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  Jehovahs Witnesses and Ecclesiastical Authority

  by concerned elder in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have research the subject throughly and would be willing to share with those who have an interest.. concerned elder.

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  megsmomma

  I would be interested in seeing it. Is it something you could fax to one of us...then it could be scanned to be available to everyone?
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  I'm going home, and I got a call from my dub uncle....

  by Stealth453 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i am shipping out on thursday for home.

  i have been away from my home and family since august 1, this year.

  my brother, (ex-dub) is hosting a dinner for me tomorrow, at his house.

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  megsmomma

  They have got alot of nerve.....don't they? Let us know when you need bail! LOL!
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  I did it and I don't feel like a pagan!

  by TheHypnoToad in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  first christmas tree, just put it up!

  its a real one, put a lot of lights on it.. .

  the witnesses are working in our area, so i am sure its just a mater of time (no more fadding at this point).. .

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  megsmomma

  That is really great! It's so nice that you are doing all this together. I have a little bit of advice for you two. Take a slice off the bottom of the tree stump and paint a "first x-mas together" or something like it on there. Then, drill a little hole in it si it can hang on future trees.... and you will always have a piece of your first tree to remind you in years to come. (Of couse, after you're done with it, unless you happened to save the slice they usually take off it when you get it)

  I remember my "first time" The tree was SOOOOOOOO UGLY!! I was very out of practice. I had some colored blinking lights....but they blinked in groups, and it made no sense....then I put PURPLE garland around it, and some cheap glass balls. Now....I gotta say, maybe that tree didn't look pagan, but it did look gaudy!

  This year, I am really happy cause my g-parents found a box of x-mas stuff we had when I was a kid. I thought my mom had trashed it all...but there was still some in their attic....so I feel like I have gotten back a little peice of my childhood.
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  Hell hath no fury....

  by Elsewhere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/11/16/bashkircannibal.shtml.

  woman gets 11 years for cooking boyfriend and feeding him to guestscreated: 16.11.2006 13:29 msk (gmt +3), updated: 14:20 msk.

  a court in the russian internal republic of bashkortostan has passed an 11-year sentence to a woman who killed her boyfriend with an axe and then cooked him in a variety of dishes which she fed to her guests at a new year party.. .

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  megsmomma

  It reminds me of one of my favorite movies..."Fried Green Tomatoes".....EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
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  I'm out of kleenexes

  by gwyneth in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my friend's ex-husband was killed instantly in a car accident on sunday.

  my daughter actually probably knew him better in recent years than i did, as she would accompany their daughter tori to his house on his weekends for four-wheeling, fishing, etc.

  i have never been to a viewing before.

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  megsmomma

  I can totally relate. I went to a funeral for a young man my boyfriend at the time went to school with. I had never met him or his family, yet I was a huge mess, overcome with grief. It was a bit embarrasing since it didn't seem like I had the "right" to react that way...but like unique1 said...It's empathy, and that is really a great quality. I think we were taught not to have that because then we would actually feel for all the babies Jehovah was going to kill in armeggedon (among all others).

  I am sorry you are feeling so sad....((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((HUGS)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
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  Do you think it's right?

  by 5thGeneration in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as much as you may be mad at the society, the brothers or family, do you think it is ethical to post their letters or e-mails?.

  i kind of feel that these things were written with the intent of confidentiality and it is kind of unethical.

  (please, no disrespect to those who don't agree).. any thoughts?.

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  megsmomma

  I don't think it is much different than telling someone about a conversation. I don't think ethics really apply to this situation. I understand if some people feel uncomfortable with reading those things....maybe it makes some feel intrusive, however, in my case...I wouldn't have been able to get the advise I did with mine without posting it here.

  Sorry if anyone is offended.
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  The Watchtower After Hours: Phone Sex!?

  by Anitar in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  well, it's good to know what the watchtower's priorities are these days.

  they're facing dwindling numbers in the industrialized nations, a growing number of child abuse lawsuits, a pedophile database of over 23,000 members just waiting to be exposed, and what do they have on the front page of their website?

  phone sex!!.

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  megsmomma

  I SWEAR, when I saw this on the "Official WBTS" site, I thought I was on a "joke" site! That is how absurd I thought it was!
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  I'm still angry, will this sect ever be stopped?

  by restrangled in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  they have ruined lives, destroyed people ..... mentally and/or emotinally...... why?

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  and if they are hurt, some can still stay in and buy into the bs even if it means throwing out their own families?

