That's extortion. And that's a typical JW business deal. Saw things like that myself, got fired in the process of one brother stealing another brother's cleaning business. JWs are the most crooked businesses. My sister worked for less than minimum wage for one sister. They just take advantage of each other in a race to the bottom.
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New Store called Best Life Gifts
by Franklin30 ini noticed a recent post where it was suggested the store was taken over by hostile means!.
the person who posted it pretended to have knowledge of why the store changed names but clearly was operating with an agenda!
one filled with lies, misinformation and deceit!.
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Pregnant JW has "come to Jesus" moment
by Lee Elder ina pregnant jehovah's witness rethinks watchtower's transfusion policy .
after one simple question from her hematologist.
read her story in this .
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dubstepped
I'm glad she woke up but wonder if she's still a JW. I mean, she still went through with the JW teachings with her own childbirth and it's easy to see afterward what the realities are. I wonder what would really happen if she was pregnant again. Would she take a stand? Has she taken a stand against the cult that could have cost her life or her baby? I liked that her eyes were open but the end of it left me feeling some type of way.
Sounds more like she had a "come to Jehovah" moment and it only strengthened her in some way. Is she just a JW that disagrees with this one thing or an independent Christian or what?
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Watchtower Victims Memorial Day
by dubstepped inanybody here doing anything for it?
i just learned of it's existence and its a cool idea.
apparently it's today.
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We're survivors from our perspective, but ultimately we were victimized by the cult and that's what we survived. Since the message is one given publicly it's probably more from the victim standpoint to highlight what they do to people more than how we've moved on hopefully to better things. I think that's why it's named so, but I get where you're coming from as one such survivor.
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Direction to elders on handling rape
by purrpurr infrom the shepard the flock book.
"discernment is needed in considering claims.
of rape, taking into consideration such factors as the.
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dubstepped
I do know of a sister that claimed rape and wasn't raped. She was young and got pregnant, then cried rape. The elders told basically all of the family heads what was up so that nobody was stumbled or wondered what was up when she started showing. I was a ministerial servant then, I think.
Anyway, turns out she had been dating a Mexican guy on the down low, and her claims of being raped by a Mexican man ended up with her married to the guy down the line, trying to help him get legal, working with my mom cleaning houses, my sister baby sat for her, etc. She and her husband seem to have a good marriage. I mention the fact that he's a Mexican because in the area I lived then there was a paranoia about these Mexicans that didn't speak English and were kind of mysterious to the good ol boys. So there was a bit of a built in narrative already.
You can see why someone might claim rape in such a situation. So much is at stake, and being pregnant she probably just went that route not knowing where the relationship was going but knowing that she'd lose all relationships if she was disfellowshipped while pregnant. She did end up disfellowshipped. I do believe it was for the duration of her pregnancy and beyond. It was quite the scandal.
Ultimately those men shouldn't be handling cases of criminal activity like rape anyway, but you can't just take claims of rape at face value, which is why there are professionals trained in that way (to actually help legit victims, which elders don't do anyway, and to investigate whether or not there's enough to bring charges on such a matter). Unfortunately such claims are made falsely at times and innocent people's lives are ruined. It's way beyond the pay grade of an elder.
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Watchtower Victims Memorial Day
by dubstepped inanybody here doing anything for it?
i just learned of it's existence and its a cool idea.
apparently it's today.
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Thanks for the link stuckinarut2! I can't believe I missed your thread. I always just look at the latest and I even went back and looked. I guess obsession isn't always fail proof, lol. Glad to see that at least someone else noticed it. I've seen very little action regarding it and I think it could be a really cool thing if we could ever get enough people to participate.
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Watchtower Victims Memorial Day
by dubstepped inanybody here doing anything for it?
i just learned of it's existence and its a cool idea.
apparently it's today.
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I like the idea. I gave thought that it would be cool if all of the shunned went back to the KH on a specific Sunday just to sit there for the meeting (if they could stomach it, not sure I could) just as a statement of "we're still here".
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Watchtower Victims Memorial Day
by dubstepped inanybody here doing anything for it?
i just learned of it's existence and its a cool idea.
apparently it's today.
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Anybody here doing anything for it? I just learned of it's existence and its a cool idea. Apparently it's today.
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Finding new friends or a new congregation in Germany
by Gideon90 inhello dear jw community,.
i'm looking for new friends or a new congregation in the area of germany/berlin.
i grew up in the truth, but some circumstances have made me not taking the faith seriously.
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dubstepped
Answers are indeed what you need. Welcome!
The spirit that you saw is just the tip of the iceberg of issues. Research the Australian Royal Commission and the issues with child sexual abuse. Go to a site like JWfacts.com and start examining the doctrine through the publications. It's easy to overlook massive problems that lie underneath. And I do mean "lie" because it's not "the truth".
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Water on Mars (Possibly life)
by pleaseresearch inthis has been an interesting story in the news recently.. just thinking, if in a few years time they drill down and discover water on mars and also some form of life.
does that for you destroy the bible in anyway?.
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I'm not sure why that would destroy the Bible in any way. There are a ton of other reasons that actually pertain to it to destroy it from my point of view. Space life would seem to neither prove nor disprove it.
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You are NOT alone !
by stuckinarut2 inthis post is mainly for our new forum visitors and members.
perhaps even those who are just lurking or visiting here but have not yet signed up.
maybe you are in the initial stages of researching and finding out the earthshattering and life changing information about the religion that you once held dear and called “the truth”.. it can be a very stressful period of time as you realise that your whole foundation has changed and that the people in your life that you call friends or family may not take kindly to the things you have discovered.
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dubstepped
Well said! The religion wants us to leave and feel alone but we don't have to. This was the first place I came to when I was leaving, and I've met so many nice people through it.
Life gets so much better when you're free. I have so many more friends, they actually offer support instead of control, and we don't have to agree on every little thing in life.