Posts by mrs rocky2

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Spokesman-Review article "Cut off by Faith"

by Mr Rocky in

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http://www.spokesmanreview.com/tools/story_pf.asp?id=96267.

i posted this yesterday in friends but it never showed up in friends.

without a link it died a very fast death in active topics.

mrs rocky2

The elder Graham had one thing right. When a person who is one of JWs starts down the road of being "openly" critical of the organization they most certainly know where the raod leads. Now I'm not saying that there isn't alot of criticism that can be justifiably leveled against the organization, only that one can choose to be discreet or indiscreet.

We chose to be extremely discreet for the sake of family for a number of years. We were "openly" critical about the organization to only one person who wasn't even a member of the local congregation. He did not come to us first in harmony with Matt. 18:15. He ran straight to the local body of elders. Discreet went out the window once the congregation elders chose to ignore scriptural guidelines. (See Mr Rocky's post about details of his conversations with Mike Graham.) Once we were sanctioned unfairly, we had nothing more to lose as our families blindly follow the organization. By the way, as far as we know, there has not been an announcement to the congregation indicating that I am no longer one of Jehovah's Witnessess. However, for the most part, I am treated as if I have been disfellowshipped. The only JW family members who still have contact with me live hundreds of miles away. Our association has been limited to phone calls regarding health matters. Linda

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Spokesman-Review article "Cut off by Faith"

by Mr Rocky in

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http://www.spokesmanreview.com/tools/story_pf.asp?id=96267.

i posted this yesterday in friends but it never showed up in friends.

without a link it died a very fast death in active topics.

mrs rocky2

I believe there was one reader who wrote to the Spokesman asking why this article was front page news. The Spokesman commented to the effect that, given the religious situation in the world today with fanatical religions causing trouble (such as 9/11 terrorism), it was an important subject to cover. Other letters to the Spokesman were favorable. We have had phone calls, mail, invitations to join Bible study groups and churches, hugs and prayers on our behalf.

My mother asked me why I talked to the newspaper. She is finding it difficult to believe that Rocky would be DFd for speaking about the child molestation reporting policy to only one person. My father thinks Rocky should have met with the JC anyway, but we knew the policy would not be changed so a meeting with the JC would be in vain. Rocky would have been DFd anyway. I believe that keeping JW scandal public keeps pressure on WT. I told my mother I spoke to the paper because we need to protect children - something WT has not been doing.

Linda, aka Mrs Rocky2

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Anyone from Seattle Here?

by NiecyMe in

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would love to meet some people in the area...or know were everyone is hanging out.

it would be nice to meet some people that share my past life as a jw.

i am enjoying hearing about all the stories.

mrs rocky2

I grew up in Seattle and now live in rural Eastern Washington. I still have faithful JW family in the Seattle area who still speak to me (I'm not officially DF'd or DA'd, altho Mr Rocky has been DF'd - I think the local BOE won't make the announcement because we went public with our story and were featured on the front page of the Spokesman Review.)

Linda, aka Mrs Rocky2

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Identity Cards

by Mysterious in

did you hate them as much as i did?

i always tried so hard in school to make sure that no one saw it.

it tries so hard to be unobtrusive on the front, but how embarassing in high school if people think you have some kind of "lost child" card on you.

mrs rocky2

As paranoid as the JWs are about the blood issue, I'm surprised they didn't have us surgically attach them to our bodies somewhere, or at least tattoo them on our kids!

Mrs R

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Beware is this a new Elder tatic to get you?

by skyman in

i have a friend that was dumb enough to allow two elders in his house at the same time to talk to him, he let them in.

i have told him over and over again never to talk to two elders at the same time.

i'll get to the point.

mrs rocky2

You can tell the elders that you will go to the newspapers/media, which is what we did. When Joel was DF'd, we wrote a letter to the editor of the local newspaper. The regional paper decided to do a story on shunning because of learning of what we wrote. JWs hate negatie publicity.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/100193/1725346/post.ashx#1725346

MAJOR SHUNNING ARTICLE SPOKESMAN REVIEW WASHINGTON

Although it has not stopped the local congregation from shunning me (there has not been an announcement at the KH that I am "no longer one of Jehovah's Witnesses"), my sister and my mother are still talking to me because the local congregation has not pursued taking action against me. We can only imagine what this has done to the local door-to-door ministry. We are well known in our community and have had only positive feedback and support.