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  megsmomma

  I feel the same way. It is so hard for me to understand how this keeps going on. I hate it.
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  Please read this email.....(Long)

  by megsmomma in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the top part is what i wrote to my step-dad in response to his e-mail below.

  i don't have any hopes of this making a difference in my family, but i do want to hear some opinions on things he said and the way he contradicts himself .

  the brainwashing goes deep.. .

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  megsmomma

  I did take some points from you all on the board in my last response to him....and this is it, no more drama! I promise! The thing is, he really was very verbally abusive to me and my full sister growing up. He demanded respect, never earned it. He talks to me only a few times a year, so he doesn't know me one bit. I am not trying to get along....in fact I really don't care to speak to him or my mom again. Thanks all for the pointers. Your e-mail just shows how well you do not know me. I know you won't respect the research I have done to happily discover me and my wonderful loving family are not going to die at armegeddon. I will stop "ranting" about what the Watchtower teaches when the Watchtower stops ranting on about what other religions teach. I will not "rant" to anyone who doesn't want to talk about it though. Fortunately, I have many friends and family members who appreciate my research and they don't think I am ranting or throwing blame...but then again, they really know me. I have a really happy life...and I spend most of my waking moments playing with a wonderful daughter. Unfortunatley, her g-ma Joy will never really know her, but I know enough now to tell Megan that it is g-ma's chioce. This is the part of the Watchtowers teaching that makes me sad, and the reason I feel like it does affect my life every day. I guess we will have to agree to dis-agree, and just get on with life. Hanging up on you may have been rude, but so is calling me an apostate. I am a believer in all Jesus teaches. I do wish I could have had the chance to do as you did and selfishly not get baptised....but a kid doesn't have any idea what implications that could have.
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  Please read this email.....(Long)

  by megsmomma in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the top part is what i wrote to my step-dad in response to his e-mail below.

  i don't have any hopes of this making a difference in my family, but i do want to hear some opinions on things he said and the way he contradicts himself .

  the brainwashing goes deep.. .

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  megsmomma

  His response.....Can you see how he answered my questions....and....WTH??? He calls my email a rant?? He is truely clueless, and I will not apologize for hanging up on him, unless he apologizes for calling me an apostate. (yes, childish, but I learned it from the best) The things in paretheses (SP?) I have added myself.

  Goodness child, it is evident by your response that you missed the point of my email. ALL YOU WANT TO DO IS ARGUE AGAINST THE JWs. Look at your response, you immediately started your rant. This is what we ,me, your brother and sisters, are tired of.

  You want to blame everything wrong in your life on something or somebody else. Unfortunately our society has made it acceptable to blame everybody else and not take responsibility for our own actions. It is time you grew up and accepted responsibility for those decisions you made. I don’t think you should have gotten baptized at such a young age; I don’t think you should have married at such a young age; I don’t think you should have left your husband and child. However those were all decisions you made. I have made twice as many bad decisions in my life ,only because I am twice your age, or feel like anyway, as you, the difference is I accept responsibility for my actions, good, bad or indifferent.

  On another note…all the time and effort that all the people who were copied in this email, including you and me, pale in comparison to the time, effort and the exhaustive, comprehensive research your mother has put in over the past 25+ years or so. If you think for one minute that you have the knowledge and wisdom on bible(Society) matters that your mother does, I suggest you take the next 40 hours of your life and study brain surgery and start cutting on people next week. (I am adding GAG ME)

  The point to my previous email is that we love you. We want what is good for you and your family. I want you to research, study and find the truth, whatever it may be for you. However we are tired of your negative BS against the JWs. (Although it is fine for the entirety of the BS JW's to be negative towards you) It’s like the whole purpose of every waking moment for you is to find some negative aspect of the Witnesses to blame for your life’s reality.(It's funny, my life's reality is great....it is the affects of the cult that suck) You pull up some apostate web page and believe everything that is written.(I guess the encyclopedia in now apostate...lol) You want to know what the Witnesses believe, study with a Witness.(I am adding...He forgets I have been there....done that)

  I look forward to you calling me in the future and saying “dad, the Baptist believe…” or “guess what I learned today about the Lutheran’s perspective on this subject… ”.(Oh, I am sure he is)

  By the way, hanging up on me was unacceptable and very disrespectful. I believe I have earned that respect;(By treating you like crap your whole life) and I am talking to all my children here; and I believe you owe me an apology.

  I love you very much and only want the best for you.(as long as it doesn't go against what the WTBTS says)

  Love

  Dad

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