Posts by daringhart13

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Those who WERE or ARE Elders (Re: Molestation Coverup)

by dontplaceliterature in

i'd like to hear from those who are currently elders or were formerly elders on your honest feelings about the charges brought against the society and their general policy in handling these matters.

do you think that the society handles child abuse accusations fairly?

or, do you think their policy is abusive?

daringhart13

I was assigned a symposium piece (I forget the year; early 2000's) at Kingdom Ministry School....teaching the elders how to deal with sexual crimes.

What stood out to me then, was that it was all about protecting the Society. There was almost no counsel given on how to help the victims recover or what it meant to the criminal or victim spiritually. It was all legal information.

They cover it. Plain and simple. They tell people without two witnesses, they will do nothing. The person continues on in the congregation around the children.

Its criminal. I hope the countless victims of this crime come forward and expose them for what they are.....but some of those victims are so damaged, they can barely function in life.

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What Some Loyal JW's Are Saying About The Oakland Case.

by Bangalore in

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form the pro-jw site jwtalk.

this is such a ronald mcdonald court case.

i can't believe what i am reading.. lie: "the lawsuit alleged that watchtower had a policy that instructed elders in its jehovah's witnesses congregations to keep reports of child sex abusers within the religious group secret to avoid lawsuits.".

daringhart13

What a sad, sad state of affairs.

I actually taught the pedophile piece to my fellow elders at Kingdom Ministry School. The MASS majority of JWs have NO clue what the organization's policies are..... they never even inquire.

I wouldn't expect any of them to wake up to this. What you will see is a series of cliches flung around....more urban legends.....all in an effort to remove any responsiblity to an organization that will not identify pedophiles. The Society will drop a guy like a hot rock if he is even accused; he will stand on his own.

Why anyone would compare a religious organization......afterall, isn't the WTBS the "antitypical Ark"...... to Taco Bell, only shows the gross ignorance of your common publisher.

They understand almost NOTHING about this organization........

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Any conspiracy theories you're convinced has some truth to it?

by MC RubberMallet in

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i do.. 1) new world order.

2) weapons testing.

3) surveillance, espionage, and intelligence agencies.

daringhart13

I believe there is no need to pursue a career in this system of things.....only months remain....

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Do women like being checked out?

by MC RubberMallet in

before, when men looked at a woman, they were fresh.. nowadays, when they don't look, they're gay.. i know each woman is different, so answers will vary, but in today's world, women react a lot differently to things that were once distasteful.. so which one is it?.

fyi - i don't do that enlongated creepy guy stare..

daringhart13

Who cares? Are you seeking female approval?

You might find that most women want a man to be a man

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WatchTower damages more JW families & children with Sparlock video :(

by mind blown in

another disgusting attempt of the wts controling attempt to know it all.

you can totally see the wts did not consult a therapist, getting professional help/advice on how to handle the situation or message they were trying to convey to the child.

the facial expression of the mother ( is disturbing even to me) while evoking guilt to the child.

daringhart13

No worries.....

I'm sure all those spiritual JW families ran home and threw away all their demonized movies too:

Beauty and the Beast -- a cursed prince?

Aladdin - genies?

Monsters Inc. - monsters are really demons, right?

Lion King - Rafiki the baboon is a witch doctor

Cinderella - magic, magic, magic ....oh and totally encouraged materialism!

Show White - witches!

on and on it goes. These people are so mentally ill ..... its a sad study in cults

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Showed the new JW cartoon to my non-witness Girlfriend- Take 2

by KidKool in

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allright my first post messed up and i lost it some kind of way.

haven't posted on here in along time, obviously don't know how to anymore.. trying again.. so i was raised a jw, da for over a decade, of course estranged from parents and jw family, have a teenage son from a previous relationship.. anyways, i wanted to see what someone who had no first hand knowledge of the jws would think.

so i showed my non-jw girlfriend the obey jehovah (go sparlock!

daringhart13

Thats a great girl!

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What's Your Status? Are You Technically Still A JW?...

by minimus in

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are you disfellowshipped, disassociated, active, inactive???

?.

daringhart13

Minimus,

Not quite that bad.....but lets say I have a reputation for having a hot temper....and I'm a gym rat. Before I was a "chosen one" elder......I was the stereotypical teenager/young adult that went to jail for beating the s**t out of a few people..... that gave them the right to compare me to Saul and talk about how much I'd changed and become such a spiritual giant.

After I left ... those stories started flooding in again... frankly, it is a 'weakness'...... or is it? I've had several publishers tell me that when my name comes up..... those wonderful elders I used to serve with all scatter.... one brother told me they are terrified.

I love it. They leave me alone.

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What's Your Status? Are You Technically Still A JW?...

by minimus in

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friends

are you disfellowshipped, disassociated, active, inactive???

?.

daringhart13

I simply walked away after being an elder for 11 years.

I've been told by several still active JWs that they are scared sh**less of me....that my name comes up and they turn white.

LOL.....they all know me well enough to not come looking.....I'll 'deal' with them..

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"_____ Is No Longer One Of Jehovah's Witnesses."

by BroMac in

im not exactly sure when this change came in, but when i was a kid i remember it either being.

"____ has been disfellowshipped or dissasociated".

if someone has been announced to the congregation as no longer a jw then they are the same as any other non-jw.

daringhart13

More people who get DF'd should show up to the meeting during the announcement, ....stand up.....and let the congregation have it.

Ala Charleston Heston.......Soilent Green style.

There is nothing they can do.....they can ask you to leave, but the damage would be done....the entire congregation heard it.

I think elders that are removed should do this immediately. Imagine the impact of a long time elder standing and saying "I'm removed, but Bro. XYZ there on stage is addicted to porn and gets drunk on weekends"

If nothing else, it would get a small handful of people to think

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One scripture in 45 minutes

by WinstonSmith in

further evidence that the wts values it's own publications above the bible.

in the last 45 minutes of our meeting, there was only one scripture used.

from the end of the number three talk through to the final song - one single solitary scripture.. the number three talk finished.

daringhart13

^^^ What Momma said is so true.

The Bible is dangerous.

2 Timothy 3:16, 17 is just a suggestion......its not absolute like the 144,000. God did a less than stellar job......which is why he created the GB to make books and explain it all better than he could.