OK, I'll do a post either later tonight when I get home or I'll post one or two examples tomorrow.
Posts by Mary
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449"Feeling sorry for yourself" about being hit by your husband is not Christian 2/15/12 WT Page 25 P 12
by yourmomma inhave anyone of you read, the absolutly jaw dropping paragraph in this article about a women who was hit by her husband?
its in page 25 of the 2/15/12 wt study edition (i read the dumbed down version).. .
if there was any question, that the watchtowers stance is for wives to simply take it when their husbands abuse them, this makes it crystal clear.. who the hell is scanning these things before they go to print?
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"Feeling sorry for yourself" about being hit by your husband is not Christian 2/15/12 WT Page 25 P 12
by yourmomma inhave anyone of you read, the absolutly jaw dropping paragraph in this article about a women who was hit by her husband?
its in page 25 of the 2/15/12 wt study edition (i read the dumbed down version).. .
if there was any question, that the watchtowers stance is for wives to simply take it when their husbands abuse them, this makes it crystal clear.. who the hell is scanning these things before they go to print?
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Mary
Gee I wonder if this group might be interested in the WT's view of domestic violence: http://www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/owd/english/resources/information/dates/prevention/index.shtml
One copy headed their way....
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"Feeling sorry for yourself" about being hit by your husband is not Christian 2/15/12 WT Page 25 P 12
by yourmomma inhave anyone of you read, the absolutly jaw dropping paragraph in this article about a women who was hit by her husband?
its in page 25 of the 2/15/12 wt study edition (i read the dumbed down version).. .
if there was any question, that the watchtowers stance is for wives to simply take it when their husbands abuse them, this makes it crystal clear.. who the hell is scanning these things before they go to print?
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Mary
I've been reading more of the comments on here and last night I started working on a letter I'm going to do to some Women's Rights groups here in Canada. I'm going to make a lot of photocopies of the article in question (and the WT can kiss my ass if they try crying 'copyright infringement') and send them out in the mail. I'm wondering too if sending some copies to other churches might be beneficial since the Borg loves to denounce other religions for their 'non-Christian' practices.
Emotions aside, what they're saying is don't push someone past his or her limits. Makes sense and there's nothing wrong with it.
Actually Anne-B, I dont' get that from the article at all. What they're saying is that a woman should put up with an abusive husband who is "hot-tempered", where you have to "walk on eggs shells" lest to set him off, and who apparently hates his wife "making a point" so much so, that she'll get a beating for her efforts. There was absolutely no indication whatsoever in the article where they condemned the husbands' actions, there was no indication that this should be reported to the police, or that the wife could benefit from medical attention, counselling or that she simply should'nt put up with this shit. Incredibly, the article shifts the blame at least partially to the wife because she's not 'submissive enough' and not 'acting like a Christian'.
And unfortunately, we all are too well aware of Witness women who have (JW or non-JW) husbands who beat them and where it is totally ignored by the elders and everyone else, lest they upset the applecart. Your assertion that they're really saying "don't push someone past his or her limits or bad things can happen" is ridiculous and appalling. For all you know, the wife didn't do his laundry or didn't buy him a 40 oz. of scotch and he went nuts on her. Are you insinuating that wife is to blame for that?
Ever read The Burning Bed?
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"Feeling sorry for yourself" about being hit by your husband is not Christian 2/15/12 WT Page 25 P 12
by yourmomma inhave anyone of you read, the absolutly jaw dropping paragraph in this article about a women who was hit by her husband?
its in page 25 of the 2/15/12 wt study edition (i read the dumbed down version).. .
if there was any question, that the watchtowers stance is for wives to simply take it when their husbands abuse them, this makes it crystal clear.. who the hell is scanning these things before they go to print?
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unshackled asked: If physical beatings are tolerated, what does the GB consider to be an 'extreme situation'? Perhaps cannibalism?
Only if the husband didn't drain all the blood first. Then he could be disfellowshipped for eating blood but she still wouldn't have grounds to divorce him. Makes perfect sense!!
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"Feeling sorry for yourself" about being hit by your husband is not Christian 2/15/12 WT Page 25 P 12
by yourmomma inhave anyone of you read, the absolutly jaw dropping paragraph in this article about a women who was hit by her husband?
its in page 25 of the 2/15/12 wt study edition (i read the dumbed down version).. .
if there was any question, that the watchtowers stance is for wives to simply take it when their husbands abuse them, this makes it crystal clear.. who the hell is scanning these things before they go to print?
