Posts by JWdaughter

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Pick your belief system

by Giordano in

i think we've all noticed a ton of newbe's these past months.

one part of escaping or thinking about escaping the jw's is coming to terms with what you believe now and/or what direction you are leaning towards.. here is a site that has a quick quiz that may be of some worth or just for fun.

i took it when i first signed on here and the results surprised me because it was pretty accurate.. you don't have to sign up for anything and when you finish you will get a percentage answer on 20 major belief systems.

JWdaughter

JW is way down my list, but Orthodox Jew is 100%. Interesting as I looked into that once and was turned off by the rules and rituals. Then reform then Sikh(?), Bahai and Muslim. There was a question there about something that didn't give me any option to say "NA". None of the options fit. Anyway, interesting. Wonder how my JW mom would score?

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Assembly in Seattle this weekend?

by Lynnie in

does anyone know about an assembly or convention or whatever they call it now in the seattle-tacoma area in the last couple of weeks?

i have a ditzy cousin who posts on fb that the assembly was "promoting peace and the sun.

i'm sure they were really promoting money and the gb but my cousin is so newly brainwashed she has her own twist on everything.

JWdaughter

My mom is located in the South Sound area and they have something going on soon(this weekend, I think). She was arranging with someone to drive yesterday. (She is always the driver and always accomodates the preferences of whoever is riding with her.)

I remember when they first built the PUyallup assembly hall. We used to go to assemblies at the local high schools. Probably a lot cheaper then! Even though the building is now about 40 years old! I am sure it has long been paid for. I know they have maintenance projects regularly for all the halls within any kind of reasonable distance. (Or they used to)

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Letter to a DF Parent

by thedepressedsoul in

thank you for raising me in this religion, this religion that when people get disfellowshipped you have to cut off all communication, even family.

thank you for making sure all of my friends, work partners, family and 99% of my life was centered around this organization.

thank you for taking the time to study with me, read the bible, making me excluded from all school activities and friends so that my whole social life was surrounded by jw.

JWdaughter

TDS comes on here and speaks to us, so I hope that he will feel as free to (secretly) break the rules and reunite with his mom. Us parents (JW or NOT) screw up, but when both parties still want to embrace each other, it is insane to let any religion end it all.

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JW.org is sponsoring now??????

by wannaexit in

jw
friends

please pay close attention at the beginning 0.36-0.47 when sponsors are seen.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8yaxdra8f9q#t=47.

JWdaughter

So, we are to assume that this is a show whos content is approved of by the WTS. A gameshow? I don't speak Japanese. . . Are they sponsoring anything in the states?

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My JW MIL asked me to help her download a QR app to her iphone

by nonjwspouse in

she is entirely technically challenged, but of course, has been pushed into purchasing the newest ipad and newest iphone .. while attempting to see if she already had a qr app in the iphone ( she thought she might have but couldn't find it) i saw maybe 10 different jw apps on there!

this kind of stuff blows me away when such technologically challenged older people are now getting the latest and greatest ( much newer than anything i have) .

don't even really know how to use them properly or understand them very well sometimes.

JWdaughter

I have lived in Africa and Asia, and while people in the sticks likely don't have all the newest and latest stuff, there is surprisingly more access than some might know of or even believe. Even in the sticks. The cities hold a great deal of the population and even "poor" people in the countryside often have cell phones these days-even though they might not have flush toilets.Like the Amish, they often have technology hubs that they can travel to. It won't be long, IMO, before all but the most isolated and primitive will have technological access.

think about it.Even our grandparents are getting on the technology train. Little kids in Africa want to be. I know a young man who, less than 15 years ago, cobbled together an internet connection and internet cafe for his little town in Pakistan. He is now running the IT department of a major bank in the US.

We trade food, clothes, commodities of all kinds all over the world. Our ID is stolen and used internationally. The need is there for those places to catch up and they are, quickly.

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Guess what pops up first when I googled Jehovah's Witnesses?

by truthseekeriam in

jw
friends

zalkin law firm .

JWdaughter

Incognito got :

JW. org

story about a cover up

story about the ex JW poisoning elder

story about JWs threatening kids with death (caleb video) for not paying attention

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Tight Pants Tony's wife wore a Sophia & Caleb Badge out Witnessing

by Listener in

in the february jw broadcasting they show anthony morris the iii out witnessing with his wife during a convention.

she is wearing the convention badge and also a badge with sophia & caleb on it.

i find it very amusing and she is not even a grandmother even though they like to portray am as a grandfather.. here's what their 1990 w 12/1 says about movie stars.

