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  Article: Philadelphia Inquirer - Ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses to protest sex abuse scandals at Pa. convention

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www2.philly.com/philly/news/jehovahs-witnesses-child-sex-abuse-protest-reading-chessa-manion-20180824.html.

  ex-jehovah’s witnesses to protest sex abuse scandals at pa. convention.

  by david gambacorta, posted: 2 hours ago .

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  cha ching

  What Flipper is saying, and I watched the WT video also, was:

  1. Destroy any 'extra evidence'... like notes, phone records, letters, anything that can be used in court as evidence to support what happened.

  2. They are not telling them "destroy the fact that they were DFd" (although I would say that they try to hide WHAT they were DF'd for, by saying something like: "Oh, he stole something from a store (which they DID do), or they were smoking (which they did) or "they got drunk" (which they did) and then not mention that the person also molested a child.... After all, they are now 'disfellowshipped.'

  Like Flipper said, they do not trust the rank and file, or 'elders' to keep things secret. What if a wife found a notebook in her home, and read the notes about an abuser? WT does not want elders to keep any personal notes or evidence.

  WT does have a good knack for 'hinting' at what they realllly want people to do without realllly saying it. I am sure some elders will take the 'destroy all evidence' to the next level.
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  What is the number 3 talk?

  by carla in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was enjoying the funny memes thread https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/4796195022045184/funny-ex-jw-memes.

  but what is the number 3 talk?

  there were a few references to that particular talk.

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  cha ching

  I use to try to explain how stinkin' hard it was to do these number 3 & #4 talks to my husband. He just could NOT understand why it was so hard! I use to have nightmares trying to think of a 'setting' that would seem so 'normal'.

  My sister & I were laughing.... Your talk is on the 70 weeks of years.. You go to your Bible Study's house, and they are talking about planting 70 irises in their garden... "Seventy?", you say.... "That reminds me, have you ever heard of the 70 weeks of years?"

  Notice how many men (not) are commenting on this thread?
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  What is the number 3 talk?

  by carla in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was enjoying the funny memes thread https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/4796195022045184/funny-ex-jw-memes.

  but what is the number 3 talk?

  there were a few references to that particular talk.

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  cha ching

  I kinda wish I was still in.... I would have so much fun doing "talks"!

  I think I would just read all the scriptures to my 'householder' (haha!) and just say at the end, "so, do you understand?" she would reply "yes" and we'd walk off the stage! It seems like a Monte Python fun time!
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  What JW habits do you still have?

  by Exelder in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  since leaving the jw's after over 4 decades, i can see exactly what it is and hate everything it stands for.

  however, there are still some jw habits and traits that i can't get rid of:.

  1. i can't swear in general conversation (i'd have to be really angry).

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  cha ching

  The ONE thing that dies hard in me???? HIGHLIGHTING!!!!! I can't stop, haha!
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  Donated Jewelry -- where is it sold?

  by anon123 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  not really sure in what forum this topic belongs -- trying to find out where kh or other jw org sells the jewelry that is donated to it..

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  cha ching

  It always made my shoulders twinge, and my head cringe when it was read from the stage that we could donate "cash, jewelry or other valuable personal property".. It lowered the dignity I gave them.... they seemed like "money grabbers".....
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  Questions for the Teaching of "Jehovah's Witnesses"

  by Sergey Antonov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it would be interesting to know what prompted you to leave the organization?

  what questions did the elders fail to answer?

  (maybe there is already a similar discussion, i apologize in advance)..

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  cha ching

  Good one, CHOOK, I never thought of it that way..... " blood on their hands for " going beyond the things that are written"
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  What is the current pulse in the organization with the reductions?

  by SouthCentral in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have not seen jehovah’s witnesses in my neighborhood for several years now.

  it appears that the cart witnessing has taken over.

  congregations are being consolidated and witnesses are being forced to travel a greater distance than before.the burdens/privileges of elders seem to be ever increasing!.

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  cha ching

  I wonder if you'd get "reproved" ... and eventually "get a marking talk" if you made one of your OWN carts and sat by it?

  No rebellious, independent witnessing, right?
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  Old Magazine, New Perspective

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  going through old junk and came across a 22 year old study watchtower, february 1996. looking at all my underlining and marking it was just nauseating how meaningless it all was.

  this "study" wasn't study at all, just a by rote exercise, an old jw custom one of the primary motivations of which is to stop others from judging you as "weak" if they don't see it all desecrated, which must surely indicate a vigorous study session.

  moving on to other articles i was confronted with more evidence of a cult that i was blind to the first time around, including an article praising those who died for refusing blood such as a pregnant mother and a boy pictured here.. .

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  So very true NBD..... I am still addicted to underlining, ahhhhhhhhhh!
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  So my wife is upset her MIPI father is broke because of being a witness.

  by blownaway in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i posted this before, but my wife is upset and not handling it well.

  her mother has alzheimer and is in a care facility for the rest of her life.

  between medicare and caid she is paid for the care.

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  "If they don't want to work, neither let them eat".... They quote it, but do they live it?
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  A very dangerous thing happen to us two weeks ago. It could have meant our life.

  by Still Totally ADD in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  two weeks ago mrs. add and myself was driving home from shopping on a side street when we came upon a man laying on his back with his arms spread out in a t formation.

  with no one in site we pulled over our van to help this person.

  mrs.add went for her phone to call 911 and i got out of the van to see what i could do.

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  cha ching

  Wow, you are so lucky! and even now, you have to remain very cautious.

  My husband and I were watching a show called Goliath on Amazon Prime about a very smart lawyer who tries to help people, who is always escaping with his life moment after moment. The last one we watched was about the cartel, And everything they are involved in. Sometimes they just knock off the witnesses to a crime, just because! Let's hope you are not dealing with the cartel or drugs or anyting exponential.

  So be VERY careful! OMG!