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  What's your all-time favorite Song by musician ? Name Song and Artist

  by flipper in

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  flipper again.

  personally my all time favorite song?

  stairway to heaven by led zeppelin.one of my top favorite groups ,too.

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  what was the strangest/worst counsel you recieved from elders ?

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  having been in the organization for 30 years, after i got out i reflected on this.

  as a teenager i was told to not let my hair grow over my ears because i might stumble other young ones in the congregation.

  also, in order to carry the microphones i was told i couldn't wear white socks, had to wear black or dark blue socks.

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  Did you avoid becoming a elder in order to take care of your family?

  by flipper in

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  i was raised in the witnesses from the 1960's on and my dad was an elder who invariably was taking care of congregation problems with publishers, constantly.

  how many of us remember wives and children sitting at the back of the halls waiting for an after meeting elders meeting to finish, only to get more frustrated as an hour or so would go by?

  for those of us raised in this it was always congregation business first, family second.

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  Another news story today on abuse settlements...

  by flipper in

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  2. child-abuse

  a friend of mr f heard a story on kfbk sacramento radio news a little after 8 this am...3 people in woodland ca received their settlement money, and 7,000 others have come forward with accusations.

  i can't find it anywhere - does anyone know about this?

  danny?

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  Were you or someone you know sexually molested by a Jehovah's Witness ?

  by flipper in

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  2. child-abuse

  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?

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  What injustice and abuse of power did you suffer at hand of elders?

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  how many of us suffered in the jws from a lack of justice, love, or abuse of power by elders?

  how did it make you question what you believed or had been duped into believing?

  would be good to hear experiences so we can bounce ideas off each other on how it freed you from fear of authority or otherwise.

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  Keep Exposing Molestation Coverup

  by flipper in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i talked to my pioneer daughter (20) about the molestation settlements last week.

  she didn't know of course, but said,"dad it's just a way of jehovah cleaning up the organization and refining it.

  jehovah will make sure those people are dealt with that did these things.

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  Appeal Committee question

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  2. bible

  if after the appeal meeting, they tell you it will 2-3 weeks before a decision, wtf takes so long?

  mr flipper

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  Any reactions from JWs re settlements - do they hear about it?

  by flipper in

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  2. child-abuse

  any who attend meetings, have you heard anything there?

  or from relatives still in?

  this morning my husband put on his suit and put copies of the ap article on windshields in the kh parking lots.

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  Percentage of JW's that are undercover?

  by flipper in

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  what do you think?

  it seems like a lot are there so they won't lose family and friends - are in good standing but don't actually believe.

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