Posts by talesin

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BU2B comments on "Are you convinced you have the truth? Why?" WT article.

by BU2B in

i want to start doing a wt review on certain articles.

i think we need as much discussion as possible breaking down these mind control sessions.

i cannot compare with blondie, but i will do my best.

talesin

Great Idea!

This will be helpful to a lot of people. I am thinking especially of those who have recently begun to realize TTATT, and are doing their own self-study.

Bravo, BU2B!

tal

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JW attitudes to women

by Frazzled UBM in

i would be very interested to hear from you ladies on this one.

i know that the society keeps women in subjugation through the headship cr@p but didn't ahve any sense about hoew prehistoric the attitudes are until the other day when we were driving out of the supermarket car park and my wife spotted a woman dressed in tight shorts (it has been very hot here) and she commented 'they say that women who dress like that dserve to be raped'.

i did a wtf and overreacted 'how can you blame the victim like that - such attitudes give men a lciense to commit rape and make women feel they are to balme if they get raped which in turn means that rape doesn't get reported and it gopes on with impunity.

talesin

WTS epitomizes the patriarchy.

I'm with Poopsie on the Islam issue, too. And don't forget that Persia (Iran) had a very liberal Muslim society before the Ayatollah Khomeini was put into power. I've never found Egyptians to be very respectful of women, but perhaps that disrespect is just for infidels. The Lebanese and Iranian people tend to be less fundamentalist, in my personal experience of living and working in a community with several generations of "new" Canadians who are also Muslim. Now, the Syrians, OY OY OY,,, I know Christian Syrians, and they fled their country because of the Secret Police and persecution of Christians, in the 80s. And that was under the benevolent ruler! Okay, sorry to go off-topic.

tal

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Some Good Advice

by Coded Logic in

just found this and can't stop laughing.

really funny!.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynxo8nj-jpo.

talesin

omfg! That's awesome, and I've sent it to my friend who is family and my NOK. :P Never a JW, but she truly 'gets it'. She, and the ex, and I used to be sitting around, and they would initiate one of their favorite games "What do JWS say when they come to your door?" My ex would say something like "Do you find today's world troubles you?" Then she would say "I'd like to share a scripture with you today",,,,, and they would go back and forth. I'd be laughing so hard, almost peed my pants.

She will laugh her a$$ off! It's great to have a couple of friends, who really seem to understand. Hell, I have the coolest friends in the world!

Thanks for sharing. :D

tal

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Dallas-Ft Worth Fox 4 News TV Report about six kids molested by JW elders

by AndersonsInfo in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n4mb_owtpq&list=uuruqg25yvbppuwjza8alyza.

fox 4 news is a fox-owned station serving dallas-fort worth and all of north texas.. .

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talesin

Ha! The chickens are coming home to roost - finally! And to see this on the evening news is spectacular. I hope that ALL of his former victims come forward. We know there are more.

To anyone reading this who has been or is now being raped, touched, or in any way sexually molested as a child: please, talk to a teacher, a trusted non-Jehovah's friend or work/classmate, call a rape crisis line, seek professional counselling. It was NOT YOUR FAULT, you are NOT alone. There is help out there - you have NO REASON to feel dirty, ashamed, or in any way 'less than'.

AI, thank you for getting this story to us. I was just interviewed for the local 6 o'clock news re affordable housing initiative announced today. But as it relates to this, I will send an email to the reporter and a couple of others I've dealt with in the past. :D

It is very easy to e-mail your local newspaper, whether it's the New York Times, or Smallville Record. You can create an anonymous email, because they don't need to verify --- it's already there, on Fox~! Explain the story, with a link to the video. Send it to your local TV station, newspapers ---- and also ONLINE - do you have a personal online news source? Send them this story. Send it to your politicians, to the pastor or priest of the church you attend. Etc.

Legacy - then by all means, write the NY Times and the Post. Don't just sit there, do it!

This is how we can effect change in a concrete way. I've done it before, and exposed a pedo to the media because I knew of the police arresting him. The reporter was VERY pleased to receive my message, and he was reported and exposed the next day in his local media. It felt SO GOOD!

By the way, that was in another country - a facebook friend told me of the arrest. I researched, contact the newspaper, etc. I don't relate this to say "Oh look at me!" I say it to let you know,,,,,,,,,,, we all can do it, you can help solve the problem.

For the sake of the children.

tal

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Jehovah's Witness Elder, Ron Felt suing Jehovah's Witness he disfellowshiped, for "Harassment"- Broadcasting a recording of JW Ron Felt......

by Balaamsass2 in

http://www.dover-express.co.uk/8203-ironic-isn-t-says-jehovah-s-witness-court/story-23631047-detail/story.html.

