i know the arc is old news i know i am preaching to the converted but i had to express how i feel because most of my jw friends and family dont want to hear .
so this is how i feel.
i have faithfully served as a jehovahs witness for over 25 years..
I am not remaining silent
but i am learning that if i go in all guns blazing they just shut down
I tried talking to a friend and he tried to say leave it in Jehovah hands so i screamed "don't you care about the abuse victims" he said you sound like an apostate, so i said "since when has caring about child abuse victims been apostasy? they left soon afterwords
so i am learning to say little bits at a time rather than screaming at them.
i know the arc is old news i know i am preaching to the converted but i had to express how i feel because most of my jw friends and family dont want to hear .
so this is how i feel.
i have faithfully served as a jehovahs witness for over 25 years..
Girl next door
I loved that you quoted Martin Luther King he has always been someone I have looked up to
is it just me or is this just really bad double talk?.
9.372 moreover, the suggested finding has no connection with preventing or responding to child sexual abuse and, furthermore, appears not to appreciate the difference between disassociation and inactivity.
as was explained, if someone decides to no longer associate with jehovahs witnesses that is a personal decision and no disciplinary action is taken against that person.
what the org says publicly and what happens in reality are two completely different things
if you are inactive most will ignore you but they will talk behind your back about how spiritually weak you are and that you secretly must be doing something wrong, it is all about control and them feeling superior to boost there own egos
but not me i have decided not to worry about there judgments
i know the arc is old news i know i am preaching to the converted but i had to express how i feel because most of my jw friends and family dont want to hear .
so this is how i feel.
i have faithfully served as a jehovahs witness for over 25 years..
I know The ARC is old news i know i am preaching to the converted but I had to express how I feel because most of my JW friends and family don’t want to hear
So this is how I feel
I have faithfully served as a Jehovah’s Witness for over 25 years.
I was deeply distressed by the reports coming out of the ARC into child sexual abuse with in our organization
When I heard the testimony from the victims, how there innocence and trust had been ripped away from them by so-called “brothers” I was heartbroken and so deeply saddened I cried.
Jesus said,“ There is nothing hidden that will not become manifest, nor anything carefully concealed that will never become known and not come out in the open” Luke 8:17
I still can’t get the thought out of my mind that these animals have ruined hundreds of thousands of young lives, and their suffering is still on going. I feel disillusioned thinking how could this be happening in Jehovah’s spiritual paradise?
When the ACR was in session, there were thousands of news agencies worldwide running Critical headlines like “The ARC has brought to light evidence that the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses child abuse policies have fail to protect children, have traumatize the victims, and protect the abusers.”
I feel deeply saddened that the way organization has handed cases of child abuse has brought so much negative criticism on Jehovah’s people and reproach on Jehovah’s name.
I understand that we are all sinful and imperfect, but I am still really shocked by the fact that there are so many child abusers within our organization.
I remember being out in the ministry and pointing the finger at the Catholic Church when the media first started revealing the truth about pedophiles in their church, I remember saying
“By there fruits you will recognize them” But now feel like a hypocrite
The information the ARC reviled was from Bethels own secret files and the testimony of elders that showing that we do have a serious problem with child abuse, In regards to child abuse I see we are no different from other religious organization, but it is not just the fact that we have this problem, its all the secrecy and the way abuse victims are treated that really
Upsets me, Jesus said “whoever stumbles one of these little ones who have faith, it would be better for him if a millstone that is turned by a donkey were put around his neck and he were pitched into the sea” Mark 9:42
As a Jehovah’s Witness, I know I have to remain silent, about what I think and feel if it is in any way critical of the organizations child abuse policies, because that would be viewed as causing divisions. But if the organization wants to know how I feel about the ARC I feel disillusioned, depressed but most of all you silencing any criticism make me feel helpless.
lett is back with a vengance!.
* the last money-begging effort increased donations by 15% for two months; a letter by a 13 year old who donated is read out loud.
* since last may "so many good things have happened".
I am newly awakened and still raw with emotions; So just the thought watching Steven Lett do a broadcast makes me feel like vomiting
Simple
hi i am new to posting on this forum, i posted my first post today .
some people are concerned i may have shared too much in my post and are worried this could get me in trouble.
saying that, if the elders are searching on here, there is a chance that my letter could be found, and my comments used to incriminate me.
Thanks driving force
I think i am to late to Edit
hi i am new to posting on this forum, i posted my first post today .
some people are concerned i may have shared too much in my post and are worried this could get me in trouble.
saying that, if the elders are searching on here, there is a chance that my letter could be found, and my comments used to incriminate me.
Thanks Landy
Sorry I am not very technical literate with all this but once it is posted how do I edit it?
thanks
hi i am new to posting on this forum, i posted my first post today .
some people are concerned i may have shared too much in my post and are worried this could get me in trouble.
saying that, if the elders are searching on here, there is a chance that my letter could be found, and my comments used to incriminate me.
Hi I am new to posting on this forum, I posted my first post today
Some people are concerned I may have shared too much in my post and are worried this could get me in trouble. Saying that, if the elders are searching on here, there is a chance that my letter could be found, and my comments used to incriminate me. Someone suggested it might be worth requesting Simon to removing my thread, or deleting the letter part of it.
Can anyone please give me some advice on how to remove a thread?
Thanks
Simple
so as many know....ive been df'd goin on 19 years already.
i drive pops to meetings, and drop him off on saturdays for fs.. well yesterday, the elders ask to speak to me, and tell me that if i plan on returning to jehovah, i had better shave my beard off..
omg!!!!!!
I had not been to the meeting for a couple of weeks and had not shaved and this elder drops in to visit.
the next meeting i went to i had shaved so this elder made a point of telling me how "clean" i looked
i said "i don't want to stumble anyone with a week conscience"
it is alright to cover up child abuse but hair on a mans face is so discussing
fading fast
i have been lurking on this site for 3 years and this is my fist post.
i would like to thank everyone for helping me wake up.
i was baptized at 24, married at 25, ms for 18 years mentally in for 24 years but started to wake up 3 years ago doing research to give public talks, and the actions of arrogant and narcissistic brothers and sisters did not help.
Thanks for your all your great advice and encouragement
It is a really painful thing to confront ones own feeling but as berrygerry said "Writing out your thoughts is good therapy" my next post will be how i feel about the ARC.
Asking the BOE to pray for me would be a good way to finish the letter, Thanks listener and cha ching
PS you will have to put up with my spelling i am a bit dyslexic, normally my wife helps me with spelling and grammar but she is not going to help me post anything on here Ha Ha
