Topics Started by GrandmaJones

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To all ex-elders, ex-co's,ex-do's
by label licker in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
any of you that have served on judicial committees pertaining to pedophiles or their victims.

i've recently been given permission by a friend who works at abc news to give his email address to any of you who have either served on jc cases or victims who were involved with jc's.

i gave him my story over the phone.
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Jehovah Witness victims of Childhood Sex Abuse - and all supporters from the United States - Action Alert for 'Illinois legislature'.
by Sol Reform in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
il needs your help!

http://sol-reform.com/news/il-needs-your-help-please-email-members-in-support-of-elim-of-civil-and-criminal-sols/.

there has been some progress in the illinois legislature in passing legislation (civil and criminal) to eliminate the statute of limitations for sexually abusing children.. hb1063 is the criminal bill.. sb1399 is the civil bill.. it's been a long struggle and it's not over.
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Apostacitis
by Rufus T. Firefly in
1. jw
2. experiences
apostacitis is a term denoting a condition with which the watchtower society has become thoroughly infected, particularly since the year 1981 when sincere christians who merely resigned from the organization over principled differences in belief became viewed the same as unrepentant wrongdoers (1 cor.

5:11) and as those rejecting the good news about the christ (2 john 9-11).

there was a time when news of one becoming an apostate was so rare among witnesses that it sent shockwaves throughout the organization.
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Are atheists afraid of archaeology?
by Xanthippe in
1. watchtower
2. bible
larsinger thinks we are.

i have to answer this because it makes my blood boil.

this is one of the key things that trapped me in a religion for the first 30 years of my life.. we were told the archaeologists have found ur of the chaldeans, babylon, nineveh and evidence for the existence of the hittites.therefore the other things in the bible must be true.. archaeologsts have also found troy in modern day turkey.
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What is your religious belief now?
by jwfacts in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have a new poll at jwfacts.mobi/pollsarchive/ as i am very interested to see what people have moved on to believe.

as this is considered sensitive by some, you can answer anonymously at the jwfacts.mobi/pollsarchive/, or answer on this thread.

this is what i have created in the list, but feel free to add comments, corrections, or options i have missed.. .
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Im a non JW and i'm interested in a JW
by littlebigtown123 in
1. social
2. relationships
42
Just joined
by Gojira_101 in
1. jw
2. experiences
this is my first time posting on here.

i've been inactive for 3 months now and my husband and i are going the fading way.

i was born and raised in this religion and now after almost 30 years, they have taken most everything from me.
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Atheism's occult roots
by NoStonecutters in
1. jw
2. friends
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Could you live with not talking to your JW family for the rest of your life?
by ÁrbolesdeArabia in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
one of greatest obstacles to leaving the organization is the destruction of the family unit.

as lady-lee wrote about oompa, i thought of this topic, the society says "this is their way to get wrong doing people to return to the loving arms of jehovah after they repent of their sins" .

i know of men and women who are in good standings and hate their fellow spiritual jw family, i am willing to bet, wager that "jw-hatred" exceeds the worlds hatred, something about a self-assured group versus the "not so self assured' creates one plucked up structure.
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Please read
by JeffT in
1. jw
2. friends
my father passed around 9 this morning.

he'd been in poor health for some time, but it still comes as a shock to have him gone.

we are going to miss him terribly.