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  December 1,2014 watchtower saying buying house is bad

  by hoser in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  page 15.

  "take for example a christian couple in asia.

  in their younger years, they admired those who could afford to own a house.

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  rebel8

  zoos, good point!

  I think the article is saying buying houses is bad, in cultspeak.
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  Disgusting!!

  by Theredeemer in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  so, about a decade ago there was a big scandal in my city concerning an young elder raping his 13 year old sister in law.

  the elder got reproved but was never turn over to the police.

  the girl's mom was an immigrant and very uneducated and decided it was best to forgive after the elders, whom one was the young elders dad, instructed her to remain silent and rely on jehovah.

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  rebel8

  If you have evidence that the assault occurred, why not contact the authorities yourself?

  Seriously. He has public trust in his position as a firefighter and as such may have increased access to potential victims. You would be doing a public service if you wrote a note to the ethics committee of your government, with a cc to the police department, providing dates, names and all details possible.

  Doing so may very well save one or many from being raped.

  Also, justice would be a legitimate motive for turning him in. He ruined this poor girl's life and her family's, and now he's collecting a nice salary and benefits package from you the taxpayers, with greater ability to reoffend.
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  Mom Not Happy About JW.org

  by Nosferatu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  saw my parents yesterday, and i brought up the subject of the jw.org signs with my mother.

  her response blew me away.

  "this is getting stupid".. what?

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  rebel8

  It's interesting (some of) the rank and file are so orgasmic. Why?

  a) Anything the GB does is exciting because they have little else to get excited about.

  b) They're finally entering the 20th century with this newfangled technology. (Yes, I meant 20th.)

  c) They're hoping the site will do so well they won't have to preach at all anymore.

  d) They love the new campaigns that only require them to tell people to visit a website--no memorizing "overcoming objections" from the Reasoning book (or whatever they're using nowadays).

  e) Orgasms are an appropriate response to GB innovations.

  f) All of the above.

  g) Sparlock.
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  The height of delusion on display at last Tuesdays meeting...

  by BU2B in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i literally just sat there with my mouth open.

  sometimes the delusional mind of jws takes steroids.. it was during the draw close to jehovah study where they praise the mosaic law and how perfectly wonderful it was.

  you should have seen the almost giddy attitude the conductor had and the comments from the audience.

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  rebel8

  http://www.evilbible.com/Rape.htm

  I don't know how anyone can read such passages and still believe in a loving god.
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  I am sooo screwed

  by Yondaime in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so last night i was talking to my sister about how i admired president obama's speech to the u.n that happened earlier that day.. i then compared the extremism of isis to how much of a fanatic my jw bil is.. at the end of the statement , my mom walked in to the kitchen.

  she was standing in the living room and she heard everything i said.. she called the elders that night to tell them what i said so they can counsel me.. i'm going to meet with them after the meeting on sunday!.

  what do i do?!!!!!.

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  rebel8

  I found the root of your problem. It has 2 parts:

  1. I'm going to meet with them

  2. after the meeting on Sunday

  Your solution is to eliminate #1 and #2.
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  Folk tales, urban legends. What would we do without the net.LOL

  by jam in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  true or false.

  woman wearing a beehive hair style dies from.

  a black widow spider.

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  rebel8

  jam, there's something I've been wondering. Are you blackberry, strawberry, or raspberry jam?
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  Famous Witnesses

  by startingover13 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been doing some research about famous witnesses.

  some were raised and eventually left, while others came in as adults.

  they range from sports players, musicians, and entertainers.

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  rebel8

  Thanks, NY. I just found the Awake article.
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  Posters do you know of any cases where a devout JW was DF'd for Lesbianism?

  by booker-t in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i think this is a hush hush topic among jws but i remember years ago at an assembly i saw two sisters(i am only assuming they were jws they could have been studies or relatives of jws) walking arm and arm like a married couple.

  some of the jws looked at them like they had horns.

  some of the jws moms were covering their small children's eyes and those two women were stared at like they had the plague.

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  the old Southern Express

  What is that? Rape?
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  Famous Witnesses

  by startingover13 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been doing some research about famous witnesses.

  some were raised and eventually left, while others came in as adults.

  they range from sports players, musicians, and entertainers.

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  I remember hearing a story about a female actress. I was told this story in the early 1980s. I thought it was about "Christie Love". I do not remember that actress, which is weird because I was so into detective shows and Laugh-In.

  She had done some racy stuff in her career, not befitting a jw, which she later regretted. She began studying and was already in love with her manager or a cameraman (?) who said nothing when she talked about jws. Finally, she wanted to get baptized and told him she needed to know where he stood on the religion. He then disclosed he was into spiritism and the demons told him not to tell her. My memory is fuzzy on this so I might have the story wrong.

  This story was in writing (book? interview? ragazine?).

  I just did a search to see if she had written a biography or something, but I found nothing. Anyone remember this?
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  Divorcing my husband of 13 years...

  by 2pink in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my husband and i were both born ins.

  i left in 2009, and he followed me out a bit later.

  we were one of those couples who followed the script, married young and ended up having nothing in common other than the religion.

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  rebel8

  I am sorry to hear you're going through this. I have no idea about being a parent, but I've reinvented myself from nothing a few times too. It feels awful and terrifying. I guess one good thing is you know it's possible, having done it before. I hope you'll continue to post here for support.

  One thing I do know about is addiction. Here is a resource that may be of use to you as you go forward. It can be important to get help for yourself, even if there is no goal to reconcile.

  It's interesting, isn't it, that fundie xian groups tend to push marriage so young. That tends to just subjugate the woman--she hasn't built a career or sense of self as an adult, so she tends to not leave bad relationships. Getting married when you're so young and brainwashed seems to skip over several of te steps needed to make a relationship successful (not always, of course).