i am the grandmother of the runaway 18year old girl who is now living with her 22 year old idiot.
this person has totally brainwashed my granddaughter and is continuing to separate her from our family.
i feel so helpless that there is nothing we can do to make her see this - no money, no identity, and a servant to him and his family.
First, I am in the "fly over" area of the US and far away from all three of you. However, as I mentioned in the other post. Go to youtube, look for I'm Worldly, and there will be an email for Zeb. Email him, and maybe you will be able to talk. He is about an hour away in Santa Monica, but traffic sucks in LA.
Second, Maybe try http://www.icsahome.com/ ? Here is their counseling resource page with some people in LA: http://www.icsahome.com/networks/mentalhealth/counseling-resources
my cousin's girlfriend moved from another state and is now living in our home.
they said she lived in a bad situation, but i don't believe them.
my cousin lies.
Arleta California is part of the Los Angeles metro area, right?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arleta,_Los_Angeles
Try to find former JWs in LA that you could get to know. Keep posting here, as that may help. Arleta looks like just a tiny neighborhood north of LA. Anyway, maybe getting to know an exjw that could come to her aid when she is upset and wants out. AND more precisely before the JWs can turn her again with their love bombing and mind control as Brenda wisely alluded to.
Maybe try Zeb of I'm Worldly on Youtube. He may know some ex-sisters in the area. He is in Santa Monica, which is close to LA. There is also another exjw in Santa Monica, Adrian of Down with the Tower on Youtube. He is a father and I think he is married. These people will get you started with contacts. Message them privately on Youtube, or email Zeb, and remember those private messages on Youtube can never be deleted. So, if someone is in your account and wants to read them, they can.
on the local news last night it was reported that two kingdom halls in olympia wa were set fire to.
i wonder who has a grudge with those congregations?
unfortunately we know the jw"s eat this crap up and enjoy the "persecution.
Oh no. That is just horrible. horrible. and terrifying! I hope they find the arsonist. The JWs in one of the videos didn't look worried at all, and I am taking that as a good sign that no one was hurt. Hopefully no one was injured physically.
Poor sheeple running to their cult leaders for comfort. Meanwhile their leaders in NY are happy to have another story to showcase on their tv evangelizing show.
Sick arsonist and sick cult leaders.
the guardian, no less, is asking for stories of abuse at the hands of jws.
they seem to be doing a serious investigation, you can tell your story anonymously, on the record or in any combination to suit you.
this may be the start of a real spotlight on dubdom.
I concur.
Over on exjw Reddit some think nothing will happen with it. IDK, I think that maybe the government agency noticed what is happening in the Netherlands and thought they need to do something.
many of us here have been "outed" as ones who no longer believe that this is "the truth".. many didn't have the chance to do it in our own way, and in our own time, but rather someone "found out about our apostasy" and "reported" it to the spiritual police (elders).
would you like to share your stories?.
Haven't been truly outed. However, the first person I told immediately told the rest of their family even though I specifically asked them not to tell ANYONE! I almost fainted. The parents are inactive (told one of the parents). They told the children that have not been raised in it, hence they have no idea how important it is not to out someone. ALL relatives are IN. I felt like a mouse being played with by a cat. Awful. They went to grab my wallet and take my blood card out. How do I explain that to my husband as a newly awakened if he noticed? I didn't let them. It has taken two years to share with anyone other than professionals who are bound by laws/state rules.
It felt like what Eddie Lane looked like leaving his in-laws house on the first season of The Path. Good show, btw.
hi everyone i'm 19 year old and i've been a jehovahs witness for 3 years now.
i've followed the rules and i'm even a pioneer.
but i've hid the secret of a boyfriend i had from india.
Rub some onion on your finger tips
Or touch the inside of a jalapeno. Careful!
Good luck Letty.
has anyone heard for wifibandit?it has been months since he last posted..
Yes. Miss him.
I really think I first found apostates was from a post of his. It was the cartoon drawing of the assembly rules. The comments shocked me, but they started to stick in my head. Particularly, comments about the WT treating us like children.
Hope he is o.k.
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just watched this movie last night.. the premise of the title and film centers around the mother of young girl, who was raped, murdered, and set on fire by an unknown killer.
convinced that the local police could be doing more, she erects billboards outside of town, calling into question the efforts of the town's beloved chief of police.
this does not sit well with the other townspeople, and soon, the town priest comes to visit and admonish her.and after hearing him tell her if she came to church more regularly, she would be able to find the peace and resolution she needs over her daughter's death, she delivers this speech to him:.
Elders are culpable because of the two witness rule is right in their book.
Grandmas who do not know one bit of the truth about JWs are not culpable as they have been lied to their whole life. Now, if grandma found out the truth and kept being a JW, then she's guilty.
When you join the Bloods and the Crips you know you are joining a murderous gang.
I'm sure it gets a lot more complicated, but it would be a great speech for a nosy elder. Especially with p72 (?) (2-witness rule) incorporated in it.
i haven't stopped laughing since i heard this.
a pimo in my last congregation told me that an elder has been removed from his elder position.
apparently he grabbed another elder by the throat, put him up against a wall in the back room and punched him in on the nose... during an elders meeting on thursday evening after the meeting.. the congregation were running round like headless chickens wondering what to do?
Wild thing,
Wow! I remember staying late too. uggh. Never had to sing to drown out fighting tho! Great story.
