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  Major Article in Today's Philadelphia Inquirer on JW Child Abuse

  by Room 215 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.philly.com/philly/news/jehovahs-witnesses-sexual-abuse-children-beliefs-rules.html.

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  Bumping this article up as it's an extremely well written article that newer members may want to check out if they missed it
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  Receiving so much hate recently....

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well, as you all know, my wife (unstuck) and i are not df or da.. we just stopped attending several years back after my "apostate" online activity was found by a nosey employee of ours while she was working in our office (long story if anyone wants to know - it would have to be another thread).

  we never met with any elders - no congregation judicial activity occurred (as we would never consent to do so anyway).

  so our policy has been to be the same kind, loving, normal people we have always been.

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  STUCKINARUT- You & your wife are handling this well. It's a tough situation no matter how you slice it - many of us are experiencing this shunning as well from JW family and there's no telling what's been said about me these last 15 years since I've been out of the JW cult. I feel for you both. But you just never know. One or more of our JW relatives may flip someday and escape the mind control and evil treatment by the WT Society- then like you & your wife are doing as many of us do- we will be there to assist exiting JW family when and if they escape to freedom. It's a good attitude to have as I know personally how lonely it was when I exited. Only my mom and my adult son out of all my family supported my decision. It's good to have support and it looks like you guys would do that if any JW relatives left. Keep up the good work, Peace out, Mr. Flipper
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  Leah Remini to tackle JWs in new special

  by betterdaze in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  the star has a previous first-look production deal with the network to produce unscripted series following the success of her emmy-winning show “leah remini: scientology and the aftermath.” according to the hollywood reporter, remini will produce a special for the network during the break following season 3 of the acclaimed docuseries.. it notes that jehovah’s witnesses, while based on biblical teachings, have come under fire over the years for similar practices to the church remini left years ago.

  for example, practices of ousting or shunning members who have dissenting views, a blanket refusal to participate in politics and government as well as not celebrating christmas or birthdays are all things that the special will reportedly cover.

  additionally, the religion has predicted the literal end of the world several times, obviously to no avail.. .

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  BALDEAGLE stated " The chickens have come home to roost . "

  Man, have you got that right. I'm really looking forward to Lea Remini's show about Jehovah's witnesses. My wife and I have watched every show she's done on Scientology. This is going to be good in exposing the WT Society to a mass audience
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  I just watched the final video from this years convention. OMG!!!

  by NikL in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am shaking all over right now.

  i think it's worse that the bunker video.. i used to think there was no way that these people would actually "drink the cool aid" if you get my drift, but seeing this video i am now not sure it could never happen.. having a wife who i love dearly trapped in this cult is really freaking me out right now...

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  SLIMBOYFAT- " One striking thing....... is just how few JW survivors are depicted . I remember the old illustrations of JW's..........included huge crowds of people from lots of nationalities in a line. "

  Exacty , great point. What was the scripture they used to reference all the time in Revelation about a " great crowd of people out of all nations and tongues...... etc. " allegedly surviving this final " destruction " at an alleged " Armageddon " . Seems WT will use any marketing ploy ( like showing few survivors ) just to instill FEAR into it's JW members. Even IF it goes contrary to their Biblical beliefs . WT leaders would rather scare the hell out of JW's to keep them submissive & obedient than actually stick to any script from the Bible ( Think : Pushing the overlapping two generation theories instead of sticking with Jesus remarks about " this generation "( singular ) will by no means pass away . )

  It shows how WT leaders have been pulling doctrines out of their ass for years slinging them up on the chalkboard to make them stick. And all of their beliefs are running down off the chalkboard now into an unidentifiable goo on the floor. It's ridiculous how far they try to stretch
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  144000 The numbers don't add up

  by LevelThePlayingField in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in 1935 there were 63,146 who attended the memorial and 52,465 partook.

  (proclaimers book page 717).

  according to the bible teach book on page 78, it says, “since the days of the apostles, god has been selecting faithful christians in order to complete the number 144,000”.

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  " Of those alive in 1935 who partook, let's say they were all 10 years of age or older. "

  How about, let's not ? You're joking, right ? Unless Rutherford was even more of a drinking deviant than we thought and insisted that the children he wrote the odd book "Children " for would get jacked up on wine at the yearly memorial . Of course, with this bizarre organization - anything is entirely possible. lol
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  I just watched the final video from this years convention. OMG!!!

  by NikL in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am shaking all over right now.

  i think it's worse that the bunker video.. i used to think there was no way that these people would actually "drink the cool aid" if you get my drift, but seeing this video i am now not sure it could never happen.. having a wife who i love dearly trapped in this cult is really freaking me out right now...