JWdaughter

They are both in late middle age and look it. Nothing to be ashamed about. That he doesn't have some young trophy wife is something, anyway! Just an older lady doing what she has to to get along. Be kind:)

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Jehovah's Witness Elder poisoned by excommunicated man

by sherrie11 in

disgruntled jehovahs witness was caught on camera poisoning his elders milk with weed killer after being excommunicated over an extramarital affair, a court has heard.

for the first time, the advertiser can name and show brett darren mardon, who is standing trial accused of attempting to put three lives at risk the elder, his wife and their young child.. he has denied injecting milk, apple juice and other liquids in the refrigerator of ben anthanysz with glyphosate a weed killer that causes health problems if consumed in large quantities.. mardon has maintained his innocence of the charges despite being recorded by a cctv camera mounted in the anthanyszs kitchen.. opening the trial, prosecutor nick healy said mardons actions were a vengeful response to his church peers ignoring his existence, as required by their faith.. he said mr anthanysz had been part of a three-person jehovahs witness committee that censured mardon for having sex with someone while married.. mardon was part of the jehovahs witness congregation based at crafers, and was excommunicated because of moral issues, he said.. an excommunicated member is still entitled to attend church meetings, however none of the congregation can speak to him while they are there.. mardon, 47, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempting to create a risk of harm and three counts of serious criminal trespass in a place of residence.. he has pleaded guilty, however, to two counts of theft namely stealing personal documents from mr anthanyszs home.. http://www.news.com.au/national/south-australia/sa-court-told-brett-darren-mardon-poisoned-the-milk-of-jehovahs-witness-elder-after-he-was-excommunicated-from-the-faith/story-fnii5yv4-1227238876533 .

JWdaughter

I'm glad they convicted him and he won't be a danger to this family anymore.

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Asshole Atheism – Not for me, now or ever.

by donny in

to start off with let me clarify that by asshole atheism i am not referring to strong atheism or any other type of upfront atheism.

what i am referring to is the belligerent, hateful atheism that smacks of trolls and other types who want to derail conversation or comments at any cost..

i enjoy hearing comments from both sides of the subjects of theism, nationalism or politics, especially from those who have intense opinions.

JWdaughter

I kind of prefer the "spiritual, not religious" kind of folks in general. Too much religion or total disrespect for believers -well, it never goes to a good place, does it?

My son is kind of a a-hole atheist (or agnostic, which seems worse, somehow). I can't mention God or faith or blessings (and being Muslim, I try to keep my specific version of faith out of it) without him going for my throat, for my moms's for my other sons or their dad (and they are all of different faiths). I actually removed myself frm FB and he is at least a big reason for it. Not agreeing with those of faith is fair enough. Calling eveyone of faith an idiot is rude-at best. A lot of other things at worst. To disagee is fair. To disrespect and disparage is asshole behavior. Some EX JWs do it to JWs, and the some of the many atheist/agnostic ones have done it to any other believer.

I don't really understand why folks feel the need to do that. Discussions--even tough questions, I get that. But when they are surrounded with insults and inflammatory disparaging insults and denigration-how are they furthering any kind of conversation, much less mutual respect?. I'd much rather meet a respectful atheist that I could work side by side with than a fundy believer. I don't want to be associated with a**holes of any persuasion. Activists can be the most off putting bad advertisements for their causes imaginable.Activist atheists included.

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Please take a moment to read my daughters story.

by Racheljr in

silenced for so long she has found her voice.. ladies and gentlemen meet my incredibly brave daughter.

http://jehovahswitnessreport.com/blog/courtney-parker-tells-her-story-of-8-years-of-child-sex-abuse-by-jw-elder-david-dennis.

JWdaughter

What a shame that the entire family has been so twisted by this man and that the religion is so twisted that they support a child abuser over an abused child. Of course, the child, who is joining the navy, doesn't deserve any support because she has chosen the world over Jehovah's loving organization.

Seriously, the grandparents should die from pure shame.The man was a repetitive adulterer and they still kept making him an elder again and again? The organization has shown us their character standards before he was accused!

I'm glad he is going to prison. It's not long enough, though. Sorry about that. Anyone else wonder what the WT and his fellow elders may have already known about that guy? He sounds like he was known to be of a low character. Maybe other abuses went on that he got away with since people didn't publicise it.