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my own story
by James_Slash in
1. jw
2. experiences
i've posted here on and off for the past couple of years, but i've never revealed my reasons behind leaving the watchtower.. when i was younger, i was brought up in the faith (i don't call it the 'truth' anymore for reasons i will explain later).

my father had not long died (he was not a jw) my mother had been converted in 1984.. like many, as a young child i often found the meetings boring.

i used to dread them and in particular the conventions.
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JW Facebook Group - anarchy at the Memorial LMAO
by James_Slash in
1. jw
2. experiences
i'm sorry but i haven't a clue how to link this so i will just put the address.. http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=342204186793.

this group has been set up by a guy that i knew from my days in the org.

he is the biggest hypocrite going.
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Paedophile used religion to keep abuse secret
by behemot in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
paedophile used religion to keep abuse secrettuesday, march 30, 2010, 06:30a paedophile raped and sexually assaulted women and girls over a period of 40 years by using their religion to keep the abuse secret.. despite one revealing it to the jehovah's witness elders, no help was given, a court heard.. now george arthur cockerill, 78, has been jailed indefinitely after he admitted 19 rapes, four counts of sexual activity with a child, six counts of indecency with a child, one sex assault and two counts of indecency with a child.. judge roger thorn qc, sitting at hull crown court, said: "you have pleaded guilty to 32 serious counts that reflect your sexual depravity.. "the reality is that, from beginning to end, it is extended over 40 years.

you have wasted your life and caused untold misery.. "as one victim said, you have stolen her childhood.. "you have been the most terrible hypocrite, passing yourself off as a law-abiding member of the community and using religion as a tool of subjection to control your victims.. "that is why i'm satisfied this remained a secret for so long.".

cockerill was sentenced to imprisonment for public protection for a minimum of six years.. he will not be released until the parole board believe he is no longer a danger.. cockerill, of hull, was also ordered to sign the sex offenders register for life.. he allegedly had five victims, three of whom were subject to the convictions he pleaded guilty to and two more have made allegations against him.. police believe there could be more.. in a statement read to the court, one victim said: "he took my childhood away.".
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Someone going for it on this UK parents website...hats off!
by James_Slash in
1. jw
2. friends
http://www.netmums.com/coffeehouse/lifestyle-8/faith-religion-97/353422-cold-calling-johovahs-witnesses-3.html.

page three...there is a joanne using 'classic' jw terminology.

i guess whoever richard b is, he's hammered her into touch!
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There is life after Jehovahs Witnesses
by James_Slash in
1. jw
2. experiences
i've been a member on this site for a number of years but i have never posted what i really think of the jw's and the org.. i left about 10 years ago - mentally.

but i have only made the long term decision to leave and never go back over the past 2-3 years.. it was difficult.

i have family and many friends who i still converse with on a regular basis.. being on the outside now i see what a major farce and a hypocritical state of affairs it all really is.. i often hear the comment "only people in the truth are really happy" and being a friend 'on the outside' many of my associates on the inside are far to easy to reveal exactly what they get up to when they are not at meetings or out knocking doors.. pre-marital sex, drunkenness, nightclubs, dating websites...the list goes on and on.
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Bethel Layoffs
by cantleave in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
could those who know about these lay offs give some clear evidence of what has happened, when, to who, any experiences of people effected and to what extent?.

i want to talk to a really good friend about the situation.

he is a young guy who feels he should be doing more for the organisation, and is thinking about giving up a very good career to make a more of his career in the "truth".
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isnt it a given?
by Solace1998 in
1. jw
2. experiences
.... that you would feel bad about wronging jehovah first and foremost, in the light of a serious sin?

elder: .

", "how do you feel about who youve affected"?
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Witness in-laws destroyed my marriage
by James_Slash in
1. jw
2. experiences
i shall give you a little of information about myself.. i am 28 and from the uk.

i was baptised as a jw (big mistake) in 1996. i married a 'sister' in 2004 and had a child with her in may 2006.. however, things have turned really sour.. last year, my now ex-wife walked out of our home with support from the police, social workers and domestic violence workers.

by chance i returned from work one day to discover her family (her grandmother in particular) perched outside the local police station.
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A married sister - posing as divorced on JW-Connect
by James_Slash in
1. jw
2. experiences
firstly, i will fill you in.. my friend's marriage split up in march.

both of them were raised as jw's, but i believe only my friend went to the meetings because his wife didn't want to go.. anyway, i believe that my friend started suffering with his health because he was taking on extra work to look after his wife and daughter to cover the debts that she had accumulated.

anyway, in march she left, claimed domestic violence and has left him in all sorts of debt (she had been running up credit card bills) .
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My Cong- "Large Witness Gatherings are Banned!! And fancy dress? Why?
by Witness 007 in
1. jw
2. experiences
a year ago in my cong, an elder who must be hitler's love child, gets up and tells us how some brothers are planning a fancy dress party, a large social gathering.

sounds fun i though!

"brothers a sincere christian would not attend such a gathering, we are warning you not to go near it.