Posts by passwordprotected

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Were your kids distressed after time with JWs?

by hamsterbait in

i am asking this as i think testimony from first hand could help people see what danger they leave their children in with jw baby sitters etc.. my friends let their 10 yr old daughter stay the weekend with her jw cousins.. when she came back she was having nightmares, bursting into tears, clingy (as her mother might be killed at armageddon before she got home from school).

and asking explicit sexual questions, (yes they had taken her to the kingdumb hell).

i am repeating this post as it disappeared the first time.

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To address the question the OP posted (and not to be sidetracked by Reniaa's myopic bletherings), my son was deeply affected when we left the Witnesses. We had to speak to his teacher and the head teacher at his school to explain his sudden change in behaviour. He'd suffer panic attacks if he heard things like heavy machinery in the distance as he'd think it was Armageddon starting.

I should point I, we never, ever stressed Armageddon to him when we were Witnesses. I refused to study the WTS approved publications and would always speak about Jesus in our family study, or focus on something fun like nature and the planet.

So, where did he pick up the Armageddon anxiety?

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Were your kids distressed after time with JWs?

by hamsterbait in

i am asking this as i think testimony from first hand could help people see what danger they leave their children in with jw baby sitters etc.. my friends let their 10 yr old daughter stay the weekend with her jw cousins.. when she came back she was having nightmares, bursting into tears, clingy (as her mother might be killed at armageddon before she got home from school).

and asking explicit sexual questions, (yes they had taken her to the kingdumb hell).

i am repeating this post as it disappeared the first time.

passwordprotected

I was roundly shunned by my 12 year old nephew at my brother-in-law's wedding last Friday. We used to be close, but whenever we passed by (my daughter was dragging me around after her while she played with her cousins) he would quickly avert his eyes from me. My wife believes that's a decision he's made himself.

She could be right. He's being raised in a religion where churches are evil, are part of the satanic Babylon the Great and anyone who willingly goes to church is a wicked person who is going to die at Armageddon. His uncle and his aunt now fall into that category (plus we're apostates).

Or it could be his parents are indoctrinating this into him.

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Further Punishements

by passwordprotected in

praise gathering 2009 is taking place in glasgow this weekend.

we've been given tickets to tonight's concert as a gift.

to explain, praise gathering is a concert with a full orchestra and 400 singers.

passwordprotected

I like that you are taking the child(I assume that is who Cameron is) to the concert. That'll show 'em:)

To be honest, the fact that it'll show 'em (and it will) wasn't really the primary reason. He actually quite likes Christian praise music and we thought he'd get a kick out of the concert, first and foremost.

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Just been visited

by scotinsw in

i have just been visited by two local jws who had heard i had moved into the area and wanted to say hello.. i'm going to be having words with my parents later as they are the only people who could have given out my name and address.. they were ok with me.

i explained that i had been let down in the past by witnesses and that being a jw wasn't for me.

any idea what will happen next?

passwordprotected

Did you say that "being a JW isn't for me"? If so, it may be wise to avoid making similar statements as an elder may quickly follow that up with, "are you saying you don't wish to be known as one of JWs?". Answering in the affirmative, especially in front of 2 witnesses, may result in you having disassociating yourself.

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Hello everyone

by Wordlygirl in

jw
friends

i have been lurking on here for some time and i finally decided to join the fray.

i am 25 years old and was raised in the society.

fortunately when i was 8, my father left the organization and this allowed me to see the wrold from both angles, the jw (mom) and not (dad).. at first, i was strongly on the side of the witnesses and i even allowed myself to be convinced that getting baptised at 11 was a good idea.

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Welcome! Very sorry to hear about your loss, but happy to hear about your daughter.

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Were your kids distressed after time with JWs?

by hamsterbait in

i am asking this as i think testimony from first hand could help people see what danger they leave their children in with jw baby sitters etc.. my friends let their 10 yr old daughter stay the weekend with her jw cousins.. when she came back she was having nightmares, bursting into tears, clingy (as her mother might be killed at armageddon before she got home from school).

and asking explicit sexual questions, (yes they had taken her to the kingdumb hell).

i am repeating this post as it disappeared the first time.

passwordprotected

@ Reniaa;

I truly dislike this type of thread it is is demonising witnesses and there many hate atrocities throughout history of what happens when you start thinking a people are unfit for contact with other humans. where do you stop? Should you gather witnesses together to keep them from their contaminating influence or should you ban the religion and make it impossible for anyone to worship Jehovah?

Hi, how are you doing? Good weekend?

At my last meeting, a 7 year old boy answered up at the Watchtower study with the following answer;

"All the boys at school are bad and are going to die at Armageddon."

Who taught him that? His parents.

Who is demonising Witnesses? Us, or them by their actions and teachings?

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Who is the "Lord of Lords"?

by Chalam in

i ran across this before but i think it is worth mentioning in its own thread.. i will quote the nwt for extra effect!.

nwt deuteronomy 10:17. for jehovah your god is the god of gods and the lord of lords, the god great, mighty and fear-inspiring, who treats none with partiality nor accepts a bribe, .

nwt psalms 136:1-3. give thanks to jehovah, o you people, for he is good:.

passwordprotected

Stephen, another one for your box is Ephesians 4:8 which, even in the NWT, cross-references to Psalm 68:18. Paul uses this Psalm, which is talking about Jehovah, and directly applies it to Jesus.

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Who is the "Lord of Lords"?

by Chalam in

i ran across this before but i think it is worth mentioning in its own thread.. i will quote the nwt for extra effect!.

nwt deuteronomy 10:17. for jehovah your god is the god of gods and the lord of lords, the god great, mighty and fear-inspiring, who treats none with partiality nor accepts a bribe, .

nwt psalms 136:1-3. give thanks to jehovah, o you people, for he is good:.

passwordprotected

King of those [humans] who rule as kings and Lord of those [humans] who rule as lords.

Square bracket alert.

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Further Punishements

by passwordprotected in

praise gathering 2009 is taking place in glasgow this weekend.

we've been given tickets to tonight's concert as a gift.

to explain, praise gathering is a concert with a full orchestra and 400 singers.

passwordprotected

you brought this on yourself.
deal with it.

Oh, mraimondi, you crack me up.

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Further Punishements

by passwordprotected in

praise gathering 2009 is taking place in glasgow this weekend.

we've been given tickets to tonight's concert as a gift.

to explain, praise gathering is a concert with a full orchestra and 400 singers.

passwordprotected

So what are you going to tell them PW protected? Are they going to see the kids in the future?

I'll hold my counsel on that, this is the internet you know.