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  Is the Borg "really" guilty in the Candace Conti case ???

  by RubaDub in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  full disclosure:.

  i am an active (2-4 hrs/month) 3rd generation jw hovering under the radar.

  been posting here for 10 years.

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  awaken2004

  @ fs

  Is that letter a joke! Are you kidding me!
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  Is the Borg "really" guilty in the Candace Conti case ???

  by RubaDub in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  full disclosure:.

  i am an active (2-4 hrs/month) 3rd generation jw hovering under the radar.

  been posting here for 10 years.

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  awaken2004

  Ha Ha you're right. This topic get my blood boiling especially because I was an abuse victim. I see your point. I guess if they are a registered sex offender then they cannot be held accountable for slander. But if the accuser is denying it and it has not been proven in a court of law then I do see the accused possibly suing for slander. I don't know the solution.

  hmmmm I'm thinking . . .
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  Is the Borg "really" guilty in the Candace Conti case ???

  by RubaDub in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  full disclosure:.

  i am an active (2-4 hrs/month) 3rd generation jw hovering under the radar.

  been posting here for 10 years.

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  awaken2004

  As already mentioned we are talking about child predators and yes the congregation should be made aware if there is one among them. i'm sorry but too bad for the abuser. I could care less if he is made to feel uncomfortable or damned by the congregation. He/She certainly did not care about the innocent child/children's feelings when destroying their lives.
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  Those who WERE or ARE Elders (Re: Molestation Coverup)

  by dontplaceliterature in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i'd like to hear from those who are currently elders or were formerly elders on your honest feelings about the charges brought against the society and their general policy in handling these matters.

  do you think that the society handles child abuse accusations fairly?

  or, do you think their policy is abusive?

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  awaken2004

  I was not an elder but I am a victim of abuse. When I finally told on my abuser (about 22 yrs old) I was only told that is entirely up to me if I wanted to inform the police. I didn't get at the time but looking back I find it interesting how there was no scriptures to support it one way or the other. Just a single statement and they washed their hands of it. The abuse was disfellowshipped but it was made perfectly clear to him that he is being disfellowshipped for habitual drinking not molestation. Apparently because the abuse had occured so long ago (12 years or so) the statute of limitations had run out. I know now all they were trying to do is sweep it under the carpet.
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  Fun with the July 15th WT illustration

  by undercover in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yes, friends, it's that time once more... when we clip some wt art to a post and try to find all the subliminal wt propaganda messages hidden in the illustration.

  (kinda like, "can you find the differences between these two drawings" for kids in the sunday comics).

  here's the illustration:.

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  awaken2004

  Is this a 2012 magazine or 1980 mag?

  Also, I wonder how they got Jonah Hill to pose for their mag.
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  when did you make convention hotel reservations:"during regular business hours or right after the meeting ended?

  by reds in

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  awaken2004

  "Don't take your hotel breakfast for lunch!" LOL That is hilarious! Why the hell not? Crazy dubs and their rules. Always more concerned with making the org look good (for potential new members) than caring for the needs of their flock. They sound a lot like Pharisees to me.
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  Anyone been to a meeting after a drink...or three?

  by MMXIV in

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  2. friends

  i recall going to the second half of a thursday night meeting after what was meant to be a cheeky after work beer (three strong beers downed quickly on an empty stomach).

  i would have been ok had a caring elder not decided to grab me for some encouragement afterwards.. i hoped the faint odor of smoke on my clothes (smoking in pubs was still the done thing in those days) wouldn't be noticed but hard to hide alcohol on the breath.

  i tried to say very little and talk in a way that avoided me beathing over him.

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  awaken2004

  LOL I knew an elder that used to get tipsy before meetings. Tipsy on a daily basis actually. He was constantly being removed from his eldership for this and for telling the secrets of the congregation members to friends/family. From what I hear though Jah's holy spirit finally deleted him as elder for good. Thank you Lord! :)
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  Remarrying, then paradise =problem?

  by Inisc in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is a question i always wondered about and never got an answer to.. its also another reason why i'm finding it harder to believe in an 'afterlife'.. th idea that humans can live forever, now seems so scientificly impossible.. so i wanted to ask all the great minds on here,.

  if someone's spouse dies, and then they remarry,then armageddon comes and goes then the deceased is resurrected,.

  how,is that ever gonna work?

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  awaken2004

  Hmm . . . If I was still a JW and married to someone I truly loved then I would make sure my new husband (if I chose to remarry) would be okay with me ditching him after armageddon. LOL

  Crazy Jdubs! It is hard to believe I was ever one.
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  Be Honest---Describe your most prevalent feeling as a witness in ONE WORD!

  by MsGrowingGirl20 in

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  lets's go!!.

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  suffocating.

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  awaken2004

  Sucker, lol i like that one.
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  ''I love the organization''

  by punkofnice in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  ..........said mrs punk!.

  this was how she justified screaming abuse at me an slamming doors when she overheard me tell a bloke who was about to get baptized why i quit the meetings.

  in fairness i wouldn't have said a thing but he asked me.

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  awaken2004

  I can relate to u Punk. I don't understand how my jw family can be such die hards when presented with hard facts. I don't get their undying devotion to the org. Though they'll deny it we all know that for many dubs the ORG and God/Jehovah is one and the same.

  When I started researching the facts about the org I wasn't disappointed, sad, angry, depressed. I don't think I ever believed 100% so it was more of a relief to finally know once and for all that I was not going to die in armageddon.

  I won't tell JW strangers or my family anything negative about their relgion unless they ask. And my family has asked a time or two but now they know to leave the subject alone (for the most part).

  Good luck to you and Mrs. Punk. I really hope she finds her way out like you did.