When I was a kid (9 year old), I went to my school during the summer and sacked the class room of a teacher that persecuted me for being a JW. I thought I was real smart until later down in life, I realized that it was the janitor that had been impacted the most by my actions.
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JWs destroy archaelogical artifacts
by John Doe inthousands of years old.
this makes my blood boil.. http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/jehovahs-witnesses-destroy-ancient-indigenous-temple-in-mexico-20160628-0009.html.
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Mark Sanderson Talk re Belgium visit
by Listener inthe degradation of the governing body members continues on.
mark sanderson gives a talk regarding his visit to belgium for the memorial this year and was travelling from korea to munich to brussels, belgium on the day of the belgium terrorist attacks.he cannot wipe the smirk on his face as he relates his experience, with no regard whatsoever of all those unfortunately affected by the attacks.
in fact, he personally found god's hand affecting him personally, allowing him to attend the memorial as planned and a kh dedication.he is that privileged during his flight travels that internet was available to him, enabling him to catch up on current news and to contact branch's.
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This makes me think of the last assembly I attended with my wife. It was towards the end of the very first talk. We were so shocked that we looked at each other wondering if we should simply pack or stuff and leave.... but that would have thrown off our fade, so we stayed and suffered.
In his talk, the brother related the following story: Back in July 6, 2013, at 1:15 am in the morning, there was a train full of crud oil that went out of control and crashed in a small village named "Lac Megantic" in Quebec. There were 47 victims, many of them in a small local bar named : "Le Musi-Café". There was a brother and his son who had just finished cleaning an office (or some place) and felt like taking a beer at the local pub. However, as they had field service the following morning, they decided to be reasonable and went straight home instead. Well, Jehovah blessed them, for just an hour later the train crashed and killed a lot of people that day!
They will take anything and turn it their way if they can. It is truly sickening.
You can read more about this tragedy over here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lac-M%C3%A9gantic_rail_disaster
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I Just had a CLOSE ENCOUNTER of the Dub kind
by TerryWalstrom ini just frightened a jehovah’s witness lady half out of her wits!.
i just frightened a sweet jehovah’s witness lady half out of her wits.... .
she took off like a sprinter at the sound of a starter pistol!.
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I'm even surprised that she stayed around when you told her that you were a baptized JW before. I remember, back in the days, I encountered 2 or three people like that in the door to door ministry and I would politely answer:
"Well then, you already know about our message. Would you like the visit of the local elders? No? Than have a good day!" .. and I'd leave. Never would I have stayed.
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Can't change Topic Title?
by StephaneLaliberte inhey simon, .
i tried to change the title of my topic "an elder tried to steel and inheritance: stays an elder!
" to "elder tries to steal inheritance: stays an elder!".
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Hey Simon,
I tried to change the title of my topic "An Elder tried to steel and inheritance: Stays an elder!" to "Elder tries to steal inheritance: Stays an elder!".
The GUI told me it did the change, but I don't see the change applied.
Can you take a look?
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An Elder tried to steel and inheritance: Stays an elder!
by StephaneLaliberte inthis is the story of a woman, who’s mother became a jehovah’s witness in 1985. unfortunately, religion became a very hot topic in the family and the mother lost contact with most of her family.
the situation was so bad that the family believed that it was the jehovah’s witnesses that completely prohibited her from contacting her family.. years went by and all remained the same until 2008; the jw mother became sick, very sick.
as she felt that she could even die, she renewed ties with her only daughter.
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StephaneLaliberte
I agree that connecting this directly to the society is supposition... This is why I posted this story. If this scenario rings a bell with others, we'll know there is something from the top going on...
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An Elder tried to steel and inheritance: Stays an elder!
by StephaneLaliberte inthis is the story of a woman, who’s mother became a jehovah’s witness in 1985. unfortunately, religion became a very hot topic in the family and the mother lost contact with most of her family.
the situation was so bad that the family believed that it was the jehovah’s witnesses that completely prohibited her from contacting her family.. years went by and all remained the same until 2008; the jw mother became sick, very sick.
as she felt that she could even die, she renewed ties with her only daughter.
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This is the story of a woman, who’s mother became a Jehovah’s Witness in 1985. Unfortunately, religion became a very hot topic in the family and the mother lost contact with most of her family. The situation was so bad that the family believed that it was the Jehovah’s Witnesses that completely prohibited her from contacting her family.
Years went by and all remained the same until 2008; the JW mother became sick, very sick. As she felt that she could even die, she renewed ties with her only daughter. Overwhelmed by guilt, she decided to make a will naming her daughter the sole beneficiary of her estate (basically, her house worth about 300,000$).
