Thank you so much Barbara.
truthseekeriam
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All three parts of the July 27th Royal Commission Hearing are on Watchtower Documents Website
by AndersonsInfo inhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/ucavrp6e1aymhbf7yueukkxw.
all three segments of day one are on my website and youtube channel.. .
barbara .
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Dragging Jehovah's name trough the mud!
by truthseekeriam inlistening to the first survivor testify to the australian royal commission really brought back some feelings i had put aside.. the feelings of guilt you feel for doing the right thing is extremely hard even when you know it's illogical it doesn't stop the abuse you do to yourself with these toxic thoughts of "dragging jehovah's name through the mud" i guess it doesn't help that you have the elders freaking out saying "reproach, reproach...this is bad!!
it took quite awhile for me to come to terms with how completely ridicules it is to think jehovah would want this hidden.
the truth is the religion wants it hidden and they are perfectly fine with destroying lives along the way!!
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truthseekeriam
Listening to the first survivor testify to the Australian Royal Commission really brought back some feelings I had put aside.
The feelings of guilt you feel for doing the right thing is extremely hard even when you know it's illogical it doesn't stop the abuse you do to yourself with these toxic thoughts of "dragging Jehovah's name through the mud" I guess it doesn't help that you have the elders freaking out saying "reproach, reproach...this is bad!!"
It took quite awhile for me to come to terms with how completely ridicules it is to think Jehovah would want this hidden. The truth is the religion wants it hidden and they are perfectly fine with destroying lives along the way!! What an evil bunch!!
I truly hope speaking out even trough tears has been somewhat healing for her and I thank her for being so brave!!
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How Far Apart Were Your Legs?
by Joe Grundy inseveral threads on here about the excellent bbc r4 programme this week ('the report') focussing on rape and abuse in barry, south wales, jws.
fat pervert mark sewell later got 14 years and i hope he is enjoying every minute of it.. the courageous ladies who spoke on the programme were articulate, reasonable and made a tremendous impression.. the quote in the thread title made an impression on me, and i hope, on all listeners.. forget religious, theological, 'biblical' issues and cut to the basics.
a rape victim was asked to demonstrate - to demonstrate, ffs - to three unqualified (middle-aged at least, presumably) men just how far her legs were apart when she was raped.. i have rarely heard anything so outrageous, and i used to investigate rape and abuse in my profession.
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truthseekeriam
The way these elders conduct themselves during these " investigations" is criminal in itself!
My 10 year old went through the most horrible experience being questioned by the elders after her abuse. It only added to our trauma and was nothing we expected when we allowed them in our home.
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"God by the Neck" short film
by wolfman85 innow you can see the full short movie online.
storyline: its sunday, and pablo, 8 years old, has an invitation to a very special but also forbidden birthday party.
its sunday, and for the first time, pablo is going on a door-to-door preaching with his mother.
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truthseekeriam
The mother was testing that poor child:(
Just watched it again this time with my kids and husband. They all agreed this is exactely the way they felt.
Very powerful short film.
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The Report - BBC Radio 4 about Jehovah's Witnesses and Child Sexual Abuse can now be heard
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0612hjs.
the report about child abuse and jehovah's witnesses is now live.. jehovah's witnesses handle child abuse cases.
jehovah's witnesses and child sexual abuse, the report - bbc radio 4 .
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truthseekeriam
Very interesting program.
I really think all the recent media attention is really hurting the Org and they deserve every negative report they are getting.
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Abuse of a Slow neighbor.
by Protarded ini figured relationship would be appropriate.
so my next door neigbor is, not slow.
she's pretty sharp.
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Why hasn’t someone gotten real pissed off yet?
by John Aquila ini keep reading of some guy who is so upset at someone that he goes into a theater and shoots 20 people..
or a kid that is so mad that the other kids made fun of him that he goes to school and shoots a bunch of kids..
or some guy that was fired from his job and he goes back and shoots of bunch of his workers.
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truthseekeriam
Sadly those that leave are most likely to act out on themselves. I think the years of being told anything negative we are feeling is because we aren't praying enough, studying enough or preaching enough stays with us longer then we think.
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Family Reuinion and Being Disfellowshipped (sorry...but it's long)
by babygirl30 init has been a long looong time since i posted on here, but never ceased reading all the posts and keeping up on the changes that have been going on!
but it just seems that now i have a need to get something off my chest, and this is the one place that will most definitely understand the topic at hand.
i have been disfellowshipped for about 8yrs now, and have dealt with the 'consequences' of that decision: all my so-called friends in the org left and i was also abandoned by my own family.
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truthseekeriam
You did really good! I'm so happy your family supported you and made it clear your parents are in the wrong, because they are.
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"God by the Neck" short film
by wolfman85 innow you can see the full short movie online.
storyline: its sunday, and pablo, 8 years old, has an invitation to a very special but also forbidden birthday party.
its sunday, and for the first time, pablo is going on a door-to-door preaching with his mother.
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truthseekeriam
Thank you for sharing!
It's a shame what we put our children through raising them in such a controlling religion.
This video brought back memories of my now 20 year old coming to me in tears when he was in kindergarten because his teacher asked him when his birthday was. He was so scared he would be disappointing Jehovah and of course us if he told her his birthday :(
I have sat down each of my kids a apologized for robbing them of a normal childhood. I hope they get to live it through own children someday.
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Just two weeks in our new home and the knock at the door happens!!
by truthseekeriam injust relaxing with my morning coffee enjoying looking at the pictures fipper shared of the camping trip when the dreaded knock came.
of course the dogs beat me to the door followed by my daughter trying to catch them, she looks through the giant peep hole and waves me away saying "its them.
" i almost just walked away from the door when i saw the sweet face of a 5/6 year old little boy with his mom and dad and couldn't resist talking to them.. i opened the door and smiled and said jehovah's witnesses?
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truthseekeriam
I'm sorry about your son possum. I absolutely understand the strain this puts on the entire family mentally, emotionally and physically and how it never fully goes away. It's a shame the Org doesn't care about those of us that suffer as wounded sheep but instead take the side of the abusers through their horrible policies.
All we can do is warn as many as we can respectfully and lovingly while exploring our legal rights to try and force change in those policies.
We are not alone, by any means. My thoughts are with your family.