There was an elder in my cong who went around sending invites to all the young ones on face book. So he could go through their friends list and do a special needs talk on how wicked it was that they didn't identify themselves as JWS. I know I was one of them. Just thought it was a total breach of my privacy and if I knew what he was up to i certainly wouldn't of excepted his invite.
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Watchtower Legal Department targeting Facebook and Youtube users
by Londo111 infrom an email i received of a conversation had with people from patterson:.
it seems that the wts legal dept.
has been working with the fb [facebook] legal dept for about a year and also with youtube whoever they are, to enforce transparency.
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What's The First Step To Leaving The "Trut...
by minimus infor those that have entirely left, what was it that first got you seriously thinking that this really wasn't the truth?
for those that may be in just mentally, you can answer too....
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joe134cd
On reading these experiences it suggests what I have always thought. DIRECT APOSTACY NEVER WORKS! In most instances it's the exact opposite. There has to be an event or series of events that either is upsetting or leads to questions. It's usually when this happens then the apostacy will follow. With me I never liked the way I was treated in my congregation. It was only in conversation with a work mate that made me start searching and when I could find no statical data in the mags I was then forced to go to external sources. Less than a year later I was out.
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New songs coming
by kneehighmiah inheard from an inside source that there are 3 new songs coming to the songbook.
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joe134cd
Ok then Londo show us the pics. If they have released new songs I just hope that they have put a bit of life into them.
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Wales - ITV Report: JWs sex abuse victims call for organisation to be held accountable
by AndersonsInfo initv report (wales).
29 september 2014 at 6:00am.
jehovahs witness sex abuse victims call for organisation to be held accountable.
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joe134cd
Wow just wow. Child sex abuse! Flag polls allowing national flags to be flown in KH properties. You just got to wonder how much more crazy stuff like this can go on before the whole thing starts coming down. I get the feeling that this sex abuse issue isn't at the end stages but is just starting, and how long it will be before this trickle turns into a torrent. Unfortunately my relatives are blissfully unaware of the whole thing. I bet when it gets to the point when watchtower is forced to come clean about the extent of it, my relatives will point to this as how on the ball they are, open and transparent. A fine example of an organization that is quick to admit it's mistakes and offer solutions. The whole thing just saddens me.
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Lurker no more
by DaleRivers inhi folks:.
i've been lurking here all summer and i finally decided to take the plunge and join you all.. i'm a single, 53 y/o black woman living in the nyc metro area (usa).
i was brought up around jws:mom's mom, mom and my favorite auntie were all in.
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joe134cd
I hear the same story like yours over and over again. I wasted 40 years serving men in Brooklyn.
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Where Are You on The Witno Scale?
by tresdecu in1 - still think it's the truth ...came to this site cause danger is your middle name.. 2 - concerned, smoething's amiss but still believe.
3 - 98% sure it's bs, but still go for / with family.
4 - anger / denial, inactive with minimal attendance (ie memorial, spec talk etc).
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joe134cd
About 18 months ago I would of been a 2. Over that time I've climbed the scale to be a 5. I guess I'm a high achiever in the apostate world. I find it hard not to be bitter and angry and having spent my whole life serving a group of guys in NY.
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Watchtower made money off Hurricane Katrina?
by Coded Logic inso i just heard from someone who was on the rbc that when they were working on homes after the hurricane before they could start work on a brother or sisters house the brother or sister had to first sign a form that the wtbts could collect all their insurance money.
and that since all the labor was free (and many of the brothers on the rbc provided construction materials our of their own pockets) that the wtbts actually made money off of the disaster.. has anyone seen or heard this before and is there anyway to confirm it?
it really sounds like something the wtbts would do.
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Chile and the flag: It's true!! Undeniable evidence!!
by ILoveTTATT injoe, sorry, you'll have to eat some humble pie.. .
thank you so much for the poster on extj.com who sent these pics!!
can't have been better!!.
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I'm just curious but how long has this been going on for. Is this just a recent thing or been going on for decades.
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Will JW.ORG actually harm the WT Society Long Term ?
by flipper inmy son and i were discussing this yesterday over coffee.
since the wt society in previous years virtually demonized going on the internet at all for jw's - now wt leaders are doing a complete turn around or about face probably so as to " compete " or keep up with all the anti-jw websites that are out there to give the wt society point of view.. however- it very well may backfire on them as once people start doing google searches looking for jw.org it will bring up all the other websites dealing with any jw issues and in the privacy of their own homes out of curiosity i'm sure lots of jw's are going to want to check out some of these sites to see what all the " apostate " hoopla is all about.
i wonder how many jw's will do this and will it have an effect in opening more minds to other views ?
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joe134cd
I'm going to give you my experience with the internet. I could never understand with all the fine admonition regarding marriage, why the society had never printed any statical data giving proof. For a couple of weeks I investigated through the publications and found nothing. At this same time I had an acquaintance who was a born again Christian and he mentioned to me that the divorce rate is roughly about the same for born agains as what it is for the general public. This made me more curious, and wanting to dig deeper. By this time although I hadn't gone near apostate sites I was researching on the net with the view to Christians in general. Out of frustration with getting no concrete answers out of jw.org publications I thought what the hell I'll google it. With in seconds I had an answer and from there everything opened up.
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Closure of an Elder run JW forum
by CharlieBrownsLovelyDaughter insome of you may know of a longstanding jw owned and operated forum named "touchstone forum" (www.touchstoneforum.net/cgi-bin/yabb2/yabb.pl).
wrench, the elder who ran the board, closed its doors rather quickly a couple of weeks ago, and has refused to discuss the reasons for the closure.
no announcement of closing.
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joe134cd
Over the years I was on a couple of witness forums when I was in. Have to say it was pretty much the same ol same ol.
E.g what a loving world wide brother hood. Be careful of apostates etc.
Most of the time I got bored and left after a couple of months. I think basically at the time I was just trying to find hot chicks. Needless to say im still single so obviously it didn't work.