due to the fact there are about 27,000 members of this religion that are known pedophiles, and the information about it is kept in a secret database file, i wonder how many lurking jw's as well as others are aware of the severity of this problem?
remember, it's 27,000 pedophiles that they know about.
what about the thousands that don't get caught?
In my congregation, a married ministerial servant was sleeping with a fifteen year old sister. They both got reproved, and no police report was made. In fact, it was pretty much no big deal to the elders. I know because my dad was an elder and he blabbed about committee cases quite a bit. I didn't overhear much about this one.
Out of curiosity, I did a people search on this couple, the MS and his wife who he cheated on with the teen girl. They're now in their seventies. They're still married.
barbara has written an autographical book detailing her experiences at brooklyn bethel : "barbara anderson uncensored - eyewitness to deceit" have any of you folks read it?.
I'm about a quarter of the way through, and it's excellent. This book is hard to put down. I really admire Barbara and deeply appreciate her courage.
barbara has written an autographical book detailing her experiences at brooklyn bethel : "barbara anderson uncensored - eyewitness to deceit" have any of you folks read it?.
Thanks for letting us know! I just ordered it.
my wife's parents are in very bad shape.
they are both 2nd gen jws.
my father in law worked for a large american manufacturing company in the 60s and early 70s.
My dad retired at fifty six. My mom inherited a nice nest egg from her father. They squandered the money on pioneering. They did no upkeep on their home, which grandpa gave to them, so they didn't even have mortgage expenses. Dad refused to buy life insurance, because he wouldn't be dying. He died. The house was declared uninhabitable due to mold from years of ground water seepage. Mom now lives in a tiny apartment, rent subsidized by the state. She gets by on social security- no savings, no life insurance, no inheritance left, no end of this system of things, no clue why I'm disgusted.
so, once again the society has produced a cringe-worthy, spew-inducing piece of "cinema".. i don't recognise this religion anymore...... enjoy this review:.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f0tovqkfem.
On my, that is funny. Here I was recently compared to my wonderful cousin who's at Command Center, instrumental in making the videos, using his college skills no less. And then there's me, Virgochik, who is INACTIVE, gasp.
Lol, and some say the videos have deteriorated. Hmmm. Well, due to the love they (don't) have, this cousin is in his early thirties and has yet to meet me once, in his entire life or to encourage me. He's prominent at Bethel but has no concern for family, go figure.
hey forum goers.
i'd like your opinions on constructing an email reply to this shocker below.
bit of background about the sender: she is a middle-aged, cheery uberdub whose siblings left when a schism occured in her congregation in canada way back when.
Step back and think it over for awhile. You have a perfect and very valid reason for not responding right now. Your focus is on your son's health. Her email can go to the back burner. Later on, you may have a better idea how you want to handle her, if you want to at all.
it struck me today how the lyrics to kingdom song 81 "the life of a pioneer" sound almost like a slave song from a plantation or something.
what's also sad is, if you read, you'll notice that they sound not only like slaves, but slaves that are admittedly tired and worn out yet grateful to serve their governing body overseers master to prove their devotion to him.. very sad indeed..
at the start of the day, with the sun yet to rise,.
What a sorry excuse for worship music!
must have been mid to late 1970s.. it was when they still published the speakers' names on the light-blue circuit assembly programs.. i was a child sitting in the audience at ashland avenue's circuit assembly venue.
i loved that place with it's own basement cafeteria and baptism pool with a big jesus getting baptized mural behind it.. samuel herd was giving the talk.
my child self could only remember my father pointing him out on the program.
We traveled to Ashland Ave from northwest Indiana when I was a teenager. Scary, scary neighborhood! I remember going to Janesville after that. Now that was a long drive.
look at the picture for yesterday's watchtower study.
see the good jw folks sitting around the campfire..... zoooom in on that campfire.
have a good look..
The woman in the green top-stretch the pic. There's a face in her left knee. If you stretch the pic, there are a few odd things. Just strange and not necessary. Why do this?
i recently made the decision to stop studying with my study conductor, due to a situation i found myself in that led to a high possibility of my unbaptized publisher "rights" being taken away from me.
i have since told my study conductor i have joined a new church (to which she dropped me like a hot rock, of course).... last time i posted on here, i was progressing nicely towards baptism, and was well into it.anyhoo, i like my new church, very hillsong-esqe.
so just wondering if anyone else has stayed the course of christianity after leaving the jws, and if so - where did you go?
I believe in God. I don't believe God is present in any Kingdom Hall. For thirty years, I didn't give it much thought. Then I realized you don't have to throw the baby out with the bath water. I attend a friendly, uplifting non-denominational church now and really enjoy it. I truly feel God's presence and love the worship music. It helps me be a better person.
I was always told church people couldn't find scriptures and don't own a Bible. That is so not true! Just another lie from the Org to seem superior.
