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  will i ever be able to move on (my daughter was abused)

  by looloo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i feel real down at the moment at the injustice of it all , i know the world is full of injustice but it just makes me so mad , did anyone on here move on after their child was abused and if so how did you do it ?

  i feel i cant move on till she has but at the moment that seems a long way off , bulimia and flashbacks seem to rule her life , the local congregation are not allowed to discuss it with me , even fellow victims mothers , probably because im worldly .

  i have wrote a strongley worded letter to the elders regarding the fact that had they reported the local min servant perv to the police years ago my child would not be like this , and that i reported him to the police to protect other peoples children so why didnt they?

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  cognac

  oh my goodness looloo, that's awful.

  I wonder if you could take some legal action? I would be talking to a lawyer... They should be paying for your daughters therapy.
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  How do I go out with new ex-dub friends with my wife still in? Tell or lie

  by oompa in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  with my 22 year old df'd son in a very nearby city, and having met a few here that i want to do stuff with, how do i go about this?

  thanks to my son, who has some older df'd friends, i was able to spend a couple of weeks at the beach together with them the last two summers.

  it was me and five evil df'd ones on my boat, so i called a dub friend who was friends with the beach gang, and told him i was on the ussdf!

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  cognac

  sounds like you want to go out at night - that's a bit more difficult.

  I went to a meet-up during the day and I was just like, "I'm going out, see you later"... Didn't get questioned on it...

  i mean, she knows your not going to the meetings, she can't expect you to have no friends or only friends she approves of... Ask her to join you... Or, just tell her how you feel, it's usually easier that way. I'm betting she'd have a bt more compassion then you think... But, of course, this could backfire also, so be careful...
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  Do you consider your time as a JW wasted time??

  by karter in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  many of us have devoted a lot of time and energy to the jw's at the expense of other things like education , planing for retirement , family time just to name a few.. i don't consider it all wasted time there was a lot of good i learnt however i'm doing things now as a jw i never would have.. i don't have the same time pressure and never fell guilty about taking a lot of time out for myself as one elder said to me"if we don't keep you brothers real busy in the work of the kingdom you get swallowed up by the world" .

  karter.

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  cognac

  There was some good that came out of it...

  But, yes, a lot of it was a waste of time and feeling like crap for no reason...
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  WTBTS refuses to return 100,000 pound donation from DF man

  by dozy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  watchtower society declines to return disputed 100,000 legacyby emilie filou, third sector, 13 february 2008 .

  the charitable arm of the jehovah's witnesses should return a 100,000 legacy from a man it expelled for trying to convert call girls, one of the man's relatives has said.. martin davis said the watchtower society should return the money left to it by his cousin donald kennett so it could go to kennett's nephew, who is autistic.. accepting money from a member who had been expelled would damage the charity's reputation, said davis, of dulwich, south london.. kennett was befriended by a jehovah's witness in the 80s when recovering from a serious car crash and joined shortly afterwards, davis told third sector.

  he was 'disfellowshipped' from his group in stockport in 2001 after members discovered that he was contacting call girls.. when kennett's mother died in 1994, she had left half her estate to him and half to his autistic nephew.

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  cognac

  The governing accountants at Crooklyn should get all board members round the table and ask the question of each member " what would Jesus do ?" They would come up with the wrong answer naturally

  ROTFLOL!!!!!
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  Anybody dragged before a JC due to a rumor or lie?

  by avishai in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have, like, six times.

  every time when i asked to confront my accuser re: matthew, it was denied.

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  cognac

  Not me, instead, people to this very FRIGGIN DAY go running to my Dad like a bunch of a**holes...

  I MARRIED, DON'T LIVE WITH HIM... I just don't go anymore, I don't care and I'm not dealing with this BS, my family barely talks to me cause they think I'm "hiding" something.
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  WTBTS refuses to return 100,000 pound donation from DF man

  by dozy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  watchtower society declines to return disputed 100,000 legacyby emilie filou, third sector, 13 february 2008 .

  the charitable arm of the jehovah's witnesses should return a 100,000 legacy from a man it expelled for trying to convert call girls, one of the man's relatives has said.. martin davis said the watchtower society should return the money left to it by his cousin donald kennett so it could go to kennett's nephew, who is autistic.. accepting money from a member who had been expelled would damage the charity's reputation, said davis, of dulwich, south london.. kennett was befriended by a jehovah's witness in the 80s when recovering from a serious car crash and joined shortly afterwards, davis told third sector.

  he was 'disfellowshipped' from his group in stockport in 2001 after members discovered that he was contacting call girls.. when kennett's mother died in 1994, she had left half her estate to him and half to his autistic nephew.

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  Arn't they the ones always telling us (or at least encouraging us) not to accept any sort of rewards if we find a large sum of money that belongs to somebody else?

  So, it's ok for them to accept money from somebody that they have judged and decided to shun?
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  How I'm helping hubby see the truth! Seems to be working too!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  by cognac in

  1. social
  2. family

  (i do not take credit for this, i stole a lot of it from somebody online.

  ) the red is some of what i wrote out, then the black is what happened after... .

  i would like us both to feel a sense of freedom to open up and discuss any and all subjects.

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  cognac

  Hi Elive -

  I just clarified this - my husband and I spoke, and it was in reference to people who could cause JC's...
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  How I'm helping hubby see the truth! Seems to be working too!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  by cognac in

  1. social
  2. family

  (i do not take credit for this, i stole a lot of it from somebody online.

  ) the red is some of what i wrote out, then the black is what happened after... .

  i would like us both to feel a sense of freedom to open up and discuss any and all subjects.

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  cognac

  I hope you take this into consideration when share things about your personal relationship with your husband to the members of this board. Is he aware that you come here? And how would he feel if he read some the things you posted about him and you and your relationship?

  This was in reference to people who can cause a JC and we both had the understanding of that. Also, we did discuss this board and what has been said on it.
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  How I'm helping hubby see the truth! Seems to be working too!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  by cognac in

  1. social
  2. family

  (i do not take credit for this, i stole a lot of it from somebody online.

  ) the red is some of what i wrote out, then the black is what happened after... .

  i would like us both to feel a sense of freedom to open up and discuss any and all subjects.

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  cognac

  Good job Cognac. Now show him what you've found about 607BC...

  Thanks Dawg! I would show him that but I think it would just cause an argument... I'm gonna wait til it somehow comes up. I gotta really make tiny, baby steps with him...
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  Am I the only one that didnt realize about the GB?

  by yourmomma in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here is a question for you.

  i'll give a little back ground.

  i was raised in the witness organization however in about 1993 i encountered much hypocrisy and left for about 3 years.

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  cognac

  I thought that for awhile also... I was always told, "You can make your own decision of whether or not this is the truth." Little did I know that meant "as long as I decide that this is the truth"...

  I always tried to tell myself that I followed the society because it just so happens to fall in line with what Jehovah wants... THEN I STARTED READING THE BIBLE!!! Not just the specific 1 or 2 verses in different chapters that can be twisted to fit there doctrine...