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  A picture so outrageous, it deserves its own thread...

  by cedars in

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  i mean no disrespect to sd-7 or his fine thread on which this picture has already featured, but i think it is just so ridiculous that it deserves a thread all of its own.. lurkers and apologists, this is how your precious organization views itself.... behold the madness.... .

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  happy@last

  I see the chairs get less comfortable the further 'down' you go
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  My Husband Said "Victims Of Pedophiles Come Forward Soon, Not Fifteen Or Thirty Years Later!" Right?

  by AuntConnie in

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  my husband had gotten into a fight with a couple of victims of different pedophiles, he said in all his years of elderhood, "men and women who were sexually assualted came forward when they were old enough, they did not wait for decades to report they were abused.

  you must have some kind of false memory or you are just trying to bring shame to the congregations.

  " what is the truth of this?.

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  happy@last

  After being badly upset by the behaviour of a couple of witnesses I spoke to an elder's wife and she replied "the fact they are Jehovah's Witnesses means Jehovah sees something worth saving in them so we should too".

  This makes my blood boil! So a pedo is worth saving, but a victim/survivor who's life/head is screwed up by them is not and should be shunned?

  And to answer the original question, it can take years and years for someone to come forward, it could be because they were too frightened, too ashamed, not mentally ready to face it, any number of reasons. The authorities view it the same whether the survivor suffered yesterday or years ago.
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  How did you feel making your first post here?

  by cognac in

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  2. friends

  i was scared sh*tless.

  i stayed home from work for four days scared to go out of my house thinking god would strike me down by lightening if was wrong with my thoughts... i couldn't sleep at all.... but i had to take that first step... as scary as it was....

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  I just felt compelled to, in the presence of so many like minded people. I wasn't nervous or worried, in fact I was concerned as I couldn't log in for 24 hours after signing up and thought I wasn't going to be 'accepted'.
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  Home alone

  by jonno12225 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here i am, sat at my computer.

  i feel an odd clamness as i sit alone in my house.

  my wife and kids have just left for the meeting.

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  happy@last

  I'm having a bath, pc tablet in hand whilst wife and kids are off to the k hall, however I don't have calmness as I'd prefer my kids not go. They haven't for 4 weeks but this week is C O week and they want to go.
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  Greetings from a new member

  by EdenOne in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  greetings everyone.. just wanted to say hello to everyone, being a new member from western europe.. some may know me from another forum (eden, from e-jehovas-witnesses.com), but most don't, so this is my little intro.. male, in my early 40's.

  still an active member in good standing of a jehovah's witnesses congregation in my country, and honestly not planning to change that status, despite my unorthodox beliefs.

  sometime i will elaborate the reason why i don't feel i must leave.

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  happy@last

  Hi Eden, I'm amazed at how you can be closely associated with an organisation you say you have no intention of furthering the top executives interests. I realise there are many sincere ones blindly following, but they are following the GB. The mental anguish for me was too great to bear once the penny fully dropped for me.
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  Greetings from a new member

  by EdenOne in

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  greetings everyone.. just wanted to say hello to everyone, being a new member from western europe.. some may know me from another forum (eden, from e-jehovas-witnesses.com), but most don't, so this is my little intro.. male, in my early 40's.

  still an active member in good standing of a jehovah's witnesses congregation in my country, and honestly not planning to change that status, despite my unorthodox beliefs.

  sometime i will elaborate the reason why i don't feel i must leave.

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  Welcome Eden
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  Anyone else in "limbo?"

  by KitchenWitDinah in

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  i've been out of the organization for about 4 years now, but have been in limbo since i've left.

  the more i learn about world religions, the less apt i am to accept anything as truth, since there are so many similarities between so many religions.

  i know many cultures have flood myths involving 40-ish days and 8 survivors (the chinese written language has many surprising allusions to biblical stories).

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  I found it fascinating how many variations of the same stories there are, but see them just as that, stories. I don't read into them, just move on with the story of my own life
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  JW.org publishing Urban Legends in their News section

  by Gorbatchov in

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  crazy, those fellows at jw.org pr news.

  they publish their urben legends!!

  http://www.jw.org/en/news/by-region/world/saved-from-suicide/.

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  happy@last

  I've not prayed in ages, is that why no-one comes to my door anymore?
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  Interesting District Convention News.....

  by Pyramid Scheme in

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  i wanted to share some news from a family friend (he is my wt mole - still an elder, hates the shenanigans, but is still hanging on for all the reasons often discussed on this site) i know the various rumors have been discussed on here, and unfortunately the rumor about the conventions being eliminated weren't true!

  (what a burden on the jw community - financial hardship for a good portion of them, guilting people into actually quitting their job to attend, physically exhausting for many, etc...etc......).

  anyway, he told me that the district convention is being moved to 11 weekends at the jw-owned circuit assembly hall, and they are no longer planning on renting stadiums/large facilities in our area (northern ohio/southern michigan).

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  A few years ago I was at the Surrey Assembly Hall (UK) and they had just installed a big screen, the rumour at the time was that it was for video link ups for district conventions, I'm not sure as it ever was used this way.
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  I lost a good friend yesterday

  by zed is dead in

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  i am really going to miss having her as a close friend.

  we both helped each other this past year, as we were both dealing with the passing of people we loved.

  she was a strong part of my support group.

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  happy@last

  Sorry for your loss, what an infectious smile she had