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  How I Know The Assembly Parts Are Made Up

  by lovelylil in

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  we had a co looking for a certain experience for an assembly part coming up and the elders in my hall at the time sent him to see me, since i usually had good experiences out in field service.. anyway, after speaking with the co, i was sorry to inform him that i did not have an experience that suited the type he needed.

  he told me that was o.k.

  because he could use me anyway for another part.

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  Wow!! That's pretty sad that they would ask you to lie!!

  Glad you got out and took your family with you
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  Elder Missing 24 hours...

  by sleepingbeauty in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a brother i know of was made up as an elder only some mere 6 weeks ago.

  out the blue he has gone total awol and has now been missing over 24 hours.

  i wonder if the stress of becoming an elder at 27 yrs old got to him !!!

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  truthseekeriam

  Hope he's okay.
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  Has anyone WROTE A LETTER to the org?

  by frigginconfused in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was wondering how many out there have written the society and got a responce.

  im thinking of writing but i dont wanna waste my time if they wont take me seriously.

  i intend to challenge many different things they say and do.

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  We did write a four page heartfelt letter in tears after not seeing spiritual justice when our child was molested by a fellow JW (ex-elder) We begged to understand Why, after being accused of molesting multiple victims this creep was not disfellowshipped.

  Our response came in a half a page letter basically telling us to look at the example of Asaph @ Ps 73:3,12 and then 73:17....

  How it wasn't until he proceeded to come into the sanctuary of God that he was able to "readjust his thinking"!!

  Have confidence in the organization... guess what came next??

  "Wait on Jehovah"

  We cried, then we realized we didn't matter to them. What happened to our 9 year old baby didn't phase them a bit!!

  We were on our own
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  What's Your Favorite TV Show Right Now?

  by minimus in

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  i love criminal minds and the newest criminal minds that was showcased last night.

  and i love law & order svu!.

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  Modern family

  The Middle

  Law and Order SVU

  Amazing Race

  Survivor
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  wife seen part of "dateline" online, about pedophile in JW land

  by inbetween in

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  2. experiences

  a short update on my situation.. i am still in, trying to help my family to see the light.

  my wife is open to critisize certain aspects of the wts, reads wt articles with a critical mind, but she still views them as gods org, and at times can get quit defensive about it.. last night though, she seemed devastated about a program she watched, reagrding pedophiles (dateline i guess).

  she was very disturbed, even to the point of being depressed.

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  truthseekeriam

  Inbeetween,

  I would ask her to show you what she watched and then click on other links that deal with the child molestation issue in the WTS. Right away tell her "it's probably not true..but apostate talk"

  Then tell her lets google the names of the molesters mentioned and hit the news button, that way we can see if it's really true or just apostates trying to make trouble.

  A few great ones that have many news stories on them are Fredrick McLean and Gilbert Simental. Once she reads in real newspaper articles she may open her eyes a little wider.

  Wish you well.
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  Note to Self

  by mrsjones5 in

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  avoid abortion threads.

  they're only for folks to piss on each other.

  now i'm off to watch "modern family".

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  Good choice
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  Are you a fader, Df'd, DA'd, or Still In?

  by brotherdan in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i thought this would be an interesting poll that would show everyone the backgrounds of all of us when we left, if we have.. for myself, i am not df'd, but i am attempting a fade.

  i still go to some meetings with the wife to help with kids, but that's it.

  no commenting or field service.. what about everyone else?.

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  Faded in the aftermath of finding out our child had been molested by a fellow JW. Not because it happened but because of how we were treated in the aftermath.

  It started with a slow fade in 2008. By 2009 we knew we wouldn't be going back so we just stopped completely sometime after the memorial.

  Have to say, it was the best decision we could have made, we would have never been able to heal knowing what we knew, if we stayed.

  So far they have pretty much left us alone, however I know eventually we will have to make that final decision to completely break loose of that little hold they still have. Who wants to live their lives having to look over their shoulder? Not me.

  Thank God I didn't push my kids into baptism, they are free to live their lives however they wish. It makes me so happy seeing them be normal teenagers
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  New light on reporting child molestors...

  by Snoozy in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i have a few witnesses on my facebook so i thought "why not"... i posted this article on america's most wanted that featured frederick mclean..the jw child molestor..been on the run since 2004.. http://www.amw.com/fugitives/case.cfm?id=35566.

  so i comment on how i though they caught this guy but i guess they didn't as it was updated in dec.. so the jw gal i know in australia ( i knew the family when they were in the states) replies to the post.

  she comments with this..:.

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  Hi Snoozy,

  I don't think anything has changed, In the US anyways.

  Trust me, my mother would have been on the phone calling me on the way home from the meeting if that was announced at her KH. She knows the main thing that made my family leave was the molestation of our child and how badly the WTS handles these cases.
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  Sports That Do Not Interest You

  by minimus in

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  one sport that i think is lame is pro hockey.

  it's the only sport where players are expected to beat the crap out of each other.

  it's not as much about scoring but how many punches were thrown!

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  Golf is so boring to watch!
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  Considered rebellious because I choose to think for myself

  by LovelyEunie in

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  hi all, this is my first post.

  but i was one of those kids that was born into the whole jw thing, and like a good little witness kid i did everything i was supposed to do to please my parents (mainly my mom my dad's an unbeliever).

  my mom was very strict with me when it came to everything they taught, no holiday parttys at school, no sports, no worldy friends, i was only supposed to associate with other jw kids (my mom is one of those extremist jws, she says she doesn't judge, but she's a perfect example of one one of those sisters with the holier than thou attitude).

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  truthseekeriam

  Welcome to the forum LovelyEunie.

  I think anyone who thinks on their own is considered rebellious by the WTS.

  They like to have control over everything you think and do.

  I hope you stick around, you'll learn alot from many here who love to think on their own