i wish you were my brother.
i hope your family will follow you. good luck.
research is your biggest friend right now. get smarter than the problem.
first of all i am happy to be here..this site has been an invaluable tool which helped me get to the point where i am today.
i was born and raised as a jehovah's witness and i am now 30 yrs old.
my entire family are die hard witnesses; pioneers, elders, bethel etc.
i wish you were my brother.
i hope your family will follow you. good luck.
research is your biggest friend right now. get smarter than the problem.
i'm gonna play the skeptic today on a topic that is painful for a lot of people on this forum.
my intent is not to stir anything up but to make sure facts are confirmed.
bear in mind, i'm sickened by the wt's role (and the heirarchy down to elders) in child molestation cover-ups.
it would be nice to get an opinion from somebody that was ACTUALLY raped as a child.
to get their viewpoint on everything discussed here so far, good and bad.
i was not raped as a child, so i don't "get it". lots of mental issues there i imagine. but what the hell do i know?
i know i would shake steven unthanks hand mightly if i ever crossed his path. might even shed a tear...
i'm gonna play the skeptic today on a topic that is painful for a lot of people on this forum.
my intent is not to stir anything up but to make sure facts are confirmed.
bear in mind, i'm sickened by the wt's role (and the heirarchy down to elders) in child molestation cover-ups.
he who is without sin cast the first stone.
little children, stop judging.
you're only allowed an opinion if you were molested as a child.
otherwise you are talking out your ass about things you don't understand.
myself included.
from jw newshttp://jwnewsnetwork.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/governing-body-of-jehovahs-witnesses-to-escape-judgment-for-crimes/.
governing body of jehovahs witnesses to escape judgment for crimes against the children?february 20, 2012 .
corporate accused: watch tower bible and tract society of pennsylvania, inc.. case no.
BRIBED.
this seems comparable to the recent obama birth court case....
i remember a lot of witnesses working throughout the country for trim-line when i was younger.
i think it was started by a jw at the time.
i worked for the trim-line in indiana when i was younger.
i've known at least 2 jdubs in edmonton doing trimline work.
rumour was one of them was the guy who "designed" the concept. his name was wes.
i don't have any facts to support this claim, i'm just repeating it.
so in my mid teens i finally refused to stop all jw activity naively thinking i may be able to live a more normal life.
(i was already taken out of school at 14.
) after this i wasn't allowed to go outside even a few feet in front of the door by myself.
they tried with me, but the more they clamped down the more i fought back until i moved out at 15.
at one point, i was putting sleeping pills in thier drinks so i could sneak out at night.
it was a chess game with my parents. they would build a 8 foot wall, and i would find a ten foot ladder.
the pressure on children growing up with jehovah's witness connections can make their childhood extremely difficult.. .
http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed95530children: private law update (february 2012)alex verdan qc reviews the most significant of the latest judgments in private law children applications.. .
alex verdan qc, 4 paper buildings.
(nobody has attacked rick on this thread yet.)
good job.
if someone brought this up delete this thread............ i heard on the radio about trumpet sounds being heard around the world......... sign of revelation....... 12-21-12......... or hoax............. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lseljeew7m4.
if the heavenly trumpets are going to sound,
they are going to sound like heavenly trumpets.
not weird noises on the horizon.
the real deal should be something distinctly NOT from earth.
geoengineering survey .
have you ever heard of geoengineering?
what do you think geoengineering is?
"Goodbye Blue Sky"
[Childs voice:]
Look, Mummy. There's an airplane up in the sky.
Oooooooo ooo ooo ooooh
Did you see the frightened ones
Did you hear the falling bombs
Did you ever wonder
Why we had to run for shelter
When the promise of a brave new world
Unfurled beneath a clear blue sky
Oooooooo ooo ooooo oooh
Did you see the frightened ones
Did you hear the falling bombs
The flames are all long gone
But the pain lingers on
Goodbye blue sky
Goodbye blue sky
Goodbye
Goodbye
geoengineering survey .
have you ever heard of geoengineering?
what do you think geoengineering is?
i figured we should all have had a chance at this survey, not just 3000 people worldwide providing the worlds opinion.