Posts by Faded

mum has a mild form of lukeimia if she took blood like normal people she could live to be 100. but no, anointed sisters dont compromise jehovah wont allow it.

so here i am moving to sydney for one month going to hospital everyday putting my life on hold to watch my mother die slowly.

watching her gasp for air, struggle to breath.

This really touches my heart. I lost a parent to leukemia, but the issue of blood vs. no blood wasn't a real factor (the strain had a 3% recovery rate in the age group and by the time diagnoses was made, there was no treatments available. Blood would have just prolonged things for a bit but there was no saving).

The HLC were there in the beginning when it was clear there was a major red blood cell deficit and there would be a lot of pressure for blood. But once we had a diagnosis, they pretty much went away and we were left to let our loved one die (a tortured painful death but at least we didn't have the vultures hanging around).

I'm so sorry you're going through this. These are terrible times you are dealing with and I'm sending you strength and healing thoughts.

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chasing me for a report

by Phoebe in

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i'm fairly new on here and i've told a lot of my story but to recap, after 60 odd years i've stopped going to the meetings.

my husband had already left the truth years ago and my children didn't become jws.(phew!).

i had a horrendous childhood growing up as a witness which included sexual assault by a close relative, also a jw.

Faded

I don't have much further to add to your question, but I have to step in here and say I truly hope you reported the abuser. Even if the statute of limitations (if there is one in these circumstances) has passed, he needs to be investigated. And he may have continued abusing.

All the best to you. Enjoy your new found freedom.

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Dealing with Elderly Parents Who Still Believe the jw Religion is the truth

by lancelink in

i left the religion back in 2008 right after my mother died,( the total lack of natural love/ affection was the final straw for me).. but my dad has become more and more focused on doing the wt bidding.. it just amazes me how he gushes on and on about the last days, his new bible studies, and meeting parts .

but yet he makes no effort to have any type of relationship with his grandkids, there are 5 of them , non are witnesses.

they are the children from several different sisters of mine, and myself.. so how do you deal with the witness stuff always being presented in conversations?.

Faded

I have the same challenges with my mom.

I appreciate the comments. I'm pretty much doing what's suggest. Don't engage, be peaceable, etc. It's really unfortunate though because you don't really have much to say (that she won't turn in a JW direction).

So our relationship is superficial. She doesn't truly know her daughter. And I care about my mom but we're just not very close at all. And you're always missing that relationship that you could have had if not for this damned religion.

My father is gone and sometimes I feel like such a disappointment to him. I'm unsure about the immortal soul (another gift from the JW's - you don't them but can't believe anyone else's theories either), but I just feel he's ashamed & disappointed with me.

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What are the chances of getting another Raymond Franz default from head office ?

by Chook in

all regimes get defectors and some are more vocal than others..

Faded

They do. Johnny the Bethalite.

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Man answers the door naked when JW's appear..

by James Mixon in

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http;www.worlstarhipop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhmg115hx2qp8inyuo.went too far, man answers the door naked when jw's appear..https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=akj2w94el_a...oh hell search, went to far, man answers the door naked when jw's appear, a young black male......it was e-mail to me and i'am using the same address but not working for me,hopefully you will find it.

a young jw child was present, not good.......

Faded

I probably would have left much sooner if a someone as attractive as he is had exposed himself to me at the door. Alas, I only got a chubby pimply faced teenager who tried this with me once.

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No more official visits to disfellowshipped & disassociated ones

by AverageJoe1 in

new letter today (please visit avoidjw.org for a copy of the official letter and yes, i also noticed they got the date wrong!).

february 28, 2017. to all bodies of elders.

re: visiting disfellowshipped or disassociated individuals.

Faded

Thankfully the elders around here got the memo years ago.

Except for the "Return to Jehovah" campaign, they haven't been here.

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What if Fred Franz had never existed?

by Magnum in

what if fred franz had never existed?.

those of you who weren’t around in the days when he was the oracle of jwdom or who at least aren’t familiar with the deeper publications he was responsible for probably won’t be able to comprehend the significance of the question.

i believe he influenced jwdom greatly, and the whole feel of jwdom would have been different without him.. during the 60’s, 70’s, & 80’s (not sure about 50’s), he was considered to be almost superhuman by some (a lot?

Faded

I think Rutherford is the one this question should be about. If he had never existed, the org would be either defunct or nothing even close to what we have today.

There are other religious groups that are based on Russell' teachings & they're minor with very few followers or impact on the world today. Yes, he was wacky & had wild theories and predictions. And he published them & had a following. But it was Rutherford who came in (well forced his way in) and went full steam ahead in developing a religous publishing company selling dreams. He started the organization on the trajectory it's still on. And he personally identified and developed the talents of Knorr & Franz to keep the organization running for almost 100 years. He's the real head of the snake in my opinion.

If Franz wasn't around, Rutherford would have found someone else to provide content for his products to get people to buy into the fantasies he was selling.

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What if Fred Franz had never existed?

by Magnum in

what if fred franz had never existed?.

those of you who weren’t around in the days when he was the oracle of jwdom or who at least aren’t familiar with the deeper publications he was responsible for probably won’t be able to comprehend the significance of the question.

i believe he influenced jwdom greatly, and the whole feel of jwdom would have been different without him.. during the 60’s, 70’s, & 80’s (not sure about 50’s), he was considered to be almost superhuman by some (a lot?

Faded

Village Idiot,
Using the logic of the "Adam and Eve gap" he said that if it were to take decades than that would mean that Adam would have been without a mate for that long and that would tempt Adam into bestiality!!!

This is a very disturbing statement seeing it came from a sexually repressed virgin (assuming he lived by the rules of the religion he espoused). Me thinks he had issues