Eden, did not mean to focus on my situation instead of yours (just wanted to share the same point). My mom suffered through a hellacious case of shingles so I feel for your pain on both fronts. Just remember that your scars are proof of your strength. Hugs to you!!
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So, I became very ill ... what did my loving brothers do?
by EdenOne inrecently i have fallen ill with a serious case of chickenpox (shingles).
three weeks down, high fevers, and the blisters attacked mostly my scalp and face, but then also my whole upper body.
i looked horrid, truly like a mutant monster out of a nuclear disaster.
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RC in Australia and Child Abuse
by Nicky Whitehouse injust a thought... i wonder if anyone has brought to their attention the recent jw.org video from lett (with very dubious timing) suggesting that any and all media reports about how the org handles abuse are lies from apostates, and how no one is more protective of abuse victims than the org ...seems to me that that video is very damning evidence of their attempt to silence victims from coming forward with complaints - further victimizing and traumatizing them.i hope they have seen that video - and i hope they bring it up.
i am thoroughly enjoying watching the org squirm.
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So, I became very ill ... what did my loving brothers do?
by EdenOne inrecently i have fallen ill with a serious case of chickenpox (shingles).
three weeks down, high fevers, and the blisters attacked mostly my scalp and face, but then also my whole upper body.
i looked horrid, truly like a mutant monster out of a nuclear disaster.
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Tazemanian-devil 7 hours ago
I feel for you man. Whenever my wife tells me so-and-so said to say hi, or ask me how I am, I always respond "They have my phone number, don't they?"
Been there, done that. Down with cancer but didn't want the phony casserole brigade so told my family they were not allowed to say why I was at home instead of the meetings. Told the elders who emailed me to feel free to share my email address with those who wanted to contact me, and also my cell phone number. Guess what I got? An email telling me I was obviously a "lost sheep" who needed a shepherding call.
Not one "how are you?" or "can we bring you anything?" Pioneered for years and this is the response I got.
That put the bow on the Get Out Now package for me.
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SCIENCE!! World is getting better! New Ebola Vaccine proven to be 100% effective
by ILoveTTATT2 inamazing world we live in... this makes the "last days" doctrine look bad...https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27990-ebola-vaccine-success-race-is-now-on-to-protect-those-at-risk/
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But is it really progress?
It would be interesting to see the list of ingredients for this vaccine, as there have been reports of various vaccines used in Africa that are also eugenic. The B&M Gates Foundation has committed over $500M to the Ebola vaccine project. Bill and his father are famous Eugenicists, and Bill and Melinda have pushed mandatory vaccination programs in Nigeria (where it was reported some children were vaccinated at gunpoint). Bill's famous TED 2010 talk revealed his ideas to reduce CO2 emissions not by controlling factory and auto emission limits, but by population control - and one of the tools he put forth was immunizations.
So think about the "fact" that Ebola mysteriously pops up only in Africa on a regular two-year occurrence schedule, creating massive fear and panic because omg someone brought it to the US, and then voila! there is this miracle vaccine for the lovely humans in Africa who will be mass-vaccinated, like it or not.
Will it be similar to these?
LifeSiteNews reported that in 1995, UNICEF’s anti-tetanus vaccinations were found to contain B-hCG, a pregnancy hormone that can permanently sterilize women. An estimated 3 million women between the ages of 12 and 45 received that vaccine. Another UNICEF polio vaccination campaign in Nigeria was suspected of sterilizing women in 2004. -
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JW Volunteer Who Died Translating Sign Language - How was he not missed for 48 hours??
by cultBgone inthis may have been discussed before, but this article just now popped up in my online search for "jw news": .
man at jehovah's witness facility died of natural causes.
does it not seem really, really strange that he would not have been missed all day saturday and sunday?
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This may have been discussed before, but this article just now popped up in my online search for "JW News":
Man at Jehovah's Witness Facility died of natural causes
Does it not seem really, really strange that he would not have been missed all day Saturday and Sunday? Outsiders might find that normal, but that just wouldn't have happened in the ranks of the JW family, especially in Sign Language which is like its own special club.
