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  1914 coverup has begun

  by hamsterbait in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i spoke to an elderly sister, 94, who is deteriorating rapidly.

  she honestly believed she would never die.. obviously she is desperate to deny to herself that the cult she allowed to steal her one and only life a second at a time is still true.. "the generation change is just like 1975 - we were sifted.

  we were being tested as to who was serving jehovah for a date and those with unbreakable trust in the organisation he has appointed.".

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  As a JW were You Told to Not Report or Be Silent about Child Abuse ?

  by flipper in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  as most of you know in 2002 barbara anderson and bill bowen were on the dateline program which revealed that child abuse victims had been theatened with disfellowshipping from the jehovah's witnesses for reporting child abuse to the police and authorities .

  and this actually happened to many victims and their families for standing up in behalf of the safety of abused children !.

  most here are aware of the out of court child abuse settlements the wt society made with 16 witness child abuse victims in 2007. a gag order was placed on victims so they would not speak of their experiences with the media.

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  Were you Raised by an " Elder " Father in the Witnesses ?

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as i mentioned on another thread , it was very uncommon to ever get any commendation or recognition for any " good" accomplishments i ever did.

  you know the jesus expression, " we are good for nothing slaves- what we have done is what we ought to have done.

  " ridiculous.

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  Has your " Self Esteem " Improved After Leaving Jehovah's Witnesses ?

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it seems to be an issue that some have after leaving the witness cult because none of us were ever made to feel we were " good " enough or "valued " enough for what we were trying to accomplish in the cult.

  growing up i had pounded into my head by my jw elder father what jesus said, " after doing all things remember you are good for nothing slaves , what we have done is what we ought to have done.

  " then i thought to myself - " where's the joy in that ?

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  Did You ACTUALLY Believe That Jehovah Was Going To Answer Your Prayers?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know many people, witnesses and nonjws that truly believe that if they prayed to god, he would hear their entreaty and perform some miracle and grant their wishes.. did you believe in the power of prayer?.

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  DOES ANYONE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME?

  by Mary in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i just got some awful news.

  my jw brother in law has been diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome.

  needless to say, we are all extremely upset as it is a potentially life-threatening illness that can turn into leukemia.

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  What is the average age of those who no longer believe?

  by crapola in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have been reading many posts today and some of you have mentioned your age and how long you have been away from the org.made me start wondering what the average age is for most on this site who no longer go along with the org.

  it would be interesting to find out..

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  Growing up a Jehovah's Witness

  by jwfacts in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  growing up a jw makes a person unique, long after you leave.

  even though i strongly disagree with much of what i was taught, i still am tainted by my upbringing in that i think a thought and then correct myself with what i now should think (or visa versa, think something and then remember what i once would have thought).. even now that i am far removed from watchtower thinking, i still feel somewhat of an alien from those around me.

  though i am loved at work, i feel they laugh at me more than they laugh with me.. for some time now, i have been meaning to chronograph the concepts that a witness child is indocrinated with to show just how damaging an upbringing it is.

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  Welcome Mostly Dead

  by cameo-d in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it seems that mostly dead just made her very first post on the board since joining on 7-17-2008.. mostly, welcome!

  and i hope you can be revived here.. cameo-d.

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  A truly creepy 2007 public talk by Ciro Aulicino - You Will Be With Me in Paradise

  by Tatiana in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i searched for this here and didn't find any posts about it.

  i just found this while searching for info as i was debating a jw on another site.

  this is the most mind-blowing, spaced-out, insane bunch of mess i've ever heard.

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