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  I feel like I'm prejudiced sometimes...

  by cognac in

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  and it makes me sick.

  i mean, i watch this big, black woman on youtube sing with this incredible voice and all i think is sadness cause i feel like she abuses her kids.

  that's so awful.

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  awaken2004

  There must be a reason you feel this way. Acknowledging your feelings is admirable. Now you need to explore why you feel this way. I usually comes from something in childhood. Were your parents predjudice in any way? Did you see something a young age that traumatized you.

  I remember one assembly my sister and I saw a large black woman beating her kid in the bathroom. I don't mean a few swats on the butt either. This lady was out of control. Someone reported her, rightfully so. It was very sad. We were older but I imagine if we were young it could have left a lasting impression. Other than the impression that that woman was crazy.
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  NEW video on Youtube MUST SEE! the elder's meeting is ridiculous!

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  brother of the hawk, newly enlightened & gojira, recorded an elder's meeting on 5/7/03.

  both does a great job of defending me and making the elders look foolish!.

  thank you raypublisher/jj and jwstruggle for the awesome job you did on it.. follow up story was not recorded but we will post it here hopefully over the weekend.. enjoy, it's pretty hilarious how they try to control us and come after me on a work of fiction!.

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  awaken2004

  Marking for later . . .
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  Policing the Flock: Does it vary from country to country?

  by Londo111 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so many stories ive read on jwn shows that the policing the flock is alive and well.

  elders come after faders, especially if they are suspected of the dreaded a-word, the jw scarlet letter, a for apostasy.

  if elders are gunning for a person, they will do whatever it takes.. .

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  awaken2004

  Absolutely, without a doubt. Depends on the personalities of the elders. I knew an elder that was determined to catch a sister by constantly calling her, trying to visit, asking family about her. He was finally able to DF her when he found out she was pregnant and continued to ignore him.

  Other elders in the same congregation were much more liberal/carring and didn't take much time to catch "wrongdoers". They moslt waited for you to come forward on your own after trying to contact you for awhile.

  That other elder was a young self-righteous prick, imho. Also, I think he made it personal with her because she was interested him for some time but he would just play cat and mouse with her. I believe he is single to this day. Probably a supressed gay guy. Funny but sad.
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  Having Children is 'easy' to do, but should everyone have the right?

  by fulltimestudent in

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  yup!

  this is a 'can of worms' topic, and it raises many issues, but i raise the issue because of this little girl:.

  her name is tanilla, and this is what happened to her:.

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  awaken2004

  I work in dependency courts and I am all for steralizing certain people. So many hurt/abuse their kids, lose them to the system and go off and make more babies just to end up right back here.
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  Education Double Standard

  by Tech49 in

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  this is the kind of thing that really burns me.. .

  wtbts holds out an extreme double standard in regards to education.

  most, if not all, of you know how they feel about obtaining an education past high school (in the u.s.).

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  awaken2004

  I agree with all your comments. The org is so fearful of their members learning to think outside the box and discouraging college is a way to prevent that. If I had HS to do over again I would pursue a career in music of some kind. They say it's never too late but priorities make things challenging.

  Now I am looking forward to teaching my child (1st one the way ) to follow his dreams and think for himself.
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  Anyone Live in or around Los Angeles?

  by cantleave in

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  i have a free day sunday and would love to meet up with a mentally diseased apostate.

  i am staying in the lax marriott..

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  awaken2004

  I really wanted to join all of you but my back is not having it. Have fun and I hope to join you next time, hopefully sooner rather than later.
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  Anyone Live in or around Los Angeles?

  by cantleave in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have a free day sunday and would love to meet up with a mentally diseased apostate.

  i am staying in the lax marriott..

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  awaken2004

  What time are you meeting? I hope I can join all of you.
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  Post 6: My brother turns on me now - Possible Legal advice

  by sosoconfused in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this is a letter i received today with my brother turning on me based on something that was told to him by my crazy mother.

  he works for me, yet has not spoken a word to me in months because he is a self-righteous little dick.. .

  what i would like to know from someone who knows the law, is it possible i can sue him if he pressures people to not work with me because of my religious beliefs????

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  awaken2004

  Im so tired of these people, family or not, thinking they can just say whatever the hell they want to us. Why can't they just respect our decisions and keep their mouths shut! Sorry, my mom really hurt me today, unitentionally but it still hurt.
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  Jehovah'$ Witne$$e$ say center would have big impact

  by betterdaze in

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  jehovah's witnesses say center would have big impact.

  a planned 3,000-seat educational center will have a substantial economic impact on orangeburg county over the next five years, jehovah's witnesses officials say.. .

  the center could generate $264 million in revenues over a five-year period, with the added benefit of more than $18.4 million in new sales tax revenues for the local area, church spokesman bill sims said.. .

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  awaken2004

  The building is now up and the following video is floating around facebook . . .

  http://youtu.be/06e16jhbh_c

  Sorry, still don't know how to insert links.
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  A Quote from the January Public Watchtower: SHOULD YOU FEAR THE END OF THE WORLD?

  by Londo111 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  a little preamble: of the handful of online friends i've made during my time on jwn, auntbee has certainly been the best.

  the time and dedication that she has to help jws is amazing, even more amazing when one considers she was never a jw herself.

  she is very well read.

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  awaken2004

  What! LOL saving for later . . .