Topics Started by LostintheFog1999

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"Beyond the Wound" - Healing from Religious Trauma.
by LostintheFog1999 in
1. social
2. current
the symptoms of religious trauma are similar to those suffered by people who have lived in a war zone or in abusive environments.

beyond the wound is a new online conference on religious trauma that begins sunday (jan. 15).

including, but not limited to, jehovah's witnesses.. https://religionnews.com/2023/01/12/religious-trauma-conference-beyond-the-wound-equips-survivors-for-recovery/.
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News Report about CSA.
by LostintheFog1999 in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
https://www.lowellsun.com/2023/01/09/editorial-jehovahs-witnesses-abuse-scandal-is-a-reminder-to-end-cover-up-culture/.
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Somehow I think nobody read the memo!
by LostintheFog1999 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i came across an old notebook of mine when we were spring cleaning our attic space.. for some reason i had written down these two references from older wt magazines.. reading over the two of them now i can only think that elders didn't pay any attention to the message either at the time or since.

*** w75 8/1 p. 474 par.

14 elders presiding in a fine way ***.
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Have you ever been on a congregation picnic?
by LostintheFog1999 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
were you ever on a congregation picnic?

i was on several occasions.. the arrangements were often announced from the platform after the closing song and prayer by the last elder up on the platform.. sometimes it was included in the service meeting announcements as "on saturday we're meeting at 10.00am at the kingdom hall for field service, and after field service for anyone who wishes, especially for the younger ones, we will be having a congregation picnic meeting at the beach carpark on seaview road.".

well, according to the new elders manual you won't be hearing those words again.
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Viruses Killed The Woolly Mammoths.
by LostintheFog1999 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i can remember the original turquoise coloured evolution book produced by the organisation and the numerous public talks around it.

mind-blowing to a gullible youngster growing up in a jw family.. the flood of noah's day when thousands of tons of suspended water fell from the atmosphere and on hitting the cold poles instantly plunged the woolly mammoths into a deep freeze, to the extent that the last mouthful of grass was still there in the mouth in mid-chomp.

you can quickly see why a kid with a fertile imagination was transfixed by those apparently up-to-date scientific discoveries as presented by the wt org!.
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Can I block someone who messages me.
by LostintheFog1999 in
1. forum
2. tech-support
i keep getting this person who wants me to email them with information already freely available on this website.. i have told him that i have no intention of emailing a total stranger from my personal email address, but they keep sending me this demand.. from bola to lostinthefog1999.

can you tell me how to block this persistent messager?.
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I don't get it.
by LostintheFog1999 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i am a historian and the period of english history from henry vii to elizabeth i is my specialist area.. i was talking to an ex-jw about the time when tyndale first translated the bible into english with his intention that everyone from the ploughboy upwards would be able to read and understand the scriptures.

it dawned on us both that this was a significant point in english history.. just having access to the bible in hi their own language allowed the common man to understand what god wanted him to understand.. it was and is, so simple.. why then oh why then do jehovah's witnesses think that they need a fds to explain it to them?

when in the 1600s just having a bible written in english was enough for people to understand the word of god?.
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Elders told to befriend young ones.
by LostintheFog1999 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
someone on this forum kindly posted a link to the program of the current elders' training schools taking place.. i was just looking at it and thought that the part i have highlighted looks innocent enough unless the elder has an overfondness for young ones.. if he is spending too much time with the younger ones he can say, with hand on his heart, i am simply following through on the latest direction from the organisation about befriending, training, and mentoring the young.

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Memory Returns.
by LostintheFog1999 in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/crime/leeds-paedophile-handed-himself-into-police-for-historic-offences-after-being-confronted-by-victim-3957482.
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Let Me Introduce Myself.
by LostintheFog1999 in
1. jw
2. friends
hello.. my laptop packed up and when i got a new one and tried to log back in to this website it wouldn't let me.

i tried everything but to no avail.. after 5 years i have to say goodbye to "lost in the fog" and have created a new moniker "lost in the fog 1999" instead.. normal service will be resumed shortly..