Posts by truthseekeriam

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Sometimes Race does matter...

by mrsjones5 in

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or to be more specific genetics matter.

i just heard a story on npr about blood marrow donations among the black community, why it's so low and why it's desperately needed.

here's a few points that i thought were interesting about this issue:.

truthseekeriam

Thanks Josie,

My daughter is a carrier of the sickle cell gene so she has to be very careful about who she decides to marry and have children with, I appreciate this information.

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I would like to hear your experiences with being SHUNNED

by jwfacts in

i am going to put together a page of short experiences of how shunning has affected exjws.

you do not have to be disfellowshipped, even if you were shunned after being marked or after fading.

all comments are welcome, such as who shunned you, how long since family have spoken to you, what your situation is, why you are being shunned and how it has made you feel.

We have been inactive for over a year now and we get the head down and looks in the other direction when we are out and about. I try not to let them get away with it and make a scene by yelling out their name and making them acknowledge me, but sometimes I just walk away and let it be.

My husband seems to really get upset about it, especially when he's driving in the drive way and he sees the neighbor(JW) hide behind the tree as to avoid having to say hello?? Strange people indeed.

Family members have slowed down in their association with us, which I think hurts the most. Calls that use to be almost daily have know turned into text messages twice a week. It's not easy losing so much so quickly but I would do it again to see my children thriving as normal children

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Just talked to a brother in the service department and he hung up on me!

by life is to short in

ok so last sunday was my last meeting.

i have been in contact with the service department over this problem with the child molesters in my hall, i have written many, many letters begging for help, i have gotten nothing for help from them, but to wait on jehovah and pray more study more, etc.

so i want them to know that they they win they have weeded me out from the "truth" i am a bad seed from satan as i cannot abide by how we handle child molesters.

truthseekeriam

I for one am very impressed by the lengths Life is to short is going to. She is very brave and I look up to anyone especially when it comes to protecting children. What she is doing is not easy, it takes a very emotional strain on a person especially when she's only trying to do the right thing an is being fought like she is in the wrong.(I know all about that)

I really hope you can get past the negative and start taking great pride in what you are doing. Hold you head high and know you have done absolutely everything you could to protect the children in your congregation. How many can say that truthfully? Not many, that's for sure.

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What level of reform is needed on the pedophile issue?

by pirata in

there are a lot of threads the past few days on pedophiles.. what reforms would you want to see in order to feel the matter has been taken care of?.

truthseekeriam

Jamie,

I couldn't have said it better myself.

You must have some experience in it as well.

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A Jehovah's Witness has admitted sexually abusing a young boy from the age of seven.

by truthseekeriam in

http://news.stv.tv/scotland/west-central/187628-jehovahs-witness-sexually-abused-seven-year-old-boy/.

a jehovah's witness has admitted sexually abusing a young boy from the age of seven.. thomas gold, 45, abused the child over a period of seven years at an address in clackmannanshire.

the abuse began with a kiss on the boy's mouth, and became more sexual as the youngster got older.. on one occasion there was "unnatural carnal connection" between them.

truthseekeriam

It breaks my heart and makes me sick to my stomach at the same time

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Were You Ever Nervous To Post Here???

by minimus in

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friends

were you apprehensive to put up a post on this forum?.

truthseekeriam

It took me a few days before I actually hit the button

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A rough estimate of how many are still in for family or loved ones?

by dgp in

i'm sure it's impossible to know for sure but, in people's opinions, what would be a rough estimate of how many people are still in because of fear of losing loved ones?.

truthseekeriam

Only reason I don't write a letter at this point is losing what's left of my relationships with my loved ones. It may not be much, but it's better then nothing.

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A Jehovah's Witness has admitted sexually abusing a young boy from the age of seven.

by truthseekeriam in

http://news.stv.tv/scotland/west-central/187628-jehovahs-witness-sexually-abused-seven-year-old-boy/.

a jehovah's witness has admitted sexually abusing a young boy from the age of seven.. thomas gold, 45, abused the child over a period of seven years at an address in clackmannanshire.

the abuse began with a kiss on the boy's mouth, and became more sexual as the youngster got older.. on one occasion there was "unnatural carnal connection" between them.

truthseekeriam

http://news.stv.tv/scotland/west-central/187628-jehovahs-witness-sexually-abused-seven-year-old-boy/

A Jehovah's Witness has admitted sexually abusing a young boy from the age of seven.

Thomas Gold, 45, abused the child over a period of seven years at an address in Clackmannanshire. The abuse began with a kiss on the boy's mouth, and became more sexual as the youngster got older.

On one occasion there was "unnatural carnal connection" between them. The High Court in Glasgow heard that the boy trusted the accused and thought the relationship was normal when he was a child, but questioned it when he reached his late teens.

It came to light after the boy, also a Jehovah's witness, spoke to church elders about it. Advocate depute Alison Di Rollo said: "By the time he was 19 he had started to realise that his feeling for the accused was wrong.

"He approached elders at his church and told them and they said it was wrong and that if it continued he would have to be disfellowshipped by the church.

"He has been seeing a psychiatrist in relation to suicidal thoughts and depression."

The court heard that the complainer continued to visit Gold and had sex with him until last September. On Tuesday, Gold admitted using lewd, libidinous and indecent practices towards the boy on various occasions between November 14 1996 and November 13 2003.

Lord Bannatyne deferred sentence until September 7 and ordered him to be placed on the sex offenders register.

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Just talked to a brother in the service department and he hung up on me!

by life is to short in

ok so last sunday was my last meeting.

i have been in contact with the service department over this problem with the child molesters in my hall, i have written many, many letters begging for help, i have gotten nothing for help from them, but to wait on jehovah and pray more study more, etc.

so i want them to know that they they win they have weeded me out from the "truth" i am a bad seed from satan as i cannot abide by how we handle child molesters.

truthseekeriam

Life is Too short,

Thank you, thank you and thank you!!

From someone who has had to deal with the pain and heartbeak of my child being molested by a fellow JW, I really appreciate what you are trying to do.

I have the painful memories of knowing her molester was out on bail attending every meeting and going out on sevice as I couldn't even go out of the house becuause I was so depressed.

It just isn't right!!

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke)

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My letter to my aunt.

by alice.in.wonderland in

my grandparents are jehovah's witnesses and didn't raise their daughter to behave in such a manner.

i sent her this letter:.

g82 5/8 pp.

truthseekeriam

Alice, You best be glad I'm not your Aunt or cousin for that matter!!

Forget I letter back I'd show up at your door and give you a piece of my mind!