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  I just sent this video to a couple of my ex-JW relatives to show the insanity level of fear mongering involved here. JW's are indoctrinated to fear everything in this world. Even their own shadow. Even though in reality some of this stuff will never happen to them. Indoctrinated through fear with the " persecution complex " . Stupid WT leaders
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  I just watched the final video from this years convention. OMG!!!

  by NikL in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am shaking all over right now.

  i think it's worse that the bunker video.. i used to think there was no way that these people would actually "drink the cool aid" if you get my drift, but seeing this video i am now not sure it could never happen.. having a wife who i love dearly trapped in this cult is really freaking me out right now...

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  This video is a disgusting, sick fictitious piece of shit - stirring up fear mongering among our JW relatives via the WT Society in order to keep them constantly in fear and under the controlling thumb of the WT leaders. It gets worse every year at these conventions- doesn't it ? Absolutely disgusting. No wonder our JW relatives are afraid to escape this JW cult.

  This video is almost childlike in it's ignorance and fantasy. How in the hell is an arrow shot from Jesus in heaven supposed to defeat militia and their military guns ? I feel like this is all done by design from WT authorities knowing full well that they themselves at the top don't believe this shit. Just used as a fear inspiring marketing tool. Ick
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  Is there evidence about Jaracz?

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  read some reply's about jaracz being a child abuser.. is there any evidence about it?.

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  SLIMBOYFAT & LONDO111- Jaracz WAS removed from his position as branch overseer in Australia and replaced by Lloyd Barry - the same Lloyd Barry that later made sure the child abuse articles were printed in the Awake magazine in the early 1990's - much to Ted Jaracz's chagrin and anger. From what I was told by a reliable source who I promised I'd keep their identity confidential - there was moral flaws that Jaracz had committed that led to his removal from his position. And it seems according to Londo 111 we have Knorr to thank ( or is it to blame ) for allowing Ted Jaracz to get back in the traveling work if he "got married " . Hmm. Wonder why Knorr wanted Jaracz to " get married " ? So he wouldn't commit any more " moral flaws " ?

  And I can verify he was back in the traveling work as a District Overseer in California in the late 1960's as he stayed at our house due to my elder dad being the city overseer in our town. So there's some verifiable evidence he was a District Overseer in California in about 1969 & 1970
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  Two May 19th articles about Lauren Stuart who killed her husband & two children-left a video & suicide note blaming sexual abuse & exclusion

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5748191/woman-blamed-sexual-abuse-ostracism-jehovahs-witness-reasons-killing-suicide.html.

  revealed: ex-jehovah's witness turned model, 45, left a video and suicide note blaming childhood sex abuse and exclusion from her religion for killing her husband and children.

  lauren stuart of keego harbor, michigan had been researching suicide methods on youtube and videos on how to use a glock for weeks .

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  DUBSTEPPED- I totally agree with you. I have been treated unfairly and inhumanely from my JW relatives as well as has my adult EX-JW son, we have lived it and experienced it personally. As have thousands of people on this board ! I agree with every single word in your last post. What a sad day for humanity when these JW relatives of Lauren Stuart show such calloused and barbaric behavior towards the deaths of their natural relatives. You see this same callousness at JW funerals as well because they think their dead relatives will be back . They do not know what real human mourning, sadness and empathy are. It's been indoctrinated right out of their souls. Disgusting
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  Is there evidence about Jaracz?

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  read some reply's about jaracz being a child abuser.. is there any evidence about it?.

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  Another thing that is pretty solid evidence against Ted Jaracz and his enabling of child molesters ; or quite possibly enabling his own crimes - is that initially in the early 1990's when the WT Society writing committee was working on putting out Awake magazine articles about child abuse - Lloyd Barry was the head of the writing department and Ted Jaracz head of the service department, I believe. Both were GB members at the time.

  I was told by a reliable source in Bethel and I'm pretty sure this may have been in either Dogpatch or Barbara Anderson's writings - I remember reading it- that Ted Jaracz was furious that Lloyd Barry was committed to putting articles out in the Awake magazine to address child molesters and the danger to children. Jaracz and Lloyd Barry got into very heated discussions and arguments about printing those articles - and finally Lloyd Barry prevailed and the articles were printed.

  So the question begs : What was the reason Jaracz was so aggressive in his not wanting articles about protecting children from child abuse to be printed ? I mean- how weird is that ? Unless he had something to hide. He was also very dismissive in an interview about WT child abuse with an England reporter after he gave a discourse there years ago. So this is just another aspect of this story that deserves some consideration. Here is the link to that interview with Ted Jaracz making excuses for WT Society child abuse and no reporting due to what he calls " privacy laws " .

  The link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zObDeL9jRM8.