oh my god!!!!.
my wife just took me to a site about jw women being molested and abused and not only wasn't anyone prosecuted, those bastards were allowed to continue raping these innocent children under the protection of the gb.
i was not raised a jw so when i hear something like this it ignites in me an anger that you can not begin to imagine.
JanH
By the definition some feminists use on "sexually abused" (any undesired sexual contact),
In Australia we call this sexual harrasment
I am sexually abused by women frequently when I go out drinking.
Interesting concept of sexual abuse
The real figure seems to be between 1% and 5% of women
Just wondering where you got your figures from.
BEW
its been a long time, but i am back for more chat.. hi to all who remember me from the old h20 (except youknow) is he here ?.
im am still a nonattender.
yeeeeh.. the evil elder who tried to remove me and my brother got removed himself !.
Hi Josephus, I haven't been here long, but welcome to the board.
Look forward to chatting with you in "live chat".
BEW
i'm just trying out the new password.
i rarely post to chat rooms.
i couldn't log on.
Hi Voltaire and welcome.
If it weren't for family, I would've drifted away by now. Although it's difficult to be in this situation
I can relate to your predicament. I grew up in the "truth" and I have drifted away because I couldn't stand it any longer. My family are still in the org. So far they don't know my true feelings about the WBTS and I have no idea how they will react when they find out.
I too find a great deal of comfort here, to realise your not on your own.
Good luck in your future decisions.
BEW
i moved into a new area several months ago, and my subscriptions to the watchtower and awake magazines expired.
(note: i'm baaad, not attending meetings in my new area.).
so it'd be easy to renew my subscription, right?
Ummm ...Can I please ask a question? without getting my head bitten off? Because I am truly curious.
If you all don't believe it is the "truth" why do you waste your time reading such trash? Yes, Thinkers Wife said for research. You can research the org for the rest of your lives, but what's the point. If you believe its a false religion like the rest of religions, then why keep putting that stuff into your heads?
BEW - Just wondering
like many of you i dedicated many years of my life searching for the "true" faith or religion.. after researching and considering religion i came to the conclusion that there is not such.
i decided to worship god in my own temple.
i hope you find yours.. the force be with you all !!!
edwkey
Love the boat, wish I could join you.
RedhorseWoman
Nor could I cope with "belonging" to any group that expected me to be at a certain place at a certain time on a regular basis.
My view exactly. One of the reasons I stopped going to meetings was because I never believed that a God of "love" would expect his "happy" people to live like martyrs. And thats how I view going to meetings 3 times a week, field service on the weekends, study for meetings and bible reading etc on the rest of the nights. And no time for relaxation, entertainment, family life.
To live like this until the end came, I don't think so. My husband and I did it all our lives, no way were we going to inflict this on our children.
BEW "Glad to be free"
keep in mind, now, i haven't been out in field service since sometime in early 1987.. this morning i headed off out the door and down the stairs, cheerful and ready to tackle the day.
got to my ride, and realized i had forgotten to pick up the case that contains my laptop and paperwork.
so, back up the stairs, in the door.
Found mine 3 weeks ago in the cupboard still packed with mags, books, etc even had filled in return visit slips from 5 years ago.
Figured it was about time I emptied it out, and caught myself wondering if the people would still be interested. Gave myself a good hard slap to bring me to my senses.
BEW
when i think back to being in the wtbts i can vividly remember the elders and their weilding of power.. as an adult, and in hindsight, i can now look back in total distaste and disgust at the power and control these men exercised over our lives with 'apparent' enjoyment.. i would like any former or current elders to explain the actual feelings you had when exercising this control.. was it exhilirating?
or was it painful?.
i would also like responses from non elders as to how you actually felt on the other end of this control situation.. la donna ana
Hi Ana
In answer to your question
:BEW....what do you think of the subjection issue...you know, "women be in subjection to your husbands"?:
I too believe as you said
:that any good relationship has two partners that will "naturally" listen to each other. Therefore, there is no need to put either partner in control of the other.:
I do not think that either partner should control the other. But there are times when a decision is best left to the husband or vice versa.
BEW
yea, i thought it was going to be a webtour of sorts.
a girl can dream can't she?.
< http://www.stonetablets.org/witness.htm
Obviously some naughty little witness running ahead!
Trying to make the reasoning book redundant? Headquarters not going to be happy about that I'll bet!
BEW
i will now predict the personal futures of countless.
loyal elders who secretly read this board.. in five to ten years, you will say to yourself:.
"what was i thinking?".
Metatron - Well said!
BEW
when i think back to being in the wtbts i can vividly remember the elders and their weilding of power.. as an adult, and in hindsight, i can now look back in total distaste and disgust at the power and control these men exercised over our lives with 'apparent' enjoyment.. i would like any former or current elders to explain the actual feelings you had when exercising this control.. was it exhilirating?
or was it painful?.
i would also like responses from non elders as to how you actually felt on the other end of this control situation.. la donna ana
This is a topic I am interested in to. I have often wondered the same thing.
I've always felt that elders enjoy the "power" they have over others. They are in "control" of so many lives and if people don't toe the line they elders can pretty much do what they want to them. When people have power over others they tend to abuse it.
There's many a time I felt like giving them a piece of my mind but the "fear" of what they could do to me or my family always held me back.
BEW
Its great to be free.
