:::I am hoping that the WT will get so paranoid that they compel elders to report abuse aggressively.:::
YES!, and in addition to that, inform parents of at-risk children if there is a molestor in their midst, so they can protect the kids.
Posts by Odrade
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229ALERT: All Child Abuse Lawsuits have been settled. Millions cashed out???
by What-A-Coincidence inre: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/8/116108/1.ashx.
a bethel insider in the know told me that all of the child abuse lawsuits where the watchtower bible and tract society was one of the defendants were settled back in the beginning of this year.
i questioned it and called napa myself and they were absolutely settled back then.
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Fun Video of xJW partaking at Memorial
by Namasti inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccote1skw8a.
i had fun watching this video.
brenda, who wrote the book, "out of the cocoon.
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Odrade
Seems to me Brenda Lee wrote her book to help expose the JWs and perhaps help people get out, or warn others about getting involved. But what she did was not respectful, or dignified, or adult, or any of the things that might lend credibility to her motives. It was a juvenile attention grab, and what is worse, gives JWs something to point to when saying how unreasonable or deluded are the people who leave.
It is much harder to dismiss an x-jw who behaves with dignity, class, honesty and respect, than it is to dismiss someone who acts like Brenda Lee did at their very important event. Hell, I'm not a JW anymore, would not go to Memorial, view it as a distortion of Christian doctrine, not that it matters because I'm not a Christian... and her behavior leaves her credibility balance at zero with me. It was a stupid, ill-advised thing to do.
This is the most important celebration of the entire year to a JW. This is their Christmas, Easter, Birthday, New Year's and 4th of July, all rolled into one. It's the one holiday that even believing inactive ones respect so much that they make special effort to attend. Non-believing relatives go out of respect for their JW family. Save the antics for a time that they don't view as quite so holy.
I wonder how many people are now "proofed" for another long while to believe that "apostates" can say nothing of any value. The only thing she accomplished here was to hurt and horrify people who were trying to do the right thing. There were no well-thought-out arguments, no thought provoking questions, no dignified challenge to the seating rules. This was not peaceful protest, it was a stupid trick, an attention grab, action for the reaction.
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Fun Video of xJW partaking at Memorial
by Namasti inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccote1skw8a.
i had fun watching this video.
brenda, who wrote the book, "out of the cocoon.
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Odrade
Incredibly disrespectful and childish.
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My take on Knocking (and PBS Mormon special)
by Dogpatch inmy take on knocking obviously a "puff piece" as danny haszard would say.
no one could really accept this as a real documentary in my opinion, it is just too biased in their favor.
where is the dissent?
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I thought the mormon special was very interesting. You could tell the difference between the historians that were documenting the history with a view to preserving it, and the "historians" who had the light of fanaticism in their eyes who were "documenting history" with a view to spinning it to their favor. I found it amusing how Woodruff's compromise/directive on plural marriage, was in later years turned into "revelation" by the church leaders, and for the most part it was unquestioned by the rank and file, even though it clearly was a direct contradiction of the "revelation" to Joseph Smith about plural marriage.
I also found it fascinating that the change was due to financial and political pressure, which reminded me of various changes, most significantly the donation arrangement, made by Watchtower. I wonder if the "alternative service" changes fall under the same heading. Interestingly, as I was watching, it struck me that the JWs use of "new light" is simply a very subtle way of saying "revelation," and the two are really not that different, despite all the derision we (as JWs) pointed toward the LDS for their believe in personal revelation.
I still haven't finished watching it, missed about 90 minutes all together and will be watching it online later.
For people interested in seeing "Knocking," once it airs on a PBS station, it likely will be available online for up to a week afterwards.
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If a crystal ball would tell you the truth about any ONE Thing you......
by new boy inwished to know concerning yourself, life, the future, or anything else, what would you want to know?
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Odrade
will I EVER get my paperwork caught up?
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Relative to the Population at large on a 1-10 how do you rate.....
by new boy in1.your physical attractiveness.. 2.your intelligence.. 3.your personality.. with 5 being average.. i don't think many will answer these tough questions.
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Odrade
I don't think many will answer these tough questions.
I will not rate myself at anything less than a prime number.
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Relative to the Population at large on a 1-10 how do you rate.....
by new boy in1.your physical attractiveness.. 2.your intelligence.. 3.your personality.. with 5 being average.. i don't think many will answer these tough questions.
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Email from my niece
by Mystery ini cry everytime i read this and i thought you might enjoy .
reading it.
if you already have it just delete it.. love you!.
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Odrade
Hmmm, I don't have any scars on my arms. Funny, I don't have any scars on my legs either. And what I want to know is who the hell was the farmer? Seems like he's the real hero, not the surprisingly ineffective Devilgator, nor the unsurprisingly impotent Jehovamama. So... who's the farmer, and what is his antitypical gun?
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Quick question!
by emilyblue inhello, how long do judicial committees for possible disfellowship typically last?
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Odrade
I just want to chime in here again and say that I don't think anyone who has commented on these threads regarding your situation is overreacting. I cut and paste all of your posts so I could read them in order, and I have to say, I am VERY concerned about your safety and wellbeing. The man you're dealing with is abusive and unstable. You are in an abusive relationship. He is unstable enough to be dangerous. Get a restraining order. Change your locks. Cancel his cell phone. Call ALL of your bank accounts, credit cards, phone company, anyone with whom you have an account and put a password on your private information. Call your credit company and have them put a fraud/theft alert on your accounts, it will put a freeze on any new accounts being opened in your name. You'll have to undo it for your next rental, but it's a good safeguard. If you have any family who can get away and stay with you for a few days while you pack things up, do it. Do not leave a forwarding address.
Better to escape him now while it is your pride, emotions and self-esteem damaged, than with physical scars or worse.
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Need a name for a love bird.
by purplesofa ini am terrible at names for animals.
i had a dog once and named him pup.
our female cats name is kitty.. i had a parrotlet once and never named it.. just said hey bird or birdie!.
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Odrade
Peep! hehe