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  Anybody watch the premiere of "Lie To Me" on FOX tonight?

  by pseattle2 in

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  one of the stories revolved around a witness-raised teenager accused of killing a high school teacher.

  interesting, pretty accurate portrayal of jehovah's witness parents, with a couple of flubs (they said "the lord" instead of what they'd really say, "jehovah god").. the parents were, however, described as being outcast or criticized by their own congregation for being somewhat extremist and isolationist in their views.

  i couldn't buy that the congregation would criticize any such parents for being so devout about their views; i'd think they'd be pillars in the org.. the kid also said "i swear to god" which i was explicitly told i should never utter when i was a dub.. very good show, otherwise.

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  Hey, I just realized something!

  by pseattle2 in

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  2. beliefs

  the price of a gallon of gas is back down to around 2 bucks -- less than that, even, if you don't get premium.. so, with that "hardship to brothers" at least temporarily lessened, does that mean the weekly one-hour book study in private homes is back on again?.

  c'mon, wt!

  bring it back!

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  Bethelite: Elder burnout, R&F disillusionment led to book study change

  by pseattle2 in

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  please visit the blog: http://governingbodyletters.blogspot.com/2008/05/bethelites-viewpoint-on-recent.html.

  a bethelite's viewpoint on the recent organization changesto me the most obvious reason has nothing to do with control, or money.

  it has everything to do with the serious shortage of qualified brothers who can (or who are willing to) be used.

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  It's on in Murieta.

  by pseattle2 in

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  2. child-abuse

  source: http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/pe_news_local_d_webtestify.23d1b64.html.

  appellate court denies request to intervene in molestation case.

  an appellate court today denied a request to intervene in the case of a jehovah's witness facing child molestation charges.

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  Judge rules JW elders must testify in molestation case

  by pseattle2 in

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  2. child-abuse

  this just went up on freeminds regarding the jw elders in southern california, who have so far been stonewalling about their private conversations with accused jw child molester gilbert simental... the judge in the case has issued an order for them to testify:.

  (the judge) said... "it was more like a third-party investigation into immoral conduct."...

  the judge said, the elders' duty was to determine guilt and to protect the congregation, not to keep the communications under wraps.

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  Time Mag: JW's Experience Lots of "Masked Churn"

  by pseattle2 in

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  http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1716987,00.html.

  last week we learned that jw's are the fastest-growing religion in america, with between 2-3% growth nationwide.

  but the survey in question also noted that the turnover rate in jw's is alarmingly high:.

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