hello folks.
as some of you might know my dad couldnt keep quiet about my view of the world, so i have been "forced" to study with an elder.
otherwise i would be dragged to questioning, which is to much pressure for a young inexperienced person like me.
How is your support system? is all your family jw's or do you have family on the outside. (aunt, grandfather). It's possible there may be help right in your own city.
If not then you may have to grin and bear it for a few years until you can get on your own feet. But in the meantime you can make good use of your time by educating yourself so you can support yourself.
jw's around the globe have been encouraged to write letters to putin and the russian government.
they are expected to give their personal details on the envelope.
i appreciate that this might be normal when writing to your own government if they are tolerant, but is this not a bit strange that the gb want to give putin the address of every jw in the world?
My opinion about letter writing campaigns is that they seem rather childish to me - like kids sending letters to Santa in the North Pole!
Many of these letters not only appear childish but they are actually written by children. I've seen on social media, kids who can barely print their name are writing letter. I kid you not! What a circus!!!!!
in my case; 27 years.
7 of which were as a ministerial serpent ... sorry, i mean 'servant' ;).
I woke up when I was 45 and after an entire life in the lie
i'll start: stilton cheese.. (it was a toss up between that and sweet pickled beetroot).. thank you folks..
home made apple pie. --My own-- I could eat the whole pie if I didn't know better
is this a slogan that was recently come up with for jw's?
i've seen it used as a hashtag on instagram for jw's, key chains, cakes, about me biography description... the first thing i thought was, isn't that a little pretentious?
they complain so much about this life.
this is the email i have just sent to mr. stewart angus, who has been conducting the questioning of the jw leaders during the australian royal commission dealing with child abuse cases among the jehovah's witnesses, concerning the claims made that a jehovah witness who wishes to walk away from the organization can simply become inactive and avoid being shunned:.
dear mr. angus stewart,
i have followed with interest the videos of the arc regarding the jehovah's witnesses in australia.
Nice letter!!. I was thinking of sending an email too--not as long but as a way of expressing appreciation for the work he is doing.
when i was in , i went on many vacations, ate out at restaurants a lot and drank alcohol.
loved music and dancing too.... do jws do anything but watch watchtower videos now?
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They party all the time. They travel under the guise of preaching where the need is great. The go in service and then they end up in some nice restaurant. I see their activities all over social media. I really don't know where there get the money because most of them have very low paying jobs.
i am not wanting to start a fight.
i just want to hear what people think.
honestly and realistically, what do you think the australian government will do, with watchtower, when they receive the full arc report?.
They could lose their charitable status. I hope they do. A multimillion dollar organization that does so little for people should not have the privilege.
ive lived here 7 months now--and today was the 4th time some dubs have called--while i was at home.. they were probably about 60-70.. after i let one do her simple leaflet presentation--i told them i used to be a jw--but left over 40 years ago.
and that i held the watchtower responsible for the break up of my family: and discussed shunning.. but the main thing i wanted to discuss--was the sale of their kingdom hall.
they confirmed a sale was going through.
These two might go and relate what you said to someone else and a seed could be planted in someone else.
Great job
from retraction watch:.
when you have 94 retractions, what's two more?.
attention joachim boldt: the 1990s are calling, and they want their papers back.the annals of thoracic surgery has retracted two papers from the early 1990s on which boldt was the first author – bringing the retraction tally for the disgraced german anesthesiologist to 96, by our count.
Thank you OrphanCrow--you are an amazing researcher.
