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  Father Judge goes mad, beats disabled daughter in front of Mother!

  by Cagefighter in

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  how many born-ins can relate to this scene?.

  http://img.ibtimes.com/www/articles/20111102/241931_judge-william-adams.htm.

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  Bella15

  Gosh, that's the "discipline" I got while growing up JW... even when I try to forget I have scars in my body that reminds me of it almost everyday. It is awful to receive that kind of violence in the home, you have no one to come to your rescue - the last time I got spanked by my father I was almost 22 ... it was the worst because since I was a grown up, it was very diminishing, it could have been the perfect opportunity to spit venon at him and fight back ...

  This reminds me a few months ago, my fiance was playing with me and he said, come little girl I will give you a spanking and OMG it was like if I was a child again, like if dimensions were fighting with my present and for a split of a second I was afraid of him, and I cover my face and yelled NO, he kept on playing he didn't understand what I was going through ... flashback ...
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  Attorney: 'Fear Of Jehovah Witness Family Drove Mom To Drown Baby' -- (CBS)

  by Spittn4Cash in

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  santa ana (cbs) a young fullerton mom is headed to prison on friday for drowning her newborn baby in a toilet.. knx 1070s mike landa reports yanira valderrama, 21, was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of child abuse and inflicting great bodily injury.. .

  valderrama was reportedly embarrassed by her pregnancy and attempted to conceal it from her jehovah witness family, a deputy public defender said.. orange county prosecutor steve mcgreevy said valderramas baby boy drowned when she gave birth into a bathroom toilet on sept. 4, 2009.. there was a lot of bleeding and shock, and she unfortunately didnt act well and left the baby underwater for an extended period of time so that the baby could never get oxygen, said mcgreevy.. she eventually removed the baby from the toilet, wrapped his lifeless body, and put the baby in a wastebasket in her bedroom, mcgreevy said.. later that night, the defendants mother saw blood in the bathroom, found the discarded placenta and called police, who found the newborn in the trash can.. valderrama was taken to a hospital, where doctors confirmed she had just given birth, according to prosecutors.. .

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  Bella15

  Exactly ... happens in every circle, rich and poor families, all religions BUT again "JW's are the ones who brag about their superior morals and family arrangement" ... I have been in congregations were single girls got pregnant, then they "repented" and were reinstated and welcomed by the congregation ... my mom loves to point out that they got DF'd not like others "christians" that don't shun people like JWs. Hello! The fact is that they GOT PREGNANT WHILE BEING JWs IN GOOD STANDING ... same with all the ADULTERERS< DRUNKARDS<FORNICATORS<THIEVES< they did all these things WHILE BEING JWs IN GOOD STANDING ... I don't care what they do after the fact, what it stands is that they committed a "sin" while being a JW in good standing .. or at least pretending to be one ...
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  Why on earth would WT use a FEMALE lawyer to defend it in Australia case?

  by hamsterbait in

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  how many of us here find the use of a female to conduct the defence unusual?.

  the wt religion is notoriously misogynistic.

  anybody with a penis is preferable to do a non menial job.. why the change here?.

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  Bella15

  Funny that I also wondered why a woman lawyer! A WOMAN!!!! Defending GOD's organization on earth!!! I wonder if she is covering her head also to show respect to the "angels" or Jesus or God himself leading her!!!
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  Halloween as a Jehovah's Witness Kid

  by Badfish in

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  what was your experience like as a kid on halloween growing up in a jw family?.

  i was raised in a jw family but never got baptized.. my father used to make me and my sister put old awakes and watchtower's in the trick or treaters' bags.

  we would say: "i don't celebrate halloween but here's a treat for you!

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  We were talking about Halloween and my agnostic British coworker for some reason mentioned that it was pagan blah blah blah and how Xmas and lots of other stuff came from pagan stuff ... it got to the point that we realized how FIRE, WATER, FOOD, certain clothing was used in religious/pagan practices first too, offered to "gods" and so on ... we were not talking about religion but I was about to have a panic attack b/c I thought about my JW upbringing and how every holiday is pagan and bad bad bad ... then I thought the stupidity of picking and choose what customs are bad and which ones are good according to "religious" people ...

  Anyway, the church I go to had a Trunk or Treat. I decorated my car trunk and it was fun ... kids from the church dressed up in costumes and entertained thousands of people that came by the RiverFest where they enjoyed music, food and sodas, inflatable games. I bet we"fish" more people this way and give a message of love to our community heard by thousands.
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  Undeserved Kindness vs Grace - Watchtower flaw in a NUTSHELL

  by sabastious in

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  romans 1:7. new international version.

