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  No More Money!

  by Hold Me-Thrill Me in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as of this june (i've already given my may contributions which are substantial) i am no longer giving money to support useless building projects that serve no good purpose.

  i am no longer giving money at conventions or assemblies.

  i am no longer giving money toward the circuit overseers upkeep.

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  ABibleStudent

  
  Hold Me-Thrill Me. I wish other JWs (including those that you help) would stop contributing to the WTBTS.

  Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

  Robert
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  How many child abuse cases?

  by LHS123 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  does anyone know where i can find numbers of how many child abuse cases have been brought against jws or settled out of court?.

  i know that 1 is too many and statistics don't reflect the horror suffered, but i would like some numbers to use when explaining to others the reasons for my decreased activity and to have support for my reasons for 'stumbling', facts which might make others think too.. im from uk so it helps that the charities commission is investigating there and also there's a paedophiles exposed website which names 32 jws convicted in uk since 2012, horrifying!

  http://ukpaedos-exposed.com.

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  ABibleStudent

  Hi LHS123, The Watchtower is a dangerous cult and JWs are indoctrinated to follow its leaders no matter what. Please refer to 15 Nov 2013 Watchtower (Study Edition), "Seven Shepherds, Eight Dukes - What They Mean for Us Today", page 20, paragraph 17 about Watchtower instructions to JWs to blindly follow its leaders.

  Your best option to maintain relationships with JWs is to say nothing other than you are waiting on Jehovah to guide you, move away from your current congregation, fade, and start living your life to its fullest. Writing a complaint with a request for annonimity to the Charities Commission about what you needed to do to keep your sanity and maintain relationships with JW relatives might also help

  What bothers you about the Watchtower may not bother other JWs. When they are ready to critically think for themselves, they may or may not.

  Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

  Robert
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  Hurrah for Georgia! Two-Year Statute of Limitation (SOL) Reform Window Signed into Law by governor.

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  hurrah for georgia!

  two-year sol reform window signed into law.

  residents of georgia have a two-year window to file lawsuits against perpetrators and institutions starting july 1, 2015. .

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  If JWN members felt like Georgia's 2-year SOL law could help cause the Watchtower to lose it's property in New York to pay lawsuits, would more members tell JW's in Georgia about this law and post comments to this thread?

  According to NBC New York when California passed a 1-year SOL window in 2002, Catholic dioceses were required to pay $1.2 billion in legal settlements/judgments. Considering that many abuse victims are not emotionally ready to file lawsuits for numerous reasons including low-self esteem/shame, a 2-year window could result in significantly more lawsuits and larger payments than California's 1-year window.

  If Georgia's law results in a flood of abuse lawsuits, it could help pass 1-year window legislation in New York. If the Catholic Church is afraid of 1-year window legislation in New York, imagine how the GB must feel with so much of the Watchtower's corporate property and GB's retirement resort located in New York?

  More members posting to this thread results in more people reading it and possibly more JW abuse survivors in Georgia finding the courage to file a lawsuit.

  Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

  Robert
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  If They Stopped Shunning Tomorrow?

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  imagine that the cult decided to stop shunning family members on the proviso that the dfd person was not actively trying to attack the cult.. (please don't debate whether or not this is likely - it's hypothetical).

  how would you respond to your family?.

  personally i think i would be less than cooperative.

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  ABibleStudent

  Hi cofty, I think that your approach is understandable and reasonable. It is not based on past grievances but on future probabilities.

  Besides who wants to listen to a JW talk about Watchtower infomercials/doctrines if one is not allowed to express ones own opinion.

  Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

  Robert
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  Hurrah for Georgia! Two-Year Statute of Limitation (SOL) Reform Window Signed into Law by governor.

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  hurrah for georgia!

  two-year sol reform window signed into law.

  residents of georgia have a two-year window to file lawsuits against perpetrators and institutions starting july 1, 2015. .

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  Does anyone know JWs in Georgia?

  I realize that this is a sad and depressing topic, but isn't it important to help another person to seek justice and possibly heal more. If you feel it is, please write comments to this thread.
  

  Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

  Robert
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  Hurrah for Georgia! Two-Year Statute of Limitation (SOL) Reform Window Signed into Law by governor.

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  hurrah for georgia!

  two-year sol reform window signed into law.

  residents of georgia have a two-year window to file lawsuits against perpetrators and institutions starting july 1, 2015. .

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  Thanks Barbara!

