I have to say that of all things that the organization has done, threatening victims and their families with disfellowshipping has to be one of the worst.
Londo111
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Three gen sex-abuse cover up in my fam; and other fun
by cyngz inhi, first time posting.i got out about 10 years ago, but only beginning to reconcile with my trauma from being raised as a witness.
i am a professional writer, and never wanted my body of work to be prefaced -- 'oh the writer who broke free from being a jw,' but i've started the last year to now write about my experiences.
another reason i have held back is many of the victims in my family are still of the faith, and i've grappled with it is not entirely my story to tell or expose.context: the sexual abuse cover-up with my family goes back to the 50's over three generations of girls in a large extended family all raised as witnesses at the hands of an uncle, and protected by the elder body, ca, da, ontario branch of bethel, ny and so on.i grew up in a culture where the girls in my family would go 'off the deep end' at ages 16/17, and kept waiting to grow up for my turn to 'go crazy', which did happen at age 17 when i had my first manic phase and left the org for about two years.
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Funniest or strangest thing to happen to you when knocking on a door
by usualusername1 inwhat is the funniest or strangest thing to happen to you or your partner when knocking on doors?.
mine was seeing a greenhouse with mannequins inside.
scary...paul.
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Londo111
I really don’t have any stories to compare.
One time, a relative and I were doing rural witnessing. As we talked to the householder, a goat put his head into my relative’s bookbag and started munching on a Watchtower. Of course, later, jokes about encountering “goats” in the ministry ensued.
I was working with a younger person and flipped open randomly in the Bible to some verse in Levites about cutting down trees or something. I joked with him that he should read that to the householder. Unfortunately, he took me seriously and did exactly that.
Not door to door, but still "ministry" related:
I had a “Bible study” I had with a poor man from another country…I brought another “brother” with me. During the study, a roach crawled across the kitchen table where we were having the study. The brother with me started to freak out. I attempted to brush the roach off the table with me hand, but accidently swept it right onto him. He leapt up and screamed like a girl.
Oh, another time, I was bringing this same study to the Memorial, but he had to get to work afterward and so he followed me. He often told me it took him an hour to get to work and I often wondered why. That was because he never drove over 30 miles an hour. In the country he was from, he never drove over that speed. So here he was following me at 30 miles an hour, where the speed limit was 45 and 55. We barely made it to the Memorial in time.
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Meeting With Pioneers in Conjunction With Circuit Assembly
by accesible inwe are pleased to make available the outlines for your meeting with the regular pioneers, special pioneers, and field missionaries that will be held in conjunction with one of the circuit assembliesduring the 2018 service year.
please note that you will now be allowed the flexibility todetermine with which circuit assembly the meeting will be held.
your primary consideration shouldbe what is in the best interests of the majority of the pioneers, not what is most convenient for you.there are many factors to be considered, such as weather, travel distance, accommodations, and soforth.
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Londo111
Whatever "new light" it is, I deduce from this it is not the elimination of the "pioneer arrangement" or time counting.
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Russell v Russell: the 1908 court transcript
by Londo111 indoes anyone know how to obtain a copy?.
i have poked around pennsylvania websites, attempting to figure out how to obtain the transcript, but recently, i have it on good authority that the transcript went missing from the pennsylvania archives over 30 years ago.
it is likely that there is vested interest (jws, bible students) to keep this hidden..
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Londo111
I only ran into dead ends, but you can likely accomplish this.
Unfortunately, I am finding not everyone has an open source mentality. And evidently there are some who do not want this transcript to get out at all.
In this transcript, Russell lies under oath about the Solon Society, a wholesale goods business run from HQ, Solon catalogs were even sent to Watchtower subscribers.
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A retraction and apology - I posted incorrect information.
by doubtfull1799 init was recently brought to my attention by the person who was with me on the carts at the time, that a comment i made six months ago about the cart work on this forum was incorrect.
i apologise and in the interests of honesty and accuracy i feel it is only right to issue a public retraction.
i have quoted the post in question below as i am not sure how to correct or delete the original.
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Londo111
Two or three people! Wow...not since the days of the apostles has the 'good news' been spread to so many people!
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Meeting With Pioneers in Conjunction With Circuit Assembly
by accesible inwe are pleased to make available the outlines for your meeting with the regular pioneers, special pioneers, and field missionaries that will be held in conjunction with one of the circuit assembliesduring the 2018 service year.
please note that you will now be allowed the flexibility todetermine with which circuit assembly the meeting will be held.
your primary consideration shouldbe what is in the best interests of the majority of the pioneers, not what is most convenient for you.there are many factors to be considered, such as weather, travel distance, accommodations, and soforth.
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Londo111
I wonder if indeed they are prepare to introduce another big change at the Annual Meeting and want to garner pioneer support for this in 2018.
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Miracle Wheat trial transcript
by VM44 inhere is the miracle wheat trial transcript..
miraclewheattrial.pdf
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Londo111
Let me know if you ever come across this:
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/398190001/russell-v-russell-1908-court-transcript
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Miracle Wheat trial transcript
by VM44 inhere is the miracle wheat trial transcript..
miraclewheattrial.pdf
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Londo111
Thanks. I'll take a look.
BTW...it's been a while!
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LDC or Regional Building Committee?
by Lynnie inso i saw on instagram from one of the major uber elders from everett wa posted a picture of where he was staying for the week long safety training the ldc was putting on.
well this "suite" had a full bar for one thing and everything else was quite fancy!
he was complaining about losing $$ for a week since he had to go to this training but the accommodations were wonderful.
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Londo111
Local Design Committee. It replaced the Regional Building Commitee.
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Charles T Russell -a freemason and the connection to the illuminati...
by dolphman inok, i'm not one for conspiracy theories but lately i've uncovered some interesting facts that i think warrant some attention.. first of all, russell was a freemason.
all the early watchtower and books he authored have freemason symbology and art throughout them.
not a big deal i thought, until i read more about freemasons and the so-called "illuminati", a group of 13 families that supposedly control the world.. supposedly these 13 families, such as the duponts, mcdonalds, kennedys, .
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Londo111
Agreed.
Except he was buried under a pyramid. It's true that the pyramid isn't technically his gravestone, it is the most prominent feature nearby.