So sad how the wt treats it's people. My jw would never believe any of these stories, that's a sad fact as well.
Posts by carla
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53Skinned and Thrown About.....
by Tech49 inthis is a little long, but stick with me.. if you recall, when the building work was in full swing at the new lakefront villa (warwick), wt was having workers come and they would put them up for a year, or more, while they were providing "volunteer services".
with that, and the impending need for hundreds and hundreds of new khs in the usa territory, the congregations were abuzz with the need for "continued construction volunteers".
recently, as many of you know, wt headquarters has sent pretty much everyone home, and is no longer needing workers at the new warwick site, as the building is mostly complete, with the dedication coming up later this year.
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carla
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No Longer a JW Expert But Starting to Figure Out Life
by AllTimeJeff inconsider this an update for those that remember me here.... when i left in 2006, it started a 10 year journey into a new phase.
no more "safety".
some people want to be their own person.
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carla
Hey Jeff! glad to see you posting, you helped me a lot when my jw first joined up. Still thankful for your help, carla
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carla
I think it would be great if she did a series on cults! Start with jw's and have ex members, etc... then do more cults. She has a platform in place and it could help bring down the wt.
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JW guilty on all accounts & bond revoked for sexual abuse in FL
by LevelThePlayingField inthis news article has a news video inside it straight from the station.
finally the judge doesn't hold back.. http://wjla.com/news/nation-world/jehovah-witness-teachers-aide-sex-scandal-guilty-on-all-counts.
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carla
"..Murray recruited the victim for a congregation coed flag football game-..."- I didn't know that would be allowed in dubland.
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Young People Ask... When Can I Start Dating?
by pale.emperor inquite possibly the most annoying and patronizing thing i've read in years.
comments of mine are in yellow.. .
she doesn't trust herself to make her own decisions and she's going to wait years even after she thinks she's ready.
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carla
Dear Pale Emperor, sorry, didn't mean to highjack your thread, my apologies again, carla
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Young People Ask... When Can I Start Dating?
by pale.emperor inquite possibly the most annoying and patronizing thing i've read in years.
comments of mine are in yellow.. .
she doesn't trust herself to make her own decisions and she's going to wait years even after she thinks she's ready.
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carla
I could compare my jw going out in fs and knocking on doors with other women as dating too. Have they considered how this looks to non jw's? When a jw pair knocks on a door people assume they are married. I have had this conversation with non jw's numerous times and they never knew that the couple knocking on their door were may not have actually been a 'couple'. Yet the wt has no problem projecting this image. Saying "this is my friend..." just makes them look weirder, next question I get is why do they introduce their wife as 'their friend'?
What Is “Dating”?
▪ You regularly go out with a certain member of the opposite sex.
Are you dating? □ Yes □ No --- Yes, I regularly go in fs with other women who are not my wife. We even stop for a bite to eat or coffee.
▪ Several times a day, you text-message or talk on the phone with one particular friend of the opposite sex.
Are you dating? □ Yes □ No-----Yes, the elders wife or other women in the cong regularly text me about complete nonsense.
▪ You and a member of the opposite sex have a secret friendship. Your parents (wife) don’t know. You haven’t told them because you know they’ll disapprove.
Are you dating? □ Yes □ No---Yes, my wife wholeheartedly disapproves of me going out with other women for hours every weekend year after year.
▪ Every time you get together with your friends, you pair off with the same person of the opposite sex.
Are you dating? □ Yes □ No---Not sure how the whole car group thing works but hey, all congs are small so it is quite likely I will be put with my favorites on a semi regular basis.
On another rant- No dating at such a young age but committing yourself to an org at a young age is ok? (baptism)
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For those that read the bible, does the true message of scripture still come through in NWT?
by NikL inmy active and in jw wife is up for reading bible together.
thing is she wants to use nwt.. i have problems with that translation as you my imagine.. just wondering if you thought the true message of the bible will shine through the deliberate tampering of the nwt?.
i know many people here don't like or want to read the bible and think it's rubbish anyway, so if that's you, you can save your comments :-).
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carla
Use any bible but the NWT, as a jw I think she is supposed to be alright with that and the fact that you are 'the man'.
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Shunning
by A Believer inyou guys do know that if you just leave and never go back you wont be disfellowshiped right?
i know people who have done exactly this.
you have to commit a sin and you or someone else has to tell a elder.
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carla
I suggest you read all the shunning stories here and elsewhere and how many families have been destroyed by this evil cult.
You are not being told the truth by the jw's. Remember, you are not baptized yet therefore you are not worthy of the truth, no non-jw is worthy of the real truth if doesn't suit their agenda.
Can you really believe that all these shunning stories from around the world are made up and lies by so called apostates?
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GRACE? GRACE? What the F*** is GRACE? Jehovah's Witnesses have no idea!
by TerryWalstrom ini think all of us ex-j-dubs have had the --i'll call it a privilege--to exchange views with others who think differently than we do.
we encounter "christians" from mainstream churches.our dialogue is sort of...like speaking to martians.sooner or later, an ex-dub smacks into a wall.
that wall is a subject which is never spoken about or taught by the gb or watchtower with any candor.
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carla
Trying to talk to a jw about grace is like trying to talk to a Martian who absolutely cannot grasp the concept. It just circles around to 'undeserved kindness' and that's all they got, they just are not programmed to go beyond those words. Banged my head against that wall more times than I care to count, have since given up.
What a shame, if they could grasp the concept perhaps their concept of God would change too?
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Williams sister got engaged to some guy from Reddit
by wozza inso is he a witness or if not what are gb going to do about it since she identifies with the watchtower society?.
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carla
My whole point is that just because the org or current jw's say someone isn't 'really' a jw, the public at large does not see it that way. If I go every week to one particular church but refuse to identify myself as xyz most people will still see me as an xyz adherent and my actions may very well bring 'reproach' upon xyz church simply by my associating with it. Some forget the the rest of the world does not know how the jw's decide who is a member or who isn't. If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck it probably is a duck even if it hasn't been for swim yet.
The jw's want their cake and eat it too when deciding who are members, commit a crime? then you were never a 'real' jw, have lots of money but go around half dressed or use phallic symbols in public well, wink, wink ok you can claim to be one, are you an unbaptized minor child who needs blood? you are not a member but hey, we can use your death for the cover a magazine! win, win! (or nowadays maybe in a cartoon or video)
The gb could very well come out against the William sisters (include Prince at the time) or at the very least come down on their behavior and make no mistake of just who they are talking about like they do on a weekly basis when 'marking' or trying to embarrass a lowly rank & file member of the cong who eats, breathes and dies for the org.