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  Is it worth it trying to wake up a friend and my parents?

  by Mr. Self-Destruct in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my situation right now is trying that how my friend and parents that the jw's are not the true religion.

  i've shown numerous examples of flip flopped doctrine, false predicions, the validity of the jesus choosing the bible students in 1919 and more.

  but it seems that although the recognize these mistakes they ask me, "aren't you happy the organization is making progress?

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  happy@last

  They will only believe in what they want to believe. Hope one day they will question it for themselves. Debating doctrines doesn't normally work.
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  Thank You From Captives of a Concept

  by Cameron_Don in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i wanted to thank so many who have taken the time and effort to read and recommend captives of a concept over the past decade.. for those who have not seen it, there is an interview on youtube that may have helped some witnesses begin the process of getting the sense of the way the watchtower religion actually works.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5trkrpia-3q.

  don cameron.

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  happy@last

  Thank you for a great book
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  'Trusted' Jehovah’s Witness ‘raped and sexually abused girls’

  by cliff in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  'trusted' jehovahs witness raped and sexually abused girls.

  court: barry furlong arrives at bournemouth crown court.

  first published tuesday 9 december 2014 in news by jane reader.

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  So sad for the survivors, thinking of them during the trial. It proves that JWs have provided shelter to pedos for a long time.
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  Guess who...

  by sooner7nc in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ...just passed his last nursing final and is now a graduate nurse?.

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  happy@last

  Well done!!
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  Advice Needed...Again

  by wallievase in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  current update- the wife and i are separated.

  i dont go to the meetings or in service but im not df, or da.

  she is not budging.. problem- my wife has made it clear that she doesnt want me back unless i do all the witness stuff, i have even offered to attend meetings but not participate in commenting or go in service and this is not good enough.

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  happy@last

  You said it yourself "she wants a person....". She doesn't want you. Your life seems to be on hold, live it now and don't waste any more time. Start meeting new people and building new relationships, one that are not conditional.
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  How did your family react when you made it known that you did not want to be a JW anymore?

  by Yondaime in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  please share your experiences..

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  happy@last

  Mana11, I am truly sorry that you are being shunned the way you are. You're not alone, my family too is shunning me as are many others here. You've followed your conscience and attempted to reach out with truthful words, it's such a shame our families don't see it.

  Continue to live life to the full, enjoy precious moments when you can.
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  JW Parents – Safeguard your children

  by happy@last in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/jehovahs-witnesses-destroyed-documents-showing-7340603.

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-2816630/13-5m-award-jehovahs-witnesses-molest-case.html#ixzz3hn875cel.

  http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/jehovahs-witnesses-sex-abuse-scandal-4422943#ixzz3fwm1uttl.

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  happy@last

  Honesty: I posted this on my personal website also, I do not mind being revelealed at all especially when it comes to a subject such as this, you can find it here:

  http://www.nickfrench.co.uk/jw-parents-safeguard-your-children/

  PS Happy for anyone to use it
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  Encounter with JWs on Literature Cart , strange happening -maybe ?

  by jhine in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  yesterday i had a conversation with a man and lady who were with a literature cart in our local town centre .

  among other things discussed was the accuracy of the nwt , which i said wasn't very accurate.. the man , of course , led the discussion from the jw perspective and looked up on his phone some quotes from "experts " endorsing the translation .

  he asked the lady to make note of the names , at my request, so that i could check these quotes later .

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  happy@last

  Maybe it's a hidden message that she needs to be saved
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  JW Parents – Safeguard your children

  by happy@last in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/jehovahs-witnesses-destroyed-documents-showing-7340603.

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-2816630/13-5m-award-jehovahs-witnesses-molest-case.html#ixzz3hn875cel.

  http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/jehovahs-witnesses-sex-abuse-scandal-4422943#ixzz3fwm1uttl.

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  happy@last

  I spent about 20 minutes looking online and found several news items to do with child abuse within Jehovah’s Witnesses. I have placed the links below. They are not from ‘apostate’ sources and it took me only 20 minutes online to find them, they give a snapshot of recent events.
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  http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/jehovahs-witnesses-destroyed-documents-showing-7340603

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-2816630/13-5M-award-Jehovahs-Witnesses-molest-case.html#ixzz3Hn875cEl

  http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/jehovahs-witnesses-sex-abuse-scandal-4422943#ixzz3Fwm1Uttl

  http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2014/12/jehovahs_witnesses_under_fire.html

  http://digital.vpr.net/post/vermont-sisters-sue-jehovahs-witnesses-child-sex-abuse

  http://www.ocregister.com/articles/church-633040-abuse-lawsuit.html

  http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/11343012.display/

  http://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/mcalester/church-elder-76-year-old-ronald-lawrence-arrested-over-sex-abuse-claims-dating-back-to-1980s
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  If you choose not to read them then I would like to make a few points you should be aware of:

  • Jehovah’s Witnesses still do not have proper child safeguard policies in place
  • They do not cooperate with the police when asked about someone’s confession to child abuse
  • They will not warn parents when a paedophile is in their congregation
  • They allow paedophiles to go door to door meeting families with children
  • They do not check registers such as Disclosure Scotland for any member

  I could go on as there are many other issues where they side with paedophiles and abuse the victims further.

  Any parent that has any feelings of wanting to protect their family would want to make sure that their children are no where near these people. If JWs are wrong in this respect I would like you to ask yourself in what other ways are they wrong? I know the answer to that question and it scares me that my children would be exposed to it.

  I implore you to think carefully about safeguarding your children, what justification can there be to allowing your young impressionable ones to associate with these people?
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  VISIBILITY

  by LostGeneration in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  breakfast of champions mentioned this on the elder appointment thread and it struck a chord with me.. is this term big in bethel?

  obviously nothing in my bible says a thing about being 'seen' in serve-us or in other jw activities, but a long time bethelite went off on a visibility tirade that i remember distinctly during special servants/elders meeting when i was in.

  i remember at the time thinking that the big j-dog in the heavens sees everything, so why the big fuss over the rank and file seeing us do stuff for the big j-dog?.

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  happy@last

  Countless times I remember COs in pioneer meetings telling the pioneers to be out at weekends also to be visible, as if it wasn't enough that you gave all your time through the week.