are the perpetrators abusers or an abusive organisation?
Both. The organization itself is abusive, and it also gives individual abusers a safe haven in which they can flourish.
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many are the accounts we read of abuse suffered at the hands of jws.
we only have to read the personal experiences forum to realise that, with the experiences of emotional and mental abuse, the bullying by elders, and so on... still, it begs the question, are the perpetrators abusers or an abusive organisation?
are the perpetrators abusers or an abusive organisation?
Both. The organization itself is abusive, and it also gives individual abusers a safe haven in which they can flourish.
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*crack is the common term for freebase cocaine.. i have been learning about crack and it's users.. as a jw, you:.
1 planned nonwt activities around wt activities.
2 sacrificed talents, the future and opportunities for the wt cause.
Being a JW is not conducive to getting a good education. Neither is being addicted to crack.
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ya think i'm kiddin ye bastards?.
i wonder if the governing body actually hear the voices of the resurrected annointed ones.
does the heavenly bride of christ whisper, or talk normal, or do they do it by "silent suggestion" in which they move them to a conclusion or answer so they'll all agree.. what about when they have to vote on things cuz they can't agree?.
I wonder if the governing body actually hear the voices of the resurrected annointed ones. Does the heavenly bride of christ whisper, or talk normal, or do they do it by "silent suggestion" in which they move them to a conclusion or answer so they'll all agree.
It all depends on what they're putting in the kool-aid.
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okay, here's the deal: the four of us will be in london from the evening of 22 november to 27 november.
we're staying with one of our few remaining witness friends, who is blessedly liberal about our decision not to attend meetings anymore (thank god, 'cause we really like her).
we're going to show the children some of the glories of london on wednesday the 23rd & thursday the 24th and go to windsor on friday the 25th.. if anyone wants to meet up with us either on thursday the 24th (in london) or friday the 25th (in windsor), please let us know!
London and Windsor? Do you mean Ontario or the UK?
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hope everyone is having a good day.
wondering how many fellow ontarians there are here?
please drop in and say hello, thank you.
APOSTAFEST ANYONE????
Apostofest? You mean one of those events where everyone gets drunk, naked, and posessed by deemunz???
You're gonna stumble me, brother!
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can someone give me some feedback on what they would do in this situation:.
last weekend my best friends husband told me that three years ago he caught (and spied on for about half an hour) my husband and my very best friend "getting hot and heavy" (his words) in our spa and that he watched them because "he found it hot".
the three of them decided that they would not tell me and kept it a secret for the last three years until he told me (because he was drunk at the time).
Sorry to hear about this. You are not overreacting at all. Being intoxicated doesn't justify what they did. It's a cop out. You were betrayed by your husband, best friend, and her husband in the worst way. Their conspiracy of silence was not to save you pain - it was to save their own asses, and adds insult to injury. If I were in your shoes I doubt I could ever trust any of them again.
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i've been thinking about this for a few days.
i'm pissed at the wts, but not like bitter or vengeful, but more like the "i'm sick and tired of it and i'm just not going to take it anymore!
" kind of pissed.
Because they are abusive, and they work to keep their members too stupid to recognize how abusive they are. They are a hemmeroid in the rectum of mankind - a pain in the ass, but in the global scheme of things, they are less than insignificant.
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hope everyone is having a good day.
wondering how many fellow ontarians there are here?
please drop in and say hello, thank you.
I'm in Toronto.
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I got 40.
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i sent this response to an email...it was in response to the article here on jwd about "jehovah's roofing service" or something like that... .
anyway...i've recieved a couple of unsolicited witnoid (thanks tetra for that term) emails and this is one of my responses...with their post at the bottom.
i accidentally deleted an even better one...a 77 yr old witnoid "sister" who automatically called me a liar and that it must be my fault that the "brothers" treated me unkindly...as jojoba would never allow that....yeah right!
I've exchanged some emails with some of these guys too. One even went so far as to suggest that my ex, at 4 years of age, was in the wrong and brought the sexual abuse upon herself.
And people wonder why I have problems controlling my blood pressure...
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