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  For Australian victims regardless of gender.

  by umbertoecho in

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  i wasn't going to post until after my hearing.

  but i have changed my mind due to a pm.

  yesterday was a terrible day.

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  Umbertoecho ,

  I can only imagine what you are going through , ideally this would have been all over very quickly , however the law does not work that way , and sadly it can drag on for years before justice is done and sometimes even then it isn`t done.

  So take comfort that so many people are supporting you , praying for you ,and sending you good vibes ,I`m in the latter cattergory .

  You are and should be an inspiration to any /all other victims who have remained silent so far to come forward and add your voice with Umbertoecho ,to stop this abuse in the Jehovah`s Witness religion by publicizing it in the Royal Commission where real effective means can be employed to address the situation , and if the G.B. of J.W.`s reject those recommendations , then expose them for why they are doing so.

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  Muslims vs. JWs as friends

  by Driving Force in

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  2. friends

  this is not meant to be a controversial discussion, but just mentioning what has happened to my daughter.. i personally started my fade early this year 2015, it has resulted in my losing all my so called jw friends and the brake-up of my marriage.

  when i split up with my wife, she asked our daughter who she would like to live with, my daughter decided to live with me, and also abandoned the cult.. recently my daughter told me that she is very disappointed with the congregation of jehovah's witnesses because she thought she had friends there, but now she has realized that it was all conditional, not a single one of them has even remotely tried to keep contact with my daughter, she is 15, not baptized and never a publisher.. now yesterday she met up with a jehovah's witness friend who is in another congregation.

  this friend is also 15, baptized since she was 14, a very dominant elder father, and has virtually no association outside jw circles, and also internet access is banned at home.

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  On the bright side your daughter learned a valuable lesson she will never forget , there is no way she is ever going to go back .So you don`t have to worry about that.

  Thankfully she was never baptized which may have been a bit more stressful.

  It brings up another question though , J.W,`s shun unbaptized people who no longer attend meetings?

  I wish you and your daughter all the best , free from the restraints of a cult religion and to live your life the way you want to , and not be manipulated by other people who try to make you live the way they want you to live.

  When a person at the door to door work rejects the message of a J.W, in the Field service are they then shunned ?

  Isn`t that inconsistent ? / hypocritical even ?

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  My RC hearing brought forward. Will be in two weeks

  by umbertoecho in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  through this forum of wonderful freaks, i have met someone who is coming with me to my hearing.

  initially i was slated for next year, but will be attending in two weeks time.

  all is in place from travel vouchers, support, where to go ............very efficient and well done.

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  Konceptual99

  Jehovah , couldn`t have said it better himself ., and I believe Jesus would second it.

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  In the Shadow of Sin-Portuguese documentary

  by the girl next door in

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  2. scandals

  https://youtu.be/8ue3--fnsh8.

  the portuguese channel tvi in portugal, broadcast this documentary in october 2015 about jehovah's witnesses.

  child abuse, shunning, blood transfusions and many other topics were mentioned in this report.the documentary makers asked for a response from the leadership of jehovahs witnesses to the damaging statements made by survivors of child abuse and domestic violence.

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  I`m looking forward to it

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  Should Obama and coalition troops push ISSI'S out of Iraq??

  by Witness 007 in

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  2. friends

  we are having weekly terror attacks.

  you cant just keep carpet bombing as little ground has been won against issi's in one year.

  they are making millions from oil and farming.

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  talesin ,

  Sorry , but you left out one important fail ,

  The war on gun control in the USA , the N.R.A. , an absolute failure .

  The koran /Quaran , is based on a literal interpretation of a Centuries old text of sacred writings held dear by it`s adherents.That has no place in today`s society .

  The N.R.A. and there supporters also base there interpretation on texts/writings of a day gone by that has no place in today `s society .

  I don`t profess to have the answer to either problem , however , I do know that both have to change for the better sooner or later. , preferably sooner .

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  Disgusted By Today's WT Study 12/6/15

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  no, not because of the message of deluding yourself into seeing the hand of god working in mundane wt activities.

  that is to be expected from this org.

  what really bothered me was the quote in paragraph one.

