Posts by flipper

O.K. Sorry about that folks. Wife and I tried posting a song that had been disabled and we weren't aware of it. Here comes a great Sam Cooke song- I hope .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbO2_077ixs.

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For Martin Luther King's Day: Freedom Songs

by flipper in

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpubgcng6tw.

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flipper

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPuBGcng6Tw.

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Is there evidence for networks of abuse?

by slimboyfat in

i tend to avoid the subject because it's too depressing, so i've probably missed lots of discussion about this issue.

but i read a comment on youtube yesterday that shocked me and made me wonder.

the person claimed that many years ago abusers in society generally identified jws as a safe haven for abusers and joined en masse order to exploit the situation.

flipper

In the past I had thought pedophiles were loners - I mean who would admit that to anyone?

Flipper and I have since gotten to know several people who were abused by JW pedophiles, or whose children were. Also have read a lot on the subject and followed news stories. Some do hang out in groups.

In a good friend's former congregation the elders regularly recruited at a prison known to have a lot of pedophiles. Another nearby congregation had so many pedophiles that an elder's wife would not allow her kids to attend there.

One of those creeps (who had been 10 years in prison for what he did to little girls) followed our friend in his car, I suppose to intimidate her because she was trying to inform people about him. She drove straight to the PO's house, and was more angry than scared.

I was afraid for her safety (she lives several states away) and actually called bethel. I identified myself as a non jw (true) and asked the guy to please do something about it. I gave him the guys history and laid out how the elders let him skate on all kinds of obnoxious stuff he did.

The guy at bethel was dismissive, said it would be looked into and tried to get off the phone. I was disgusted and told him if anything happens to her they may be in trouble.

I would not be surprised if there is a subculture of pedophiles in the wt.

Mrs. Flipper

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The Winter festival in Harbin - piks of this year's ice constructions.

by fulltimestudent in

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flipper

Thank you, fulltimestudent, for posting this.

My 22 year old niece is living in Jilin and she loves it. She works as a teacher and has made good friends there. The ice sculptures are beautiful there, too.

Mrs. Flipper

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My Story "Act 2"

by MarkofCane in

“it has been said, 'time heals all wounds.

' i do not agree.

the wounds remain.

flipper

MARK- VERY well written and honestly expressed. Your statement, " I live in the now because it's real " is probably in my opinion the most important statement you made in this thread. Keep embracing the here and now, I encourage you to keep reading by educating yourself as to WHAT kind of psychological control we experienced as JW's and HOW the WT Society was able to control us so easily. At that point we are able to forgive ourselves for having been duped and then put the blame on who it should fall on - criminal and unscrupulous WT leaders. You are going through many different changes as we all do once we start peeling back the skin of mind indoctrination we received from a high control organization the WT Society.

Several books that really helped me to move on and understand what I went through in my 44 years of WT indoctrination were 3 of Steve Hassan's books on mind control which I feel is a must read for ANY ex-JW getting out of the cult. His first book is 1. Combatting Cult Mind Control - Book # 2 is Releasing the Bonds- Empowering People to Think For Themselves and Book # 3 - Freedom of Mind - Helping Loved Ones Leave Controlling People, Cults and Beliefs.

As I stated- These books REALLY assisted me to understand the power of mind control and these techniques that the WT Society used to steal away our sanity and freedom of mind where we could not think straight. You will see that we have an authentic personality and like robots being programmed - the WT Society slyly tried to instill a JW cult personality into us - masking or covering over our born in authentic human empathetic personality. So it's a case of us re-embracing our authentic personality once again- which takes effort and retraining our brain neurotransmitters ! Hard work- but it's worth it ! Take care guy- if you ever want to chat on the phone just PM me my friend