"Dr Phil doesnt really know the correct pronunciation and keeps using the title "Jehovah Witness" to signify the group (plural)."- That is how everybody I know pronounces it (non jw naturally) John is a jehovah witness, he is a big jehovah (meaning zealous), the jehovahs were in the neighborhood today, three jehovah's came to the door and so on. I don't think most have even caught on to the term 'jw's' to signify the group.
Posts by carla
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44JW story - "husbands JW beliefs ruining the family" - on Dr. Phil today
by ShirleyW in"my husbands religious beliefs are ruining our family" is the topic.
i"m not home when it airs on cbs in the afternoon so i watch a rerun on ch 55 here in nyc at 8pm.
i have my cable box all set to switch over at the appropriate time..
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JW story - "husbands JW beliefs ruining the family" - on Dr. Phil today
by ShirleyW in"my husbands religious beliefs are ruining our family" is the topic.
i"m not home when it airs on cbs in the afternoon so i watch a rerun on ch 55 here in nyc at 8pm.
i have my cable box all set to switch over at the appropriate time..
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carla
While I agree that Dr Phil will not be the catalyst to bring down the jw's and I personally do not watch his show or those like it on a regular basis, it will show some a little bit how the jw's work and are a cult/high control group. There was a clip where Dr Phil said something to the effect that if one member of the family was not welcome somewhere then he wouldn't go, and would not tolerate the shunning of his wife.......
Most people still know very little about jw's. They annoy us on Sat morn, don't salute the flag and don't take blood. If they know that much.
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JW story - "husbands JW beliefs ruining the family" - on Dr. Phil today
by ShirleyW in"my husbands religious beliefs are ruining our family" is the topic.
i"m not home when it airs on cbs in the afternoon so i watch a rerun on ch 55 here in nyc at 8pm.
i have my cable box all set to switch over at the appropriate time..
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carla
I haven't seen the entire show yet but from the website
https://www.drphil.com/videos/man-says-hell-remain-with-religious-organization-despite-wife-leaving/
the woman still seems blinded and maybe the husband is a pedophile? There have been 7 reports on this family. He was 'babysitting' and she came in and his zipper was down but then claimed he had just gone to the bathroom and that was the reason his fly was down. All big misunderstanding. I'm not a guy but most guys remember to zip up from what I can tell. Every now and again I guess the barn door is left open but the fact that there have 7 other reports on this family is suspicious.
Isn't it odd that the elders were the ones to report to child services?
Even if he is not a pedophile and they cooperate with the authorities and get the kids back their lives will never be the same with her becoming an apostate and him staying in.
Poor kids.
The only good from this story is that the jw's are in the news once again in a negative light.
Will he get in trouble for going on this show and bringing 'reproach' upon the org?
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Tuxedo
by Phoebe indo you think the gb live in big, posh houses??.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4diruxmqh4.
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carla
Oh, nothing more than a modern day Vatican then?
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What Will The Future Hold For Jehovah's Witnesses
by VW.org inas descibed by the title here is a link to reddit of a what i believe is a powerful post with heaps of information.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/7ovq5o/watchtowers_decline_what_will_the_future_hold_for/?utm_source=reddit-android.
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carla
Excellent post and I hope the poster is right!
Can anyone explain the database number thing? each jw will have a number assigned to them? like the mark of the beast?
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Mr. Dropoff goes to Warwick!
by dropoffyourkeylee inmade a visit to warwick recently.
i’ll try to get some pics posted..
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carla
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Were visits to the library an important part of your childhood?
by compound complex ingreetings, fellow bibliophiles:.
i remember how sad i was, as a little child, when our beloved carnegie library was razed (unsafe, structurally).
the same tragedy occurred when we moved to a new town and that similar architectural treasure was demolished to put up a new and gleaming building of steel and glass.
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carla
"Does visits to the kingdom hall library count also?"- I only saw a kh library once and it only had about 3 books in it, if that. That was many years ago. I thought it very odd and didn't know if they hid them because I was going to be there or what. I have no idea why that kh library had no books. Do kh libraries have books today? tough to have their revisionist history with old books lying around.
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Tuxedo
by Phoebe indo you think the gb live in big, posh houses??.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4diruxmqh4.
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carla
I thought the gb were supposed to live in the new hq's?
What is the new hq's for then? they don't do printing there, what exactly do jw's think hq is for?
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Were visits to the library an important part of your childhood?
by compound complex ingreetings, fellow bibliophiles:.
i remember how sad i was, as a little child, when our beloved carnegie library was razed (unsafe, structurally).
the same tragedy occurred when we moved to a new town and that similar architectural treasure was demolished to put up a new and gleaming building of steel and glass.
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carla
Me & my kids were regulars at the library! Haven't been in awhile but still go on occasion. Our library has a book sale every year and when the kids were little we would stock up on the discarded books. I still have boxes of them and have real difficulty getting rid of books. I guess it is getting easier with adult books because you can always read on Kindle but there is nothing like a real book and a child in your lap.
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Little mindmines in the Oct. 2017
by days of future passed init is difficult for me to say exactly what i mean on this subject.
my sister sent me a link to the oct, 2017 wt simplified article (which has been discussed about the shunning) and i found it disturbing of course, how the wt gives advice, different for each sex, along with the "unbelieving" mate dissing.. wt - although an unbelieving husband may not take the lead in spiritual matters, he should be respected because of his position as the head of the family.
likewise, an unbelieving wife should be shown self-sacrificing love and tender affection by her christian husband.—eph.
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carla
Are they studying this now by chance? By my jw's behavior of late I would say yes.