there has been much said and asked about the recent child abuse issues and the settlements made by the wtbts.
another posters thread raised a question for me.
if baptised/unbaptised witnesses started leaving (the truth?
There has been much said and asked about the recent child abuse issues and the settlements made by the WTBTS. Another posters thread raised a question for me.
If baptised/unbaptised witnesses started leaving (the truth?) because they were unhappy about the societie's handeling of this issue in anyway, could/would the elder's and the WTBTS df, da or shun anyone who leaves?
i got home from work on friday and just casually mentioned the settlements and she wanted to know more so i printed out two articles from different newspapers.
she got so upset about this that she wrote her po a letter stating that she will not give any more money because she doesn't want her money going to pay out abuse settlements.
she also told him that she wanted to be left alone and not to bother her.
The borg has so much money and is recieving it in so many different way's, it is too easy for them to say it is not coming from your contribution's. Just another possibility for damage control within the borg that may be seen in the watchtower or in some tract in the near future.
Becoming inactive or leaving the borg because of this issue create's a question for me. I will start a thread on it.
i have sent this letter to the society to invite their comments; i hope to receive a reply.. _____________________________________________________.
dear sirs.
re: child abuse and settlement of claims.
I agree with Gil. The WTBTS is a printing company and they will probably print a tract that say's nothing more than we have already heard. Add to it the same old lame expression,"God will punish them at Armegeddon."
i remember when the dateline special hit.
i was a naiive ubm in waiting and the folks we were studying with made a special appointment with us to do damage control.
undoubtedly they were instructed to do so.
BTW, do we at least have an unsubstantiated rumor as to the AMOUNT of the settlement?
The moderaters may remove any comments on that line.
The abuse case has not gone unnoticed. My stepson is now a Mormon and the abuse case has been a topic of discussion at his church for some time now. The Mormon's apparently haven't had anything good to say about the witnesses and this scandal is just more fuel for them to use in their ministry.
i am at the end of my rope.
i lost my favorite "bubble-headed" goldfish.
i have one goldfish left.
Buying fish at Petsmart may be a bad idea. They medicate thier fish because every tank share's the same filter. Fish tend to die in about two weeks from time you take them home. That's from a Petsmart employee near me. Did you add a new fish recently? Are they all new? Disease can be hard to identify. A product called stress coat is valuable for fish in resisting disease, parasites and handeling fish during water changes. Look into that. Old fish food is also very bad.
You say tap water. Is it from a well? If so, compressed carbon dioxide in the water may be a problem. When filling the tank, allow the water to drop in on top and not below the surface of the water. A strong agitation of the water will allow the CO2 to release somewhat. City water? May be high in chlorine and minerals and there are products available for that at the pet shop. If you have water concerns and you dont own a test kit ask a pet shop if they could test your water for you.
When changing water, I make sure the temperature difference is less than five degrees between tank, holding tank and back into tank. If your using a filtration system, you may not have to change the water for very long periods especially if your using a beneficial bacteria in your tank. A healthy tank will provide its own bacteria to keep it clean and one pound of rocks for each gallon of water will give the bacteria a place to reside. Clean water can go cloudy and back to clean and that happens every summer in my ponds. Bacteria needs time to establish itself and it also controls ammonia.
It all seems very technical, but it is very easy once you get the hang of it.
DJK, of the 80 goldfish and 20 Koi class.
maybe this thread has already been started before.
please forgive me if it has, but i would like to know how many on board are active witnesses, inactive, da/df''d, or never been witnesses.. i am inactive since 2005, black female, separated, head of household, etc.. rsvp.
snowbird.
Left cold turkey in 74. 33 years ago today! Never baptised. Dad wasn't happy. He said recently "I wish you would come back into the truth". I said, "Don't you get it?, I was never in it".
White male, married.(not for long)
my husband called me today - and right away i knew from the sound of his voice something was wrong.
he didn't say much, just that he had an accident at work and was at the hospital, could i please come right away.
thankfully he was not seriously physically hurt, but he was in shock and they had to give him some lorazepam to settle him down.
Good to hear it isn't serious. For dinner, I recommend ice cream.
i like to consider myself a bit of an island.
some might call what i do anti-social.
as an island, i have to face inescapable facts - those being that sometimes, i must travel to the mainland.
I too am anti-social. Unfortunately that's the way I'm built. Thinking about it now I can say I spent more time worrying about having conversations with people, some I dread, than the actual conversation would take. Does that make sense or is that weird?
dear all,.
there's not much that makes me wince, not at the movies anyway, but those things that have, have inevitably stayed in the memory.. i saw it a long time ago at the cinema, but the reservoir dogs scene where michael madsen cuts a policeman's ear off to the track stuck in the middle with you, was one such scene.
certainly couldn't watch it again.
Blachhawk Down; I walked out with dozens of other people 15 minutes after the movie started.
i believe that i am experiencing a profound change in my personality, and those changes are at a stage where i have honestly contemplated this recently.
honestly.. i don't think i could ever do it - anyone who has followed me on the boards here know that i am neither suicidal nor an apologist for that lot.
yet, having been off work for a few weeks now with surgical recovery, i have had time to make assessment of my future.
Friends come and go, and with age, it seems more go than come. I see it happen for people who were never connected to the JWs in any way. You can get great exposure to people and good association from people on a bowling league etc, etc. Friends you grow with and at my age there is little time left to grow. That's me and for now, I enjoy what I can get and what's around me while there is time.
