Posts by ElderEtta

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Two for One offer. You get one for the price of two!

by Slidin Fast in

did anyone else fall for this one?

i did pre-assembly work in my home town, this was obviously voluntary unpaid work.

i continued to do part-time work helping to support my mom who has been recently abandoned by my elder dad,.

i've been debating whether or not to post this story simply because the org knows who i am (post history from pre-'05 will tell you all you need to know), and i'm not sure if they would give my parents shit if they knew what transpired earlier this summer.

but you know what, i don't care what they do, because my mom is dying of stage iv cancer and i feel this needs to be heard by anyone struggling with the loss of contact from their relatives.. for those who are not familiar with my background, i became a small thorn in the side of the wts while i was still in.

i'm not big on being deceived, and for me, the org crossed my personal 'red line' when it came to blood and the child abuse issue.

ElderEtta

Wonderful story Jourles, thanks very much for sharing and for your courage.

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Nearly 500 migrant children taken from parents -- that's nothing compared to JW disfellowshipping

by FatFreek 2005 in

several months ago the news was intense about the hundreds of families broken apart by u.s. immigration.

many children were sometimes separated by their parents, sometimes for weeks at a time.

"still separated: nearly 500 migrant children taken from their parents remain in u.s. custody” aug 31, washington post.

ElderEtta

Good research fat freak Shame Shame Shame on Watchtower

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Counter Productive Witnessing Questions

by Vanderhoven7 in

a part of me would like to ask jws the following questions...but i know it would be rude and counter-productive.

so i also know i can expect some flack.. how well do you know your organization's history?

1. when, according to the wts did god promise to usher in a safe and secure new world order before those who witnessed the events of 1914 pass away?

ElderEtta

Excellent questions

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They would Stone us if the law would allow

by ElderEtta in

several years ago unless i was dreaming i read a watchtower quotation that effectively said that they would execute us as disfellowshipped individuals if the law would allow.. was i dreaming?.

ElderEtta

Thank you JW facts it's exactly what I was looking for

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They would Stone us if the law would allow

by ElderEtta in

several years ago unless i was dreaming i read a watchtower quotation that effectively said that they would execute us as disfellowshipped individuals if the law would allow.. was i dreaming?.

ElderEtta

Several years ago unless I was dreaming I read a watchtower quotation that effectively said that they would execute us as disfellowshipped individuals if the law would allow.

Was I dreaming?

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Films with nudity

by neat blue dog in

i guess every jw has a different conscience on the matter, and i don't believe any jw publications have ever specifically mentioned nudity in film as being off limits.

of course genitals are out of the question because that's usually relegated to r movies which most good jws don't view.

female toplessness is condoned but not spoken about, as most jws i know have seen titanic and many own it.

ElderEtta

In the 1970s when I left WT, two of my favorite episodes on TV were Colombo and Murder She Wrote. I always thought there was a huge contradiction on the fact that we could watch murder and not watch nudity.

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Article: 'Punished' for being sexually abused in York County: Jehovah's Witnesses' culture of cover-up

by AndersonsInfo in

https://amp.ydr.com/amp/1837435002?fbclid=iwar3ypzdpoeria0eksocszgvpvwc6k31qa6qetgru_tiey9k5lj2vxtnfzie.

'punished' for being sexually abused in york county: jehovah's witnesses' culture of cover-up.

mike argento | york daily record.

ElderEtta

Thank you Barbara

that was the best report from that York newspaper that I have ever read. Congratulations to the victim Sarah so very brave and allowing her case to be presented

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Senior Jehovah's Witness 'sexually abused young girl'

by Tahoe in

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*warning: read at your own risk .

thomas brian jenkins .

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/senior-jehovahs-witness-sexually-abused-15375089 .

ElderEtta

I don't wish to throw cold water on this topic but I was an Elder myself and will turn 78 in a few days and when I left in 1977 there were a lot of bitter people in that congregation. One or more of those young ladies could easily Trump up some circumstances in which I could have been alone with them in a car.

I don't remember that but if that's the case I could be vulnerable even though I am absolutely innocent of anything so dastardly.

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Trump's concubines -- so what? Jehovah loved Solomon and he had 10,000

by ElderEtta in

what say you.

ElderEtta

What say you