tim hooper

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  I have just been disinvited to my brother's wedding - Thanks AAWA!

  by Sic Semper Tyrannis in

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  i am an inactive jw.

  i havent been on this forum for a few months and have been lurking in others.

  i have met a few people in real life and online, both on this forum and on others.

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  tim hooper

  So - is it still a "Remarkable Organization"?
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  AAWA has caused divisions and has lost the opportunity to be effective

  by NoRegrets in

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  2. scandals

  here's the thing,.

  the whole aawa idea had noble ideas behind it, but the ship has sailed and the movement needs to go back to the drawing board.

  period.

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  tim hooper

  I'm glad that the sky hasn't fallen in.
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  AAWA has caused divisions and has lost the opportunity to be effective

  by NoRegrets in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  here's the thing,.

  the whole aawa idea had noble ideas behind it, but the ship has sailed and the movement needs to go back to the drawing board.

  period.

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  tim hooper

  I've seen these sort of campaigns before and believe me they have little effect. They might make the R & F ex's feel good and re-inforce their convictions that they've done the right thing, but this sort of confrontation simply will not work any wonders in Brooklyn. We've seen how polarised political parties fail to convince their opposite numbers and just finish up dishing out claim and counter-claim. Except that the WT won't even bother to answer back but will just continue to trot out the party line about associating with apostates.

  Best thing an ex can do is to simply be happy and lead a fulfilling life. Witnesses are conditioned to believe that their ex-members are horrible people. When they see an ex who is actually a happy familly person or serving the community, that does more to take them out of their JW comfort zone than anything else. Anti-WT campaigns only serve to re-inforce their beliefs that ex-witnesses are a dangerous and disruptive people.
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  Why isn't anyone on JWN invited to the Facebook discussion by AAWA tonight?

  by wha happened? in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i guess we're persona non grata now.

  take a look at what i found on facebook:.

  we're firing up the grill again!

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  tim hooper

  So is this the Popular People's Front or the People's Popular Front or the Frontular Populist People?
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  Why isn't anyone on JWN invited to the Facebook discussion by AAWA tonight?

  by wha happened? in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i guess we're persona non grata now.

  take a look at what i found on facebook:.

  we're firing up the grill again!

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  tim hooper

  The link reads like a self-congratulatory WT report on a District assembly.

  I smell the smell of some big egos here..
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  Any JWs You Know Practically Salivating Over this North Korea Situation???

  by LostGeneration in

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  2. friends

  just had a sick conversation with my jw father when picking up by kid.

  dad: so things looking really bad in n korea huh?.

  they rattle the cage every few years and everyone seems to just appease them.. dad: yeah, but this new guy, i mean he is just sounds plain crazy.

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  tim hooper

  'Bout time for the old "vultures have been seen over London" reports.
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  Differences Between JWs in the US and Europe

  by BU2B in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there are many cultural differences between the general population of the us and europe, what about jws?

  i have heard about such things as beards being allowed, movies that a jw cant watch in the us or would be frowned upon watching being ok, same with tv shows, and even the way they dress in public.

  seems more laid back over there if this is true.. any truth to this?

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  tim hooper

  UK witnesses hang out in pubs and social clubs more than one would expect.
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  Porneia in marriage - a changing view:

  by Splash in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  1974 - can divorce your marriage mate if they insist on oral / anal intercourse.

  1978 - can still divorce your marriage mate if they insist on oral / anal intercourse.

  1983 - cannot divorce your marriage mate if they insist on oral / anal intercourse.

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  tim hooper

  Why do they always equate sodomy with oral sex?

  Don't they know the difference?
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  Is this a religion run by PSYCOPATHS?

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  glibness/superficial charmgrandiose sense of self-worthpathological lyingconning/manipulativelack of remorse or guiltshallow affect (genuine emotion is short-lived and egocentric)callousness; lack of empathyfailure to accept responsibility for own actionsthe hare psychopathy checklist-revised by robert d. hare, 1991. multi-health systems, 908 niagara falls blvd, north tonawanda, new york, usa, 14120-2060. psycopaths do not feel empathy but learn to imitate those who do.

  psychopaths don't even understand charity.. .

  i was thinking today how much psycopathy is reflected in the governing body leadership and especially manifested in policy.. jehovah's witnesses are not led by people devoted to charity, benevolence, outreach or social provision for those less fortunate which.

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  tim hooper

  Cycle paths?
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  JWgift.org - the UK's Watchtower-sponsored website that "should not be seen as the soliciting of funds in any way"...

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ...even though it has a massive button on the home page saying "make a donation.".

  https://www.jwgift.org/welcome.aspx.

  cedars.

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  tim hooper

  "So much for the widow's mite"

  Of course, the widows mite not..