my sister (a well-meaning, sweet drone) sent me this email and although i don't get a chance to post often, i thought that this was just too ridiculous to keep to myself.
i don't have the heart to tell her that there are other people on the planet that have things they'd rather the medical community didn't do to save their lives.
scary people we used to hang around with.
Jehovah's organization lovinglycunningly educated us as to the importance of the Advance Medical Directive, and even provided the necessary legal paperwork so that we would be protected, especially where the mis-use of blood might get into the picture.
There is NO love in their motives!
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usually, i enjoyed the public talk, if the speaker was good but i thought the theocratic ministry was boring!!!.
the service meeting was just a sales meeting.
the book studies were simply ridiculous.
For the last 5 years I HATE all of the meetings! Lately I find myself actually getting physically ill (stomach aches) about 2 hours prior to EACH meeting. Thank God my plan for an exit is soon to be realized.
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child sex abuse activist anderson interviewed on national tv show on church allegations .
http://www.tullahomanews.com/news/view_article.asp?idcategory=9&idarticle=5786.
barbara anderson, of tullahoma, a former member of the jehovahs witnesses, was interviewed recently on national television about her allegations that the denominations policies protected church officials and other witness pedophiles who sexually abused children for many years.
BTTT
The judge and the aunt are both bloodguilty! What a waste of life!
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"...i can not believe that you have fallen for that stupid trick ... you know better then that how can you let that happen to you ...this how you show your love for jehovah you are a fool big time i am sorry to say that but you was a mature man but know you have been blinded by the devil think about bwhat you are thinking and talking .... i will tell you something i am going to call every brother that you were close to not to listen to your demonic issues and i cannot believe you have become an agent for the devil, so sad.
wake -up before it is to late....".
think he actually read the issue at hand?.
This elder is eitner a window washer or a janitor who cleans offices at night. I doubt he has been educated past the 8th grade, therefore he does not have the mental capacity to think for himself, to analyze and make a personal decision based on his own investigatiion. Too sad!
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i haven't seen this topic on here so i thought i'd.... hmmm, maybe it's because it's just too disturbing?
to me, the scene in saving private ryan - the two soldiers in the small upstairs room fighting hand to hand to the death (by stabbing).
i think that is the most disturbing thing i've seen on screen and there were plenty just in that film alone.
Lumptard- I just noticed you had already mentioned Irreversible.
I see you are from IL, did you see it at the Landmark Century?
i haven't seen this topic on here so i thought i'd.... hmmm, maybe it's because it's just too disturbing?
to me, the scene in saving private ryan - the two soldiers in the small upstairs room fighting hand to hand to the death (by stabbing).
i think that is the most disturbing thing i've seen on screen and there were plenty just in that film alone.
I saw a French film a few years back, IRREVERSIBLE. This film had two most horrific scenes I have ever seen or ever wish to see again. One scene shows a person's head actually being beaten to the point of it being completely torn apart off of the body! Way too realistic- The other scene was an aboslutley mortifying rape scene- The problem with both scenes was the realistic way they were shot, too real.
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thats right, about 2 weeks ago i confronted the po and told him i just could not do it anymore.. i genuinely have been under alot of pressure recently with my work so i used this as the pitch.
he was not happy but i received little resistance, which suited me.
i handed him my letter last week before i went on holiday.. i have to say it is a great weight off my shoulders, no book study, meetings for ministry, talks, public talks etc etc.. i will no doubt be the subject of local congregation gossip!
CONGRATS!! I hope to do the same in a couple of months!!
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i have been sworn to secrecy on a couple of matters that will soon be evident in this regard.
sorry to be 'cryptic' here - but timing is everything when one is trying to bring the very serious [and often ignored in the press] matter of child sexual abuse to the fore.
with barbara anderson's permission, i reproduce part of pages 66 to 68 here for discussion..
BTTT- Any updates?
my major claim to fame was that i studied with a family that i found from house to house and all 6 got baptized.
within a year's time, the mom and daughter got baptized and then within the next year and a half all the others followed suit.
2 of the kids became bethelites and the other daughter became an elder's wife.
UNFORTUNEATLY-- 4 victims because of me. Fortuneatly though, 2 are inactive.
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