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  Ray Franz and You.

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if ray franz would have kept his mouth shut and not disfellowshipped, and remained part of the governing body how many of us ex-jw would still be trapped in the cult?.

  would we have come this far?.

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  JWdaughter

  I exited shortly before hearing of Franz. Nice confirmation though. I did love learning his story bit by bit. No web then. This used to be a very lonely row to hoe!
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  Recent Observation: "Even if it's true..."

  by freemindfade in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  has anyone else heard this said more frequently lately?

  "even if it's true..." i have seen it said on here a few times in quotes from in family or friends responding the negative things about the org.. i heard it tuesday night again.

  in a pioneer sisters comment.

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  JWdaughter

  No, they skip over all the nice bits like love your neighbor, do unto others, etc.
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  New BBC article on JW abuse

  by snare&racket in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  is religion doing enough to root out abuse?.

  he would go upstairs, on the premise that he was saying a prayer with his niece, then sexually abuse her.

  mark sewell was sentenced to 14 years in prisonafterwards, the elders told her that as it was only her account against that of sewell, nothing more could be done.

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  JWdaughter

  From my JW mom after I posted the link on FB.:

  " I wish you would not discuss religion on facebook. I don't like you putting things on facebook about the withness's true or not. This is really none of your business since you don't believe anything about my religion."

  From the lady who will go out in FS tomorrow to tell people about all the religions she doesn't believe in being Babylon the great.

  
  
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  Recent Observation: "Even if it's true..."

  by freemindfade in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  has anyone else heard this said more frequently lately?

  "even if it's true..." i have seen it said on here a few times in quotes from in family or friends responding the negative things about the org.. i heard it tuesday night again.

  in a pioneer sisters comment.

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  JWdaughter

  " I wish you would not discuss religion on facebook. I don't like you putting things on facebook about the withness's true or not. This is really none of your business since you don't believe anything about my religion."

  In my email yesterday. Later she said I should pick on Catholics(not that I believe anything there, either).

  The FB article I posted discussed at least 4 religions,problem is the WT got headline status for a change.

  
  

  
  
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  Abuse of a Slow neighbor.

  by Protarded in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i figured relationship would be appropriate.

  so my next door neigbor is, not slow.

  she's pretty sharp.

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  JWdaughter

  If you suspect a vulnerable person is being used or abused, do please call the authorities.

  If the sister is executor of the parents estate, a guardian ad litem (or something) could be assigned to look after her interests, both daily issues and financial. I have a friend who is marginally disabled and depends a lot on her sisters (who are good women), but if they were not so good, it would be really easy to take advantage in more than one way. She isn't a stupid person and her intelligence is not THAT low, she has minor physical limitations, but the way all things shake out with her, she is very vulnerable because of oxygen deprivation at birth.

  Do be a good neighbor. And go to more than one resource if you need to. It might be that sister just needs to know shes on the radar to clean up her act. Get your neighbor on a couple of radars.
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  Why hasn’t someone gotten real pissed off yet?

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i keep reading of some guy who is so upset at someone that he goes into a theater and shoots 20 people..

  or a kid that is so mad that the other kids made fun of him that he goes to school and shoots a bunch of kids..

  or some guy that was fired from his job and he goes back and shoots of bunch of his workers.

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  JWdaughter

  Recent case of the guy who was DFd for cause and after ages of trying to be reinstated, he lost it and tried harming the elder that he thought stood between him and reinstatement by poisoning his family. He clearly lost all rational thought and the elder is fortunate that the guy didn't try to get more immediate action than slow poisoning. He said he was losing his mind with being ignored as if he were invisible ad his marriage was being affected (I understood more from the shunnning issue than from the cheating, but that could be the lawyerly attempt to color the case as a defense)
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  Child Abuse - "I don't care. I haven't got any children".

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  earlier this week i bumped into a couple of jws who i recognised from the cult cart.

  a few months ago i had a long conversation with him one of them and found him to be quite friendly.

  he is new to the area in the years since i left.. this time he was very defensive and said he wasn't allowed to talk to me.

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  JWdaughter

  My mom said "don't tell me anything about the witnesses, even if it is true" paraphrased in response to an "http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33609927?SThisFB&fb_ref=Default" that I posted in FB.
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  Im ready to leave

  by SpunkedTeen in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just found this website and im so glad because for the first time in a long time i dont feel alone...i am a born in and in the last two years have been struggling because i thought that i was the problem and i was the reason for not feeling any love from and for the other pubs .i want to leave the org but have no idea how to tell my mother(who is a faithful jw).

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  JWdaughter

  Welcome, stick around and you will figure out what is best for you. In the meantime, take heart, once you are out of the house, you don't need to live with parents and whatever you do is not going to be on their daily radar. Just don't get involved with dating a JW. Recipe for being trapped longer. I think the fading away is a good MO for young adults.
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  Rejecting something due to unscriptural or pagan origins.....?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so witnesses reject many practices or holidays due to their "unscriptural or pagan" origins.. for example, birthday celebrations, mothers or father's day, christmas etc..... most people in the world will say "but the origin doesn't matter anymore, we follow this custom now because it's a joyful occasion that creates happy times and brings the family together".

  it is still firmly rejected.. so, if the wrong origin is so important, and should result in rejecting something, why isn't the same principle applied to the actual jehovah's witness faith itself!?.

  after all, the very foundation of the organisation was based on wrong understandings of the bible, far fetched teachings and doctrines, links to false religious backgrounds, pyramidology, false predictions, inaccurate beliefs etc...... using their reasoning, it doesn't matter how good something is now, if the origin was faulty to begin with?

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  JWdaughter

  Our Jewish participant offered an interesting twist. Thanks Calebinfloroda.
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  Will the Governing Body decree that Starbucks is forbidden??

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it's bad enough that jws waste valuable, life-saving minutes getting coffee, but now this happens.... http://www.starbucks.com/careers/college-plan.

  so many dubs work at starbucks!

  this is a dangerous situation that must be from satan!

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  JWdaughter

  Beards! Almost every male barista in my local starb market has a beard. Just intention . . .