i actually visited the kh a few days ago.
i just needed to see some friends.
i hadn't been in months.
I have reached out over the years to a few I considered good friends while in the "truth" for 33 years and even though a couple seemed genuinely pleased that I made that initial contact they have never bothered to reciprocate my call to them and that has been years ago now.
My philosophy now is "If they don`t want to know me ,I don`t want to know them "
just stumbled across this record of a child abuse case in ohio which apparently went to the ohio supreme court:.
http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/9/2016/2016-ohio-5462.pdf.
Due to the way Watchtower handles these matters by involving elders, judicial committees, the service and legal departments, they rarely stay within the bounds of the clergy-penitent privilege.
And are the rank and file members of Jehovah`s witnesses even aware that the governing Body / Legal department resort to claiming Clergy-Penitent privilege in a court of law ?,when they proclaim to their congregations they do not have a Clergy class within there religion ? Thereby separating themselves from Christendom`s religions ?
Are they not Hypocrites ? Liars ? Deceivers ? of what is true ?
the N word i would use is Nitwit just to jump on the bandwagon
i have a funeral to attend for a non jw family member and the jdub family member reminded me that i should not wear black.
for the life of me, i can't recall where this belief came from in jw teachings and i'm born in.
is there something in print or is that just a personal opinion belief?
I have been to a couple of "worldly" funerals and most people just wear everyday smart casual clothing ,nothing black to be seen.
However going back a few decades especially in Europe and of Italian descent black was probably the norm.
today my wife and i went to college.
although not allowed to go to college as jws we got to lead a class today and it was really special to be able to do that.
the class was an honors class on social media and psychology and i created a presentation around the propaganda and manipulation used against us as jws.
I plan to watch this later ,sounds like a great opportunity you both had.
professor massimo tistarelli:.
"my sister gave me a copy of the book life - how did it get here?
by evolution or by creation?
What a very interesting thread ,I truly enjoyed it .
so after years of being out of the orginization, and using a pseudonym i have put my face out there for the world to see.
the repercussions have been real.
but i am also convicted in my stance.
I enjoyed the video and it was a pleasure to see a knowledgeable interviewer on the subject of JW`s conducting it .
I just have one small gripe.If i had no knowledge of the JW religion at all , and I watched this video I would have got the impression that she cut herself off from her own family after leaving the religion .
Nowhere did she say that they her family shunned her or disowned her for leaving the religion .
I tried to look at it as though I was someone who didnt know anything about JW`s and that`s what I came away with.
Otherwise I truly enjoyed the whole presentation.
And good luck to you m` lady ,I wish you well.
every active jw that stays in hiding their knowledge about ttatt is a hole in the watchtower wall.
i propose those who can stay in, should, especially if they have high positions.
how else can we know what they are up to?
I can see value in that now to some extent ,however I do believe its something they themselves have to experience that will wake them up and not something someone says to them .
don't know if this was already posted:.
see below news story on suicide in a jw kingdom hall.. .
ad link ad link bates city church explosion kills onelast edited: saturday, 26 jul 2008, 9:41 pm cdt created: saturday, 26 jul 2008, 6:41 pm cdt investigators searched the scene of an explosion at a jehovah's witness' kingdom hall in bates city, mo.
??? Welcome Corditestench I feel your anger but I`m at a loss to know what your talking about ,i`m an Aussie pm me if you want to elaborate further if that`s more suitable to you.
Wasn`t it a hit song some time ago ? by the Walker brothers .
I loved that song.
