by exwhyzee 3 Replies latest jw experiences
Didn't know the other host of the view was also a former Witness.
http://www.jw-tube.com/videos/38/abc-the-view-latoya-jackson-jws
Judge Rutheford...never heard his voice before
http://www.jw-tube.com/videos/106/the-photodrama-of-creation-intro.-to-part-i
Phil Donahue on JW's
http://www.jw-tube.com/videos/291/phil-donahue-on-robert-h.-jackson
I Knew that lady on the view was a witness, but thanks for sharing the video :) I couldn't view the Phil Donahue one, what was that about?
I really go with that view point... Children of JWs must be given their choice, once they're of a reasonable age, early teens is good for me, to either continue or decline becoming a JW; without the consequence of the shunning and other tactics to sort of force them into the fold.
Having said that, of course, I do admit the the children that I've known to get out sure have 'thrown the baby out with the bath water', really gone off the deep end and made such a horrible mess out of themselves and their lives. It sure would've been better if they'd stayed with the religious education and followed accordingly.
Just reporting what I've seen.
DY
this is an interesting conundrum to me. who gets to train the child. parent or state? obviously the parent should be paramount. BUT can a child be trained/raised in a household with devout/serious jw or any other religion of the type that controls lives as they do and still be said to be given their choice. If you raise a child in an atmosphere where until the age of, say 16, they are kept in a closed arrangement like that it really is superficial to say that they are given a choice.
