I always wondered about this too. Not only gluttony that made one unhealthy and obese, but what about my dad the elder that couldn't stop eating sugar and killed himself with it? The guy was non-compliant with medications, didn't make changes needed, lived in denial his whole life, all of the symptoms of alcoholism but without the alcohol, which is sugar too. He never drank like his alcoholic parents, but he killed himself with sugar. That was okay though. He could still be an elder, still give public talks, still sit in judgment of other people's problems, etc. I remember him once talking about how ridiculous nicotine patches were and how a person should still be disfellowshipped if they couldn't quit cigarettes without a patch even if they weaned themselves off it. Yet when it came to what he put in his own body, he was all good. It always bothered me.
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Over eating v over drinking
by Normalfulla inwhen i was in, i couldn't understand why the subject of over eating or gluttony was almost never discussed, there was countless talks and articles about over drinking but over eating is lumped in as the same offence in the bible but was never discussed?
an elder who was serving in the islands told me he heard a talk given by a local in the cong there who professed that "in the new system we can eat as much as we want and not get fat".
so why was /is it not talked about?
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Why not extend your child's life and take the consequences?
by I_love_Jeff injehovah's witnesses & blood transfusions.
if your son or daughter were badly burned, he or she would require regular whole blood transfusions.
as a good jehovah's witness, it is your duty to refuse this procedure and watch your child die instead.
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dubstepped
Good point, but it negates the JW viewpoint that by letting the child die they feel that all of them will be reunited in paradise. Their thoughts aren't about what's good for the kid today. Their doctrine robs them of normal human feelings and replace them with fantasies of playing with pandas together if they forego this ultimately worthless life.
So if you want to ask those questions you probably first have to defuse the bomb that is their belief system that drops on their child. It's hard to use normal human reasoning with abnormal fantasy.
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New Episode Of The Shunned Podcast If You're So Inclined
by dubstepped ini know i have a few people here that enjoy the stories on the podcast, so i announce when a new one comes out.
also sometimes this is a way for new people to find it and get help if they want, so here it is.
between this jw life (my first podcast) and shunned we just went over the 40,000 individual download mark, which is pretty cool.. i just released episode sixteen about sydney, and it's a great look into the narcissism and authoritarian nature of the cult.
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dubstepped
You're all very welcome. I usually do one episode per month, but I did two in August, and I released this one yesterday, have another coming next weekend from the Midwest Apostafest, and one the weekend after that featuring an Amish woman. So I'll post those up when they come out. I'll go back to one per month in October for a bit in all likelihood, though I'm considering trying two per month. I'm not sure I can keep up that pace though.
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New Episode Of The Shunned Podcast If You're So Inclined
by dubstepped ini know i have a few people here that enjoy the stories on the podcast, so i announce when a new one comes out.
also sometimes this is a way for new people to find it and get help if they want, so here it is.
between this jw life (my first podcast) and shunned we just went over the 40,000 individual download mark, which is pretty cool.. i just released episode sixteen about sydney, and it's a great look into the narcissism and authoritarian nature of the cult.
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dubstepped
You're welcome, and the pleasure is ours my friend. :)
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New Episode Of The Shunned Podcast If You're So Inclined
by dubstepped ini know i have a few people here that enjoy the stories on the podcast, so i announce when a new one comes out.
also sometimes this is a way for new people to find it and get help if they want, so here it is.
between this jw life (my first podcast) and shunned we just went over the 40,000 individual download mark, which is pretty cool.. i just released episode sixteen about sydney, and it's a great look into the narcissism and authoritarian nature of the cult.
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dubstepped
I know I have a few people here that enjoy the stories on the podcast, so I announce when a new one comes out. Also sometimes this is a way for new people to find it and get help if they want, so here it is.
Between This JW Life (my first podcast) and Shunned we just went over the 40,000 individual download mark, which is pretty cool.
I just released episode sixteen about Sydney, and it's a great look into the narcissism and authoritarian nature of the cult.