  "to all in rome who are loved by god and called to be saints: .

  grace and peace to you from god our father and from the lord jesus christ.".

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  Bella15

  When I understood "GRACE" I kneeled down and cried and thanked God for giving me such a great GIFT ...

  I used to read in the bible how people rejoiced, shouted, singed, praised God for his love, mercy, grace, now I understand that feeling because whenever I realize the gift of GRACE I feel like jumping and yelling thanks GOD!
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  The JWs in the crowd gasped in Australian court..

  by koolaid-man in

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  shocking information near the bottom of this report from a watchtower lawyer definding the organization in australian courts.focus on the information under the heading: "the faithful and discreet slave".

  quite the shocker... the society's lawyer statesthere is no true physical body of people, but only a theological arrangement.

  the jws in the crowd gasped.

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  Bella15

  Makes me want to puke ...
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  55-reasons-apostate-jehovahs-witnesses-will-never return to The Organization.

  by koolaid-man in

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  http://www.modernghana.com/newsp/358447/1/pagenum/55-reasons-apostate-jehovahs-witnesses-will-never-.html#continue.

  articleheadlines03 comments | print | e-mail | save the best way to defend is to attackby: mishael (dadamishaelmore quotes | submit quote1.

  teaching that true christianity is an organization instead of a way of life .

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  Bella15

  Very appropriate to read this topic this morning ...

  I went into my attic yesterday to look for my Thanksgiving decorations and came across a box with books, I stopped here and found my unread copy of " The art of war" of Sun Tzu ... which according to the preface: "... compiled well over two thousand years ago by a mysterious Chinese warrior-philosopher, is still perhaps the most prestigious and influential book of strategyin the world today ..." I started reading it yesterday and continued today and I couldn't help of finding similarities with the Watchtower Corporation and the emphasis they put on the "organization" and to control people ... on the other hand when I read the bible I don't find similarities with "the WT organization" as I read the context or the whole book at a time I say this because I was reading the Book of Isaiah this weekend also, book out of which Rutherford got the name of Jehovah's Witnesses, that book is all about Israel and Jesus ... not any USA "organization" craftedly incorporated to profit from people.
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  If you could change one mistake what would it be? (excluding the whole jw thing)

  by Voices in

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  my ex.

  me.

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  Bella15

  Dating an exboyfriend after my divorce ... PLEASE ALL OUT THERE ... learn from me and stay away from old flames ... LOL!

  You know I wish I could change all my JW life, but unfortunately it was out of my control I was very little (2-3) when my mom encountered that cult ... I lived years under that spell

  But it was my choice to date my ex-boyfriend ... I didn't know better ... thou part of me was going back to something I couldn't have freely as a JW ... he wasn't a JW and I was his girlfriend behind my parent's back for like 3 months (I was 15, he 17)... I didn't see him for 20 years until I met someone that knew him ... mind that then we were in El Salvador, and now we both were in USA ... it is a small world ...
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  Ya know what I really hate?

  by outsmartthesystem in

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  i personally know a lot of witnesses that are on government assistance.

  whether it be food stamps.....government subsidized housing.......medicaid....whatever.

  first and foremost i am not bashing government assistance.

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  Bella15

  You are not the only who sees the hypocresy in that. My own mother applied for early social security because you know the end was around the corner 3 years ago. Since she doesn't have medical insurance nor money to pay for health care, she goes to a catholic charities clinics here in Houston, same my JW sister in Austin, TX and lots of others JWs. Any immigration issues for JWs all over the USA, call Catholic Charities they provide free consultations and representation. Moreover it was the Association of Baptist Churches (ABC program) that got amnesty for many long ago.
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  The Honeymoon Stage...well kind of

  by mrsjones5 in

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  i'm keeping my distance from my parents but i keep running into my mother around town.

  yesterday it was at walmart, a couple of weeks ago it was at the mall.

  both times my husband was not acknowledged (basically shunned), hubby says its a weird feeling but he's ok with not having to talk to my mother.. i call my mother every couple of weeks or so and the last time i spoke to her (about two days before walmart) she said that she wished we could go shopping or go to lunch together.

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  MrsJones5,

  You are describing my mother ... I have learned to remove myself from any "situation" that bring chaos in to my life ... it is not fair to myself nor my children. I hope you have been able to tell your mom how you feel about it. I did this with my mother over the phone once, afterwards I reinforced the fact that my door was always open for her ... meaning if you ever need me I am here ... you know she is a JW too and won't even consider coming to my house or call.