one of the things that really bothered me is how most of the book of revelation isn't understood by most jws.
most of the trumpets were already sounded many decades ago, is that still right?
it seems like most jws just look the other way.
I was just thinking about this book yesterday.
My spouse is adamant that new scrolls will be open in 'the new system' because of the content in Revelation. He is PIMI. I am POMO.
Whoever wrote this book was definitely high on something. And 'evidently' it was almost not canonized.
now that we have stepped away from the jw faith, how do you feel about the bible itself?.
what about those awkward sections of scripture?
how did you rationalise or justify those sections?.
What everyone else has posted, especially @Whynot said. Those stories made me sick to my stomach as a 12/13 year old. (even now its disturbing)
Also having to marry your rapist. (if he chooses).
how often have we heard some sort of sensationalist urban legend as jws?.
here is an example i was told as a kid:.
the experience of a sister who knocked on a door and was greeted by a big fierce looking man- intimidating and mean.
@stuck, are you from Cali? I heard that exact rumor all my life growing up!
How about the Smurfs being demonic and how one actually walked out of the kingdom hall? so silly now that im not an impressionable young child.
Vidiot, i agree with you! Makes no sense. wouldn't it have been more strategically sound - from their POV - to stop bothering the guy after he'd gone into the "wrong" church (i.e. before he'd gotten to a Kingdom Hall)
my dvd arrived from amazon today.
will be having pizza corona and a movie night tonight.
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Can I join? haha
Enjoy!
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/jehovahs-witnesses-child-sex-abuse-stephen-lett-chessa-manion-20180620.html.
She was made to hug her rapist.
That is beyond inappropriate. Do these unqualified elders know the psychological damage this can cause the developing brain of a small child?? (or any age for that matter) They are so ignorant and arrogant.
I hope more brave people come forward. The gb needs to pay for all the damage they have caused countless families world wide.
this post is necessarily lengthy, but my hope is that these 14 examples of wtbts dogma will be examined closely by those who either have something to gain by doing so, or those who can provide "new light" for any of the topics.. "however, you may say in your heart: “how will we know that jehovah has not spoken the word?” when the prophet speaks in the name of jehovah and the word is not....true, then jehovah did not speak that word.
you should not fear him.
" [the prophet] (deuteronomy 18:21-22) .
Thank you for posting this. Very good points. I am bookmarking for future reference with my PIMI spouse.
my dad died a couple years back (not how you thought this would start, i know).
he was an elder, and a very emotionally abusive father, well before the point where he ever shunned me.
he died pretty much penniless, and never would buy life insurance or anything.
Wow Jehovah does provide! ;)
Good Job on your podcast btw, I follow you on Insta, didn't know it was you!
this article is dated june 7, 2018 and is likely a lead up to the bear ripping the jw bible article.
http://www.newsweek.com/wives-jehovahs-witnesses-jailed-russia-send-letter-putin-adviser-begging-end-965516.
the wives of jehovah’s witnesses rounded up and imprisoned in russia have written an open letter to a top adviser of president vladimir putin, asking him to stop the campaign of terror against the religious group.“this open letter to you is a cry of desperation.
This tactic is so misleading - women are being used to gain public approval for the org's actions at the same time that women are treated horribly within the org
Very misleading indeed. You hit the nail on the head here.
Not yet, but if it happened in the Spanish cong, my grandmother will be the 1st to know. Haha
https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/crime/former-jehovahs-witness-jailed-for-child-sex-crimes-ng-b88859067z.
a former jehovah’s witness who sexually assaulted three young boys says his homosexual inclinations were repressed by his religion and manifested in his crimes.. gavin andrew lamont, 46, was jailed for four years today for assaulting two vulnerable teenagers in the early to mid-90s and another boy about 20 years later.. lamont encouraged the teens to give him massages and suggested he needed help checking for testicular cancer.. district court judge linda petrusa said lamont, who knew he was homosexual from about age 13, had significant cognitive distortions around sex because of his religious beliefs.. .
she said the victims, who were aged between 14 and 16, were vulnerable because of their youth and lack of sophistication.. judge petrusa sentenced lamont to four years behind bars for indecently dealing with a child and four counts of indecent assault.. lamont was kicked out of the mundaring congregation in 1997 after one of his victims complained to other members, but was reinstated after doing counselling with elders.. he was kicked out of the congregation for a second time in 2014 after another victim made a complaint.. lamont’s crimes came to the attention of police last year through the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse.. defence lawyer seamus rafferty described the case as complex, saying lamont struggled with his sexuality because his religion told him it was a sin.. he told the court the church was the essence of lamont’s being and said his client tried to repress his sexuality and ended up behaving in “naïve, unsophisticated and pathetic ways”.. lamont’s parents and sister are all living with complicated health issues and rely heavily on his help and care.. mr rafferty asked judge petrusa to give lamont a conditional suspended jail term, saying he was the glue that was holding his family together.. “this is a case for the exercise of mercy, its mercy towards them (his family) and nobody else,” he said.. judge petrusa accepted a prison term would be tough on lamont’s family but said an immediate jail term was the only appropriate punishment.. in a statement to the court, one of the victims said he felt that he was “forever stained” by lamont’s crime.. he said the abuse had made him self-conscious in his dealings with his own child.. lamont will be eligible for parole after spending two years behind bars.. .
So disgusting! Reminds me of a single elder who abused many young boys in our town. He would seek out single moms with young boys and slowly groom them for sexual abuse. He would take them to the movies or to watch sport events. He was disfellowshipped at least 3 times. According to my mom a lot of people knew about it-especially the elders but apparently no one reported it to the police as he never went to jail. He was still an elder when he died about 10 years ago of cancer I think. He was a severely overweight disgusting pig who should have died rotting in jail.
