our friend, oompa, has passed away.
just recieved the news a couple of hours ago, and have almost no details.
it happened today or yesterday, he took his own life.
Oompa is not forgotten...many have done videos about him and continue to do vids and articles about the extreme shunning.
Sooner or later it will stop- I believe under public pressure or possibly even under threat of law the WT will change their damaging policy.
has the jehovah's witness computer data base number totaling 23,720 child molesters on file in patterson, new york created a public nuisance by keeping the names secret ?.
that question, is basically before the court,regarding roman catholics.. .
in the first lawsuit under a new minnesota law that allows victims of child sexual abuse to bring claims decades later, accuses the archdiocese of saint paul and minneapolis and the diocese of winona of negligence for allowing a known pedophile to continue working with children for years.. the plaintiff, identified as "doe 1," seeks a court order to force the church to release an internal list of "credibly accused child molesting priests," and accuses the church of creating a public nuisance by keeping the names secret.. .
This could have big ramifications for WT...
Thanks Sol- keep us informed.
here is my sweet survival plan, post jw life!
...yet another part of my healing process...yes healing is g o o d.... .
btw, it feels so great to not have to hide and to able to put my picture up anywhere i feel like!.
@ LostGen - Well "dumped" is not a nice word...upgrades are key my friend lol
But Ms. Mia will always be my friend she is a lovely lady but it just wasn't meant to be.
has this happened to anyone else?
you invite the co for dinner (or some other thing) and they say they cannot.
i can understand why, i suppose, since depending on how popular they are, maybe they have to turn down some invites to have personal time, but still wondering how common that is..
They often get dozens of invitations for the same day/time and cannot possibly take them all. So they take the ones they like or think would be the best, as anyone else would lol.
jcpenney removes a billboard after complaints that the tea kettle featured resembled adolf hitler.
does it look like hitler to you?
does it offend you?
IMO it is an example of the brain's amazing ability to find patterns in among chaos...even when nothing is there, the mind will try and find something.
here is my sweet survival plan, post jw life!
...yet another part of my healing process...yes healing is g o o d.... .
btw, it feels so great to not have to hide and to able to put my picture up anywhere i feel like!.
TY I am STILL happy!
...And I have "upgraded" since this was posted 7 months ago BTW hehe...
w13-08-01, page 16. .
don't they pray for.
the fdsunity of congpeace of brotherhoodall the tiime?.
"We humbly approach your high and lofty throne of undeserved kindness..."
"Please be with those that weren't able to be here tonight"
"May we have an extra portion of your holy spirit..."
"Please dear Father bless the Governing Body as they meet this Wednesday..."
"We thank you for giving us the truth and allowing us to live in this time of the end..."
w13-08-01, page 16. .
don't they pray for.
the fdsunity of congpeace of brotherhoodall the tiime?.
@Bats - Excellent point. When I was the chairman at the convention one year I saw a high-ranking El-Dur come up to pray with a little piece of paper in his hand and read his convention prayer. At the time I was totally asleep in the movement and I still thought it was really wrong.
Over the years I saw brothers read prayers on at least 5 more occasions too.
i'm reading jehovah unmasked.
i am now in chapter 10. it's an interesting read so far.
i just can't believe the watchtower never told me about the jewish reincarnation ...(sarcasm) .
It's good that you are examining things and asking big questions without fear Greenhorn- that's what we all should be doing after getting out of the mind control.
unless you take responsibility for your own thoughts, words and, most importantly, your deeds-you cannot be a moral person.. escaping responsibility is impossible even if you manipulate cunningly to achieve your ends.
why, because the nature of ethical standing.
is facing the effects you have caused and owning up.. there is no need to explain the difference between saying you apologize as a token gesture when faced with someone you've harmed and.
Not as simple as all that IMO...
