There was an excellent article several months ago regarding an elder from my old hall who knew about an abuse case for years. Yet he never reported it to the police. He warned the hall about the abuser, nothing else. https://www.nwherald.com/2019/10/23/crystal-lake-man-found-guilty-of-more-than-decade-of-sex-abuse/a4fuium/
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Arizona Republic: Bisbee man confesses he's molesting his daughter. Church tells bishop not to report abuse to authorities
by AndersonsInfo injehovah's witnesses are mentioned in this excellent article that begins by reporting on an especially awful mormon child sexual abuse case.
the article then discusses the issue of the penitent privilege exemption which former jws working through scaars.org are trying to influence state lawmakers to eliminate.. .
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-child-welfare/2020/04/21/bisbee-man-confesses-hes-molesting-his-daughter-church-tells-bishop-not-report-abuse/2876617001/.
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Watch Your WALLET !!! Bro's and sisters
by Hotpepper inlet's count the ways the wts.
has been scamming the rank and file jws, over the years.
i'll start .
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lancelink
In Chicago we were required to buy a parking pass for the district assemblies.
That turned out to be a big scam as I remember.
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I was raised Catholic up until 12 years old, then my parents became jw. Was a witness until 48, but during this time I could never stomach all of their teachings. And I remember that when you don't follow every belief, teaching, according to the jw way of thinking, there is something wrong with your spirituality.
When I walked away, I dealt with the same dilemma you are experiencing. I looked at other religions, and on my own studied what they believed, ( warning please don't join a free study or anything along that line). I noticed how each religion attempted to mold me into their line of thinking.
So at this point I have gone full circle. I attend Catholic services occasionally, and have gotten involved in several of their volunteer endeavors such as helping children dealing with problems, assisting elderly ones , and by experiencing the results from these opportunities I'm learning to develop my own personal relationship with God. Being spiritual I've discovered is something that comes from an individuals heart, not someone telling me what to do. Being involved to a certain extent with a religion helps keep me focused on what is important in life. Ceremonies, prayer, and readings pull me back to what I grew up with and make me realize what is important to me. Getting involved 110% like the witnesses way of living did was just so wrong, developing my own relationship with God is a wonderful thing. Good luck with your journey !
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15 yrs ago Jehovah needed $50 million for new printing presses
by Hotpepper inwhat happened to all those new printing presses?
the wt said they were going to double the amount of mag's every month.
i wonder what ever happened.
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I'm a printer, and these articles have appeared about religions/ jehovahs witnesses during the past few years :
https://www.inplantimpressions.com/article/religious-organizations-run-some-largest-most-successful-in-plants-the-devotion-their-employees-helps-them-flourish-56830/
https://www.inplantimpressions.com/article/from-editor-in-plant-inspiration-13941/
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The VIDEO OF "THE END"
by Wagurl inthis is "return to jehovah video" from this weeks meeting.
the use fear to gain more people back in the truth?
what are your thoughts?
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At the beginning he says, "Throw all your anxiety on Jehovah".
I did, and he very directly showed me a way out of the jw organization.
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Great Trib is Starting!
by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara injust received a text yesterday...lovebombing to return with so called proof of the gt starting...scaremongering at its peak!.
"hey.
missing you at the meetings.
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I seem to remember some type of comment being made at the district assembly at Hawthorne Racetrack back in the early 80's that the tribulation was about to be starting because of a political comment made about peace and security.
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The radicals make me feel like I have to defend Trump when I don't want to because of their crazy lies.
by JimmyYoung inas i have stated in other posts i voted for trump because he said he would crack down on illegals while the left was trying to open the flood gates and let them in to destroy the nation.
was he the one i wanted in 16, no i was hoping for cruz.
he is arrogant but smart and somewhat polished and had many views like i do.
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"you need some antacid for The Bern that's coming LOL". Looks like Bernie is going to be burned in the near future !
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What are your thoughts on Animal testing?
by JimmyYoung ini just watched the netflix movie the animal people.
although i don't really agree in general with any eco or the like terrorists, watching the hidden cam video of the way these animals were treated was just sick.
anyone see this or the like movies?.
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The movie you mention is on Netflix, and I watched it tonight.
Being a Humane Investigator, I deal with abusers quite often. (Dogs, cats, horses, cows, sheep and pigs) This show in my opinion was based on young adults not thinking, and then suddenly acting like rational adults in order to promote their viewpoint.
If you are against abuse of any kind, be civil in your protest / complaints. Threatening people, and families, causing property damage, and acting like the silent Nazi arm of the peta organization turns people off. I totally agree with the protestors anger toward animal abuse, but their methods of accomplishing their mission turned me off right away.
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What SHOULD have woken you up ?
by Phizzy infor myself, there is an embarrassingly long list of things that really should really have woken me up, fully.
it was a long process for me, as a mind controlled born in, things i simply did not agree with, or knew were downright wrong, that built and built, and, eventually i woke up, after 58 bloody years in !.
but just mainly for fun, what should have woken you up ?.
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before becoming a witness, I was a pretty " walk the straight line" type of kid.
When my parents became witnesses the pressure to fit into their mold and hang out with all witness kids was quite
a pressure to deal with.
So as a jr. high student I aligned with the mentality of hanging out with so called spiritual friends VS people from the world, ( that I have known most of my life) that were deemed bad association.
Well, I quickly learned how much fun being a witness was,,,, smoking cigarettes, pot, drinking heavily, lying, going out with worldly girls. And then going to meetings, and fs acting like I was a young missionary,, It was a mind-blowing time of life for me. Looking back, I should have dropped those fake friends and ran away from this religion as fast as I could. But I was torn, being true to who I was at the time or having a lot of worldly fun in secret was a powerful drug for me. what an idiot I was.
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Witness fancy dress party huge fails!
by Witness 007 inso some special pioneers in our cong thought it would be awesome to spice up our boring country town lives with a witness fancy dress party!!
wow what could go wrong?
it was 1993 well one pioneer wanted to out do every one so he turned up in drag as a ballerina in full bad make up...some had costumes with guns swords knives...i mean a cowboy does not have a watchtower in his holster!
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back in the early 80's our hall had a party called " radio party". People would lip synch to 50's music, kids had a pie eating contest, and everyone just had a great time.
After the second party, everything came to a screeching halt. heard thru the grapevine that these parties were not good for jehovahs people. It had families from several congregations attending, nothing like animal house.