Konrad West

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  Ruling restricts shunning practices

  by nelly136 in

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  2. friends

  maybe the tide is turning.. .

  http://www.kentucky.com/mld/heraldleader/news/14403177.htm.

  ruling restricts shunning practiceshuman rights commissionruling restricts shunning practicesamish store ordered to serve ex-amishby bruce schreinerassociated press.

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  Did You Feel "Beat Up" By The Elders/Organization???

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  metatron made a great point about how jws might be leaving in more earnest because of being beaten up by the talks that the brothers give.

  "are we decorating our homes more than we should be?"....etc.

  did you suddenly figure out that you were just sick and tired of being berated every week??

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  What's the JW take on the medical condition Gender Identity Disorder?

  by HappyAtheist in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  hi from the uk.

  here the national health service (nhs) says that gender identity disorder (gid) aka transexualism can be effectively treated by hormones and surgery so people can live as the gender they 'know' themselves to be.

  however, i'm told that despite the condition being medically recognised that jw believe it is a 'lifestyle choice' (presumably like 'choosing' to be straight or gay as we all do :-) ) and one worthy of disfellowshipping.

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  What is the Future of the Watchtower Society?

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  after reading comments on this site for a while and looking at what happens to other religions i feel the watchtower society has a long future in front of it.

  this is bad news all round, sad for us waiting for our families and sad for witnesses waiting for paradise.

  the reason i say this is that any organisation with 6 million members, billions in assets and little to spend their money on would find it very hard to go out of existence.

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  Do you think a JW childhood is abusive?

  by Konrad West in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i had a long discussion the other day with my new flatmate, who it turns out has studied with jws and thinks they're wonderful, about my view that being raised a jw is psychologically abusive.

  being indoctrinated with the concept of jehovah killing people who don't do what he says and being scared of losing your friends and family if disobedient is, in my view, a very unhealthy thing for a child.

  any thoughts?

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  Using privacy laws to get your DF records

  by Konrad West in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was wondering if anyone has used their country's privacy laws to obtain copies of their disfellowshipping, and publisher records from the wt society (and perhaps get them destroyed too.

  the records, not the wts!).

  i'm in australia, and the law says (according to my research), that they do need to provide you with a copy upon request.

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