' says jehovah's witness in court for harassing another jehovah's witness.

by dover express | posted: october 27, 2014. by jamie rose exclusive [email protected].

talesin

Yes, me too, Nicolau. He also may have been breaking a town/city ordinance by using a PA system (it's not legal here to use one in the streets in my city). That's why I wondered if it was a JC - he must have been hella angry and driven past his last nerve to have done that. Poor sod.

tal

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Not on JW.org : Update: FOUR Connecticut Jehovah's Witnesses sex abuse victims sue Watchtower Bible and Tract Society.

by Balaamsass2 in

branford attorney takes on sexual abuse of children, jehovah's witnessesstory.

comments.

printcreate a hardcopy of this page.

talesin

The filing reads that “Afanador would enter the plaintiff’s room in the middle of the night and would begin kissing her legs and thighs. He would then proceed to perform oral sex on the Plaintiff as well as digitally penetrate the Plaintiff.”

The plaintiff was 8 years old at the time. The filing reads that the conduct…”occurred on an almost nightly basis for approximately one year.”

That plaintiff may never heal, the BASTARD! I could, without compunction, cheerfully horsewhip such scum of the earth, until his flesh was hanging in ribbons,.

I guess the statutes of limitations in CT are of the ice-age sort, or he would be criminally charged. I love to hear about these guys actually going to prison. Then, they get to experience the same fear as their victims - fear of being raped, and no escape.

Here's hoping the WTS gets nailed again. Hit them where it hurts - in their bank accounts.

tal

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Billy Idol - New Album

by berrygerry in

i'd always thought that billy idol made far too little music.. what a sweet surprise to see him on jkl tonight,.

voice hasn't changed a bit.. .

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talesin

Here a live youtube of his new single. Thanks, BG, I think you may be right. His voice is still awesome, yup.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbiuIfsk7IE

t

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Do you remember the 15 minute break at the Sun. meeting?

by 3rdgen in

a poster on another thread reminded me of when there was a 15 min.

break between the talk and the wt study on sundays.

the break was supposed to be to allow jw's time to drive their bible studys home from the talk.

talesin

For me it was books. I would sneak them home from the library in my bookbag, and read under the covers with a flashlight. hehehe Wishing I was an only child as I spend a lot of time recovering from my brother's various means of abusing me ...

The shows I missed were the teen years, weekdays. Welcome Back, Kotter, Hawaii 5-0 (Book 'em, Danno! :P (I had SUCH a crush on Jack Lord) and the Waltons were on Tuesdays and Thursdays, so I was always missing them. ALso, I only got to see the Brady Bunch one or two times. I never knew what the kids at school were laughing about when they said 'marcia marcia marcia!" :P I do now, though,. haha

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Jehovah's Witness Elder, Ron Felt suing Jehovah's Witness he disfellowshiped, for "Harassment"- Broadcasting a recording of JW Ron Felt......

by Balaamsass2 in

http://www.dover-express.co.uk/8203-ironic-isn-t-says-jehovah-s-witness-court/story-23631047-detail/story.html.

' says jehovah's witness in court for harassing another jehovah's witness.

by dover express | posted: october 27, 2014. by jamie rose exclusive [email protected].

talesin

Here's what I'm wondering, BA. O'Hare was 'recently expelled', and the tape recordings he was playing were of Felt's 'own voice'.

I wonder if he recorded his JC, and was playing it? Or maybe just a talk in which Felt was speaking of the Satanic "worldlies" who will all be destroyed at Harm-Aggeddon, perhaps even from a convention talk ..

Indeed, Imagine that, a JW feeling harrassed. Oh, the irony!

tal

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Do you remember the 15 minute break at the Sun. meeting?

by 3rdgen in

a poster on another thread reminded me of when there was a 15 min.

break between the talk and the wt study on sundays.

the break was supposed to be to allow jw's time to drive their bible studys home from the talk.

talesin

Oh, 3rd gen, that was the highlight of the week, and you had to miss it! Disney, Ed Sullivan and Bonanza. It was one of the few childhood 'escapes' we had from the dull and abusive routines of our lives. Be glad you are not from Canada, or you may have been forced to watch The Tommy Hunter Show every Friday night,

I've never liked TV much since I grew up, it's usually boring and a waste of time. But those Sunday night shows were the only entertainment in the regimented life I led as a child.

So, really off-topic and my apologies to the OP! I heard about people smoking during the break, but by the time I was old enough to be aware, it was verboten, and most of them were secret smokers.

tal