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  Good news, finally regarding my ex-elder-pedophile-father-in-law...

  by misguided in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  about two weeks ago he was arested in bc, about 35 years too late thanks to wts cover-up.. he had a baby with my ex-husband's sister - my kids have a cousin who is also their aunt.

  this was all covered up by moving from ontario to bc back in the early 1980s, and it all being hidden by the wts; even allowing this guy to serve as an elder after the fact...when i got married to my ex, his father was an elder, and the baby of the incest was 15. .

  today and from now on, hopefully things will unravell for the wts in canada, as he sits in jail in ontario (where the crimes were committed)charged on 24 counts of sexual abuse.. i hope there is a lot of embarrassment going on in that congregation in ladner, bc when all this originally came to light about 28 years ago, the congregation that let this man become an elder...because, my own parents seem to be in "cover-my-ass" mode when it comes to talking about this matter with me..

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  The Path to FREEDOM

  by SweetBabyCheezits in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i realize i peddle carl sagan like christians peddle jesus but i think every one of us who has survived the watchtower, regardless of our current beliefs, should be able to appreciate this.

  in the path to freedom (chapter from one of his books), sagan was discussing frederick (bailey) douglass's life in the early 19th century and his quest for literal freedom.

  see if anything here sounds familiar:.

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  Are exJW's not entitled to quote or interpret scriptures in minds of Christians that were never JW's?

  by tootired2care in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is one that i've been struggling with since i started hanging out here.

  when you get on a thread and quote a scripture with a comment to make a point, the believers who have never been jw's often knee jerk reaction jump all over it, and in essensce say that you cannot understand the passage because you are not a believer like them.. it's as if they are saying what is written and what you have learned about certain passages are automatically wrong just because you were taught from a jw perspective, or that you lack basic reading comprehension.

  i agree many of the jw teachings are off, but i can certainly respect more of their interpretations of scriptures than i can of other christian denominations.

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  Question for you atheists...

  by MrFreeze in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  or agnostics too.

  are you open about your beliefs (or lack thereof i should say)?

  when people talk about anything religious, do you mention that you don't believe in god?

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  Can i defend my Faith?

  by mrbunyrabit in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i thought ill check to see how "strong" the things are i believe in.

  im still hooked to allot of the wts's teachings, and i still believe in allot of them , even thought i have enough questions of my own to start my own bible school.. so what would you ask me as a "witness" now, so i can try and defend my faith and by doing so, that i might learn something about myself, and what i believe in..

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  Do you eat blood?

  by laverite in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  abstaining from blood is somewhat trickier for jws than i might have imagined.

  meat glue is apparently widely in use, and it is made from the blood products from a variety of animals.

  i never heard of meat glue before today.. oh my.

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  Does anyone here dream about demons?

  by not bitter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i do, every few months and the dreams are terrifying.

  i had one last night and the demons grabbed me as usual and instead of shouting out big j's name like i usually do in these dreams (not out loud mind you) i shouted instead ''get away from me satan'' ha!.

  i don't believe in either but obviously my fear of demons growing up as affected my subconscious into adulthood (i'm 40).

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  Dan Savage talks about the bible and Christian students flee

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

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  zap2it.comdan savage, bullying and the truth about gays and the biblehuffington post - 42 minutes agodan savage, bullying and the truth about gays and the bible... walked out of dan's speech the moment he began talking about the parts of the ...

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  They just said at the WT study that the wife needs to suck it up in a abusive home.

  by life is to short in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was beyond shocked at this i do not know why i am shocked and i am shaking as i type this.

  i decided to tie in by the phone line today, i live on the west coast and they are only on paragraph 3 yet a "brother" who had been an elder for years and who's wife left him years ago he is in his late 50's now just commented about selma and he said 'that later in the study it talks about a study who's husband was abusive physically and verbally, yet when the study complained the sister studying with her reminded her of who was the christian and the study realized that she was in the wrong and so her husband came in the truth.

  ' he said it is such a good example of how we should be.. i truly feel like throwing up.

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  I can't believe I used to do this 3 times a week!

  by serenitynow! in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  seriously, i am trying to get my crap together to go to a 3:30 meeting today to at the very least tape the wt discussion.

  you wanna talk about dragging your feet.

  i can't believe i went to meetings for 30 years without going crazy!

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