i've been lurking here for a while now, and i guess you could call me a fader.
i don't have hate in my heart for the organization that i spent most of my life in, but i have had an awakening.
luckily, so has my wife, and that way i don't feel so alone.
Yay! you made it! You "awoke", and so did your wife ;-)
That is awesome! Writing is a great way to sort things out, I like your opening words, I think we can ALL ID with that:
"Haunted
By the things I was told
That I'd never grow up, never grow old".
Next step? Start really living and enjoying life!
Welcome ;-)
i thought it would be important to clearly point in the recent talk by governing body member stephan lett, that he did in fact deliberately lie concerning what he described as lies and false information by apostates, concerning the organization being permissive toward people in the organization who had been involved in pedophilia.
the truth of the matter is thats exactly what the organization has been doing and perhaps for a long time.
the recent candace conti law suit where she was awarded 28 million dollars was levied against the wts for its irresponsible behavior by the elders who gave no notification of the accused jonathan kendrick that he had been charged with pedophilia and spent months in jail for his actions .
The BEST clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYxG2F3Wd8c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbsv4z03sau.
youtuber peter rose called bethel and asked them if it was true that peter sutcliffe was baptized.
the brother who answered didn't think so but went off somewhere to check and came back to say that it wasn't true.
Good catch, DataDog!
my name is russ, i'm 40 years old, from the uk, and i left the jws nearly 5 years ago.
i've been a member of the yuku board throughout that time, so there are probably some on here who know me already.
there seems to be more activity over here at the moment, so i thought i'd pop in and say hi.i was raised as a jw, started questioning it when i was 16, but there was no internet back then (well, no www anyway) so i got sucked right in and got baptized when i was 18. auxiliary pioneered on and off for a couple of years, then became a ministerial servant.
Dear WifiBandit: That is what i say allllllllllllllllllll the time!!!
I love that!
"Get out of Jail Free" card! Right on!
http://www.documentcloud.org/search/preview… This website, included in the Reveal News has a list of court documents, depositions, elders letters that will let you examine the evidence for yourself.
Listen to the Audio portion on the right hand side, it has a pic of Candice Conti. Hear it here: https://soundcloud.com/thisisreveal
to all those who frequent this discussion board:.
we just wanted you to know that an investigative public radio program named reveal, produced by cir (center for investigative reporting) and prx, will present today, saturday, february 14th, the results of new investigations uncovering hidden stories.
in this weeks story, there will be three different topics covered.
After reading Reveal's story on the web, we had someone from 40 years ago call us She was so excited to see all of the details being made available. This causes chagrin to the WT's "keep it secret" policies.
We were told of her leaving in 2003 over the Dateline news show about abuses. She had done her own investigating, and couldn't live with the hypocrisy, wrote emails to all in her congregation disassociating herself. We hope all in the ex-witness community will be encouraged by this, that they are not alone in how they feel about the WT.
Many have responded favorably to this great news of "Secrets" that have been "Revealed". Thanks Trey Bundy, Delaney Hall, & all of you at CIR, for the GREAT job & hard work you put into this story!
please don't laugh - i just threw this together and didn't bother making a script first so probably repeat myself or make no sense at all at times.. hopefully it will demonstrate a few tips for using the site more effectively.. i'll do one on signing up and logging in next and also how to edit, reply etc.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx5d3ct0y50.
if we are to look at matthew 1:17, looks like there were 42 generations from abraham to jesus.. if we take 1948 bce (abraham's birth) and we take it to jesus baptisim (29 ce) we get to 1,977 years.. so lets divide 1977 years by 42 (the amount of generations), we get to around 47 years for one generation.. 1 generation = 47 years.. 1 generation + an overlapping generation (1 generation more) = 94 years.. this is all in the first chapter of the new testament..... comments welcome.....
I did the same research, 40 years seems to be the magic number, and even if you have "overlapping" generations, like the glorious ones in NY have "evidently" agreed upon by means of HS when they meet together....
1914 + 80 = 1994
2x40 = 80 = long gone...
http://www.amazon.com/dp/150330082x/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_1qv1ub0w1nbn6.
out with consequences: a journey out of jehovah's witnesses .
paperback february 1, 2015 .
Hopefully, her story will help others.
