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  Day 2 - Fessler vs. Watchtower – Thomas Jefferson Jr takes the stand in Jehovah’s Witness Child Abuse Trial

  by darkspilver in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  day two (wednesday 8 february 2017).

  see also posts and threads regarding: pre-trial / day one / day one update / day five (last day, settlement).

  jefferson: not totally.. zeff: okay.

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  Tallon

  Found this on Ex-Jehovah's Witnesses Reddit.

  It was posted by; JohnRJay. He has a valid point!

  When you put together all of Jefferson's statement about who exactly is in charge, it boggles the mind:

  
  Who is the president of the WT? I don't recall.
  Who wrote the letters sent to the BOE? Anonymous persons.
  Is the CCJW responsible for anything? I imagine they have to.
  He denied the WT writes anything, just published and distributes.
  Is the GB associated with the WT or CCJW? No.
  And the rules that are followed by the elders relating to the JC came from whom? A group of men, spiritually mature men are appointed to prepare the material under the direction of the GB.
  And are they anonymous? They are.

  
  I'm beginning to think that those really in charge are either a bunch of giant bug-like aliens preparing our society for invasion, or a computer program that malfunctioned and became self-aware.
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  The sly tactics the elders are using to malign my name!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have had it confirmed now, that since stopping attending over 18 months ago, the elders have set out to deliberately ruin my name and character .. they have been talking to every witness from the local area and saying things like "be careful of him, he has the ability to implant thoughts in your minds, and he only pretends to be kind and caring".

  so, all i have to say to them is, "bravo!

  if that is the method you want to employ, you have reached the very depths of bad behaviour!".

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  Tallon

  Stuck;

  Keep your chin up and move forward.

  As Redpilltwice stated;

  ... Try to stand above it, maybe someone who really knows you as you are will wake up from this BS ...
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  Day 2 - Fessler vs. Watchtower – Thomas Jefferson Jr takes the stand in Jehovah’s Witness Child Abuse Trial

  by darkspilver in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  day two (wednesday 8 february 2017).

  see also posts and threads regarding: pre-trial / day one / day one update / day five (last day, settlement).

  jefferson: not totally.. zeff: okay.

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  Tallon

  ... In one of the most insidious and outrageous statements of the trial, Thomas Jefferson admitted what so many victims of child abuse already know – that Jehovah’s Witnesses [the Organisation] have no regard for the community at large, and their failure to report suspected child abuse places the entire community at risk by failing to report a predator ... Note: I inserted 'the Organisation'; to be fair, there are many people 'still trapped' within that do care.

  
  

  Yep; sums it all up for me.

  
  
  
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  Leaving a small minority group.....

  by The Rebel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  has a profound influence on our life.

  on the one hand we have the background of our childhood, our upbringing, but when we leave and become apart of society, our witness traits and their set of beliefs are not tailored to fit in.

  however as i slowly learnt to know longer judge from the perspective of my witness life, i also learnt i am simply an ordinary person.

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  @ The Rebel

  Great post. Ordinary people are not the Ogres we were led to believe.

  As Phizzy mentioned; you will find idiots in all walks of life including among the JW's.

  I find that I am so much more calmer and at peace with myself since I let go of the burden (JW Org) that was once bearing me down.
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  Shun Glasses

  by Tallon in

  1. social
  2. humour

  saw this on another exjw site and had a good laugh.. hope you get a kick out of it too ;).

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb2wzmfccdq&feature=youtu.be.

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  Tallon

  Saw this on another exjw site and had a good laugh.

  Hope you get a kick out of it too ;)

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB2WZMfcCDQ&feature=youtu.be
  
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  My families shunning has gone to a whole new level

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  8 months df'd.

  loving a life of freedom.

  however, my family are all shunning me.

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  @ PE

  I, too, am sorry to read about your mom's behaviour toward you. It's just not natural for a mother to act this way toward their son or daughter.

  Plenty of excellent advice has been given. I cannot add anything to it except, and it won't be easy or relieve the pain you're experiencing, that you move forward with your own life, and give your daughter the best life opportunities within your means.

  Best wishes to you.
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  Any updates on the org's $4000 per day fine?

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2016/jun/24/ticker-judge-sanctions-jehovahs-witnesses/#.

  it's heading towards $900,000 now..

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  Tallon

  SNAP is now a very large grassroots movement in many country's not just the US and even though it has been painfully slow it has had huge impacts on the Church. Not enough in my opinion but still something is better than not doing anything and saying oh well it's a losing battle why bother. ... life is to short

  As the great parliamentarian, Edmund Burke, once said;

  'The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men (and woman) to do nothing.'

  
  
  
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  Any updates on the org's $4000 per day fine?

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2016/jun/24/ticker-judge-sanctions-jehovahs-witnesses/#.

  it's heading towards $900,000 now..

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  Tallon

  On Cedars website (JWSurvey) he has a counter totalling up the accumulating daily fine.

  As of today 29 January 17, at 16.34 GMT - and if accurate, the fine stands at: $ 877 005.00 - and counting.

  A drop in the bucket - they could probably pay the fine out of the petty cash - but not a good advert by anyones standard.
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  April 2017 Study Watchtower encourages you to defy The Society !

  by BluesBrother in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  at least, that is how i see it... the article "the judge of all the earth always does what is right".

  paragraph 6 & 7 .

  6 consider the experience of willi diehl.

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  Tallon

  Very interesting. Thanks for sharing this.
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  Religion...is regarded by the rulers as useful

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  lucius annaeus seneca, roman statesman, 4bc - 65ad: "religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.".

  this comes to mind as trump has been throwing the word "god" around.

  there are a lot of outwardly religious people in this government.. benjamin franklin: "the way to see faith is to shut the eye of reason.".

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  Tallon

  And this is the view of a clergyman - Charles Kingsley, a Canon of the Church of England.

  "We have used the Bible as if it were a mere special constable's hand book, an opium dose for keeping beasts of burden patient while they were being overloaded, a mere book to keep the poor in order."

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_of_the_people