Posts by diana netherton

big surprise, my sister hadn't heard anything about it, so of course she got right on to the jw.org website and emailed me the link to the watchtowers official statement.

this is my reply:.

diana netherton

If she's anything like my sister, who decided to "return" a few years ago, I would

rather bang my head against a wall than get into any sort of debate over anything

Jo-ho related. You simply cannot get to people who are so brainwashed. The change

has to come from them hopefully waking up to the reality of what they are in. I find

that it just causes more angst all around.

Just my few cents..

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Watchtower's Billion Dollars of Property Cannot Be Sold until Outcome of Conti Appeal

by Dogpatch in

30 minutes ago i just got off the phone with some important players in this case, and some things were relayed to me concerning a lot of details of the outcome of the last two days of court.

i am passing this on.

cynthia hampton, one of the main players in the candace conti case (and a close friend of 28 years), just informed me of a further, far more powerful move by the state of california against the watch tower bible and tract society of new york, inc.. by order of the superior court of the state of california - county of alameda (see documents below), until the watch tower's appeal, which won't begin until august 13th and will take up to two years to settle due to due process of law, has forbidden the watch tower to sell any more of its $1 billion in assets in the borough of brooklyn until the appeals case is finished, to assure they won't shelter their monies in the light of this most huge and devastating sexual abuse scandal ever to hit the watch tower society, and perhaps any other single-victim lawsuit.

diana netherton

If they're smart, they'll drop the appeal, pay the damages and sweep this whole

untidy "mess" under the carpet. In a few more years they can deny it ever happened

and blame the Satan and the "apostates". I've been silent for years, mostly out of

respect for my family, but sometimes you just have to take a stand. Now is the time.

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Anyone Besides Me Have Difficulty Saying The Word "Jehovah"?

by Low-Key Lysmith in

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even when i was a devout witless, i always winced a bit when i heard or especially had to utter "jehovah".

it's just one of those uncomfortable words to say like "colostomy", "vagina", or "erectile dysfunction"..

diana netherton

Wow..I thought I was the only one...I cringe. When I was talking to my mother a few

years ago about the whole religion thing, I kept saying JWs. She told me that she thought

it was disrespectful, but I can't even say it without stuttering over it!

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JWTALK.NET: 'Apostates are having a field day with this child abuse case'.

by Joliette in

boo!.

some of the utterly ridiculous comments that i've read on jwtalk.net:.

'i pray fevently jehovah will sanctify his name.

diana netherton

Hey snare, how did you get around those idiotic song questions to sign up?

Can you PM the answers so I can?

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What Some Loyal JW's Are Saying About The Oakland Case.

by Bangalore in

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form the pro-jw site jwtalk.

this is such a ronald mcdonald court case.

i can't believe what i am reading.. lie: "the lawsuit alleged that watchtower had a policy that instructed elders in its jehovah's witnesses congregations to keep reports of child sex abusers within the religious group secret to avoid lawsuits.".

diana netherton

I need a few good laughs...

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Philadelphia Daily News - article - Catholic priest scandal - mentions JWs & last weeks "astounding 28 million jury verdict"

by AndersonsInfo in

http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/ronnie_polaneczky/20120621_deadlocked_or_not__the_priest_sex_abuse_jury_did_its_job.html?c=0.25315509423734484&posted=y&viewall=y#comments.

deadlocked or not, the priest sex-abuse jury did its job.

philadelphia daily news.

diana netherton

Does anybody have a link to watch it? I am in need of some laughs today....

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Should I attend a JW funeral?

by Flat_Accent in

i mean, i had respect for the guy, and it's obviously right to be there for the family and show support.

however, i can imagine what it will be like going back.

i was friendly with a lot of the older, tougher sisters, so i'm sure they'll get on my case.

diana netherton

I would. I plan on attending my grandmother's someday. She will be 88 and is still going strong and

I hope she does for a long time...but I have given it thought. The only way I will be able to get through

it is with Xanax and a cocktail. That's the way I get through most family gatherings.