I had a pop up on my phone from my local news (40/29 Fayetteville, AR) and they are covering the Jehovah's Witness and the Sexual Abuse. Here are the links.
Tameria2001
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It is on my local news - Silent No More
by Tameria2001 ini had a pop up on my phone from my local news (40/29 fayetteville, ar) and they are covering the jehovah's witness and the sexual abuse.
here are the links.. silent no more: the survivors.
silent no more: the verdicts.
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What’s your favourite memory?
by Theonlyoneleft inhi guys and girlies, .
since i’ve joined a fortnight ago or so, i have reading all sort of posts, some recent and some really old!
🙂 i’m really enjoying all of your stories and contributions.
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Tameria2001
I don't know if this is my best memory, but it is my favorite. When my husband and I were married, I asked a certain elder if he would like to perform the marriage vows. I asked him because he was the main reason why I had met my husband to be. He agreed. But the problem he turned a simple wedding ceremony into a very long talk. Now before you say they all do that, yes, they do, but this elder went way longer than your average JW wedding talk by the one who performs it.
For any who know me, always knows that I believe in the sweet art of revenge. One year and nine months later I was able to exact my revenge on that elder for being extremely long-winded when performing my wedding. After getting married I had moved to where my husband was living, and it came up that we were getting a new kingdom hall. I knew this brother was going to be there so I called him up and asked if he would like to stay at my home. I lived about five minutes away from the construction site. He accepted, and he brought his wife, who also happened to be a friend of mine. She wanted to catch up on old times, and also the "wonderful opportunity" of working on a building project.
Now back to my wedding, the whole thing was recorded, so I asked the elder if he would like to watch my wedding video, and he accepted. After watching the whole video he turned to his wife and asked her if he is always that long-winded when giving his talks. She said, "Yes you do dear." Then she informed him that was why their children, they had 4, were always so fidgety. He ended up apologizing to his wife about that. I don't know if he changed the way he gave his talks after that, but to see him get a small taste of what he put others through was quite funny.
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Have Your Relationships Been Affected Because You Were A Jehovah’s Witness?
by minimus ini’m just curious if you think your past life either adversely or positively affected your relationships?.
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Tameria2001
Even though he was raised as a JW, my husband never believed in a word of it. I did not know this at the time we got together. He basically went with the flow to make his mother happy. He waited for me to finally wake up, and we officially left it together.
My husband has no problems making friends, but when he was attending meetings he had what you would call quite a few "worldly" friends, and he didn't care what the JWs said about the matter. He still has a few friends he had since high school.
Myself, on the other hand, I'm what you would call a recluse. I was never one to make friends in or out of the JWs. I grew up in a very abusive home, and my parents moved around a lot, 63 times to be exact. 63 different locations from the time I was born until the time I got married to my husband. I did attempt to make a few friends but found they all had alterative motives, one even did her damndest to destroy my marriage. After that, I stopped even trying.
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More fear-mongering in Nov. 2019 WT
by neat blue dog infirst of all, there's a new imaginary picture of jws during the great tribulation:.
then there's a picture of a jw family refusing to listen to "apostate lies" via pre-programed, self imposed information control:.
the description says:.
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Tameria2001
Hiding in attics won't do them any good. The amount of technology that is out there today that the authorities would use would have them spotted very quickly. It's not like the days of Anne Frank.
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Staying a Jehovah's Witness
by lriddle80 inwhy the shunning if someone leaves?
why are they working so hard to keep everyone in?
is it money?
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Tameria2001
If the Watchtower ever reversed its decision to stop all shunning, and all of a sudden my JW relatives tried to talk to me, I would tell them all to go straight to hell and stay the F out of my life.
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More fear-mongering in Nov. 2019 WT
by neat blue dog infirst of all, there's a new imaginary picture of jws during the great tribulation:.
then there's a picture of a jw family refusing to listen to "apostate lies" via pre-programed, self imposed information control:.
the description says:.
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Tameria2001
blondie,
I totally understand, my father was an abusive prick as well.
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More fear-mongering in Nov. 2019 WT
by neat blue dog infirst of all, there's a new imaginary picture of jws during the great tribulation:.
then there's a picture of a jw family refusing to listen to "apostate lies" via pre-programed, self imposed information control:.
the description says:.
