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  Hi from England

  by victimofdeceit in

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  recently quit being a jw because i realised that beyond armageddon i was going to be ruled by people who cover up child abuse, not telling the congregations by their letter where the money they donated in the box is going towards paying compensation for legal battles which they caused, and also i was bullied by elders and discriminated against for being homosexual, even though i am not practicing it.

  it wasn't until i threatened legal action for a breach of confidence that the elders were deleted.

  so through the media and my own personal experience, i realised that they were no different to corrupt businesses in the world.

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  Amelia Ashton

  Welcome, glad you found us.

  I am in UK too. Down south in Portsmouth. X
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  JWs biggest problem is not doctrinal issues

  by Chook in

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  2. experiences

  it's biggest problems are associated with its lack of genuine love and concern for the rank& file.

  the average person doesn't need a food critic to tell them their hamburger is shit, in the same manner the average person can discern kindness and love.

  gbs fake love and concern is evident in the way head office deals with victims of sexual abuse by jw clergy.

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  Amelia Ashton

  It was lack of love woke me up. First for the lack of any compassion allowed for African boat people who washed up on our beaches in Fuertevrntura. Bible studies only, no practical help like money food, clothes or even toys for the children in case "They came into the truth for the wrong reasons".

  Then after I had a masked man ( never identified or caught 8 years later) come in thru my bedroom window and attack me not one bro or sister called round, phoned or e-mailed. A year later one sister informed me she was shunning me cos i wasnt going to meetings. Their identifying mark is definitely not love.
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  BBC News has both an article and News Report on Rose questioning his victim. Charity commission investigating this case too.

  by Amelia Ashton in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08yw11v at 28 minutes.

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/26/jehovahs-witnesses-attacked-charity-commission-paedophilia-cover/ charity commission investigation report.

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40719773?sthisfb written article on rose questioning his victim.

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  Amelia Ashton

  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hYzBJz8X9y4

  This is a clip of the Victoria Derbyshire show with 3 JWs talking about shunning that was also on 2 days ago.
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  BBC News has both an article and News Report on Rose questioning his victim. Charity commission investigating this case too.

  by Amelia Ashton in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08yw11v at 28 minutes.

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/26/jehovahs-witnesses-attacked-charity-commission-paedophilia-cover/ charity commission investigation report.

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40719773?sthisfb written article on rose questioning his victim.

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  Amelia Ashton

  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qh1KIZzHFfg&feature=share

  This might work. X
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  BBC News has both an article and News Report on Rose questioning his victim. Charity commission investigating this case too.

  by Amelia Ashton in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08yw11v at 28 minutes.

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/26/jehovahs-witnesses-attacked-charity-commission-paedophilia-cover/ charity commission investigation report.

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40719773?sthisfb written article on rose questioning his victim.

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  Amelia Ashton

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08yw11v at 28 minutes

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/26/jehovahs-witnesses-attacked-charity-commission-paedophilia-cover/ Charity Commission investigation report

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40719773?SThisFB Written article on Rose questioning his victim
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  Did a current or ex-JW help you to awaken?

  by TweetieBird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  was there something that was said to you that got the wheel turning in your brain, that caused you to start waking up to ttatt, either by a jw or ex-jw that you didn't know was awake?

  i'm trying to think of things i can say or ask of my current family members still in that may help them to start seeing the real truth about the organization.

  they think we're still in..

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  Amelia Ashton

  My awakening was through a number of events over a period of time.

  My depression was making meeting attendance harder and harder so missing meetings and no longer getting the constant indoctrination probable allowed me to start thinking negatively about the org and my bros and sisters "imperfections"

  Being "counselled" by an elder not to help the Africans that washed up on our beaches by giving them money, clothes or toys for their children (I was living in Fuerteventura at the time) but to "only offer them Bible studies in case they come into the truth for the wrong reasons" so we went after dark and did it in secret and that seemed so wrong to me.

  Shortly after I was really busy just having bought the company I worked for and working really hard but meetings were not the same any more after discovering an elder while I had been ill had instructed the congregation to "leave me alone for a bit as I had gone off the rails" felt a tad unloving.

  Then I had a masked man come thru my bedroom window and attack me and we fled back to UK. I found the KH and we went to the memorial and I told my bros and sisters what had happened and where we were staying. That was 2009. No-one came, called or messaged and I am still waiting.

  For me injustice and missing meetings got me out but it took a whole year of searching before I started to doubt it was "the truth" was the problem not me.

  Reading Crisis of Conscience by Ray Franz was what finally freed me.
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  Sudden General Election in UK to be held June 8th 2017

  by freddo in

  1. social
  2. current

  theresa may the british p.m. has called for an election.. the house of commons has to vote tomorrow and have a two-thirds majority to agree and the main opposition parties want it to happen too so it looks pretty certain to go ahead..

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  Amelia Ashton

  I voted Labour even tho everyone said Labour could not win here as in over 100 years since the seat was created it has never been red.

  Guess what?

  It's red! Totally delighted for a local lad born and bred a few streets away and looking forward to seeing what he can do.
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  what is the craziest book the dubbers ever published?

  by dogon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i was wondering what book is the nuttiest they ever printed?

  i know there are several in contention for first place but which is your vote for no 1?

  also if you don't mind post a bit of what is in the book you pick to show why you picked it.

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  Amelia Ashton

  The "amendments" helped me to see what a crock if sh*t it al was.
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  Was There ANYTHING Positive That You Experienced Because of Being a JW?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  was there anything positive about your jehovah's witness experience?.

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  Amelia Ashton

  I had to give up smoking to join so that was a positive.

  Without that false sense of security of a sky daddy looking after me I would never have left UK with 2 children to live in Spain.

  Two things.
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  Uk members ?

  by midnight in

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  2. friends

  hi anyone from the uk ?

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  Amelia Ashton

  I was aware of at least 2 elders and a PO having affairs but much later. More like late 90s.