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  "Chicken Soup for the Apostate Soul."

  by ChessaM in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  my article detailing my experience as a witness and dealing with child sexual abuse as well as outing my abuser is soon to be released.

  (i'm told in the next week or so.

  ) barbara anderson encouraged me to post here.

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  Dagney

  I agree with Simon, the personal stories are very powerful.

  I left in the summer of 2001, not influenced by anybody, it was the right thing for me to do. I wasn't very good at finding things on the internet, but somehow I stumbled on some sites, Randy's of course, and a few others that had personal stories of leaving. I remember one that I read through tears over and over again. I think her name was Shaun. I couldn't believe there was someone out there that thought just like me, had issues with the beliefs just like me, had family just like me.

  Anyway...it is so encouraging to know you are not alone. Thank you for your efforts ChessaM, and welcome!
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  A & E documentary - family fall-out

  by Tallon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just seen this on exjw reddit - sickening beyond belief!.

  long story short, we have not seen hubbys non identical twin nephews (jeremey and jerome) since we gave the middle finger to the jw's 7 or 8 years ago.

  we last saw our nephews when they were 9 or 10ish.

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  Dagney

  One can only hope more and more will respond in the same manner.
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  Banned words in the organization

  by Addison0998 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was talking to my sister in law the other day about death, and i mentioned something about the afterlife, i don’t remember what i said but it was nothing shocking .

  but she squealed, “we don’t believe in the afterlife!

  !” and i reasoned, well we kinda do...life after death is the after life..and she just insisted no no it’s not the same thing.

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  Dagney

  I remember a newbie elder telling a brother "it's not a 'podium.' It's a speaker's stand." Idiot.

  Gospels - audible gasp from my elder brother when I said I was reading them. He said it was a term Christendom uses. I said " it means good news. who doesn't like good news?" Seriously.
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  Upcoming Tidal Wave of Media Onslaught targeting Jehovah's Witnesses ahead...

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  at least three media venues have undertaken the daunting task of unpacking the insidious dark side of jehovah's witnesses' organization.1.

  douglas quenqua is a writer based in new york.

  his work has appeared in the new york times, wired, redbook, and cnbc.

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  Dagney

  Prediction: Every 3rd WT study article or so will find a way to warn the flock about "Satanic media" or "evil apostates" or "beware of those who criticize God's holy ones" or some such.

  "FAKE NEWS" as Trump would say! Never realized until just now the similarities of bashing apostates is like bashing the media by Trump.
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  Public Talk invitations ....Next to .Zero Attendees

  by smiddy3 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  from my conversion at the end of 1959 to my leaving the j.w`s about early 1993 i remember especially in the first 20 -30 years or so giving out invitations to public talks that were to be given at our local k.h.

  every time i went out in the service witnessing from door to door week in week out i would leave these tracts at not at homes or whoever would accept them .. and in my personal experience i cannot recall more than five worldly / non j.w.

  people , if that , who came to a public talk as a result of the invitations given at the doors in our witnessing work in the 33 years of my being an active jehovah`s witness .. and none of them ever became a jehovah`s witness .. was it just me ?

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  Dagney

  
  And in my personal experience I cannot recall more than five worldly / non J.W. people , if that , who came to a public talk as a result of the invitations given at the doors in our witnessing work in the 33 years of my being an active Jehovah`s Witness .
  

  Never. Ever. Ever.
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  Is there evidence about Jaracz?

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  read some reply's about jaracz being a child abuser.. is there any evidence about it?.

  g..

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  Dagney

  And I can verify he was back in the traveling work as a District Overseer in California in the late 1960's as he stayed at our house due to my elder dad being the city overseer in our town. So there's some verifiable evidence he was a District Overseer in California in about 1969 & 1970. Peace out, Mr. Flipper

  Jaracz gave my baptism talk in 1968 and Melitta attended my Truth book studies when they were in town.
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  Misogynist? You‘ll like this. Man hater? You’ll like this. Or maybe you just love W.C.Fields humor.

  by humbled in

  1. social
  2. humour

  https://youtu.be/we_2uqcc_k4.

  what more can l say?.

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  Dagney

  LOL. Love W.C. Fields. Those grumbling lines...hilarious.
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  murders at school

  by zeb in

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  2. friends

  at a school in santa fe in the us.

  many people killed and wounded.

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  Dagney

  So this kid's advances were rejected by a girl, and he felt he was entitled to take her life as well as nine others.

  Tragic.
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  Did You Care About The Royal Wedding?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i don’t get it.

  who really cares?

  in the usa, it’s such a huge newsworthy event.

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  Dagney

  I don't really "care" personally and thought I wasn't going to be bothered to watch. But Friday as the broadcasts began I got sucked in and enjoyed it very much. I guess after a whole life of "no tradition," I find like to see it now, and without all that JW judgement about how bad it is...because it isn't.

  It was really beautiful and well done, and I am a sucker for the fashion. I am mixed on the American preacher's sermon, it sounded naive to me with all that is going on in the world. Just me. The love message is always good, especially for the couple as they start their life together. And maybe people will think about it. But when you have a group at war with western life and are aiming to destroy it, it sounds naive to me. But it was good as it made it truly their ceremony and that is what it is all about.

  I had a friend that was enamored with the monarchy. When the queen came to LA in 1983, we came to see the plane that landed in our little tiny local airport and we saw the limos drive out and maybe caught a glimpse of her. It was pouring rain. I did it for him, but here I am so many years later with a fond memory. He collected souvenirs of Charles and Di. He has since passed, but can't help think how jazzed he would have been to see this wedding of Prince Harry.
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  Suicide in the spiritual paradise all too common

  by doubtfull1799 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just heard that a young brother committed suicide this week - the whole congregation is naturally very distressed.

  what a tragedy.

  according to my source he'd only been married about a year and his wife found him - he’d hung himself.

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  Dagney

  When I first came to this board I read a heart wrenching story by Makena. It turns out I had heard the tragic story from a friend who lived in the area where it happened. There are some souls too fragile to deal with the disapproval dished out by this authoritarian arrangement. You can slip up once, and decide taking your young life is better than facing a judicial committee. And this family was close and loving. You just never know sometimes.

  Makena and his wife learned from the tragedy, exited the WT, and are living their best lives AFAIK.