Posts by truthseekeriam

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Have your views on gays changed over the years?

by laverite in

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friends

some questions....feel free to answer any or all of these.

have your views of gay people changed over the years?

do you have or have you ever had gay friends?

truthseekeriam

I never could be one of those people that talked badly about those who were gay. I have always been one of those people who asked why, before I judged..and like some who commented already, I was raised around kids who at the early age of 4 and 5 who didn't fit in with their gender. I played with boys who just loved dolls and never touched a dump truck. I knew girls who would have rather died, then put on a skirt! I watched them grow into who they were and yes they turned out to be gay and I didn't care and still don't care.

I do think it's a trend with some, but I have known too many to know that for some... it's who they are. Just as I am, who I am.

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Lakers or Celtics?

by minimus in

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friends

it's tied, 1 to 1. i'm with the green team over lala boys.

my prediction it'll be celtics in best out of 7..

truthseekeriam

I'm in Southern California and my husband and son are pulling for the Celtics...so sick of the Lakers, 3 years in the finals are too much for them

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Mr. Flipper Talks with Bethel Legal Service Desk Rep About JW Child Abuse

by flipper in

well - i had been wanting to do this for a long time , to question a legal department representative at bethel about the child abuse settlements and jw child abuse, since last year when the news came out about it.

especially since my dad , an elder for years was never aware of it and has on his own taken steps to see that families with children are informed if a former pedophile is in their congregation.

i was curious as to what the current views and policies in place are .

truthseekeriam

Wow flipper, this was really good. Thanks for the expose

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Well Freakin finally this Drama has reached it's Climax

by troubled mind in

hahaha i just recieved a certified letter , an invitation to a little party known as a jc at the local geneseo ,il kingdom hall of jehovah's witnesses to discuss the matter more fully that i refused to discuss with an elder on the phone about .

come to our party june 23 held in your honor ...yea right !!.

so our certified letters will be received on the same day sweet !

truthseekeriam

Wow! Nothing they do shocks me anymore...

I'm happy you have a good attitude about it. I'll do the same if they come after me.

As I have told my sister, if they want to get rid of me they will do it themselves...I owe them nothing.

I bet you feel as if a weight had been lifted off you

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Standing up for myself, a lonely stand

by troubled mind in

i have learned in my life that i am the only one i can trust to stand up for myself .. many times i wished others would have 'had my back', like when i was seven and my favorite teacher committed wrongful contact with my class....we didn't know the term pedofile back then , and children were not taken serious when they made complaints about teachers .

i wished my mom had been more protective and saved me from some ugly situations .

i knew at 10 yrs of age that wasn't going to be the case .

truthseekeriam

I hear you troubled mind!! I feel you fustration...I have had many of those same conversations with my husband as well. It's hard to be the only one to stand up and say enough! In the way we need to be done!

Just a few years ago when our daughter was molested I wanted him to drive over to that creeps house and kill him with his bare hands! I wanted to see him turn into some man I knew he wasn't..I married a man that was a kind, calm and controlled... everything I so loved about him I suddenly couldn't stand! It was the hardest thing to face and it very well could have torn us apart at a very horrible time. I had to remember I can't expect him, to be me. The truth is there could only be one of me in a relationship :) I'm the emotional, vocal, do it now person! He's the let's think about it, don't be rash person.

I always enjoy your threads,

(((hugs)))

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My experience

by MrFreeze in

my experience is in no way remarkeable but i felt like sharing it anyway.

i was raised a jw.

my mom became one the year i was born.

truthseekeriam

Welcome

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my 15 year old neighbor

by asilentone in

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friends

i am laughing at my 15 year old neighbor doing the parallel parking practice.

she is a disaster.

.

truthseekeriam

I thought new cars did it for you

I hated that part of the driving test!

I can't believe my son is about to get his permit...I wonder if the neighbors are laughing at him as he walks out to his parked car and starts it up and sits in it listening to music and texting his friends everyday dreaming of the day he could actually drive it.

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Okay I just got back from the Police department

by troubled mind in

the officer was very understanding and helpful .

he said you would be surprised how many citizens they have come in and ask how to stop the jehovahs from coming to their doors .. .

i told him my whole story about leaving the jw's after 44 yrs and just wanting peace and freedom .

truthseekeriam

That will be my next step if the elders don't back off after our recent request.

I think it odd that all of a sudden they are really pushy..2 calls in one week wanting to meet with us? Of course that made my anxiety to act up again

A friend recommended we not write a letter because everything we write and sometimes just their interpretation of what we write could work against us. Instead he said to leave a message at a time you know they wont be home (meeting day) and tell them emotionally you are not in the right place to deal with a meeting that would only upset us all over again.

Well, so far it's seemed to work...

I just don't get it! When you need them you get nothing and when you finally start to move on and feel good again...here they come, to stress you out!!

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Are you an active Jw or an ex-jw?

by XPeterX in

active unbaptised publisher here.you?

(though i already know the answer for some people).

truthseekeriam

I agree Mrs.Jones

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thankyou all who have shown support to me and goodbye for now x

by looloo in

i first came on this site around the time we were waiting the my daughters abuser to face justice in crown court , we got no justice (due to lack of evidence) but his other victims had a very small section of the abuse they suffered legally recognised , due to a deal being done with the defence , so we waited 20 months to give evidence just to be dropped at the last minute for a "deal" my by now ex best friend decided to stand by the child rapist !as did some of his family despite him being a disfellowshipped person (he was not disfellowshipped for child abuse ) and they are all jws !

isold my house and left the town i once loved as i couldnt bare to be in the same town as him when he left prison (he did 18 months of a 3 year sentence ) and see his supportive family knocking on doors taliking of truth made me feel like screaming at them "what about my poor girl , wheres your support for her , you hypocrites "my daughter is still very much affected by what happened to her age 13 , sexual, physical and mental abuse over months and months .

but i also have a 6 year old girl who was only 20 months old when i found out and reported the abuse to the police , and the long process started , for the next 20 moths i could think of nothing but giving evidence in court and trying to support my girl who was also terrified of that , my little one was 3 and a half when he was sentenced and i looked back and realised i had hardley taken any notice of her since i found out about my other girls abuse , i had missed out on so much of her best times , learning new words etc , i was too preoccupied .

truthseekeriam

Okay your post made me cry!! We have so much in common aside from our child's molester being sent to prison for most likely the rest of his life.

I can so understand your grief and the struggle to move on..I'm still fighting to do it myself.

I wish you all the best and hope your up to 75% by the end of summer.