Posts by jamiebowers

This came up on Google News. Poor woman is being hotly pursued by jws, for what I assume is a jc. I hope she reads the comments on the police blotter.

http://strongsville.patch.com/articles/police-blotter-jehovah-s-witnesses-want-woman-back

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Out Of All JW Beliefs Which Is The Weirdest?

by minimus in

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i know there's plenty.. one that comes to mind is the blood doctrine.

whole blood is bad, blood fractions may be ok but not all.....wtf?

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jamiebowers

This isn' the weirdest, but it hasn't been mentioned yet: it's wrong to use the word "lucky".

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Film: In Darkness -- History of Jehovah's Witnesses WT Bible & Tract Society

by leavingwt in

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if you've never seen this one-hour film, it's pretty interesting.. .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diz_7uj-fo0.

Newbie to the Boards !

by TheOutSpoken1 in

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id like to introduce my self as im new......a lil nervous but ready to have some conversation that doesnt require me to rely on old men in ny to think for me.

im tired of the puppetteering, the sly green handshakes to move up, the lies turned into new light- "what happened to yes means yes?

", just has the makings of a bad ponzi scheme in my opinion...i officially begun my fade this year.....and im enjoying it.

jamiebowers

My story began when my father was taken under by the JW's after a nasty split with my DFmum.....you know the old brotherhood...new family....went straight to his head.

No time passed until a poor as dirt sister with 2 kids came to my fathers rescue and became the ready made step mom from you know where.

I wasnt born in....but have been around it since childhood....was put under intense pressure by the BOE @ my local cong and my parents to get dipped before 18......worst mistake of my life....what could I have possibly known about the symbolism and alternative meanings of biblical text......all I liked was the group outings and "association".

Little did I know that all 3 of my siblings didnt agree with the "Truth". Secretely they kept quiet to not be labeled and outcasted. I had dreams of college after H.S. nothing in this world was going to stop me from going......successfully im in my fourth year and completing soon. College brought on going through the motions to keep my father at bay. I am under the impression that my father cant serve at his cong due to me being a full time student, in an attempt to please them he withdrew his support ($) only contributing what was necessary. Thanks to all that bible dicipline I received a full scholarship for every year....I dont need his money.

What has pushed me to this point was my last attendance at a assembly where they announced new light (I was awake for this part) LOL....they slyly took something that they stated as fact and totally changed it to something new.....and then called it new light.... led me to question "divine inspiration", consistency in doctrine....so on and so forth.

Im pretty open to discussion, I havent lost faith in god...just organized religion.

I'm quoting your second post on this thread, so later posters won't miss it. Wow, what a story! Congrats on the scholarships...good for you! I don't even know you, and I'm bursting with pride! Yes, it's been made known here that elders will lose their positions if they support ther children goig away to school. So, do you have contact with your df'd mom? Are your siblings all out? What's your major in college?

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I need an operation very soon ...

by troubled mind in

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Jamie - Yes I had the CA125 and my levels are normal . The GYN ordered a OVA test today .

I'm no expert on ovarian cancer, but I spent lot of time researching it after M was diagnosed. From what I can tell, the CA125 being normal is a very good sign.

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An Australian Teacher Comments on WWC

by compound complex in

i am a registered teacher in western australia and i have a working with children's card, as is mandatory for all who work with children in most australian states, i.e.

victoria, new south wales, queensland, and western australia.. the wwc is more strict than the national criminal history check which many employers in australia now insist on.

the wwc considers not just convictions for child-related crimes, but also allegations, acquittals and spent convictions (where one is found guilty but no penalty is imposed).

jamiebowers

No wonder they didn't want jws to have to get the cards. All of the skeletons are going to start falling out of the closet at the same time! It couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of folks!

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Media notification?

by mauiboy in

i would love to see the wtb&ts/ wwc case in victoria austrailia come to national or even international media attention.

i plan on finding as many media sites 'contact us' as i can in the next few days.

if enough of us email/phone/written bltz hit the tv and newspaper media asking for coverage of the story as it unfolds in the coming months, maybe someone will pick it up... anyone up for sending some emails?

jamiebowers

Mauiboy, please check your pms.