I'm watching it, similarities to my experience, interesting stuff.
happy@last
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Tonight on Channel 4 prog about Child Abuse !!!
by Phizzy inthe programme is at 10.30 gmt and is a channel 4 dispatches special about child abuse in a religious community.
i think this is concerned with a case within the jewish religious community here.. i think we all in the u.k, and anyone else who can access it, should watch it , and then perhaps many of us can e-mail the programmes makers and highlight the jw problem.
the jewish religious community is probably only about twice the size of the u.k jw's, about 266, 000 identified as jewish in a religious sense in the 2001 census.
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And yet another new member.
by AMO inhi guys & girls.. though you can sit back down in your seats now, sorry but not a jw, never have been & never will be, am a totally happy with athiest life, lol.. started lurking here about a year ago, started dating a jw woman didn't i, i here the face palms, lol.
lucky for me i found this site while trying to find out more about the jw's very early on & knew exactly how this was prob going to end.
but i thought what the hell lets see where it goes.
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happy@last
Welcome AMO, that was a close call! It's sad your ex has her mind being controlled as it is.
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What is the most valuable thing your mother taught you?
by usualusername inwhat is the most valuable thing your mother taught you?.
as an aside was she a witness or not at the time?.
uun .
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happy@last
Amelia, it's taken me almost as long to realise I am loveable, don't give up hope in that.
My mother taught me that the cult she is in is more important to her than I am.
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Hi! I'm New Here
by alecholmesthedetective inhi there, as was suggested to me, i'm starting this thread to say hi to everyone.. my awakening began recently, after the new light on the 'slave'.
i felt it didn't add up and went to check and found out ttatt.
for a while i tried to find evidence of whether the wt might still be god's organization, i needn't say i couldn't.. i had already resigned as a ministerial servant and a pioneer, had already had several issues with the elders and did not put up with their nonsense for a long.
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happy@last
Welcome here, keep finding out these things for yourself.
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Tonight on Channel 4 prog about Child Abuse !!!
by Phizzy inthe programme is at 10.30 gmt and is a channel 4 dispatches special about child abuse in a religious community.
i think this is concerned with a case within the jewish religious community here.. i think we all in the u.k, and anyone else who can access it, should watch it , and then perhaps many of us can e-mail the programmes makers and highlight the jw problem.
the jewish religious community is probably only about twice the size of the u.k jw's, about 266, 000 identified as jewish in a religious sense in the 2001 census.
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happy@last
Thanks for the 'heads up', I shall look out for it
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Apostates are narrow-minded victims of brainwashing who believe everything they read
by cedars inor so says the person who left this comment on jwsurvey.org.... what just amazes me is how people can pass judgement on others, make vast sweeping statements and make out that they know best.
this isnt just based on this page, but other pages ive read on this website.
while youre at it why not just say all black people are criminals, all asians are rapists and all white people molest their children.
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happy@last
"From what I know JWs are told to question everything and not blindly believe what they are told."
And this is one of the reasons why I left, I thought I had researched everything, turns out I had only been researching their own propaganda, believing that the quotes given in their literature were correct and not taken out of context. How wrong I was.
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Sickening Dilemma
by ItsMyLife ini would like to have your opinions on what i should do about a situation please.. i have recently discovered that a 'brother' in the congregation (which i no longer attend) is a child molester.
i've seen documentation from his psychiatrist dated a few years ago, stating that he doesn't feel that this person is likely to offend again.
the 'brother' has said to the elders at some point that he has it under control but cannot be 100% sure it won't happen again.
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happy@last
Another vote for Sir82's advice, the police will have a department capable of dealing with this, in the UK its the child protection unit.
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A new JW here!
by Taken ini am a jw (still active).
i like discussing with others and i think this is a great place to do so.
hopefully this can be fun and a learning experience for all of us.
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happy@last
Welcome, tell us a little about yourself
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New Member / MS still in...
by Comatose infeels real strange typing this.
i was what you all call born in.
i was happy growing up.
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happy@last
Welcome here, never stop asking questions. It's quite a journey you are embarking on, but one with incredible freedom along the way.
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Birthdays & Christmas
by Rattigan350 inwhat is the deal with people criticizing jws because they don't celebrate birthdays or christmas?.
it is as if when someone is born, from a baby, to a child, teen, adult; that one has a responsiblity to celebrate christmas (and i thought it was a free country); and others have a responsiblity to celebrate others' anniversary of one's birth.. i don't get the criticisms as if celebrating either is a great thing and the not celebrating is a bad thing.. data on star trek said that he does not understand why people celebrate their birthdays - a day one can not possibly remember.. what are you actually celebrating?
the fact that you made it another year?
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happy@last
My kids were trained to give the response : "I don't miss out, I get presents all year" (which they do)
Last year I asked them seperately how do they really feel about it now I'm no longer a practising a JW, both said they'd like to have birthdays and Christmas, so guess what? They did, and love it.