  I hope that JWN members will spread the word to JWs who live/lived in Georgia and that survivors contact attorneys quickly Two years is better than none, but eliminating third-party civil SOL for child sexual abuse is better.

  Did anyone notice that the law was signed by the Governor on May 5, 2015? Is there a connection between when the law was signed and Lett's comments about 21 to 22 minutes into May's JW Broadcast?

  Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

  Robert
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  Apostate views?

  by Richard C B in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if a brother is starting to look at material on the internet and starts to have serious doubts about the jw organisation and questions the integrity of the governing body.

  what steps would be taken to by the congregation to readjust his thinking.

  and also if the congregation is not aware of this but he has confided in an individual how would that individual try to help such a brother?.

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  ABibleStudent

  Welcome Richard C B, If a congregation really cared about the health and welfare of other JWs instead of blinding following WTBTS's doctrines, JWs would exchange opinions about WTBTS doctrines like the Bereans did in Acts 17:11. Shouldn't the GB be praising JWs for verifying what they were told like Paul did to the Bereans?.

  Why trust leaders who use undue influence to manipulate/guilt followers into donating more, doing more, and sacrificing more? According to Mt 11:25-30, I don't believe Jesus Christ wanted his followers to be heavily burdened like the WTBTS's treats JWs.

  NIV Mt 11:25-30

  The Father Revealed in the Son

  25 At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. 26 Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.

  27 “All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

  28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

  Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

  Robert
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  questions

  by DanielC in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i've been dating a jw girl for about 4 years and we've recently had a lot of issues with the fact that her family doesn't like that i'm not a jw.

  i've been looking into the religion and am interested in it.

  but is it wrong to join just so i don't lose her?

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  ABibleStudent

  Welcome DanielC, If you GF is willing to watch this video Strategic Interactive Approach explained 2003 (1:23:23), your relationship might have a chance of surviving. You should definitely watch the video.

  Relationships are difficult even without unnecessary drama. When you marry a person, you are also marrying into their family so carefully consider how much unnecessary drama you are willing to deal with from future in-laws that have shown no interest in meeting you.

  Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

  Robert
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  I want to take them down

  by cookiemaster in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hey guys!

  some of you might know about my latest clash with the elders.

  i see the pressure this cult is putting on my family.

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  ABibleStudent

  Hi cookiemaster, I'm sorry that you are feeling angry and hurt. DITTO what other posters wrote about living your life well. However you could spend a couple of hours three or four times a year to write to politicians like I wrote about in Revise Tax Code to Protect Children from Sexual Abuse, feel like you are doing something constructive to educate politicians about how the WTBTS victimizes JWs, and still live an awesome life!

  On the other hand if you do want to rise within the organization, make plans that would allow you to accumulate documentation about how the WTBTS converts donated material into donations, flips real estate for a profit by unduly influencing congregations to sell their KH's or AH's and build new ones, deceives older JWs to lend the WTBTS money and then converts it into a donation, or transfers money from the WTBTS of NY to another WTBTS corporation to make it appear that the WTBTS of NY is a charity. Complete an IRS form 13909 and submit it to the IRS as I wrote about in the thread How to Complain to the IRS about Non-Profits .

  Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,
  

  Robert
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  Stress on young ones

  by LHS123 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i had a horrible conversation with my 14 year old last night which i regret.

  im still in but doubting more and more every day.. she is recently baptized.

  she is outgoing and gorgeous and make friends easily, although not so much with the sisters in our hall, who pick her up and drop her again regularly , leaving her out of parties etc but then bringing her back into the circle, dropping her again...and so on.

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  ABibleStudent

  Hi LHS123, Encouraging your daughter to make more non-JW friends is the best course of action for you. You can also counsel your daughter about the pros and cons of posting on social media and not talking about her non-JW activities with JWs.

  Also, I do not feel that the WTBTS doctrines have helped your daughter. How could the WTBTS doctrine of refusing blood help your daughter if she was in a car accident and lost 6 pints of blood? How does refusing to go to college to increase opportunities for her help her? How does avoiding non-JWs to be played like a yo-yo with JWs help your daughter form meaningful relationships? How does pioneering for a printing, print distribution, and real estate property corporation instead of having fun with friends help your daughter?

  How has the WTBTS benefited you and your family? I can counter those thought-stopping platitude with how the WTBTS has victimized you and your family with BITE manipulation techniques.

  Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

  Robert