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  What made you look behind the jw curtain?

  by Touchofgrey in

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  i was listening to a lunchtime call in radio show about jws and the personal experiences of being disfellowshiped, and a former elder called in saying he was disfellowshiped for asking about jws and their involvement in the un in the 1990s ,and he just said look it up.. thinking that it was a made up lie ,so i looked it up and it was true even a letter confirming it from the un itself and that led me here and to jwfacts and further research into the history and teachings of jw and walked out the door about 5 years ago.

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  I kept wondering why the all powerful god liked and dealt with only one group of people. The bible seemed weird to me when i really focused on the fact that it all took place in a very small area when there were obviously people all over the planet that he chose to ignore.

  God supposedly created Europeans, Africans, Asians, Tribal people yet for some reason he only seemed concerned with such a minute portion of people for so long. Seemed rather foolish. That plagued me. The final straw was when I was at an elders school and a grown man broke down during the part about pornography and admitted to everyone there that he watched porn for like a few days. The shit just seemed like a giant clown show.
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  L.A. D.A. Announces His Office Is Reviewing The Menendez Brothers' Conviction

  by silentbuddha in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  not sure if anyone really remembers this case, it was huge at the time.

  the very interesting point though about this was that at the time the parents were known to be very active in the jw religion.

  i also believe that the father may have been an elder(i could be mistaken, though).

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  All these years I swore it was the Menendez. It wasn’t. My bad.
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  L.A. D.A. Announces His Office Is Reviewing The Menendez Brothers' Conviction

  by silentbuddha in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  not sure if anyone really remembers this case, it was huge at the time.

  the very interesting point though about this was that at the time the parents were known to be very active in the jw religion.

  i also believe that the father may have been an elder(i could be mistaken, though).

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  I was told years ago that they were JW's and very active in JW Land. I am wondering if I am geting them crossed with someone else??? Well, I guess i was mistaken all this time. MY BAD
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  L.A. D.A. Announces His Office Is Reviewing The Menendez Brothers' Conviction

  by silentbuddha in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  not sure if anyone really remembers this case, it was huge at the time.

  the very interesting point though about this was that at the time the parents were known to be very active in the jw religion.

  i also believe that the father may have been an elder(i could be mistaken, though).

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  Not sure if anyone really remembers this case, it was HUGE at the time. The very interesting point though about this was that at the time the parents were known to be very active in the JW religion. I also believe that the father may have been an elder(I could be mistaken, though). Either way, the husband and wife were very well-known and wealthy. Also very active in the congregation.

  The D.A. in this case has said that they have found a letter that said the boys were being molested by their father. The note was written 8 months before ethe murder took place. They also had a member of the huge boy band at the time "Menudo" who said that the father had molested him when he was a teen. The father was apparently a high-powered record executive.

  With all the CSA issues that Watchtower is having, I can imagine bringing this high-profile case up once again is going to look real bad for them.
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  Where is Tony?

  by Athanasius in

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  on february 22, 2023, anthony morris iii was officially removed from the governing body of jehovah's witnesses.

  a few months later it was revealed that the watchtower bought him a house in lumberton, north carolina.. however, and correct me if i am wrong, since leaving the gb nobody has reported seeing tony attending jw meetings or participating in field service.

  in fact nobody has reported seeing him anywhere, not even at a local liquor store.

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  Wow, the anger in this thread is something serious LOL. Mason I assure you I saw the man. I also saw the company that he was waiting to come inside his home from his driveway. I have no reason to make this up. Trust me, it would probably be more interesting to believe that he was whisked away to Narnia to never be seen again
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  Where is Tony?

  by Athanasius in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  on february 22, 2023, anthony morris iii was officially removed from the governing body of jehovah's witnesses.

  a few months later it was revealed that the watchtower bought him a house in lumberton, north carolina.. however, and correct me if i am wrong, since leaving the gb nobody has reported seeing tony attending jw meetings or participating in field service.

  in fact nobody has reported seeing him anywhere, not even at a local liquor store.

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  Also he has a Brand New Honda Accord in his driveway as well. SO I am guessing he got a nice little chunk of change when he left. Maybe he is leasing it, im not sure - but he seems to be moving on pretty well
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  Where is Tony?

  by Athanasius in

  1. jw
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  on february 22, 2023, anthony morris iii was officially removed from the governing body of jehovah's witnesses.

  a few months later it was revealed that the watchtower bought him a house in lumberton, north carolina.. however, and correct me if i am wrong, since leaving the gb nobody has reported seeing tony attending jw meetings or participating in field service.

  in fact nobody has reported seeing him anywhere, not even at a local liquor store.

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  "Silent Buddha you really saw him out and about?"

  I didn't see him out and about. I saw him when I drove through his neighborhood on my way back from TractorSupply. He was actually holding the door for someone that was coming to visit him I gather because they were in the driveway getting out of a car and he was holding the door for them while it was raining.

  I drove back around the block with my phone this time to snap a picture, but they were inside. The screen door was closed but the door behind it was wide open. I decided it made sense not to take a picture inside of his home.

  I am sorry if you don't believe me, but this would be something really foolish to lie about LOL
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  Where is Tony?

  by Athanasius in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  on february 22, 2023, anthony morris iii was officially removed from the governing body of jehovah's witnesses.

  a few months later it was revealed that the watchtower bought him a house in lumberton, north carolina.. however, and correct me if i am wrong, since leaving the gb nobody has reported seeing tony attending jw meetings or participating in field service.

  in fact nobody has reported seeing him anywhere, not even at a local liquor store.

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  While out in Lumberton I saw Mr. Morris… he looked well for his age. A bit of a belly on him but nothing too bad for his age.
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  The Book Study Group - Reminiscing

  by ukpimo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  any fond memories or funny stories relating to the old book study arrangement?.

  i remember a time when a new sister turned up with very smart jacket and shirt.

  yet she was wearing trousers and when questioned by everyone she said "blimey, i think geoff (her husband) is wearing my skirt!".

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  The first real breasts I saw were at the book study. Our presiding overseer had 5 daughters and the oldest one was a rebel to beat all rebels.
  One day at the book study she came downstairs about 3 minutes after it started with a 90 percent see thru top on!!! Every sister was covering these kids eyes and the overseer stated yelling at her. He told her to get up and go change but she refused. The mother tried to pry her out the seat and she WOULD NOT MOVE. Enormous breasts were bouncing all over the place.
  After about 3 minutes of this back and forth he asked us all to leave and he ended the book study. Everyone hung out in the driveway and you could hear him yelling and screaming at her. Great time to be alive
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  unbaptized boy having priority over women

  by enoughisenough in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was thinking about the male children ( even unbaptized ) being placed ahead of the sisters.

  ; and i thought the jw were raising a bunch of misogynist.

  would these kids not feel more important than their mothers let alone other women.

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  It’s a shame that god didn’t make sure that he used his powers to make sure we had the right info. It just seems weird that the guy who created the universe has no way of letting humans know that he wants women to have all the same privileges as men. 2000 years and no updates, addendums or cc:’s