1900-1919.html.

  enjoy .......and have look for yourselves ...it is huge!.

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  Awesome. Thanks Barbara & Clarity!