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Tameria2001
The bad part of that programming it takes years to get it all cleared out of one's mind. It took me 18 years before I was totally free.
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C.T. Russell / Free and Accepted Order of Masons of the Lord Jesus Christ's Commandery
by mizpah2 inle lundi 16 juin 1913, le pasteur charles t. russell prononça un discours privé - réservé aux "intéressés" - au golden gate commandery hall de san francisco (1) (2).dans un premier temps, lors de cette conférence intitulée "le temple de dieu", le 2ème président de la société watch tower s’identifia directement à 6 reprises comme "maçons", "franc [mot en italique] maçon", "maçon libre et accepté", membre du "grand ordre de maçonnerie libre et acceptée", adepte d'une "maçonnerie moderne" et membre de "l'ordre de la maçonnerie libre et accepté".
", 14 juin 1913, p.12 / "the san francisco call.
", 15 juin 1913 / "the san francisco call.
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Tameria2001
Google Translate
On Monday, June 16, 1913, Pastor Charles T. Russell gave a private address - reserved for "interested"- at the Golden Gate Commandery Hall in San Francisco (1) (2).
At first, at this conference titled "The Temple of God" , the 2nd President of the Watch Tower Society identified himself directly on 6 occasions as "Masons" , "Franc [italicized word] Mason" , "Free Mason" and accepted " , member of the " Free and Accepted Grand Master of Freemasonry " , adept of a " modern masonry " and member of the " Free and Accepted Order of Freemasonry ". A little after, However, at the end of this address, Russell will assimilate with his audience as "Masons of the Free and Accepted Order of the Commandery of the Lord Jesus Christ".Also, was Charles Taze Russell a freemason or just the creator of a new form of masonry?
To date, the Masonic fraternity has not revealed the inscription of Charles Taze Russell in nomenclature of a dressing table (date of his initiation and Masonic quality). Its membership, in the form mentioned above, was not found also by laymen (Non-initiated to Freemasonry). Should we suppose that the traces of his belonging to a box remain to be discovered or that there were good reasons to suppress them in their time? On the other hand, his associates, as well as those of these collaborators, with Masonic or para-Masonic circles are undeniable.
In the same way, the literature, the songs, and the symbols conveyed by its movement testify of an esoteric inheritance, not negligible, resulting from different currents of thoughts. Finally, the opening of hermetic temples to Bible Students demonstrates a relative fraternal harmony among all these communities (3).
Thus, the more progress is made, the more one realizes that Russell drew his doctrine from many sources, both religious and occult.(1) Built in 1906, this Masonic Temple of the Rite of York bears the following inscription on its main facade: "The Golden Gate Commandery No. 16 of the Knights Templar".
(2) The convention organized by the International Association of Students of the Bible (IBSA) is registered three times under the heading "Meetings-Lodges" of the newspaper "The San Francisco Call."( "The San Francisco Call." , June 14, 1913, p.12 / "The San Francisco Call." , June 15, 1913,/ "The San Francisco Call." , June 16, 1913, p.12).
(3) Watch Tower Bible Society and Tract Society and its various associations organized over a period of about 110 years (1882/1992) more than 3400 meetings in esoteric places (Temples of Freemasons, halls of the Maccabees, mosques of the Order of the Ancient Arabs of the Nobles of the Mystic Sanctuary , halls of the Old Order of the Druids ...). These private or public gatherings were planned on 5 different continents, about ten countries and more than 330 cities in the world. -
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JW Arcade featuring Caleb and Sophia
by Sanchy inspotted this on twitter (link) .
apparently someone set up arcade versions of jw video games for the international delegates visiting madrid.
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Tameria2001
smiddy3, Nintendo doesn't like it when others attempt to steal their product, and they will sue anyone who does.
Compare the above picture to a few Nintendo pictures click on the link to see.
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JW Arcade featuring Caleb and Sophia
by Sanchy inspotted this on twitter (link) .
apparently someone set up arcade versions of jw video games for the international delegates visiting madrid.
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Tameria2001
Dmitry, I was reading a few of the responses over there, and someone has reported it to Nintendo.
I really hope Nintendo hits them hard in their pocketbook for this.