Posts by VoidEater

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Elder Pedophiles that you personally know of . . .

by JK666 in

after the ambiguous response by the wts to the nbc broadcast, i would like to know how many of you had an "elder chester molester" in your own congregation?.

we had an elder that molested his daughter's best friend when she was 14 years old.

the elders in the congregation tried to keep the matter quiet and handled the matter privately.

VoidEater

The one elder molester I know for sure was my grandfather. He was indiscriminate in his lechery - boys and girls, I know what he did to me and saw what he did to a (non-witness) girl, which was tame compared to what he must have done in private. Target age was 1 to 12, with a preference for about 5 as far as I could see. He molested most of his own children, though his wife protected one daughter. Messed with his son when very young, but later left him alone because he got "too fat". A male cousin in the household was apparently also spared due to his weight. Sadly, as he would often tell me, he regarded me as "such a beautiful boy".

He's dead, and I'm still alive. Not sure I can take credit for either of those, though.

I looked through my old elementary school pictures the other day. Scary! Each year I look a little more strange and withdrawn. Or maybe I just got less beautiful with age! ;-)

I get the impression that his activities were known by some (other elders) or at least suspected; when later in life I confided to someone what had happened to me I was told, "Oh, I'm not at all surprised - he was molesting his children all the time".

Dawg: Always appreciate your sympathies, you know you have mine, too...

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20th Anniversay

by VoidEater in

my partner and i celebrate our 20th anniversary today!.

hmm...a successful relationship outside of the the troof...who would've thought it possible.... anyways - 20 years without a raised voice, a fight, a heated argument; 20 years of mutual respect, even when not in agreement, and getting along; 20 years of love and kindness, and mutual support.. who would've thought a jw and a mormon could both recover and prosper...!.

VoidEater

My partner and I celebrate our 20th anniversary today!

Hmm...a successful relationship outside of the The Troof...who would've thought it possible...

Anyways - 20 years without a raised voice, a fight, a heated argument; 20 years of mutual respect, even when not in agreement, and getting along; 20 years of love and kindness, and mutual support.

Who would've thought a JW and a Mormon could both recover and prosper...!

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My birthday and 1 year anniversary on JWD

by Paralipomenon in

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a two for one special!.

today is my birthday and this thursday marks a full year posting on the forums here.. it's been on my mind recently, thinking over the past year that i thought i'd do a year in review.

last year, around this time, things were starting to bother me.

VoidEater

Hi Para - you're quite a breath of fresh air - their loss, the world's gain!

No beheadings...no teeth any more...yes, the water may be a bit chill sometimes, but swimming in the pool is where we do real good for each other.

Cheers! -ve

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A letter to God

by Tyrone van leyen in

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dear god:.

it's 7am, and i just can't sleep.

i wrote a post the other day that mentioned that you play games with people.

VoidEater

It may be helpful to take the final plunge beyond judgment: Good energy versus bad energy? Maybe it's more like the "positive" and "negative" poles on a battery - in a technical sense, one is not "good" nor the other "bad", they are two ends of a natural process.

Maybe there is only "energy". Maybe it takes our judgmental minds to "make" it good or bad.

"Out beyond wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there.
"When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about.
"Ideas, language, even the phrase 'each other'
"Doesn't make any sense." -Rumi

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congregation book study 11/26/07

by ush419 in

we have the book study this week and am wondering if any of you out there have anything to add or say about it, have typed it up and here it is:.

congregation book study nov. 26, 07 chpt 26 para 12 chpt 27 para 6. behold the ark of his covenant!.

12 jehovah rules!

VoidEater

In light of the society's track record in assigning years to events (1799, 1874, 1914 as the END rather than the BEGINNING), 1918, 1975), how can we believe that 607 is the correct year here? Considering that virtually the rest of the world prefers 587/6. Based on our real world experience.

Can't we just wait for more New Light that acknowledges 587/6 and not have to site through this tedious chronology? It's all lgonna change agian anyway.

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Be honest, Do you really Enjoy Christmas?

by BluesBrother in

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dansk's christmas tree thread got me to thinking .. in this house we do not celebrate since my wife is still a die hard dub.

i have no complaints about that, it was our joint choice for decades and i an the one that changed .but as witnesses we were always given the negative view of the holiday time :-.

"people feel that they just have to do it although they do not really want to".

VoidEater

I enjoy it because my in-laws make it a special time of thankfulness and being together in a non-demanding, loving way.

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Ever hear convincing testimony that d'f'ing is a "loving arrangement"?

by Happy Harvester in

just wondering, cuz it's so often espoused by those doing the shunning that disfellowshipping is a "loving arrangement," and there must be tons of "testimonial" literature from the borg saying so; however, when i was a jw, i don't recall ever once hearing a previously d'f''ed one giving witness to how loving it was.

VoidEater

Mmm...loving shunning...sounds like Stockholm Syndrome to me. "I just LOVE my captors!"

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Pedphiles are Criminals, New Light -- Cartoon updated

by Fatfreek in

i decided to update the cartoon to further emphasize its inspiration adding wt's own verbiage from their official web site.

for those who wish to use either in, say, postcard campaigns to loved ones and friends i'll paste both versions below for your cut and paste purposes.

len miller .

VoidEater

I wonder why the WBTS is relying on someone apparently involved in the Catholic milieu to support their misdeeds. I would suspect the "18-20 years ago" quote is quite dated (or not on point), though perhaps some backwater areas (but OHIO??) were not aware that raping children is bad, m'kay?

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oh, i'm a pioneer and jehovah gave me $10 for gas

by monophonic in

i'm drawing a huge blank..

there was a thread here a while back on the bogus experiences at the assemblies about how jehovah stepped in just when a pioneer has $0, and oh, boy, were we blessed.......yet whenver bad things happen, even when praying for help, like someone gets killed, the 'we put in 75 hours of service and jehovah fed us' theory turns idiotic..

anyone remember that thread...or wanna give me some word power over those pathetic experiences....just got one via email from a relative and really want to throw back a doozy to make him think..

VoidEater

There once was a little witness boy who was deeply devout and spiritual and stuff. He would pray and pray that the nasty man would stop molesting him, and he even told people who never believed that such a horrible thing could be happening. So he got baptized so that Jehober would listen to him more, but even then he prayed and he prayed and nothing ever changed. So he finally got away from the nasty man and never went back to that crazy cult. And he never played hookie again. The end.

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JW Stance on GLOBAL WARMING

by nomoreguilt in

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as you can see, i haven't been on the board long.

so, i don't know if this has ever been discussed.

so, for my own information i would like to know where and how they stand, wt art.

VoidEater

I think I heard a couple folks say it's nothing to worry about - like so much that is going on the world, it will all be taken care of by Godot...I mean, Jehovah.