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What does it mean to Love your neighbor as your self?

by jst2laws in

as one can tell by my screen name i am focused on love as a key ingredient of existence.

i was a jw elder when i first came here and worn out from wt rules and had become acutely focused on the 'two laws'.

matthew 22:39 is one of a few places that the 'two laws' are recorded where we are told to love god with our whole heart, soul and mind and to love your neighbor as yourself.

mrs rocky2

Just something to think about - Jesus gave a very nice illustration to answer the question posed, "who really is my neighbor?" This is the very well known "Good Samaritan" illustration. IMHO, I believe Jesus was showing us that the demonstration of love is a very practical thing and not out of our grasp. If it is in our power to help someone with kindness than we should do that. The illustration did not specifically say that the Samaritan provided practical assistance outside of his means of life. (One could extropolate that he did or did not.) But I am not a Biblical scholar and tend to be very Zen about my scriptural readings. Just my two-bits....

Linda, aka Mrs Rocky

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Barb Anderson & Linda Jahn interviewed on Mark Furman Show, Spokane, WA

by AndersonsInfo in

thought you'd like to know that today at 11 am pacific standard time, which was 1 pm tennessee time, i was interviewed for an entire hour by mark furman on 1510 kga, the big talker show, originating in spokane, wa, population 250,000. former jw, linda jahn, was interviewed from 12:00 to 1 pm.

all this attention to our cause originated from the disfellowshipping and shunning of joel jahn in davenport, wa, a few months back.

at that time joel wrote a letter to the local davenport newspaper explaining the wt disfellowshipping policy used against him because he spoke out against the religion's child abuse policies.

mrs rocky2

Spokane is a small town. The radio station is a small AM station. I don't know that many people ask for recordings of talk shows around here.

bttt

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"Spiritism" has Rapidly Spread in JW Congregations

by metatron in

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sister k, like countless other witness sisters, has a number of vague, ill-defined symptoms that drag her down physically.. her md can't find much specific that's wrong - so she seeks help from an alternative healer - who uses "healing crystals",.

"flower essences", "rebalancing energy meridians" and the like.

she seems to benefit from this - and the healer is also.

mrs rocky2

My sister lived in the Santa Barbara area in the mid-70's. The congregation was big into iridology. The iridologist could tell you what organ of your body was dysfunctional based on your iris. My sister's roommate had rheumatoid arthritis, she was only 26. The iridologist had her on a special diet and she had to do "cleansing enemas" several times a week. It seemed very extreme to me.

As for muscle testing, you can also muscle test emotions. A mental health professional I know uses muscle testing to make her patients aware of negative thinking/emotions. BTW, she is also a shaman (no bone in the nose, sorry). She doesn't tell her patients about the shaman thing since a lot of folks would be offended.

Anyway, it is all so interesting, this mind/body connection and the high incidence of mystery illnesses amongst the ranks of JWs - fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, and so forth. I say it's from too much stress! - just my two bits worth....

Mrs R

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Barb Anderson & Linda Jahn interviewed on Mark Furman Show, Spokane, WA

by AndersonsInfo in

thought you'd like to know that today at 11 am pacific standard time, which was 1 pm tennessee time, i was interviewed for an entire hour by mark furman on 1510 kga, the big talker show, originating in spokane, wa, population 250,000. former jw, linda jahn, was interviewed from 12:00 to 1 pm.

all this attention to our cause originated from the disfellowshipping and shunning of joel jahn in davenport, wa, a few months back.

at that time joel wrote a letter to the local davenport newspaper explaining the wt disfellowshipping policy used against him because he spoke out against the religion's child abuse policies.

mrs rocky2

I'll type as fast as I can - I've never had to listen to 3 hours of medical dictation. This should be interesting! Linda

bttt

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I've been debating on whether or not to share this...but here goes

by findingmyway in

for those of you who will be disgusted that i even attended the meeting, let alone allow my son to give his first public talk tonight, please, spare me the shouting messages.

i take full responsibility for what i experienced this evening.

yet, i feel the need to share this experience that has me enraged.

mrs rocky2

(((hugs))) you have so much self-control! I felt my heart being ripped from my chest! I had to remind myself that my own parents have told my daughters they shouldn't talk to us and that my brother-in-law and his wife consider us 'dead.' Those arrogant so-and-so's! Taking advantage of a young person by showering him with praise. What child doesn't like being complimented? Shame on them! Orphan, pshaw! how presumptuous! how pharisee like!