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Mary
Oh give me a f**king break..........OK, here's an idea: How about I go down to Crooklyn and beat the hell out of one of the Slobbering Body members. A black eye, a broken jaw, a busted nose.....or maybe I'll just kick his balls through the roof of his mouth.......Let's see how long he'll put up with it for before screaming for help and having me arrested for Assault.
We should scan this page and forward it to as many Women's Rights groups as possible. Something tells me they wouldn't take too kindly that millions of women in one group are being told that they should stay with an abusive husband because he might convert one day.
I shouldn't have read that.....now I'm pissed off.
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More rancid meat lovingly provided by the F&DS
by serenitynow! inin the 2/15/2012 koolaid there is an article about finding happiness in a divided household.
i found this to be particularly offensive: .
"when facing a challenge, it is important to seek scriptural counsel from publications of the faithful and discreet slave class and from the elders.
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Mary
It is good to remember that unbelieving spouses may feel abandoned or threatened when their mate leaves to participate in Christian activities, but loving reassurances can go a long way in allaying such feelings."
Yeeees.....I remember how "reassured" Gumby felt when his smug, self-righteous son-in-law told him that if he stopped going to the meetings, they wouldn't have anything to do with him. I guess he must've just misunderstood eh?
There's a reason why this damn cult splits so many families up and it's because they have drilled it into the believers' brain that loyalty to the Borg comes before anything---even your spouse and children. And it's only going to get worse. The goons and thugs running the show are very worried and angry at the number who are abandoning ship. Since they lack normal coping and reasoning skills, the best they can do is to invent ficticious names to promote the illusion that all is well in Never-Never-land........
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What is the most embarassing moment you've had while still a JW?
by african GB Member ini remember having to preach to my girlfriend/classmate while i was still at school.
i was with one of the elders and it was my 'house' to preach.. wished i could vanish from the surface of the earth..
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Was out in Field Serve-Us and knocked on a door. A drop-dead gorgeous guy comes to the door with only a towel on as he had just gotten out of the shower. I think I told him I was selling pens.......
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What's the most insensitive thing you have been told while grieving?
by 3rdgen ina few years ago my 21 yr old firstborn and only son died in an accident.
i was an active jw at the time.
in fact , i was at the meeting when it happened.
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Mary
When my youngest brother died years ago, my other brother (who had DA'd himself a few years previously and this was at the time where you were supposed to treat them like a DF'd person, even though they had never been baptized), was naturally, like the rest of us, in shock, grieving and mourning his brother as they had been very close. The night of the visitation, we got a call from the PO who made it clear that my brother "shouldn't be talking to anyone at the funeral" given his status. I was stunned and disgusted beyond words and ended up driving over to the pricks' house and screamed my head off at him for being such an insensative jerk. I will never forget the hurt look on my brother's face.
Then when my b-i-l died a couple of years ago, my sister had put a picture of him up at the front of the Hall. She was told by her asshole PO to take the picture down, as it would draw "too much attention" to my b-i-l and not the fine service that shit-for-brains was about to give.
And they wonder why so many are leaving?
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JWs and Nazis in WW II
by robhic ini know there is considerable info on jws and the nazis during wwii.
i happen to be reading a book on "auschwitz" and other nazi death camps.
i wasn't looking for this but found it interesting.. heidrich himmler (sp) (i believe he was hitler's #1 death-camp officer) thought using jws for servants in the living quarters of the german ss troops manning the camps was a good idea.
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Mary
Jim Penton gave me a copy of the book he wrote this very subject called Jehovah's Witnesses and the Third Reich. I think that with Rutherfraud running the show during the war, there was indeed, a certain about of prejudice towards the Jews by many (but not all) of the Witnesses at the time.
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Remembrance Day Today 11th hour 11th day 11th month 2011
by finallysomepride injust 11am in queensland australia.
from wikipedia:.
remembrance day (also known as poppy day, armistice day and veterans day) is a memorial day observed in commonwealth countries since the end of world war i to remember the members of their armed forces who have died in the line of duty.
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Mary
Congrats FS!!