Hi Scully,
I don't know how you keep your gag reflex under control while picking apart that crap.
It is a challenge. When I first get the magazine, I read the article when I first get it making notes and suggestions for further research. I might do that in 3 stages. Then when review week comes, I try to divide it up into thirds, about 7 paragraphs at a time. It keeps the gag reflex down.
But it keeps me inoculated against every wanting to go back. If it helps even one person see more clearly the deceptive qualities of the articles, I feel it was worth the effort.
Hello, OnTheWayOut,
I can try to focus on some of your comments while holding my tongue
Actually, some of my comments could be made with the right submissive tone and demeanor. Women can get away with this more than men. I saw an older sister do this when I was growing up. She was always quietly putting the brothers in their place as she slapped them up side the head figuratively with her bible.
Yes, crazyblondeb, the Cardinal victory dance was seen at my house.
Yes, men get preferential treatment. The elders in one congregation felt so bad for one brother separated from his JW wife, that they allowed him to regular pioneer. The sisters in the congregation knew that they would never be given the same consideration. See the elders identified with this "poor" man who wasn’t getting any.
Hi Clam,
I finally got a simple scanner that can do pictures but I am still try to master it. I wonder what inappropriate dress and grooming JW men use to attract women; what physical qualities do they emphasize?
Some ideas never die, Gill.
Although this is a topic where the WTS speaks out of both sides of their mouth. They say it can be necessary for a woman to work outside the home, BUT maybe the family could cut back and see that materialism has crept into their lives and that she could pioneer instead.
Interesting book for a man to be reading, stilla.
Both strata of women are controlled, the wives of the men and the concubines to bear the children…only in the US, Canada is the free land. Could it compare to the elders wives that seem to have it better, compared to the rank and file JW women? A scary scenario and I could see that this is the outcome facing the WTS in their so-called Paradise.
Disgusting, eh, fullofdoubtnow.
I know a sister who had to wait 8 years to be reinstated after she left her JW husband. In the same area, a pedophile was reinstated in 8 months. I only saw this in rural areas. In urban areas where there were a choice of congregations, these women changed congregations. Some of these women had been elders wives and found out how quickly they had no status in the congregation with no JW husband.
Fokyc,
Whose breasts, your own? (smile)
Glad to hear 55 years has not slowed you down.
Codeblue, what a thing to say. How old is he? Is he married? If his wife had done the things your ex did, would he feel the same way?
HE is now saying the divorce was nobody's fault even though he knows his JW DAD cheated on me for 19 years.
You’re on a roll, moomanchu.
The whole point is to hide it from humans, God doesn’t count, because he has "left the land."
I think the elders manual even has a policy that if a man cheated years ago, hid it, but is now an elder, that it can be overlooked and no discipline need be given. Perhaps it will be like David who suffered nothing but his family and subjects did.
Hey, SirNose,
Yes, I like to point out the flimsy or non-existent sources for non-JW quotes. Norm on his recent topic pointed that out too. Similarly, the WTS uses snippets of verses, making JWs think they don’t have to look up the scripture, not realizing that the context can give a very different meaning.
What’s the difference, Virgochik?
The Catholic Church does charge quite a big chunk of change to grant an annulment. Do you think these people are donating to the KH under the table? Could be, I can’t prove it though.
Of course, the WTS tries to scare these people by asking them what would happen if Armageddon came while they were not yet reinstated? As if God decides your survival on the JC determination of your congregational status.
Good Comments, everyone
Blondie