He may well have died of "natural" causes, I just wonder if the dubs delayed calling the cops in while they "cleaned" his room.
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Big Concepts That JWs Won't Even Allow Themselves To Consider
by JW_Rogue inbecause of the belief that the bible is quite literally the word god jws must shut out many logical concepts and theories.
it's not just evolution although that is a large one.
i know when i was in there were certain concepts that made sense to me but i would try not to think about them too much.
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** Morality as social construct **
I know a df'd jdub who was (like a few others I know) talking about living happily without the confines of structured religion, because he seemed to think that would be difficult. The concept that I personally make my own choices about Right and Wrong kinda blew his mind. I told him that once you peel away all the teachings and allow yourself to make your own decisions, it becomes readily apparent and a natural behavior to treat people well and have compassion for them as others belonging to the family of humans.
He reacted as if that was a new thought and I think he's still pondering the concept.
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Jehovah's Witnesses #10 in Yahoo trending
by TweetieBird ini'm sitting here drinking my morning coffee and opened up the yahoo page to see jw's trending at #10. clicked on it and the first article is about the child abuse.. did something happen lately that would get so many people doing a massive search?.
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So if every member of this site repeatedly searches for "jehovah's witness abuse scandal", will it make a large difference?
Let's all try it out!
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Governing Body, painted in a corner, now what?
by Wasanelder Once inthe governing body have painted themselves in a corner, so to speak.
if they acknowledge their response to abuse claims was insensitive, unloving and inadequate they are denying the belief that "god's way" is best and risk losing abuse cases.
if they stick with it and say it is "god's way according to the bible" they will be seen as cult leaders and risk losing abuse cases.
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johnamos - Yes, blame the parents. It is, of course, the parents' fault that the elders gave a wink*wink to the known child rapist and protected his identity for years. It is, of course, the parents' fault that the elder assigning car groups knowingly placed that confessed child rapist into a car group with innocent children. It is, of course, the parents' fault that they didn't even know about the abuse for years because the jw-protected child rapist convinced the child its parents would be killed by Jehovah if the child told anyone.
In a normal scenario, the parents would of course run screaming to the police and personally hunt down this monster to seek revenge and/or justice for their child.
However, this is by no means a "normal" situation. Here are the realities:
- This is a CULT. A well-trained, fabulously successful CULT that knows precisely how to indoctrinate people to do its bidding and believe its doctrines.
- The parents are under the influence of this CULT and obviously are not acting rationally, and therefore do not want to cause people under the influence and control of Satan and his system to have reason to speak ill of almighty Jehovah and his One True Religion.
- The elders are under the influence of this CULT and are controlled by the Watchtower Society and the Governing Body, who do everything in their power to protect these child rapists and pedophiles rather than protecting innocent children and their families.
And you know this. And knowing this, you choose to point the finger at the parents? Seriously, you need to reconsider your thinking on this subject.
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Australian Witnesses shock bombshelled!! Arrogant Elders at Commision on Pedophiles!!
by Witness 007 ingetting alot of e-mails from angry brothers saying things like i qoute "this is the straw broke the camels back.." "bloody idiots.." etc.
last nights news featured the australian commision into jehovah's witness elders not reporting pedophiles.
it was very damning!
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ToesUp, thanks for posting the link, although it kinda makes you want to throw up a little.
BUT we've already heard that thinking ones are leaving the cult, so let's hope the child rape stories will cut through the persecution hype.
It's a CULT, people. Please get out while your children still have a chance at a decent life!
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exJW Billboard is up.
by cappytan inwaiting on higher resolution photos from wifibandit.. but here is the (redacted) notification from the company.
apparently they take photos with a potato.. (the billboard directs folks to http://jwawake.com ).
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Start a GoFundMe or similar account and advertise it on ex-jw Facebook accounts also!
