once again, the jw's are trying to silence someone that is so hurt it is almost beyond imagination.
sharon roe, sister in law of robert bryant is being df'd by the wts to keep her quiet about how they drove her brother in law to the brink of despair & beyond, by constantly hounding him & supporting his parents in their battle to undermine his headship as a parent by trying to get visitation and/or custody of his children.
they knew he was severely depressed & yet continued to harass this man, to the point where something so horrible, so unspeakable happened.
This was such a painful thread to read through - the lives destroyed and damaged by the WTS is tragic. People everywhere need to know of the real human toll caused by the cold heartless (and yes evil) policies of this organisation. To the GB and others at the top these beautiful humans who's lives they have destroyed are just statistics, soon forgotton.
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when i first faded from jws, i didn't know for sure whether it was the truth or not.
being raised in it, it is not so easy to abandon the years of indoctrination.
then, one day i decided: sh*t or get off the pot.
My husband and I faded for about 2 to 2 1/2 years still believing (looking back now we see is wasn't belief but just after effects of 40 years of mind control) that JWs had the truth, at least doctrinly. We did have huge doubts about the organization as far as the hypocrisy and lack of love was concerned, and my husband had been disgusted by many things he saw during his time as an elder. It was very hard during those couple of years as we often felt guilty (though that decreased over the months) and a bit fearful. It was like living in no mans land. We had no one but each other to discuss our feelings with as our families were all very zealous JWs.
Then at the beginning of last year we started to do some serious thinking about the things we had been taught as JWs. I started writing out various beliefs one by one then looked at the logic behind them. We saw that they were all totally flawed and illogical. After doing this for about 6 months we came to the conclusion that what we had been taught as JWs was lies. The blinkers then started really falling off and we decided we were never going to return.
After making this decision we felt free to look at 'apostate' sites on the internet. We were astounded by what we read. We had never heard of the UN debacle before. We lurked on here for a long time and read story after story that was similar to ours. It was such a relief to know that we weren't the only ones who felt the way we did about JWs. We bought Ray Franz's books and read them. What an eye opener all of this was. We wondered how we could have been so duped for 40 years.
In January this year after an ultimatum from my father, we told my family we were never going back to JWs. My family has totally shunned us since then. We have never been df'd and have not da'd. But we feel at peace now, and are so happy to be free of the fear and guilt that you live with constantly as a JW. The freedom to live life the way you want to is fantastic.
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a higher-up in bethel informed me that in an effort to show how the society attempts to keep true to the original bibical writings, all new study articles quoting the hebrew portion of the bible must be read from right to left.. rub a dub.
thanks for the clarification besty - it all makes sense now
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just thought this article was interesting in view of what has been said in the last couple of years on the forum about the declining number of elders and servants and those reaching out.
add to that the large percentage of young teenage boys who leave 'the truth'.
i can't ever remember this much space in a km being devoted to converting men.. para 2 states: "when a family head accepts the truth, he often influences others in the family to join him in pure worship".
Just thought this article was interesting in view of what has been said in the last couple of years on the forum about the declining number of elders and servants and those reaching out. Add to that the large percentage of young teenage boys who leave 'the truth'. I can't ever remember this much space in a KM being devoted to converting men.
Para 2 states: "When a family head accepts the truth, he often influences others in the family to join him in pure worship". So firstly they think that by getting more males in they will get more females and their kids. (By the way isn't this thinking a bit outdated these days).
Then Para 9 under the subheading Train for the Future, it states: "Men who respond to the Kingdom message and reach out for privileges in Jehovah's service, may come to be among the "gifts in men", Christain elders who use their abilities and strengths in behalf of the congregations of Jehovah's people". So secondly, it appears that they want more males to solve their elder shortage problems.
There is also a push to get to unbelieving husbands.
So is it just me who thinks this or are the WTS really getting desperate for men?
Below are the scans of the article. By the way they are from the Australian KM.
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"a real friends runs to you when all your others run away"......
Well I guess that rules out all those JWs who claimed to be my real friends. Even my so-called best friend. Funny considering how much the WTS spouts that 'true friendship' is only found among JWs.
Anyway - yes dark chocolate is wonderful. Especially one with intense orange.
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didn't know if this has been addressed before , but it's kinda interesting.
when we were witnesses we were always told,oh!
don't look at horoscopes or read anything about your sign because it's demonized !
Flipper I've PM'd you.
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ever have one of those days..when you go outside,and part of your dogs throat has been ripped out?...
that was the begining of my day... i have no idea what attacked him..whatever it was,was f*cking vicious!
!..there was a 2 inch hole of missing fur and skin on his neck.....and a severed artery......also a 2 inch hole of missing fur and skin on his leg.....and..another severed artery.....there was blood everywhere... the nearest vet is 1 1/2 hours away..i phoned in and told the doctor to be ready for me... i tied the dogs wounds up with tee-shirts to try to minimilize the bleeding..then put a 100 lb bleeding dog,in the back of the truck..........poor dog tried to stand up in the truck..his neck started to gush with blood..i got him to lie down..the bleeding slowed.....i jumped in the truck and drove..that was one long hour and a half... the doctor came out..looked at the dog,ran back in and brought out a stretcher..it took three of us to bring him in so he would`nt move around..that dog has spunk!..lol!!.
Great news OUTLAW. Though I must say Dante has an interesting way of showing his gratitude - almost giving his master, who has just spend thousands of dollars getting him fixed, a heart attack! As you said, it looks like it's safe to say the dog is going to make it. Now you just have to make sure you do...LOL
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ever have one of those days..when you go outside,and part of your dogs throat has been ripped out?...
that was the begining of my day... i have no idea what attacked him..whatever it was,was f*cking vicious!
!..there was a 2 inch hole of missing fur and skin on his neck.....and a severed artery......also a 2 inch hole of missing fur and skin on his leg.....and..another severed artery.....there was blood everywhere... the nearest vet is 1 1/2 hours away..i phoned in and told the doctor to be ready for me... i tied the dogs wounds up with tee-shirts to try to minimilize the bleeding..then put a 100 lb bleeding dog,in the back of the truck..........poor dog tried to stand up in the truck..his neck started to gush with blood..i got him to lie down..the bleeding slowed.....i jumped in the truck and drove..that was one long hour and a half... the doctor came out..looked at the dog,ran back in and brought out a stretcher..it took three of us to bring him in so he would`nt move around..that dog has spunk!..lol!!.
Outlaw just wondering how Dante's recovery is going?
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my wife and i just watched a touching film called "the boy in the striped pajamas".. it's based on the book of the same title.
a tale of a little eight year old boy whose father is a nazi officer.
they are relocated to a nearby camp which he heads.
Loved Defiance (the music was great too). Read the book The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and now waiting for the DVD as we missed it at the cinema. The book was fantastic, even though it was actually a children's/young adult novel.
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didn't know if this has been addressed before , but it's kinda interesting.
when we were witnesses we were always told,oh!
don't look at horoscopes or read anything about your sign because it's demonized !
Scorpio married to a Libra.
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