my wife is a jw, and is teaching our eight year old daughter jw beliefs.
i am trying to teach her about evolution and critical thinking skills.
here is a conversation we had today (as best i can remember it):daughter: "why do bad things happen?
Well done you're doing really well. You also need to develop a relationship which is fun and give her good memories....like playing cards or board games too.....step right away from education and religion. Go swimming and visit museums.
I taught my son TTATT when he was 11 and we read jwfacts.com together.....but it was only possible because we have a close relationship away from religion.
He is 13 now and stays home when his dad goes to the meetings.
Kate xx
thank you, jw.net and cofty, for redirecting me to the right organization!.
when i posted why did god permit scriptures to be corrupted?
then i thought, if there is an organization that believes all scriptures are corrupted (which obviously makes it enemy of all religions), that organization is not ordinary, but gutsy, lionhearted, and worthy of close examination!
Ahh well another loony tunes added to the list.
This cult really does mess some people up beyond repair.
Kate xx
i'm about half-way through the novel "watch how we walk," written in 2013 by a born-in, jennifer lovegrove.. absolutely worthwhile read.. does this paragraph sum up jw-land?.
"i was paranoid again, like i had been back home, as though someone was scrutinizing and judging me.
although i was alone, it reminded me of being at the kingdom hall.
Village Idiot, I got Df'd in April 2012, and woke up in Feb 2013.
I tried to wake up my fellow Df'd brothers and sister as we were all attending all the meetings and trying to get RI'd.
I left WT in Nov 2013....
Kate xx
i'm about half-way through the novel "watch how we walk," written in 2013 by a born-in, jennifer lovegrove.. absolutely worthwhile read.. does this paragraph sum up jw-land?.
"i was paranoid again, like i had been back home, as though someone was scrutinizing and judging me.
although i was alone, it reminded me of being at the kingdom hall.
The year that I was Df'd three others were Df'd from the same cong that same year.
Never mind the other congs in the circuit.
When you listen to my JC recording you will understand why.
If you want to hear it and you haven't yet just post a request and I will bump the thread or embed the file.
Kate xx
i learned this past week that my wife is now awake.
i just shared the pbs newshour segment with her with no comment other than something along the lines of, "jw story on pbs.".
she is furious at the arrogance of these men.. thats what happens when you get a momma angry!.
Well done great news. You seem to have a good plan
Kate xx
billboard raising awareness of the dangers of the jehovah's witness cult.. short summary.
millions of people's lives are being adversely affected every day by jehovah's witnesses' (also known as jw.org) harmful teachings of shunning former members, refusal of certain kinds of medical treatment, social isolation, and harboring of child molesters.
the goal of this campaign is to sponsor a billboard that will be targeted to current members traveling to the belton, tx conventions july 31st - aug 9th 2015. these conventions attract thousands of current members and hundreds of prospective members.
Thanks cappytan.....it looks like it's just a jwsurvey.org site which is okay too. But I have a problem with the fact that the advertising is focusing on just one problem with WT....not the full problem that it's a cult.
Both jwsurvey.org and jwfacts.com helped me and my kids wake up.....advertising needs to broaden their scope to wake JWs up.
Kate xx
billboard raising awareness of the dangers of the jehovah's witness cult.. short summary.
millions of people's lives are being adversely affected every day by jehovah's witnesses' (also known as jw.org) harmful teachings of shunning former members, refusal of certain kinds of medical treatment, social isolation, and harboring of child molesters.
the goal of this campaign is to sponsor a billboard that will be targeted to current members traveling to the belton, tx conventions july 31st - aug 9th 2015. these conventions attract thousands of current members and hundreds of prospective members.
I tried to go to jwthink.com and that website doesn't exist....I went on reddit.com and the site was hard to navigate and the first thing I noticed was a thread about the best way to advertise.
I also saw a much better poster advertising jwfacts.com. This was much better.
JWs don't leave WT because they find out about paedophile coverups it is more personal. I liked the simple question "what does your religion really teach?" That would have impact I think. It caught my eye. Then the simple jwfacts.com.
Kate xx
my zealously fanatic jw mum is aware of my current "tourist-jw" life.
what she doesn't know for sure is that she's part of the ones who brought me to this.. my mum was a quite moderate jw, she even got publically reproved once.
in our house, there was no daily text, no family study, no eating together, no preaching together, no watchtower study...even though she regularly checked my wt to see if i studied it.. being a single mother, she had a quite busy work schedule, so from the moment she woke up to the moment she went to bed, you'd better not waste a single minute of her time needlessly.
How revealing this all is. I believed every word of it.....hook line and sinker.
Basically the COs must be told to get JWs to lie....big fat liars themselves.
Shocking.
Kate xx
most of you have probably seen the apostasy trial video posted on youtube (and all over social media) recently.
well, there's a "wordly" woman from another country that i had worked with some time ago and she's posted it, tagged me, and asked "wtf?
", knowing i'm a still a jw just for family reasons.
I hardly use it and am selective about who I friend on it.
Kate xx
i was just listening to a jc for apostasy on jwstruggle.
the issue was raised if elders are appointed by holy spirit, then why is there such an issue with sex abuse.
the answer was given (and i thought it was quite true) well jesus was the son of god and he appointed judas under holy spirit, just to have him turn on him.
I would say that Judas being appointed by holy spirit proves that holy spirit does not work or does not exist.
This means that holy spirit really has nothing to do with guiding people to do good. It also means we should not trust in the holy spirit we should trust in our own ability to make decisions.
Kate xx
