Almost There
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Mixed thoughts re: Silentlambs group
by Pathofthorns ina person has to be a bit nieve to think that if the wt suddenly gave into all of the demands of silentlambs that silentlambs would somehow cease to exist and or let up their pressure on the society.. i think there is a broader agenda here, one that includes a measure of revenge against the wt and one that won't stop until they are out of business.
no child is truely protected or safe when they are raised in a cult.
a logical extention of silentlambs would be expanding their agenda to include the blood issue and children.. it is this obvious broader agenda the silentlambs group has that invites criticism from active witnesses.
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To All Who Live in Dallas, Texad
by Almost There ini'm a ex-jw who is currently living in the washington dc area.
my husband and i are relocating to the dallas, texas area in july.. i'm looking forward to meeting up with any exjw who live in this area.
but, i also have questions about which areas are best for a family with children (schools).
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Columbus OH ex-jw's
by DanTheMan ini've met a few in the area, but i thought i'd post to see if there are more -
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Silentlambs:Response from JW re: pedophile issue:
by stocwach inhere is a response from a dub whom i emailed the press link from the courier journal yesterday (i will be meeting with him in a couple weeks, so any comments/rebuttals from you would be greatly appreciated):.
"wasn't dateline successfully sued by gm for their doctored report on the (as.
dateline called it the exploding gm pick-up truck controversy) fuel tank.
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CourtTV - A JW Case
by Mister Biggs inlast night (9:30pm est), courttv did a story of a woman who left home when she was a teenager.. she got involved with drugs and prostitution.. she soon gave birth to a child.. she stopped using drugs and quit being a prostitute and took up a job as a waitress.. she now gave birth to a son.. fast forward six years.... she began studying with jehovah's witnesses.. she was applying for something (maybe welfare, i'm not sure.
i ran to use the bathroom during the commercials and when i came back out the narrator had already said what she was trying to apply for).. the narrator said that whatever she was applying for required that she disclose who the father is and explain why she is not collecting child support.. the father of her son was a married police officer who had an established family and a distinguished career.. she consulted the elders as to what she should do.
they told her that she needs to be honest and that she shouldn't lie on the application.. so, she set up a meeting with the baby's daddy (the cop).
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Are JW Kids Worse Disproportionately?
by patio34 inin a conversation with my son, we were going over all the young people he grew up with that were jws.
there seemed to be an inordinate proportion of felons among them, compared to the "worldly" people in his school.
and also compared to the people at work that i know whose kids are doing fine now.. our tentative theory is that raising kids as jws can be very damaging to many of them.
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JT - we're both right and wrong
by bluesapphire ini just wanted to tell you that i found information in an old catechism.
basically, it shows that *some* archdioceses abstained from meat on all fridays prior to vatican ii.
it is up to the bishop of each archdiocese and most dioceses in the roman catholic rite in the us had that.
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church bloopers
by ballistic inhad this emailed to me the other day... the best church bulletin bloopers.........thank god for church ladies with typewriters.
these sentences actually appeared in church bulletins or.
were announced in church services:.
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Oprah and My Mother
by teenyuck inmy mother just called...as she does 2-4 times a week to tell me that "you must watch oprah!
" my mother is in chicago, where oprah is broadcast live.
i live in est where oprah is on in the afternoon.
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Who Else Preaches???
by Mister Biggs innot that i am advocating one church over another.
rather, i'm just trying to make the point that other religions (such as the two cited below) have an organized preaching work.
jehovah's witnesses use the reasonings of, "who else carries out the commission to preach?