just had to share... a former friend of my wife's, has just left our house, unbeknown to us, her and her husband have been inactive for about a year and a half, they have pre teen boys too.
she reached out to my wife as she had heard that we were apostates etc and needed someone to talk to.. .
after her father dying she was in a bad place mentally and emotionally and reached out to her cong for support, apon receiving 0 she turned to the bible for comfort only in her raw emotional state to realize that jehovah was a murderous unfair god and then her wheels of rational reasoning started turning.. she questioned things and was outspoken about things and attracted elder attention... long story short she wanted to connect with a friendly ear and she splurged she's never going back, the bible is all bulls**t and it's a cult, despite not knowing most of ttatt we all shared experiences and watched her eyes boggle at (stuckinarut... the first euphoric high) the un scandal, beth sarim, ray franz, 607, arc.
Great post, its great to hear about people waking up - thanks to the active witnesses own selfish actions.
Wingcommander- I got teary eyed reading your comment. I had a similar experience. The so called 'worldly people' showed more love & support than any of the JW's in my parents hall.
https://nixlaw.com/news/judge-orders-jehovahs-witnesses-to-turn-over-internal-documents-related-to-childhood-sexual-abuse/.
judge orders jehovah’s witnesses to turn over internal documents related to childhood sexual abuse.
april 12, 2018. .
Oh no...I sense another GB member Loesch denial affidavit declaring..."I don't answer to Watchtower...I'm not an employee of Watchtower...I have no part in making Watchtower policy decisions" or something to that effect
Wow he really said that?? Is this on video or in writing & Does anyone have a link to this?
this is not the first time i've written about this, but with the royal commission happening here in australia, and having fought against the wts on this problem of molestation in the wts over a period of 15 years i feel a need to explain what i found which contradicts what the wts says and the way they handle cases within their society.. i am not going to give the history of my involvement but just state simply why no-one can believe what the wts says ,and we all know the scriptures they use to not handle cases of molestation properly , so here goes , it's not tricky or hard to understand i think, but just use the bible against them (hope this is used at the commission).. i,m using the revised berkely version in plain english here ,.
the context is law giving in the book of deuteronomy ch 22 : vs 22 - 27. vs 22 "when a man is surprised abed with a married woman,they shall both die ,the man who lay with the woman and the woman too; you shall wipe out the evil from israel.".
so this is easy to grasp ,man sleeps with married woman ,judged to die -they got caught.. next vs 23- 24 "when a man comes upon a girl in the city, who is a virgin betrothed to another , and he lies with her,24 you shall bring them both to the gate of the city and stone them to death, the girl because she did not cry out, although the city was all about her, and the man because he violated his neighbour's wife.
@Wozza im so sorry for what you went through, thank you for sharing a part of your story. My spouse and I were discussing this passage in Deut 22 recently & he defends the 2 witness rule. He says it was a direct individual law that would not need the 2 witness rule. And that the fact that it was specific in this case indicates that it didn't rely on the 2 witness rule. Um what?? How can they even apply this to child abuse victims? I get so frustrated trying to reason with him.
... and this time it was mine.. mrs. eden decided to part ways and leave home, and so our 25 year long partnership is now dissolving.
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just another colateral damage in a long list of colateral damages from being raised in the "truth".
Im sorry for what you are going through. Ive only been married 4 years and going through a separation thanks to the JW cult, I cant imagine 25 years and with a child in the picture. The support on this forum definitely helps.
Best wishes,
D
hey there all you singles.
it's that time in the show where we all sign in and tell a little about ourselves.
i guess i will get the ball rolling here.. my name is stephanie.
Wow the original post was from 18 years ago! She is my age now, I wonder what ever happened to her. If you are out there can you possibly give us an update? I only wish I had woken up at 20 instead of 35!
@ wakemeup I actually used that website & met my husband on there! Hilarious given the predicament I am in now...
(On JwMatch not this forum. I was still mentally in back then)
it's my first time on this site though i am no stranger in the ex-jw community.
i come to you now asking for your assistance in what to present to the dean of students at my university.. why am i meeting with dean of students, you may ask?
because today, while innocently finishing an assignment in the school library, i happened to look out the window and see the jws with their stupid little cart.
@jp1692 It's an indoctrinated phobia.-Thank you for the links, I think many of us have felt this way at one point or another.
@sarabethy- I think its great what you are doing for your community.!
the watchtower, november 1, 1922, pp.332-337.
do you believe that the king of glory is present, and has been since 1874?… this is the day of all days.
behold, the king reigns!
@dougmason, thank you for the reference. And I agree with you about the New Light. Some people choose not to think critically or for themselves as God, I mean the GB looks down on independent thinking.
the watchtower, november 1, 1922, pp.332-337.
do you believe that the king of glory is present, and has been since 1874?… this is the day of all days.
behold, the king reigns!
@vidiot, Good one! Sadly this is is how everyone I've tried to reason with respond. There is no getting through to people like this.
the watchtower, november 1, 1922, pp.332-337.
do you believe that the king of glory is present, and has been since 1874?… this is the day of all days.
behold, the king reigns!
Wow thank you for this post. I am printing this now to show my brother very soon. I just hope he doesn't dismiss everything by saying they now have 'new light' crappola. pardon my french
http://www.kptv.com/story/37498850/sheriff-jehovahs-witness-sexual-abuse-suspect-arrested-in-clackamas-co. .
sheriff: jehovah's witness sexual abuse suspect arrested in clackamas co.. posted: feb 13, 2018 5:39 pm cstupdated: feb 13, 2018 6:21 pm cst.
by fox 12 staff.
LizD thank you for sharing your story and being so brave!
