Posts by wannaexit

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My life ... and how JWD came to be - Part 5

by Simon in

my life ... and how jwd came to be - part 1. my life ... and how jwd came to be - part 2. my life ... and how jwd came to be - part 3. my life ... and how jwd came to be - part 4. i swear, i thought it was only a couple of years at most since i wrote part 4 of "my life and how jwd came to be".

i re-read it after someone posted to it and brought it back on active topics and it was kind of prophetic in a way ... well, i had the 5 years part right if nothing else:.

it would be nice to visit the site (or whatever one is around then) in 5 years time to let people know how we're doing and find only a few of the same people still around.

wannaexit

Thanks Simon for keeping this wonderful place going.

All the best to you and family.

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Why did Jehovah's Witnesses release the Byington and New Jerusalem Bibles in the early 70s , and forget about them in the 80s?

by Balaamsass in

andover townsman, andover, ma.

july 26, 2012. dalton column: lawsuit concerns one of town's most interesting yet forgotten.

bill dalton.

wannaexit

I do remember in the early 1970 watchtower printing the Jerusalem Bible. And as Dropoff mentioned the Byinton is included in the app.

Did anybody ever find out about the lawsuit connected with it? This is interesting.

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Article: Public event in Laval to honour Jehovah's Witness who died after giving birth

by AndersonsInfo in

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/dupuis-memorial-jehovahs-witness-1.3857367.

public event in laval to honour jehovah's witness who died after giving birth.

éloïse dupuis refused emergency blood transfusion, now her aunt wants civil code amended to protect others.

wannaexit

Thanks Barb!! Is there anything those from far away can do?

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Memories of Grace Gough

by Mary in

jw
friends

hi everyone;i'm not on here too much anymore, but i've been asked to write a brief biography of our dear grace gough ('mouthy' on here).

i'm writing my own memories of her but it was also suggested that i maybe contact others who knew her to see if they had a nice memory or two of her they'd like to share.

it would only have to be a paragraph or two and your name can be kept confidential if you like.

wannaexit

I found Mouthy/Grace a source of comfort.

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Anyone else hear of this?

by Tahoe in

jw
friends

a jw family member informed me they are filling out an application to preach the truth in israel.

interested ones in the congregation were asked to start saving now, as the cost of the flights would be their own responsibility.

the time frame for this preaching work is for a couple of weeks in may/june 2017. the applications are to be turned in this sunday.

wannaexit

They read the letter last week. The stress was that Israel is very safe and sisters are encouraged to apply. They want witnesses to go for 2 weeks or more. They did it last year and it appears that this is going to be a yearly campaign.

The dubs are lapping it up and many , even ones that don't have 2 stones to rub together will be be going. They call it going where the "need is great" but I think it "going where the need is FUN".

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Memories of Grace Gough

by Mary in

jw
friends

hi everyone;i'm not on here too much anymore, but i've been asked to write a brief biography of our dear grace gough ('mouthy' on here).

i'm writing my own memories of her but it was also suggested that i maybe contact others who knew her to see if they had a nice memory or two of her they'd like to share.

it would only have to be a paragraph or two and your name can be kept confidential if you like.

wannaexit

If it's AAWA, it would be sad to see them using Grace's memory for self-publicity purposes.

I agree with Simon. I am not crazy about AAWA personally and would NOT like to see Grace's biography appear on their site either.

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Need input: elders showed up at our door today

by de-opresso-liber in

so as i announced last week, my wife and i started our fade and i sent in a letter to our body that i was stepping down and cited the arc as the reason and insisted that we not be bothered.

my wife told a few relatives in person that we weren't going to attend meetings any longer (immediate shunning occurred, the new videos must be effective) and that what we found with the arc shocked us etc etc.

i have an inside track on how this is all going down by an awake elder on the body, co told them to handle the matter quickly.

wannaexit

Depending on what you said to others and if others perceive that it's apostasy, then you might be heading towards the chopping block.

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Landmark: FIRST EVER report of JW child sexual abuse in Spain

by darkspilver in

as per barbara anderson's post two months ago - today, wednesday 16 november 2016, in an historic landmark, the barcelonian based newspaper el periódico's website has published the first ever publicly reported case of child sexual abuse within the jehovah's witnesses in spain.. a penal code was introduced in spain in 1995, which specified an age of consent of 12 for all sexual acts, this was then raised to 13 in 1999. currently, under a new law which came into effect on 1 july 2015, the age of consent in spain is 16, which rises to 18 if there is deception or abuse of a recognized position of trust, authority or influence over the minor.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ages_of_consent_in_europe#spain.

jehovah's witness in spain were forbidden from public manifestations of faith until they where legally recognized in the country on friday 10 july 1970, in accordance with the religious liberty law of 1967.. at the time of legal recognition there were some 11,041 active jw's in spain which had a population then of just over 32 million (a ratio of 1-in-2,908 ).. in the following two years 144 kingdom halls were legalized and inaugurated, and the number of active jw's increased by 42% to 15,668 with the memorial attended by some 40,000.. at the time it was claimed that the jw's were the second-largest religious group in the country (second only to the catholics).. after 230 years, spain abolished compulsory military service in 2001.. today there are 109,457 active jw's in spain which has a current population 46,439,864 (a ratio 1-in-417 - to compare, the usa ratio is currently 1-in-261 ).. under the heading a religious organization under investigation, el periódico has published the following three articles:los testigos de jehová a una niña violada: "si lo cuentas, te quedarás sin paraíso".

una mujer de 29 años denuncia que fue agredida sexualmente y coaccionada para silenciarlo hace 21 años.

wannaexit

There is another thread to talks about this.

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/4894897532305408/noelia-29-years-raped-9-years-new-case-spanish-newspaper

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Noelia 29 years, raped at 9 years... new case in Spanish newspaper

by sp74bb in

weblink: http://www.elperiodico.com/es/noticias/sociedad/nueva-denuncia-contra-testigos-jehova-por-ocultar-abusos-sexuales-pederasta-5631962.

a religious organization under suspect.

the jehovah's witnesses to a raped girl: "if you tell it, you will be without paradise".

wannaexit

Thank you for bringing this to the fore.

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Mark the Date: March,20 2017 Austrailian Royal Commission to Reopen Its JW Child Abuse Inquiry

by Room 215 in

i don't know whether anyone else has posted a thread on this development:.

http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/10908a67-70c5-4103-94cc-dac096fdb585/case-study-54,-march-2017,-sydney.

wannaexit

I was just about to post this too. I am so happy that the Royal Commission will continue to keep this in the forefront.