Topics Started by Praying4Justice

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Man Vs. Woman---The Organization's View
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
women in the "truth" are considered lower than men or even male children!

for years, females couldn't give talks in the ministry school.

now, interperters who are female must wear a head covering as if they were teaching, mot merely repeating for fear they might offend the angels!.
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According to bookstudy, it's ok to beat wife.....occassionally
by JWinprotest in
1. jw
2. friends
i apologize if this has been mentioned, but i don't have the time to come on here as often.

yesterday's bookstudy on divorce got my shorts in a bit of a knot.

apparently, according to the god's love book, a wife could consider legal separation from her husband if she is physically abused, but (get this) only in the case of extreme physical abuse, and if the wife's life is in danger.
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paranoid and ready to officially leave!
by leftchica in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
so i officially realized today that i am paranoid!!

everytime i hear a car door slam outside i peek out the window.

my blinds are closed and the telivision is on low.
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Thoughts on NOT dating
by wantstoleave in
1. jw
2. experiences
just throwing some thoughts out there.

wondering if anyone feels the same as i do.

you know, being brought up not being allowed to date until you were 'of marrying age'.
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Oct. 15th WT - WT Society Manipulation " Find True Friends Only in JW land"
by flipper in
1. jw
2. friends
well- you knew this was coming next after the article of how to be jesus friend.

so the wt society was setting it's members up to seek friends only in the ranks of jehovah's witnesses.

basically in this article " maintaining friendships in a loveless world " - even from the title you get the impression the wt is showing that the world is loveless- but the jehovah's witnesses are not.
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How can it be? It's so cruel...
by Newborn in
1. jw
2. friends
...that my only sister shuns me????.

sorry but i feel so miserable and i miss her enormously:-(.

it hurts when i write her (e-mail, letters, sms) but she doesn't reply.
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The most inappropriate remarks from Jehovahs Witnesses
by jambon1 in
1. jw
2. friends
i have a few which still either anger me, make me sad or just make me grateful that i am no longer one of them.

1 - "well, everyone is going to die anyway, so if it at armageddon then ce la vie" 2 - "the disater today at the world trade centre is sad, but exciting" 3 - (an elder) "when armageddon happens, i want to be at a window, watching it all".

sick, sick, sick!
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A witness dinner- Puts on Samuel Herds {Gov.body} talk I nearly choked!
by Witness 007 in
1. jw
2. experiences
visiting my mum she made me go to my first meeting in years.

a brother i studied with invites me to dinner....nice change i thought!

rumor has it that i have become in-active....true!
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Please I need your help! evil site
by Dogpatch in
1. jw
2. friends
evil for some at least!.

now that i shamelessly hijacked your attention folks, i could, pretty please use some suggestions.. a dear friend, who is a website designer recently volunteered to redesign my sites.

he succeeded in creating a great design, especially for www.freeminds.org .
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Your JW Relatives Have 2 Personalities - Cult & Authentic- See the Change
by flipper in
1. jw
2. friends
in steve hassan's book, " combatting cult mind control" - one of the points that assisted me the most is understanding that all cult members have a " cult " personality which turns on when defending their faith, and they have an authentic, non - cult personality they were born with- the personality they had before being programmed by the jehovah's witnesses or any other " cult".

how is this dual cult/ authentic personality manifest ?

hassan mentions in his book that, " one moment the person is speaking cultic jargon with a hostile or elitist know-it-all attitude .