few of your are old enough to have been there, i suspect.
i had been in prison two years as a jw conscientious objector when the exciting news about 1975 spread like wildfire.. .
i was paroled from prison in 1969 and immediately began pioneering.
I hold some resentment my parents for living through that and not seeing it for the false religion it really was.
I don't completely resent them for it, but I do harbor a little.
I know, they were brainwashed, it's not their fault, blah blah blah.
Sorry. The Tight Pants Tony Talk wasn't nearly the disappointment that 1975 was, but it still shook me awake.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulswb2avxvc.
let's set aside our differences for the moment and appreciate this excellent documentary cedars put together that should prove to be an invaluable tool in helping to expose the child abuse issues in the organization.. i was humbled to be able to help with this project on such an important subject, though my part in it was insignificant..
do any members on here have knowledge of where to direct (historic case 24 yrs ago) exjw csa victims apart from the police and to find a lawyer?
are there any groups forming (or any lawyers collecting cases) in u.s. for these victims?
i'm from u.k. so not up on the u.s. and what you guys are doing over there regarding these cases but i've stumbled across someone on youtube who needs advice from someone better equipped than i. this person says they are willing to come forward.
The Zalkin Law Firm is probably the most active law firm handling abuse lawsuits: http://www.zalkin.com/
As far as support groups in the U.S., I don't know of any beyond Silent Lambs: http://silentlambs.com/
does anyone have a copy or link to these videos?
it seems to have disappeared off of youtube.. (see below).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xjqvpduyya.
Got it: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9YdG69en3hBeHBXamVGSXdjU3c/view?usp=sharing
Thanks to the source.
does anyone have a copy or link to these videos?
it seems to have disappeared off of youtube.. (see below).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xjqvpduyya.
Thanks Giordano.
It would be nice to have the video too.
does anyone have a copy or link to these videos?
it seems to have disappeared off of youtube.. (see below).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xjqvpduyya.
Does anyone have a copy or link to these videos? It seems to have disappeared off of YouTube.
(See below)
this is my first post.
i really feel i need to leave the jw's rather than go along pretending everything is perfect etc.
no friends, me at work.
Wow...what a story...
If you want to leave, take it SLOW...
Don't try to wake up your wife...it sounds like she's the type that will report you immediately.
Just keep doing what you're doing...deflect any questioning...and ignore the elders... Don't give them power over you.
Welcome to the forum.
however, i haven't found any evidence to support that belief.. have you?
if so please, show me the evidence that god exists, and i will believe along with you.. criteria:.
(1) you must specify which god you are talking about;.
What does it say about love that it cannot be proven conclusively? Hey, the Bible says that God is love. Maybe neither are real.
Love is an emotion. Are you saying that God is nothing more than just a "feeling" one might have?
The God of the Bible, on the other hand, creates spirit beings, he talks, he writes, he kills, creates, destroys, parts oceans and impregnates virgins.
Shouldn't it be pretty easy to prove that a God that does all those things exists? Should you have to resort to comparing a being that does all those things to an emotion in order to prove he exists? Wouldn't there be more conclusive evidence of him if he really did all those things?
however, i haven't found any evidence to support that belief.. have you?
if so please, show me the evidence that god exists, and i will believe along with you.. criteria:.
(1) you must specify which god you are talking about;.
AFRIKANMAN: NONE of us can Prove conclusively any of this either way
What does that say about God that he can't be proven conclusively?
This most powerful being in existence, creator of all life, all knowing, all wise, almighty, can't be proven conclusively.
however, i haven't found any evidence to support that belief.. have you?
if so please, show me the evidence that god exists, and i will believe along with you.. criteria:.
(1) you must specify which god you are talking about;.
I don't feel it was a "loaded" thread.
There either is evidence or there isn't.
The fact that some think it's a loaded question perhaps shows their lack of evidence to begin with.
