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  Anyone see the cover of the February 1, 2012 WT?

  by sd-7 in

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  2. friends

  when i saw it, i immediately thought of that episode of 'family guy' where evil monkey becomes a jw.

  the cover photo is identical to what evil monkey had!

  hilarious.

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  I just can't believe they keep rehashing that same old nuclear explosion fear photo. I mean, don't they keep up with the news?
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  Do YOU Believe That JWs Have A Huge Problem With Pedophiles?

  by minimus in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i don't think there are more pedophiles in the religion than there are in others.. i understand that one is too many.

  but i think some believe that it's an epidemic within the organization.

  i believe their 2 witness rule can help pedophiles secretly abuse kids.. but i don't think that this particular crime dominates those in the religion.. .

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  This organization being full of people is not the issue. The fact that some of the people are slime isn't even the issue. To expect perfection is foolhardy. The issue is how pedophiles are dealt with. The 2 witness rule protects the pedophile, the child in question must face his accuer to make an accusation(how terrifying is that?), it comes down to he said she said. The issue is the cover ups, the failing to report to the police, even when its "ceasars law" to do so. All of the cards are against the victim. That's the issue.

  The abuse both by the pedophile AND the organization is most vile with children, because they are truly the most helpless.
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  Has anybody ever reported you to the elders?

  by Iamallcool in

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  I got busted for smoking by the spoiled one of the congregation. You know the one, rich, pretty, can do no wrong, everyones favorite for doing NOTHING. She turned me in, I knew she would the second I saw that she saw. I was already on public reproof (for not getting baptized and it ended in rebellion), treated like a pariah, and wasn't baptized. Not much more they could do to me.
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  I worry about you all, regarding the promotion of "Steven Hassan's." book. Why?

  by AvocadoJake in

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  2. friends

  dear brothers and sisters, .

  i worry about you jumping on steven hassan's ideas which are not new, in fact, after reading a good chunk of his book today, nothing he has written is fresh and new to the psychology world.

  so far, i have been cautious about revealing who or what schooling and background i have.

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  The way I see this, Hassan is helping JWs heal, can't have that, they wont come back if they actually heal. I have seen many active witnesses nitpic at him. As was stated, he isn't god, he isn't the end all be all of this subject, but he has made it simple to understand. It's a good starting place for many of us. Plus the added bonus of he has been where we are.
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  Were Jehovah's Witnesses Correct In ANYTHING They Taught?

  by minimus in

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  or are they as correct as any other false religion?.

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  Don't forget all the hidden gems. Dinos either died in the flood or are made up by scientists under satans influence. Carbon dating is a trick of satan. If you masturbate satan is watching. History books/channel/scholars on this subject are all controlled by satan. The media is full of satans lies.
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  Husband beats wife, husband studies with JWs, husband stops beating wife, all live happily ever after... help needed!

  by cedars in

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  2. friends

  without going into details, i'm doing some work on the recent feb 15th watchtower article, namely the experience that appears to excuse a husband beating his wife who is not sufficiently showing christian qualities, etc.. i am putting together a statement on the subject, and it occurred to me that the scenario of a violent husband beating his wife, then studying and becoming a witness is not entirely new in itself to the publications.

  this alone is troubling, because there is repeated suggestion that staying with a violent husband is necessary in order to "win him over".

  (1 peter 3:1).

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  I emailed you with my story. I kept it brief, I stuck to facts, tried to keep my emotions out of it, which was tough, I am quite angry-sarcastic-raw at the moment. I just know that won't help anything.

  blond-moment aka Danmera aka Micks
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  "Feeling sorry for yourself" about being hit by your husband is not Christian 2/15/12 WT Page 25 P 12

  by yourmomma in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  have anyone of you read, the absolutly jaw dropping paragraph in this article about a women who was hit by her husband?

  its in page 25 of the 2/15/12 wt study edition (i read the dumbed down version).. .

  if there was any question, that the watchtowers stance is for wives to simply take it when their husbands abuse them, this makes it crystal clear.. who the hell is scanning these things before they go to print?