From then on, the mother kept a relationship with her daughter, calling her, inviting her for super with her husband, etc. Yet, the daughter felt that the JW members were pressuring her mother not to keep contact with her. For instance, she reported that while being there for super one day, JWs came at her mother’s door. The mother asked her and her husband not to say a word so that JWs wouldn’t be aware of their presence. Hence, she believed that her mother was seeing her in secret and that JWs were not aware of the fact they had started to see each other again.
Then, 2015 came. The mother fell sick again. Very sick. She got to the hospital and was placed under medicine. Unable to contact her daughter, the daughter never got to know that her mother was in the hospital. Within a week, she was gone. Some more time passes and finally, the daughter gets a call from her uncle who informs her that her mother has passed away. She was shocked! She had seen her mother only two weeks ago! The daughter then goes to the hospital in order to deal with the normal proceedings of when a loved one passes away. Once at the hospital, she asks to see her mother and is than informed that an Elder from the local JW congregation has taken the body and told the hospital that the mother had no family.
Shocked by hearing this, she went to the house of her mother and realized that her key no longer worked; the locks had been changed! Outraged, she calls the police and finally learns that the Elder had made her mother sign a will where he took ownership of everything.
As she would later learn through the testimony of another brother who was there at the time, the mother was heavily sedated and was told that these papers were simple funeral proceedings, not a new will where the Elder and his wife were the sole beneficiary!
She asked to at least go in the house and go through her mother’s personal belongings, yet the Elder refused.
Grieve stricken, she went to the funeral. There, she felt unwelcome, unwanted and was shocked that her name was not even mentioned during the eulogy. As she had no say on the body of her own mother, the mother was incinerated and her hashes were scattered somewhere, against her daughter’s wishes.
Then, started the court processes. The Elder offered the daughter and her husband 5 000$ to settle. As the refused, both camps hired lawyers, until, finally, a year later, there was an out of court agreement: The elder had to give the house and the empty urn back. And particularly odd, this agreement was NOT stricken by a non-disclosure agreement. This explain why everything above, written in court papers by the respective lawyers and witnesses, became public and reported by the local newspapers.
Still, I had to go a little further: What happened to the brother? Naturally, I would have expected him to lose his privileges. Here is what was reported to me: He told the local Elders that he had intended to give everything to the Society and that this whole story had been blown out of proportions. Result? He was transferred to another congregation where he now serves as an elder.
Now why. Why would he not lose his privileges when even a brother was there to testify that the sick and heavily sedated mother signed papers falsely presented to her? Here is what I believed happened:
The brother asked the sister if she wanted to give everything to Jehovah. She said yes. He calls bethel and asked them to send a lawyer to make a new will. They ask if she is heavily sedated (they have previously lost a similar case). He says yes. “The society cannot venture in this… However, if you feel you can take this risk and then give everything the Jehovah, we’ll help you out!” Sure! Society helps him make the papers and then, after a year, when everything fails… “Well, obviously, you can’t remain an Elder in your congregation; there were way to much said in the newspapers about all this. Still, you acted under our direction, so we’ll keep you an elder and transfer you to another congregation.”
Interview with the dauther and her husband: http://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2016/05/25/elle-recupere-lheritage-de-300-000-de-sa-mere-vole-par-les-temoins-de-jehovah
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I've been found out!
by pale.emperor inwell, thats it folks.. my identity on here has been rumbled and reported to the elders.
someone, somehow, has figured out that im a member of this site and - rather than speak to me - has promptly reported me to the elders.
i just feel sad for my daughter.
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StephaneLaliberte
I'll PM you with a solution that will work unless you straight up confessed to him. I just hope you haven't done that yet.
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Simon: What happens when you can no longer support this site?
by StephaneLaliberte inhey simon, .
the recent closure of jwr made me realize that this site may not be eternal as well.
a great deal of people attach a lot of importance to xjw communities and yours is the best.
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StephaneLaliberte
From what I read, you are on the right path. I believe that forums do occupy an important space that Facebook and other social media don't cover properly. So, keep it up!
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Simon: What happens when you can no longer support this site?
by StephaneLaliberte inhey simon, .
the recent closure of jwr made me realize that this site may not be eternal as well.
a great deal of people attach a lot of importance to xjw communities and yours is the best.
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StephaneLaliberte
SlimboyFat, very happy to hear that!
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Simon: What happens when you can no longer support this site?
by StephaneLaliberte inhey simon, .
the recent closure of jwr made me realize that this site may not be eternal as well.
a great deal of people attach a lot of importance to xjw communities and yours is the best.
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StephaneLaliberte
By the way, if you accept donations, I will make one. Just tell how and where.