Posts by cappytan

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Are they trying to make me feel like crap?

by StarTrekAngel in

so i have not reported a single hour of fs or family worship in over 8 months.

have not given a single comment in a meeting for over a year.

a few weeks ago, my brother in law, who is an ms now, approached me.

cappytan

And THIS is why I stepped down from the school recently.

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This is getting more and more disgusting: "JW Abuse Victim Told to Bottle Her Tears"

by cappytan in

it took six years and three trials before a senior official in the jehovah's witness church was jailed for sexually abusing his daughter.. the only support the jehovah's witnesses gave the woman was to tell her to" put her tears in a skin bottle".. .

source: http://goo.gl/pjgy7p.

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cappytan

It took six years and three trials before a senior official in the Jehovah's Witness Church was jailed for sexually abusing his daughter.
The only support the Jehovah's Witnesses gave the woman was to tell her to" put her tears in a skin bottle".

Source: http://goo.gl/Pjgy7p

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Anthony Morris III goes on an eight minute rant over child abuse

by Richard_I in

jw
friends

this is in the july 2015 monthly program on tv.jw.org cedars wrote about it too.. starting at around 42:30 in the video, morris talks about the child abuse situation for almost 10 minutes.

link to video.

i'm writing a transcript right now.

cappytan

Bumping this to the top because, relevant.

The spin in the July Broadcast is "enlightening" in light of this week's Royal Commission hearing.

Key quotes:

Prior to that time, many governmental, educational, and religious organizations were somewhat naive about the magnitude and the complexity of the situation. Others knew of the problem and covered it up.

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these books, want any? if not they go in the trash

by sowhatnow in

worldwide security under the prince of peacegods eternal purpose now triumphinglife does have a purpose babylon the great has fallen gods kingdom rulesyou can live forever on a paradise earththe secret to family happinessdid man get here by evolution of creationlet your kingdom comechoosing the best way of lifecommentary on the letter of jamesi have one of each.. the bible gods word or mansis the bible really the word of godsurvival into a new earthknowledge that leads to everlasting lifereasoningunited in worshipholy spirit the force behind the coming new orderthe two babylon'sparadise lost originalyou can live forever on a paradise earth first large print edition 1982 revelation book 1988 large print.

cappytan

Where have you been looking for the past 5 years, it’s been on ex-witnesses radar since then in PDF. Your God Raymond Franz the self proclaimed prophet. He figured if Joseph Smith could do it, why couldn’t he, but then again, you would have to have known his motives back then like us real people that knew about he's immorality. - SimonSays

This is one of the sheep that thinks Raymond Franz wrote the Commentary on James.

Get informed: it was written by Ed Dunlap.

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1,000 sex abuse cases hidden in Australia for 68,000 publishers...what is it worldwide?

by cappytan in

the press is reporting that over 1,000 cases of abuse were hidden from authorities in australia.. australia has around 68,000 publishers.. if you that ratio applied to the u.s. also, there could be over 14,700 cases that were covered up here.. if the ratio held the same worldwide, that would be over 117,600 cases.. just let that sink in a little..

cappytan

The press is reporting that over 1,000 cases of abuse were hidden from authorities in Australia.

Australia has around 68,000 publishers.

If you that ratio applied to the U.S. also, there could be over 14,700 cases that were covered up here.

If the ratio held the same worldwide, that would be over 117,600 cases.

Just let that sink in a little.

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Youtube Video Of the Royal Commission

by Lemonp in

68min of grilling.

so many highlights.

love seeing the hears grinding as they are asked questions... you can see the conflict in their mind as they weigh the .org's response vs the right one to make.

cappytan

Is there an actual YouTube link?
DD

I'm with DATA-DOG...I was expecting a YouTube link. Am I missing something?

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Circuit Overseer Removed in Texas

by James Jack in

a friend at the convention told me that kenneth williams, a co in the houston texas area was recently removed and taken off the road.

does any one have any details?

cappytan

There are quite a few that are being put out to pasture due to turning 70 or are older already. Tom Chin is one of these who has given all his life from infancy on and is now getting thrown under the bus. The guy is in better shape than I am and soldiers on like he was only 45. But rules are rules no matter who in the GB 2.0 pulls them out of their own ar$e.

Is that the same Tom Chin that was at Patterson Bethel?

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Question and answers for fisherperson regardingy time at bethel

by _Morpheus in

so fisherperson sent me a pm asking a bunch of questions re my time at beth hell.

rather than respond in a pm i will post the q/a here as i have nothing to hide.

q:what years did you serve in brooklyn bethel?

cappytan

So while we're sharing Bethel experiences, here's one.

When I first got to Bethel, I got there on a Friday night. I got up early on Saturday to go to Morning Worship and my roommates both say, "Oh, Saturday Morning Worship isn't required."

I went that day, since I was already dressed and I had no food in my room.

But from that point on, I only attended Saturday Morning Worship occasionally when I happened to be up early.

I would say I probably missed 85-90% of Saturday Morning Worship the next 8-10 months.

Come to find out, like 2 or 3 months before I left Bethel, I was talking to a new boy. He said something about how he wished they didn't have morning worship on Saturdays. I said, "Saturday's not required..." Everyone in the room looked at me and said, "HUH? You're mistaken. Who told you that?"

Boy did I have egg on my face. lol

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Question and answers for fisherperson regardingy time at bethel

by _Morpheus in

so fisherperson sent me a pm asking a bunch of questions re my time at beth hell.

rather than respond in a pm i will post the q/a here as i have nothing to hide.

q:what years did you serve in brooklyn bethel?

cappytan

I just learned from one of his his posts and photo on Flipper post, that he is also an ex-Bethelite.

By any chance do we know each other?

(By the way, I give you a hard time because I'm a douche and a troll like that. It's nothing personal, bud. I probably wouldn't give you such a hard time if your reactions didn't make me giggle.)

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Question and answers for fisherperson regardingy time at bethel

by _Morpheus in

so fisherperson sent me a pm asking a bunch of questions re my time at beth hell.

rather than respond in a pm i will post the q/a here as i have nothing to hide.

q:what years did you serve in brooklyn bethel?

cappytan

I am hurt however, that you have posted, that you view your service, that you believed was to God, with disrespect.

I don't view my service with disrespect. I view it occasionally with regret.

But I can't dwell on it. If I hadn't gone to Bethel, I wouldn't have gotten a view of the organization from that perspective, and my life today could be totally different.

Because of Bethel, I got homesick, then depressed, then angry that I didn't accomplish what I set out to do. (I wanted to stay for 3 years...ended up leaving after 1.) I came home, dejected, discouraged. I saw the hypocrisy among many (not all, mind you) while I was at Bethel. Left a bad taste in my mouth.

Got over it eventually. Moved to a new town. Met my wife.

I think it's very possible that I would still be a true believer if I hadn't gone to Bethel. So, in that respect, I very much am glad that I had the Bethel experience.