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  How about Jehovah`s Witnesses open their Bible to Ecl,9:11 and read , "time and unforeseen occurrences befall us all " Just because this statement is a truism accredited to the Bible does not mean it was put their by any God , humans , penned the words in the Bible. No God wrote the Bible.

  A simple statement of fact ,There is no intervention by any God at all in our lives ,time and unforeseen occurrences happens to all of us., good people and bad people..

  How many times have we heard the expression that someone was in the wrong place at the wrong time .

  How many times have we heard the expression that someone was in the right place at the right time .

  Validating the expression , Time and unforeseen occurrences befall us all , a human observation of past events , nothing more.

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  How do you overcome SHUNNING after leaving the organization and move on?

  by suavojr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it amazes me how many of you have left it all behind, including family, brothers and sisters, friends and a full network of people.

  i for one cannot find the courage to breakaway, and this causes me great anxiety and stress.

  it eats me alive to think that if i open my mouth everyone i know will simply turn their back on me.

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  Time and unforeseen occurrences befall us all Ecl.9:11 ,

  just because I don`t believe the bible is the inspired word of God , and that I don`t believe in the God of the Bible , does not mean that there are not good quotes /phrases that are truisms as in any philosophy or Religion .

  "Time" does have a healing effect when we grieve over something.

  "Unforeseen occurrences" You didn`t ever think you would be in a position to doubt /question/ or even abandon the Religion you thought had the" Truth"

  Life is for the living , discover what interests you and pursue it .Join clubs or community groups who have like interests Instead of viewing people as agents of Satan view them as potential real life friends .

  You can be proactive in changing your circumstances for the better or you can stagnate and bemoan what you think you have lost .The choice is ours to make.

  As they say," One door closes another opens" , but only if we let it .

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  Survey: How long were you in the cult vs what year you were baptized

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi people,.

  i want as much data as possible on the effect of the internet on the time captured by the cult.. please answer the three following questions about yourself or about someone you know (for example, if your parents or grandparents were jw's and left).

  1) were you raised as a jw, or did you convert?.

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  smiddy

  smiddy

  1/ Convert

  2/ 1960

  / 1993

  33 years

  Wife

  1/ Convert

  2/ 1960

  3/1993

  33 years

  Son #1

  1/Born in

  2/ 1962

  3/1993

  31 years

  Son #2

  1/Born in

  2/ 1968

  3/ 1993

  25 years

  The internet then had no influence on any of us probably because it didn`t exist then , however it has had a huge impact on my life learning TTATT.

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  Awesome New Books on JW's, MUST READ!

  by johnny depp in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hey, i just thought i let you guys know about these two books i read:jehovah's witnesses, what lies behind the truththe watchtower society, organizational misbehaviorboth books by gabriel h ibarra.

  awesome!

  awesome!

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  Drop the price to around 15-20 $ and you might sell a few hundred more.When I looked at the price it was 70$

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  Hypothetical question. There is no more guns on our streets, would the crime rate go down?

  by James Mixon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it would eliminate drive by's (gangs).

  bank robbery.

  ( handing the bank teller a note, this is stick up without a gun).

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  I think the problem now in the USA is we have a two or even a three fold problem ,one that is homegrown , crime /gang/ related , and two, one that is inspired by Local Terrorist `s . or ,three International terrorism inspired from outside the country.for various reasons.

  The ease of which Americans can gain access to guns / firearms does not help the situation.

  You can spout off all you want that " guns don`t kill people , people kill people " , however people use guns to kill people .in increasing numbers in increasing incidents in America with increasing frequency .

  Something has to be done to stop this madness , because madness is what it is .

  Just as the Western World has to show some balls and attack Islamic Extremists on the ground , the only way to eliminate them as a threat to the rest of the world ,

  The USA needs to show some balls in attacking the Idealogy , that it is " the right of every American to bear arms." That is an idealogy that belongs in the American past , relegated to western movies , and has no relevance in the 21st Century enlightenment.

  These mass shootings that are frequently taking place on American soil , the so called leader of the free world , just does not sit well , what Nation in the world wants to look to America as an example they want to follow ?

  Is American democracy an example you want to follow ? What nation would want to do that ? I would say zilch.

  smiddy