Posts by ThomasCovenant

the sunday programme investigates allegations that the jehovah's witness ordered the destruction of documents that could be used during the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse.

was this in contravention of section 21 of the inquiries act 2005 which is punishable by imprisonment?.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0709v34.

The Sunday programme investigates allegations that the Jehovah's Witness ordered the destruction of documents that could be used during the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse. Was this in contravention of Section 21 of the Inquiries Act 2005 which is punishable by imprisonment?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0709v34

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New here

by MarkofCane in

hello and thanks to everyone for participating on this forum it has really been of much value, for those of you that post here know that your words are not lost you never know who is reading your expressions, lives are being changed and nonsense challenged.

i’m not much of a writer so excuse my untrained writing style and grammar but i want to share my story to help anyone who is visiting here to see that we are real people, fathers, mothers, sons and daughters who have come here for answers, there is no agenda, just searching for truth.

i hope my story will help others as so many here have helped me..

ThomasCovenant

Thanks for posting.

It's a bummer realizing you've been had isn't it.

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Massive Plunge in Number of New JW Congregations from 1990 to 2014

by steve2 in

in a separate thread on the very latest figures for the current world wide annual report of jws, discussion turned to how "we'll know decline has really set in.

one of the posters said: .

the figure that interests me most is the number of congregations.

ThomasCovenant

According to the figures above;

From '89 to '97 inclusive,

Average of 4.3 baptisms per congregation of 62 publishers

From '08 to '15 inclusive,

Average of 2.5 baptisms per congregation of 67 publishers.

Average congregation size has increased by 8%

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The Hermit's story PART 1

by The Hermit in

my great-grandmother was a jw, my grandmother is a jw, my mother and two of my aunts are jws.

in 1983 mom, then 18 years old married my father, a wordly man and was baptized later the same year at a district convention.

i was born in 1984.. my bedtime stories consisted of the bible stories and you can live forever books.

ThomasCovenant

''he'd be destroyed at Armageddon. Other than smoking cigarettes there was hardly anything wrong with my dad,''

Had to laugh at that.

Thanks for sharing.

Looking back, what a twisted way to bring up kids.

Constantly thinking everyone is going to be killed any day now.

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My Bethwl Experience Part 11

by new boy in

more about cars and n.y.c.. .

back then hundreds of cars were stolen, in the city every day!

the new york post said "the average life span of a corvette (sports car) parked on the street was 24 hours!

ThomasCovenant

''Any way, he gets out of the car and starts jacking up the back end. Just then.........a car pulls up in front of him and 4 black guys jump out and before he could say a word, they start jacking up the front end of his car.........."HEY what are you doing" he asked ............."HEY MOTHER F.....KER!..........YOU GET THE BACK TWO ...........AND WE WILL GET THE FRONT TWO"......they said ........"But this is MY car".......he said .........."yeah?"...they said ......"YES" he said..........10 seconds later they were down the road, looking for more parts.''

That made me laugh, thank you.

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Those keenly following umbertoecho ARC Brief Update.

by MightyV8 in

i feel it is comfortable to say,.

yes her arc hearing has come and gone.. yes her hearing was so powerful, her allotted time was tripled!.

yes, information handed over "mind blowing" response from arc.

ThomasCovenant

I'm a bit confused.

Are we talking about the Royal Commission in Australia that dealt with JW's back in July and August?

Are they still looking into the Witnesses?

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Should doctors tell JW patients that there is disagreement about Watchtower's blood policy.

by Lee Elder in

this has been a controversial issue among doctors and medical ethicists.

i think it basically comes down to the fact that physicians have a responsibility to establish the presence of informed consent.

is it really possible for a person to give informed consent if they are not accurately informed?.

ThomasCovenant

Slimboyfat said,

'' It's treating them a bit infantile.''

Most Witnesses, including myself at the time, are when it comes to the blood doctrine.

Mummy and Daddy said I mustn't, so I mustn't.

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The story of my exit

by mrsObfuscate in

i have been lurking here for about 6 months, and being the last day of the year, and ready to start the new one afresh, i want to share the story of our exit from the org.

i have found the personal experiences of others of immeasurable value, (and its been a while since a good exit story has been posted) that i hope this can be of benefit to at least someone.. .

my mother became a jehovahs witness when i was about 9 or 10. i remember initially hating all of the new sanctions put on our lives (no birthdays and christmas anymore) but for some reason i soon after joined her in attending the meetings and eventually got baptized at the age of 14. my staunch catholic father converted a couple of years later.

ThomasCovenant

Thank you for posting.

'' I no longer have to half-heartedly try to convince them [my children] of believing in something I am not convinced of myself.''

That was the same for me.

Your story is probably the same for tens of thousands of others.