You can find it and listen on your podcast app of choice. The benefit of the app is that you can subscribe and get automatic downloads to listen to wherever you go. I like Podcast Republic as my app, but it's on most all of them as far as I know, including the big ones like iTunes and Google Play. If you're not a podcast person you can listen here:https://shunnedpodcast.com/episode-sixteen-sydney-is-shunned-by-jehovahs-witnesses/
And if you happen to be a fan of the Youtubes you can listen here:
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shameless pride in my daughter in law
by nonjwspouse inshe is two weeks postpartum after having my granddaughter when she sang this .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rulm5zl-isa.
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dubstepped
Yep, good for her. She has a great voice.
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$2,000 fine for not releasing files?
by Bad_Wolf inhttps://international.la-croix.com/news/jehovahs-witness-leader-urges-elders-to-destroy-sex-abuse-records/8188#.
a california court fined only $2,000 to the wt for not releasing records of 775 sex abuse cases?
they should have made the fine 20 million +.
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dubstepped
Lol at you poking at my social status. Keep reaching friend. I have a ton of friends, a happy marriage, and lack the dearth of joy you exhibit here.
Typing at me about barging into a thread and addressing things not being addressed to me, by you, is rich. But what do I understand about the rich, right?
Thanks for speaking to this commoner. You truly bless us all.
Also, lol at Sparrow's comment. I thought the same.
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$2,000 fine for not releasing files?
by Bad_Wolf inhttps://international.la-croix.com/news/jehovahs-witness-leader-urges-elders-to-destroy-sex-abuse-records/8188#.
a california court fined only $2,000 to the wt for not releasing records of 775 sex abuse cases?
they should have made the fine 20 million +.
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dubstepped
Oh geez, the window cleaner slam. That's not quite my business, and you should know since you're all about nitpicky bullshit.
I think you determined what the main point was by taking over his thread. Flight costs for the GB are not the subject of the article linked nor the main part of the original post, though included. You then made it all about that one thing. Thus the talk of derailing the thread. The first two responses didn't seem so hung up on what you did.
It seemed to be a use of hyperbole, like your butthurt comments recently on new boys thread about my mentions of my podcast. I could have shown how wrong you were but you're "that guy" I mentioned earlier. I believe in the last little bit Cofty said "fuck you" to you, snakes let you know how unpleasant you are, and here you go again. You march on to thread after thread and shit on them. Clearly that's your shtick.
That last part was quite clever. You have the ability to be funny, dare I say witty. It's such a waste that it's all delivered in such a bitter and hateful way.
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$2,000 fine for not releasing files?
by Bad_Wolf inhttps://international.la-croix.com/news/jehovahs-witness-leader-urges-elders-to-destroy-sex-abuse-records/8188#.
a california court fined only $2,000 to the wt for not releasing records of 775 sex abuse cases?
they should have made the fine 20 million +.
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dubstepped
Is there any thread that can't be shit on here by nitpicking at details rather than discussing the actual point of a topic? It's pretty clear that the OP was just pointing out what small potatoes the fine is to an organization like that, and that they were facing it in general. You must be one miserable or insecure dude to jump into thread after thread, often muddying the point by trying to fact check everyone else.
By the way, for the love of the flying spaghetti monster, the word is ridiculous, not rediculous. Thread after thread is nearly unreadable as they are detailed by Mr. "Morphs law", which should actually be that in literally any thread Morpheus may jump in and make it about proving himself right in some small way instead of discussing the topic at hand.
We all know "that guy" that sucks all the air out of a room when he enters, robbing it of free discussion because you're waiting on him to pounce. This is a great example. So much work going into making a nothing point. It's exhausting to read on here lately.
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Why does it affect us so deeply?
by stuckinarut2 ini was having a great chat with a valued friend and fellow forum member today on the phone.. we were discussing how deeply we all get affected by jw interactions - even years after fading or disassociating.. you know what i mean.
those days when we run into jws who we considered to be our close friends.
or "loving shepherds" who don't act kindly.
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dubstepped
Oh yeah, being a JW was our being. How meta is that, lol. Anyway, it was our very identity, and for many of us that included our formative years and maybe even the majority of our years. We still have family stuck in it. It's hard to leave that all behind, not to mention a faith that told us we'd never die and could one day have a panda.
It is funny how we did take a stand for truth and it gets us kicked out of "The Truth®".