Posts by humbled

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Interview With An Apostate: Pale.Emperor

by pale.emperor in

tell us a little about yourself and your family.. 33yp guy from liverpool, england.

2nd generation, born in.

baptized at 19, left age 31. divorced with a 4yo daughter.

humbled

Good interview, PE. The video was well done. Good to open as a proud apostate. No shame.

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interview with an apostate- morpheus

by _Morpheus in

when i saw simons thread and the "interview" series of threads that came from it i really enjoyed reading the life stories of those that shared.

a bump for newer people seems like a good idea and i figured i would add mine as well.

again, thanks to simon for the concept of a guided interview thread and the template.. tell us a little about yourself and your family.. hmmm... easy question, hard answer.

Not only good for us to hear your backstory but for any lurkers to know why you eventually left the Organization having been a true believer -you left because you won’t support a lie. It is discovering ttatt that changes us.

We aren’t monsters but people who try to live honestly. Thanks for being open.

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Interview with Giordano an Apostate

by Giordano in

tell us a little about yourself and your family.

my mother introduced me to her jw world when i was 12. i had to attend the weekly book study....boring!!!!

plus the disney tv show was on tuesday eve 8 to 9 and once a month they did a space show......no matter how hard i tried couldn’t get out of that bk study.

humbled

Thanks , Giordano. That bit about your wife quietly loving you and not believing the b——-t. Quiet until you said you were out.

l know how that happened with another couple.

How crazy a situation this religion creates! It’s great to get some of your backstory. Hello to your clever wife.

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Will the Pope apologize? - Truth and Reconciliation Commission Canada

by OrphanCrow in

i am posting this in this section (child abuse) because of the impact the catholic church has on what transpires in the religio-socio-legal realm that the jws are also embroiled in, concerning institutional abuses.. the catholic church is not willing to apologize for their role in the horrific abuses that occurred in canada in the residential school system for the canadian indigenous population.. for anyone who is interested in background on this dark chapter of canadian history, the truth and reconciliation report is available here - it is a hefty volume that is very difficult to read and it is the result of a royal commission on aboriginal peoples.. the pope has refused to offer an apology and it has become a controversial subject in canadian politics:.

'no government tells the pope what to say': priest defends lack of apology for residential schools.

a canadian priest is defending pope francis' decision not to apologize to indigenous people in canada for the role the catholic church played in the residential school system.about 150,000 first nation, inuit and métis children were taken from their parents by law and forced to attend church-run residential schools.

humbled

No excuse not to apologize.

I never liked that song with the words “Love means you never have to say you’re sorry”

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I got my first teaching job!

by paradiseseeker in

in case you haven't read me, i am a spanish pimo who is preparing himself to become an english teacher.

well, i just wanted to share with you that i've been called to work in a high school and my first week of work has been amazing!

this job is not permanent, it will end in july, but finally i got rid of many doubts about my adequacy for this job: i love it!

humbled

Good for you! Well done! Made a plan and carried through.

And good that you can see your value through your students’ eyes.

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Are you a woman? Do you know one?

by dubstepped in

if you can answer yes to either question, you should consider listening to the latest episode of "shunned".

in it, brenda tells her story inside the flds cult, a story of women and what they go through.

this is happening right here in the united states.

humbled

Thanks, dubstepped.

I saw that video or one like it some years ago. Those attitudes permeate Mormon culture—even if the “real” ones are the monogamous. A young Mormon woman I know was researching historical documents of early years and discovered the polygamy roots. She hated the low grade bias her daughter faced and saw way too much wired in the religion generally.

out she came -whole family.And she loves her coffee now

nothing research

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Can You Make Sense Of Jehovah’s Witnesses?

by minimus in

jw
friends

as a child growing up, i would see different arguments to defend a certain belief.

it may have required mental gymnastics in order to make a point but there was an actual attempt to explain, teach, and educate....even if the belief or teaching was bogus.. nowadays, it appears that jws couldn’t explain any belief.

they are drones and do as “mother “ has directed..

humbled

Lieu-you said it: nonsensical

What finally got me out was the nonsense response Bethel gave me after months of deliberation: my research was correct, nothing wrong with sources l had used. But since l was ‘stumbled’by their slanted, WRONG rendering of the bit in question they recommended a series of articles to straighten me out.

Even though l was “in” that got me out.

Moral: good JW? You must not care. You must not think. You must not talk.

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Some people shouldn't drink alcohol.

by James Mixon in

jw
friends

my local paper "crime and public safety".

man breaks into taco bell to eat taco shells surrenders to police.

the suspect broke into a local taco bell saturday and devoured doritos taco shells.

humbled

I have a son who is a mad dog on whiskey. He has twice had assault charges when whiskey drunk. He used to be known for his equitable temper, always measured and cool and hilariously funny. A hard dependable worker.

Yes, he used other drugs(quit). But whiskey he finally saw would put someone in the grave or him in prison.

Whiskey does things that beer doesn’t seem to do. I don’t understand it since it’s all alcohol. But it is very distinct in how it (whiskey)affects him and others I’ve heard.

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Cardinal George Pell Senior Member of the Vatican on Sex Charges in Australia to stand Trial.

by smiddy3 in

cardinal george pell will return to court in a fortnight ,he has been committed to stand trial relating to multiple complainants .. magistrate belinda wallington struck out about half the charges including the most serious of them .. cardinall george pell denies all charges against him.. the world media is watching the outcome of this trial he is the most senior member of the vatican to be charged with such an offence and by, all people , australians who have conducted their own arc into institutionalized child sexual abuse of children .. we wait with baited breath ( for a just outcome ) in all of these investigations ..

humbled

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/04/29/world/australia/ballarat-church-sexual-abuse-pell.html

abuse is deadly silent for do long. Everyone thinks “it’s just me”

Just look how it goes on so much!

thanks for posting this, smiddy

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Jehovah's Witnesses Scripturally Based Position on Child Protection

by humblepotato in

news room > legal developments > legal resources.

jehovah's witnesses scripturally based position on child protection.

i am having trouble understanding paragraph 5. it says: .

humbled

This sounds like a waffle.

They make it sound as though it is automatically reported to the authorities. But the elders are told to contact the branch office first “to ensure compliance with child abuse reporting laws. (Romans 13:1)” —Wtf, why can’t the elders directly call the authorities to learn what the local law requires—why call the branch?

As Morpheus says: report it.