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  SUN is All Over Peado Porter

  by V in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  source.

  the wife of vile jehovahs witness paedo michael porter vowed to stand by her man yesterday.

  porter, 38, who abused a baby and 12 other young boys, was released by a soft judge last month.. the sun tracked him down to his new home, near where he strolled hand in hand with loyal wife joanne.

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  dedpoet

  That looks a lot like a ministry bag over his shoulder. Surely
  the elders aren't letting him out on the fs unsupervised? I
  read that one of their rules is that one of their rules is
  that anyone convicted of child abuse is only allowed in
  service accompanied by another jw.
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  Do You Believe Having A Body of Elders Made The Organization Stronger?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  looking back over the years, would you say that from the society's point of view, that developing a boe arrangement worked out well?

  and from an individual point of view, were you affected more negatively because now there were more elders that you had to account to?

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  I'd say it made it easier for the watchtower to keep control of its'
  members, which would be beneficial from their point of view.
  This would be especially true if most or all of the boe were
  true "company men", which in my experience most of them
  are.
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  Vocalization about being a JW v. being an XJW

  by sweetface2233 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know that a lot of jws are very proud of being jws, but ever since i can remember i would be very quiet about it.

  i wouldn't announce it at school or work.

  i would shy away from the subject.

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  Being a convert to the religion, I was quite vocal, at least until
  my last year or so when I started to doubt the watchtower.

  I'm just as vocal nowadays in my anti - watchtower activities.
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  Would You Be Disturbed If A Casino Opened Up In Your Area???

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in massachusetts, the governor unveiled a casino proposal yesterday.

  some are very much for it: others are solidly against it.. would you be against having a casino in your state?

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  dedpoet

  There is a casino about 5 minutes walk from where we live,
  but we have no problem with its' existence. Neither of us have
  ever visited it, but I hear it is open most of the night. If so, we
  don't notice it, there are never any reports of trouble there.

  The main problems around here are caused by young or
  even underage drinking, whch has worsened since the UK
  licensing laws made it legal for pubs and off licenses to
  sell booze 24 hours a day if they wish. If 10 casino's opened
  around here, I doubt it would bother us.
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  We are the small tip of the tip of an iceberg

  by ThomasCovenant in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  in my area of the world i know of at least 15 members of my family and friends that have left the watchtower because they no longer believe it.

  all of them are aware of this site and my viewing and posting on it.

  however apart from one, who posts here as veen, none of them to my knowledge are particularly interested in coming to this site.

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  What it indicates to me is that whilst it is 'encouraging' to see more and more new ones introducing themselves here it means there are many many more who leave the WT and are more than happy to get on with a new life away from it

  I know what you mean, Thomas.

  A friend of ours from the same kh stopped attending a while ago, but
  hasn't joined any ex jw boards, and isn't really bothered about doing so.

  Actually, she met my best friend, who has never been a jw, and they
  hit it off straight away and have been together for 7 months now. They
  recently moved in together, are planning to marry next year, and though
  she is fading, the elders are now aware of her domestic situation and
  have invited her to meet 3 of them at the kh. She isn't going, so I guess
  he df'ing is imminent, but she doesn't care.
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  what a pathetic site this is, so sorry i joined

  by donna4174 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  to everyone looking at these pages you are all demonic and will be judged when jehovahs day is near dont leave it to late you sinners of satan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  How would you answer this jw?

  by dedpoet in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been having an online conversation with an active jw (it has to.

  be online, none of the local ones speak to me).

  i said this, about jws.

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  Carla said

  His reasoning is that anybody who is active or even knows about the 'anti witness community' is in a cult. On one hand jw's think there is some main organization (

  I suppose that's to do with the kind of conditioning that jws undergo -
  they are encouraged to give up their individuality and adjust to a
  kind of herd mentality that negates the need for having any kind
  of independent thoughts. I guess when they meet someone who
  can and does think for themselves, they are so unused to it that
  they can't believe such a thing is possible. Therefore, everyone
  has to be part of some kind of "organisation" in their minds.

  As for me, I'm a member of the Campaign For Real Ale, but that's
  a social organisation which hardly qualifies as a cult.
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  Do You Recognize Your Baptism?

  by sweetstuff in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was promised that this generation would no means pass away.

  (live forever book, pg.

  154) i brought this up, although it has probably been discussed before, because i am sure some people right now are worrying how to handle an elder's visit or call.

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  I did when it happened, but I was 41 at the time, and more than
  old enough to know better than get embroiled in a cult like the jws.

  15 years or so after the event it's just an unpleasant memory,
  like the rest of my time as a jw, and one that fades with every
  passing year.
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  How would you answer this jw?

  by dedpoet in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been having an online conversation with an active jw (it has to.

  be online, none of the local ones speak to me).

  i said this, about jws.

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  Sweetstuff said

  I would answer that with a question. I would simply ask him, not sure, which one do you think you are?

  I did ask him a question, but not that one. He made this rather curious
  statement about me, and I can't for the life of me think what he means,
  so I asked him

  Funny how I feel YOU are the one trapped...and in a cult!

  Well, if atheism is a cult, then he could have a point, although I don't
  follow an atheist governing body or a charismatic atheist leader. He
  hasn't replied yet.

  As to my reply to his question, I used just one word, both.
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  How would you answer this jw?

  by dedpoet in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been having an online conversation with an active jw (it has to.

  be online, none of the local ones speak to me).

  i said this, about jws.

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  dedpoet

  I've been having an online conversation with an active jw (it has to
  be online, none of the local ones speak to me). I said this, about jws
  in general

  It's difficult not to be apathetic towards jws, as well as sympathetic to those still trapped in the cult

  To which he replied

  Think I'm TRAPPED, dedpoet- or just deluded?

  
  I have replied to his question, but he hasn't got back to me yet. How would you
  answer?