fuck you.. i was raised in a jw family in the 1980's-1990's where we had to do the daily text 7 days a week during breakfast at the family table at 7am sharp between 7:00-7:15am.
this was followed by a "spiritual discussion," which was held every morning between 7:15am and 8:00am.. since we were homeschooled, our weekly field service was required from childhood on friday mornings immediately following the spiritual discussion, followed by saturday afternoon field service after the bookstudy, as well as sunday afternoon field service after the watchtower study.. i was also required to read each watchtower and awake magazine and give oral reports about each magazine i read in order for my father to be sure that i had actually read them.
i can't remember for sure, but i think each watchtower and awake was released every two weeks back then, making a new magazine to read every single week, followed by an oral report on every single article (including the watchtower study articles which i also had to read, then study in our weekly family watchtower study where we marked our answers, then studied again at the sunday watchtower study).. in addition to this, we also had a weekly family bible study at night each week, had a family bookstudy at night in which we marked our answers for the saturday morning bookstudy, had a family watchtower study at night where we marked our answers for the sunday morning watchtower study, had a family prayer together every night before bed, every morning before and after breakfast and every night before and after dinner (not including our half-family prayers for lunch by my mother since we were homeschooled.).
First, welcome to JWN. Second, after reading SD-7's posts on this thread, go back and read some of his earliest posts. He's come so far in very little time. You can do the same. You may be able to find other ex-jws in your area by checking meetup.com. Between associating with other ex-jws, reading a few of the reccommended books, and getting some therapy, (either privately or with AA), you're going to be fine.
Also, welcome to DF'd3!
this may not be under the right topic but i dont know why people do this.
there's too much danger involve.
i couldn't stop laughing off the people's comments on this tragedy though.
http://www.worldstaruncut.com/uncut/46769
Edited to add: This is a very graphc video. So much so that I wish I hadn't watched it. But since I did, I'm wondering why an ambulance and paramedics aren't kept on standby.
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Welcome to JWN!
tomorrow the 22nd i will be 85 years old .
good wishes only please,remember if you say something nasty i will cry.
and my mum told me it is a sin to cry on your birthday .
Happy Birthday Granny!
this is just sickening, no respect for other human beings!.
on a jw facebook forum .
original post: --- ------: while riding with my work mate he plays podcast the whole time and i learned that the gay community is becoming powerful and huge like an infection!
There are over 24,000 active Pediophiles associated with the WB&TS in good standing, some even serving as elders and also allowed to go out in field service. The very person they may trust with their lives could very well be eyeing their little sons.
Please note that the 24,000 number only includes North America. Imagine how many there are around the world!
I wish that I was a citizen of the UK, because I would definitely sign your petition. You've made a very good presentation of valid arguments about the damage that the Watch Tower has caused for over a century.
this time it was the co that came round with a young elder in tow.
from our discussion a few points stand out.
i carefully explained why i believe the gb has comitted spiritual immorality by hobnobbing with the un.
It simply astounds me that jws will brag about all of the freedom of religion court cases that the Watch Tower has won in the past, yet they believe that the very same organization wouldn't sue for liable over so called false information about joining the UN. Before my jw mom started shunning my inactive brother, she claimed that the child sex abuse claims in the news weren't true...that Satan was putting false information out there. What a bunch of sad fools!
new message from website reader: silvio.
their email address is: and their message is:.
hello mrs anderson.
My response would be:
Apparently you or someone you love has never suffered or died from the Watch Tower's ever changing blood doctrine or been the victim of a child molestation cover up. Unfortunately, there are thousands who have had such experiences. And that is because all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. I chose to be one of the "good" who does something.
tinker told me about this documentary and i finally got around to watching it.
i thought it was great.
i'm wondering if anyone else has seen it.
i was thinking (before i go buy my lottery ticket) , i have probably spent at least an hour of my time on this forum for each of those posts and not your typical kiss-me posts that some people love to fill up the forum with, either.-- 7777 hours is a lot of time and i have been reflecting on this almost eight year voyage- has it been worth it?
for me personally, yes it has.
i learned quite a bit about myself and how other people's thinking process works- if i knew what meds some were on, i wouldn't have wasted my time trying to convince them they aren't the messiah-.
Moshe, why not focus your efforts on the newbies who are out but struggling with living in the real world? I met one such young man on You Tube a few years ago. And he's rewarded my efforts with videos, which in turn, have helped several other jws out of the Watch Tower nightmare. About a year after we started corresponding, he called me to say that I gave him his life. I can't imagine a more honorable tribute. He not only has a perfectly happy life, but he also has done more than I could ever dream of in helping others to escape this terrible cult.
There are loads of people who have been out for years who still haven't healed, and there are loads of young people who are leaving. Please use your age, experience, and wisdom to help them be successful.
