Posts by maksutov

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JW Reaction to Royal Commission Reports

by maksutov in

has anybody confronted any jws with the royal commission reports on the news yet?

i showed my 8-year old daughter a newspaper headline about it, and when she told my jw wife that the jws in australia were in trouble for not reporting over 1,000 child abusers to police, her response was "oh, really?

well, i don't know what the rules are over there.

maksutov

All good comments. In fairness to my wife, the subject was thrust on her without warning and she had absolutely no frame of reference for it, and was completely unaware of any of the details, only that there was an accusatory newspaper headline. She will likely have made the assumption that the org could not possibly have done anything wrong and that they are just being persecuted over some technicality of reporting rules. I hope she will be curious enough to investigate further, but I'm not holding my breath.

Nice to see in other threads that some JWs are apparently being shaken though.

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Governing Body, painted in a corner, now what?

by Wasanelder Once in

the governing body have painted themselves in a corner, so to speak.

if they acknowledge their response to abuse claims was insensitive, unloving and inadequate they are denying the belief that "god's way" is best and risk losing abuse cases.

if they stick with it and say it is "god's way according to the bible" they will be seen as cult leaders and risk losing abuse cases.

maksutov

I think that they will be forced to change their policies, but will claim that they decided to change things themselves to protect themselves against the unjust accusations of Satan's world. As long as they do make improvements, I don't really care how they spin it.

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JW Reaction to Royal Commission Reports

by maksutov in

has anybody confronted any jws with the royal commission reports on the news yet?

i showed my 8-year old daughter a newspaper headline about it, and when she told my jw wife that the jws in australia were in trouble for not reporting over 1,000 child abusers to police, her response was "oh, really?

well, i don't know what the rules are over there.

maksutov

Has anybody confronted any JWs with the Royal Commission reports on the news yet?

I showed my 8-year old daughter a newspaper headline about it, and when she told my JW wife that the JWs in Australia were in trouble for not reporting over 1,000 child abusers to police, her response was "Oh, really? Well, I don't know what the rules are over there."

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Governing body deceiving members on purpose?

by wwjdnwt in

i was born into this religion.

i was a jw for well over 30 years.

i did much research before i had internet, i compared bibles and prayed deeply to help me to know if this was the truth.

maksutov

I think they both believe it (consciously) and also know it is not true (suppressed) - just like I did when I was a member. I suspect they can bear a lot more cognitive dissonance than average because they have more to lose from admitting to being wrong.

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The Great Apocalypse (Sparlock Book One) hit #1 on Amazon UK (Metaphysical Category)

by DT in

jw
friends

i realise that the metaphysical category for free ebooks isn't a huge category, but, as a new author, i'm still excited about it.

it also hit #7 in the free psychological thriller category (amazon uk) and it is appearing on other amazon bestselling lists in the united states and other english speaking countries.. .

this book is partially a satire of sparlock the warrior wizard.

maksutov

Thank you DT, I've downloaded it too. :)

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Resistance is NOT futile!

by Bonsai in

all i want from this life is to be able to wash windows at bethel.. my story.. when i was fresh out of high school and pioneering, i said those exact words to my friends and family.

all i wanted to do was be at the core of the organization where it was the safest.

i gleefully told people that i'd gladly spend the rest of my life washing windows, waiting tables, doing laundry or cleaning bathrooms.

maksutov

Interesting story, well told, thank you for posting it.

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The Ultimate Tight Pants video for TMIII, God save us all!

by Wasanelder Once in

tight pants.

hope he sees it.

doubtful.

maksutov

Sorry, I only lasted 45 seconds. And I'd like those back please.

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Just an introduction

by Israel Ricky Gonzales in

just wanted to say hello since i am new to this forum.

allow myself to introduce myself.

lol.

maksutov

Sorry they gave you such a hard time. My wife is still a believer too, and like yours, she has seen enough evidence to know it is not true, but still believes anyway. Like you, I have given up on the idea of her waking up - if she ever does, it will be a pleasant surprise. Like you, we try to avoid talking about religion, and it is working out OK. Not ideal of course, but we still have a good, strong marriage. I hope things work out well for you.

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How Many JWs actually Watch JW.TV?

by Oubliette in

i'm curious.

what do you know from your own experience and talking to other active jws?

i know from my own informal, non-scientific survey that most jws do not watch jw.tv.

maksutov

I have scientifically verified that my wife watches it.

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It is just the opinion of men, not a religion...

by punkofnice in

an elder in my congo gave a talk.

he was always interesting to listen to and one of the nice guys.

(the nice elders are always targets of the bully elders, no?).

maksutov

Hey punk, I remember that CO talk with the Star Wars reference, so that must have been during our overlapping™ time in the same congo. I didn't know about the earlier talk/counsel though. MW was/is such a nob. I remember some people gossiping disapprovingly after the CO talk, but I thought it was cool. I was already mentally on the way out at that point though (in fact, the whole time I was in that cong).