Wasanelder Once

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  My son has a very significant interview today..

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  he is just days away from graduation with his bachelor's in english, and today, he has an interview with a recruiter for an agency that help with finding teaching positions in south korea.. i took it upon myself to research the company and his interviewer, and it's been high marks all around on both of them.

  so that's a great ease on my mind.i just hope the interview (over the phone) goes well, and results in the next steps to getting a position.my son spent a month in seoul last summer, an loved the place.

  he has friends out there as well, including a young man that he attended classes with here in the states, so i think that's a real plus in taking this very giant leap.when i was his age, i was slowly working my way through a two year degree, still living at home, and aspiring to nothing more than a job as a repairman.

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  Wasanelder Once

  What a different life when you are not stuck in a cult. Hope you get to enjoy his journey and he is very close to you! All the best!
  
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  New ANTI-GAY video for Kids on jw.org

  by ttdtt in

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  https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/children/become-jehovahs-friend/videos/one-man-one-woman-marriage/.

  disgusting!.

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  Wasanelder Once

  Carrie will obviously drop her moms like carry on luggage. So clear and clever. In this case carry on would become carrion. Ba Dum Tish!
  
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  Were you beaten as a child?

  by purrpurr in

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  i've been confronting my mother with her dubious parenting skills (abuse) of me as a child.

  particularly the beatings i would get with the wooden spoon.

  not a light smack but hitting me as hard as she could for as long as she could.

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  Wasanelder Once

  I was pretty slow, so yes, jk. My parents were all about the threat. Seldom did we get whacked, a wooden spoon on the knuckles now and then when we sampled freshly baked cookies of course.
  
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  Prince is dead.

  by DATA-DOG in

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  2. beliefs

  has anyone heard about this?

  that really sucks.

  lots of dubs are talking.

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  How much do y0u think he left the CrapTower?
  
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  Under WT rules, can JW women file for a divorce? Or can only men file?

  by JimmyPage in

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  the reason i ask is because while watching the "dateline" episode about ralph candelario, the claim was made that only jw men could file for divorce, not women.

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  i had never thought about this before.. also, how does this apply in cases where a husband is "apostate" while the wife is faithful to wt?

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  Wild_thing that was the old understanding, take a beat down and hope you outlive the abuser. Then in the 90's new light and it was ok for the listed reasons repeated in the Love book. Love? lol.
  
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  Under WT rules, can JW women file for a divorce? Or can only men file?

  by JimmyPage in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the reason i ask is because while watching the "dateline" episode about ralph candelario, the claim was made that only jw men could file for divorce, not women.

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  i had never thought about this before.. also, how does this apply in cases where a husband is "apostate" while the wife is faithful to wt?

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  Wasanelder Once

  Adultery is grounds for a scriptural divorce with freedom to remarry. Here is the latest on leaving a mate without scriptural reasons. Same as the 90's when they pulled it out of their a**.
  

  From the book "Keep Yourselves in God's Love" 2008:
  

  *** lv pp. 220-221 The Bible’s View on Divorce and Separation ***
  In certain extreme situations, some Christians have decided to separate from or divorce a marriage mate even though that one has not committed fornication. In such a case, the Bible stipulates that the departing one “remain unmarried or else make up again.” (1 Corinthians 7:11) Such a Christian is not free to pursue a third party with a view to remarriage. (Matthew 5:32) Consider here a few exceptional situations that some have viewed as a basis for separation.
  

  Willful nonsupport. A family may become destitute, lacking the basic essentials of life, because the husband fails to provide for them, although being able to do so. The Bible states: “If anyone does not provide for . . . members of his household, he has disowned the faith and is worse than a person without faith.” (1 Timothy 5:8) If such a man refuses to change his ways, the wife would have to decide whether she needs to protect her welfare and that of her children by obtaining a legal separation. Of course, Christian elders should give careful consideration to an accusation that a Christian refuses to support his family. Refusal to care for one’s family may result in disfellowshipping.
  

  Extreme physical abuse. An abusive spouse may act so violently that the abused mate’s health and even life are in danger. If the abusive spouse is a Christian, congregation elders should investigate the charges. Fits of anger and a practice of violent behavior are grounds for disfellowshipping.—Galatians 5:19-21.
  

  Absolute endangerment of spiritual life. A spouse may constantly try to make it impossible for the mate to pursue true worship or may even try to force that mate to break God’s commands in some way. In such a case, the threatened mate would have to decide whether the only way to “obey God as ruler rather than men” is to obtain a legal separation.—Acts 5:29.
  

  In all cases involving such extreme situations as those just discussed, no one should put pressure on the innocent mate either to separate or to stay with the other. While spiritually mature friends and elders may offer support and Bible-based counsel, they cannot know all the details of what goes on between a husband and a wife. Only Jehovah can see that. Of course, a Christian wife would not be honoring God or the marriage arrangement if she exaggerated the seriousness of her domestic problems just to live separately from her husband, or vice versa.
  

  There's the official stand of the Washtowel Birdbath Society.
  
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  Where and What. . . IS THE EVIDENCE for "Mental ILLNESS"? ? ?

  by Terry in

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  i have no interest whatsoever in stirring up controversy.. in fact, i find clashes of opinion to be debilitatingly negative.. so, i'd simply like to request that we narrow this discussion to evidence.. please watch this video which is tantalizingly titled :.

  "there's no such thing as mental illness".. consider this data and listen to the presentation of cause vs. effects and give me your analysis and any evidence for conclusions you may draw.

  we all have anecdotal tendencies, but i should remind you, anecdotal testimony isn't evidence, only opinion.________________________________________.

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  I have a young friend who is schizophrenic and is on meds. He approaches it like a person shopping for apples, this one feels better than that one. I did research on this "chemical imbalance" business. Generally speaking the pills they use do NOT balance anything. They are merely a symphony of tranquilizers. It is all about suppressing thought rather than adjusting chemical balance. I was disgusted to learn of the side effects. One drug lost a class action suit for causing diabetes. The company lost a billion dollars and they STILL prescribed it with a warning. UGH.
  
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  JWs' love to brag about preaching but.....

  by pleaseresearch in

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  2. bible

  if what they are preaching about is untrue and false, does it really count?

  i mean over the 100 years plus we have been going, how much of what we taught was absolute crap.

  how many things taught about never came true.

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  I pioneered for 9 years and all of it is old light now. So it was all bullshit. I am disgusted with myself. I could have had a family.
  
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  Model Jw family?

  by MrTheocratic in

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  i would like to get the opinion of those on this community.

  does serving as an elder make one a bad family man.

  with all the demands placed on those serving... how can one make time for family life?

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  The self righteous PO (back then) did all the parts on "family study" etc. His late teenage son was ordering porn at a disabled brother's house and smoking weed as he was bedridden. The mother was cheating on the husband. Ended up divorced and the son was DF'd. He was probably the smartest of the lot. The oldest son's wife cheated on him when he was all growed up and an elder too. lol. Everyone worshiped these people as the ideal. Sad really. I knew they were full of crap and thus was very unpopular with them.
  
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  I hope Armageddon doesn't come before we find out who Negan killed

  by Zoos in

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  that's all i have to say.

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  I think its Abraham. He sort of smarted off to Negan or at least gave him a challenging look just before the big swing.