Posts by Queequeg

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Is Child Abuse An Issue That You Personally Have Seen In The Organization?

by minimus in

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as an elder, i saw one child abuse situation involving a man who wanted to be an elder and had i believe 8 children.

he was not in our congregation when this all erupted.

he denied it and moved to another hall and unbelievably, that body of elders wanted to appoint him since they believed his entire family was lying about him.

Queequeg

Multiple. Several as an elder including phone call with Brooklyn legal dept., and lawyer.

In my area, I would say that there are several per congregation out of 9 congs.

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Jehovah’s Witnesses Really Have No Power Over You Unless YOU Let It Happen!

by minimus in

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friends

should i go to a judicial committee and perhaps get disfellowshipped?

should i talk to the elders just because they say they want to talk to me?

should i simply disassociate myself and have nothing to do with the organization?.

Do You Think President Trump Will Be Impeached?

by minimus in

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friends

whether you like him or not.... it doesn’t matter.

do you think he will be impeached?

?.

Queequeg

This stuff is like listening to a JW and a Mormon argue about which of their religions is true.

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Why Do People Oppose Jehovah's Witnesses?

by BlackSpirit in

jesus christ, the son of the most high god, jehovah has this to say: "if the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.

if you were part of the world, the world would be fond of what is its own.

now because you are no part of the world, but i have chosen you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you.

Why Do People Oppose Jehovah's Witnesses?

by BlackSpirit in

jesus christ, the son of the most high god, jehovah has this to say: "if the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.

if you were part of the world, the world would be fond of what is its own.

now because you are no part of the world, but i have chosen you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you.

Queequeg

http://www.pewforum.org/2017/02/15/americans-express-increasingly-warm-feelings-toward-religious-groups/

https://splinternews.com/for-years-atheists-were-america-s-most-disliked-religi-1793861912

https://www.thetoptens.com/most-hated-religions-world/

http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/flunkingsainthood/2010/12/why-are-mormons-the-third-most-hated-religious-group-in-america.html

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Why Do People Oppose Jehovah's Witnesses?

by BlackSpirit in

jesus christ, the son of the most high god, jehovah has this to say: "if the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.

if you were part of the world, the world would be fond of what is its own.

now because you are no part of the world, but i have chosen you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you.

Queequeg

So, you're saying that maybe Scientology or Islam may be the true religion?

Because, most people don't hate JWs, they just don't care...

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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.

Queequeg

Thanks for sharing your story.

We don't agree on deities though... Freyja is the best!

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How many people have been woken up by the A.R.C??

by karter in

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friends

i know of 1 that watched the video and never went back.. i think for some it was a the sum of the total or the "last straw" if you like.. karter..

Queequeg

I live in the Pacific Northwest, and I recently had a JW contact me. Initially she had a minor question related to business. But then she shifted the subject.

She said she didn't know exactly why we'd left, but that she wanted us to know that she knew us well enough to figure that we only would have left for a good reason.

She made an allusion to WTBTS "bad policies". I immediately referred to the child abuse problem. I told her that it was one of the reasons that I'd resigned as an elder. At this point she kind of went off on the subject. We had a good discussion. At one point during the chat I asked her, "Do you realize that even though we're talking together about things that are true, if the elders heard us we'd be treated worse than child molesters?" She answered, "Yeah, wow, that's true."

At one point in the conversation I asked her if she had read any of the court transcripts of these abuse cases. She was quiet for a minute and then said, "We've watched the ARC." I said "all of it?", she replied "Yes."

They are not 100% out as far as I can tell, but the ARC definitely had a big impact.

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Oregon: JW sexual abuse suspect arrested

by AndersonsInfo in

http://www.kptv.com/story/37498850/sheriff-jehovahs-witness-sexual-abuse-suspect-arrested-in-clackamas-co. .

sheriff: jehovah's witness sexual abuse suspect arrested in clackamas co.. posted: feb 13, 2018 5:39 pm cstupdated: feb 13, 2018 6:21 pm cst.

by fox 12 staff.

Queequeg

Fellow Oregonian wishing you the best!

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How do you deal with the loneliness after leaving?

by Whynot in

jw
friends

i'm having one of those days where i feel lonely and wish i had someone to just hang out with.

my husband got disfellowshipped 3 years ago and even though i didn't do anything wrong i was pushed away.

my so called "friends" decided to avoid me.

Queequeg

FWIW, one thing that really helped us, was that when one of us was down and not feeling like working on making friends, the other one was usually on an upswing and would insist that the one who was down would get out there.

Maybe we just got lucky in that.

At one point, early on, there was a new music director at the college where my wife works who teaches classical guitar at a higher level than anyone else in the area. I'd quit taking lessons quite a while before because there wasn't anyone who was teaching what I needed.

My wife said, "Do you want to take lessons?". I said, "Maybe next year or something... I'm too stressed with everything going on."

She said, "I think that's a big mistake. This guy might only be here a year or two."

I listened to her, and I've taken lessons for six or seven years from him and even had nice paying gigs as a result. Concentrating on the guitar was a great distraction from leaving the Watchtower.

A year ago he told me to stop paying for my lessons, because I'm more of a friend than a student. He's planning on putting together a band and asked if I want to be in it.

The point is, get out there! Even when you don't feel like it!