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  Enjoyed Thanksgiving hope everyone had a great day today. My sister in law (who works at Harvard Business School) was over for thanksgiving dinner and I showed her that article. I said nothing just asked her to read it. I wish I had taken a picture of her face.

  She took a copy of my letter, and the article and is going to send it to the women's studies department and others at Harvard. She also is going to send me all of her personal contacts in this area so I can contact them as well. We will see what happens.
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  The WATCHTOWER isn't DECEITFUL , they are just IMPERFECT

  by Minimommi in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i recently started questioning my beliefs and i am not happy with what i found out.

  i am married to a born in who admits that wtbs has some problems.

  one of his favorite scriptures to quote is psalms 146:3 to "not put your trust in nobles", including the so called fds.

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  Here I talk about a discussion I had with a local sister re: the UN. We discuss that VERY thing, "it was an accident" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOvjM-_G5-8

  I later found these nice tidbits re: the UN

  "Even a janitor or receptionist at a blood bank, or a plant making only weapons of war is directly linked with work contrary to God's Word" Watchtower '82

  YMCA..Membership means that one has become an intregal prart of this organization..Hence, for one of Jehovah's Witnesses to become a member would amount to apostasy" Watchtower '79

  "True, the 138 members of the UN organization know that Jehovha's Christian witnesses are no part of Christendom, no, no part of the harlotrous Babylon the Great as a whole. They know that Jehovah's witnesses have not messed themselves up with the dirty polics of thi world and have not tried to ride the symbolic scarlet-colored wild beast having seven heads and ten horns." Mans Salvation out of World Distress at Hand.

  Hope this can help you.
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  "Feeling sorry for yourself" about being hit by your husband is not Christian 2/15/12 WT Page 25 P 12

  by yourmomma in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  have anyone of you read, the absolutly jaw dropping paragraph in this article about a women who was hit by her husband?

  its in page 25 of the 2/15/12 wt study edition (i read the dumbed down version).. .

  if there was any question, that the watchtowers stance is for wives to simply take it when their husbands abuse them, this makes it crystal clear.. who the hell is scanning these things before they go to print?

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  I haven't heard back from any I have sent out yet. I am blaming it on the holiday. I spent a day envelope stuffing, I still need to get stamps, but I am snail mailing as well. I made about 500 copies to "place" docs offices, laundromats, bulletin boards, telephone poles, anywhere I can think of. As soon as the holdays are over, I plan to troll downtown see if I can find any JW street witnessing. (looking forward to that one actually) I have given to some friends, will give to more as I see them. I plan to put this in as many hands as I can.

  If I can't get anyone to listen to me, maybe someone I hand it to will have the right connections. I am just planning on trying for snowall if nothing else. I am just about telling and showing everyone.
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  Texas Judge Who Was Taped Beating Daughter Is Suspended

  by Justitia Themis in

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  http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/23/justice/texas-beating-video/index.html?hpt=hp_t3.

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  judge william adams, who made national headlines after the release of a 2004 video of him beating his then-teenage daughter, has been suspended by the texas supreme court.. the reason for the action was not mentioned in an order of suspension that was made public tuesday.. adams, a court-at-law judge in aransas county, was roundly criticized when his now-adult daughter posted online a video of him beating her with a belt when she was 16.. the video also showed the judge cursing and berating hillary adams..

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  blond-moment

  Why she released this video to me, doesn't matter. The fact this happened is. The saddest part for me, is watching that video made me sick to my stomach, that's what I grew up with. The good old spare the rod argument. Spank them whether they need it or not. "this is for what you are going to do"

  Not that I am taking sides here, or that I think she is on the up and up as has been suggested, but I know I didn't tell people about those details of my life, or the abuse I dealt with from my husband for YEARS. I was seriously ashamed. It took YEARS for me to come to the realization that it wasn't my fault, there was nothing to be ashamed of.