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the jehovah's witnesses church in australia is the latest religious group to come to the attention of the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse.. the child sex abuse royal commission will hold a public hearing into controversial christian group the jehovah's witnesses, next month.. the inquiry, to be held in sydney, will hear from people who were allegedly sexually abused within the jehovah's witnesses church in australia.. it will examine how the jehovah's witnesses church and its company, the watchtower bible and tract society of australia, responded to claims of child sexual abuse within the organisation.. a victorian inquiry into how churches handle child sex abuse claims has previously taken submissions from former jehovah's witnesses who alleged instances of paedophilia, sexual assault, blackmail and death threats.. the organisation has 64,000 active "disciples" in australia but has also been described as a cult.. jehovah's witnesses believe their church is the one true religion and all others are wrong.

they are among a number of religious groups which have been examined by the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse including the catholics, anglicans, australian christian churches and the salvation army.. the jehovah's witnesses australian headquarters has been contacted for comment about the inquiry which is scheduled to begin on july 27.. http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/nsw/jehovahs-witnesses-to-appear-before-sex-abuse-royal-commission-20150622-ghue73.html.

Thursday

http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.aspx

Not sure if the link has been shared already to the transcripts and the exhibits including witness statements. The transcripts are a fantastic read, they're hanging the JW witnesses out to dry. I am so happy this is finally happening.

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A short description of yourself

by acolytes in

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bro dan ....recently started a thread about sending in our photos.. is not the fruit inside the shell more important?.

who are you?...........................i dont have the guts to start!!.

acolytes.

Thursday

Too young for it all but just the right age for it to happen. Happy with myself, my life and the fantastic people who are in it. Hopeful that the future will be kind to me and I will raise a happy, kind family with a loving partner.

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Test Yourself. How much are you a JW ....

by sleepingbeauty in

are you a jw or if you were one do you still have any jw traits left?

take this quiz to see... .

http://www.thebentinel.com/jw-quiz.php.

Thursday

7% - You are 7% Jehovah's Witness!You have what Jehovah's Witnesses call a "rebellious spirit" and a "bad attitude". Even if you became a Witness, you would be a bad one. You'd probably talk to disfellowshipped people instead of shunning them like you're supposed to. You wouldn't blindly agree to every new teaching of the Watchtower. The only friends you would have at the Kingdom Hall would be the teenagers that think you're cool, and the other "rebels". The Kingdom Hall is not in the cards for you.

Win for me!

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Anyone Know the title...

by feenx in

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of a book that came out recently that was a woman's comedic memoir of growing up as a jw.

i remember the cover clearly, it was a picture of a little girl standing under an umbrella, with sun and green grass, and the umbrella was shielding her from armageddon with dark bldg's behind her and people running.

it was either last year or earlier this year that it came out.. any help is much appreciated .

Thursday

It's an excellent book, I read it yesterday. A lot of things to relate to, I married young as well, although not for quite the same reasons, they were still nowhere near the right ones and my ex-husband became controlling and did not care about how I felt or what I did while I was with him, only that I looked like a good jw wife and we were seen out in service and thought of as being spiritual.

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If Your Husband (wife) is Still In - -

by Had To Go in

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do you vacillate between caring that he/she is still entrapped in this cult and wanting to show them everything you have learned since your awakening and not wanting to rock the boat and therefore just keeping all this knowledge to yourself?

i wonder if it is normal to go back and forth like i do.

one day i want to tell my husband something i may have read here or on another forum and maybe, just maybe i will pique his interest.

Thursday

punkofnice - that's how I was (the one in being my ex-husband). For a number of reasons, including this, I ended up leaving him almost a year ago. It was a difficult yeah but I have never been happier, with life, in myself and now have the ability to be myself, think for myself, and be loved for it.

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Being honest with yourself, could you have reasonably adjusted your attitude and continued on as a JW?

by miseryloveselders in

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i ask this question in harmony with deedub's swan song thread which i linked below.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/members/private/205902/1/time-to-say-good-bye.

to some degree, i think i understand where she's coming from.

just speaking from my own experiences since stepping into the world of anonymous apostacy, i went through a few different phases of personal outlooks.

Thursday

Nope, once I know something is right/true I cannot pretend as though it isn't.

I was miserable and knew that I could not continue living my life being miserable every day.

I had been suicidal in the past and did not want to go down that path again, ever.