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  Sexist Watchtower quote makes me so angry

  by Phoebe in

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  john cedars latest youtube video refers to last weekend's wt study article which some have referred to on another thread but i am truly outraged at the continuing misogynist attitude toward women.

  not only did that study article say if women have a family to care for it will stop them gossiping or meddling into other people's affairs, lloyd shares on his video a talk by sam herd from when he was a c.o in 1971.

  (i hope he has since changed his opinion!

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6hx1nXe41A

  
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  cleveland ohio RC notes

  by nowwhat? in

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  peak attendance 7100. baptised 38 mixed bag of old and young.

  youngest age 10. saw no brothers with beards.

  better than average .50% growth.

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  JW's seem to think beards are ok now. in the "Christian to decide" category.
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  Latest Study Watchtower - JW's NEED to confess to elders

  by The Fall Guy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  watchtower november 2017, page 10, paragraph 8 - "today, a christian guilty of serious sin needs to seek the help of congregation elders to recover.

  ) why is this so important?

  first, the arrangement for elders to handle cases of serious sin comes from jehovah, (2nd lie!

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  Long hair girl,

  Ironically the one thing the congregation could actually stand to hear about....like if someone with a sexual criminal past is in their midst.....is the one thing that gets confidential status.

  TTDTT's point is true though. You are right there are no guarantees, but there are also good guys out there that don't just blab. I wouldn't say they are a majority.
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  JW Kids Bullying My Daughter

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  trying not to type swearwords as i write this so bare with me.. my little 3yo attends meetings with her jw mum (who doesn't believe watchtower anymore but is stuck in because she relies on her family for help).

  my mum (the one who tells people im dead) had a party for her grandchildren.

  that's my 4 nieces and 1 nephew aged from 3yo-11yo.

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  PE,

  Made me angry to read this. Your little girl is adorable. I have a little boy the same age. We should talk goats and camel dowry sometime to keep it all in the apostate family. Haha.

  One thing I was unsure of. Is your ex-wife no longer going to take her to the meetings? If so.....this one experience was worth it....and a win. Your ex may not want to live an authentic life yet, but not taking your daughter (who is still very small, and despite your influence, still very capable of being indoctrinated), is a win.

  that is....if I understood that right.

  I honestly feel sorry for all the other kids there saying those things as well. Being raised to be little assholes isn't their fault. Its so ingrained from a young age......its very sad.
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  What kind of toppings do you like on a Pizza?

  by Iamallcool in

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  i want something different on my next pizza!.

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  I had pizza at California Pizza Kitchen the other day. I kind of wanted to punch myself for ordering the jamaican jerk sweet and spicy pizza. But you know what......it was delicious.

  Maybe not really pizza.....but it was damn fine.

  that pizza they cook for 90 seconds at crazy high heat.......that about my favorite type right now if its made right.
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  Using Illegal Means for Righteous Activism

  by John Davis in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i wanted to get people's opinion on something.

  how do you feel when people use illegal means while performing their activism to shed light on the watchtower.

  there have been people who have illegally recorded conversations with elders and with branch offices or at meetings.

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  I'm actually split on this. When someone approaches a cart with a "story" that isn't really true.....I bristle a bit. Of course that story IS true, just not of the person speaking.

  The database could be a mess of it was just downloaded and posted. It would contain innocent people, rip open old wounds, and more. So I prefer that be declassified in a larger court case for the sake of transparency.

  As far as recording JC's.....I have zero issue with it. this is because if you requested to record it, they would not meet with you. they would however carry out the judgement phase of the meeting without you present. Since there is no legal protection for you because of the first ammendment.....record away.
  
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  New Announcement At The 2017 - DF'd People To Sit At The Back Of The Hall

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  has anyone else heard this?

  a poster on another thread said it's a new rule brought in at this years convention.. last year they were told to shun even non df people and now this?

  a religion cant force someone where to plonk their ass surely?.

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  You have to shun non-disfellowshipped people now?

  Says who? I don't recall that being a clear direction and i followed last years convention pretty tight.
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  Another example of the smothering and high control nature of JW husbands

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have noticed another popular pattern of behaviour amongst witnesses in recent years.. many, and i mean lots of ones with instagram accounts have closed the wife's account, and have started a "couple's" account instead.

  also, for families.

  the children's accounts have been closed, and the husband starts a "family account".. it is mainly on the husband's device, and seemingly under his control.

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  Ummmmm....actually I have seen this in plenty of non-JW's as well. A friend of mine has a joint facebook account due to his wife, saying she would prefer it.

  So controlling?.....yeah i think so. because of being a JW? nah.
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  What kind of toppings do you like on a Pizza?

  by Iamallcool in

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  i want something different on my next pizza!.

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  Calebrese peppers (for napolitano style). Just seriously and ridiculously good.
  
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  JW Parents and kicking out their children

  by NJ501 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  is it a common practice for jw parents to kick their children out of the home, if the child doesn't want to be a jw.

  (even though their not disfellowshipped they will still get kicked out for not going to meetings etc.??).

  do other religions encourage kicking family members out this as well?

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  JW parents are encouraged to shun their disfellowshipped children. If they are minors living at home, they do not ask them to be kicked out, and allow normal conversation "not related to spiritual things".

  So that is the policy, but some parents extreme or liberal. As an adult, I have family that does speak to me, and others that don't. I'm not disfellowshipped, s some have taken it upon themselves to shun me on their own.

  Its important to note, if the child no longer lives at home, then they are required to shun them the way they would anyone else. "The spiritual relationship comes before the physical one", is what we would have said.