i have hesitated to post anything about my recent encounters with our jw doctor, because i don't really want anyone to insult her or me, for continuing to rely on her for medical care.
our family doctor is a jehovah's witness.
we were referred to her by our former bs conductor.
Hi Faithful Witness, If you want to find out if your doctor is a JW or not, secretaly start writing www.jwfacts.com or www.freedomofmind.com in permanent ink (or attaching permanent stickers with QR codes) on the JW literature in the doctor's office. If she is a JW, she will tell you that someone is defaming WTBTS propaganda in her office.
Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,
Robert
www.nbcnews.com/news/world/u-n-report-vatican-policies-allowed-priests-rape-children-n22531.
sounds familier to policies of a certain religious group i know of.
wheels of change just turned a little more.. .
I wonder what the UN would do to NGO's that behaved the same as the Catholic Church? I wonder if they know about Candace Conti and other coverups by the WTBTS?
Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,
Robert
http://www.mcalesternews.com/breakingnews/x409169231/da-jehovah-witness-church-concealed-molestation-crimes.
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governing body being accused of covering it up!.
One can only hope that more JWs will read these types of stories and wonder why more has not been done or could be done to protect children. Waiting on Jehovah (i.e., the GB) doesn't work!!
Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,
Robert
so awhile back, during our last circuit overseer visit, vic and i decided to bite the bullet.... there seemed to be very little support for the mid-week lunch plans for the co and his wife, so we signed up to host.
we definitely didnt want it to be awkward, so we invited a few others along, as a nice little group affair.
they were excited, and offered to do the cooking, so i said i would play along.. just some background.... this particular co is kind of a tool (big surprise right?
Hi Tech49, If the CO lives in the USA, you might want to send him the following link to how to qualify for Social Security: http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10035.pdf. The bottom line is that if he has not paid social security tax he is out-of-luck getting SSI.
How do you qualify for retirement benefits?
When you work and pay Social Security taxes, you earn
“credits” toward Social Security benefits.The number of credits you need to get retirement benefits
depends on when you were born. If you were born in 1929
or later, you need 40 credits (10 years of work).If you stop working before you have enough credits to
qualify for benefits, the credits will remain on your Social
Security record. If you return to work later on, you can
add more credits so that you qualify. We cannot pay any
retirement benefits until you have the required number
of credits.
Kuddos to you for using a very interesting tactic to help your wife see through the WTBTS's BITE control.
Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,
Robert
i have hesitated to post anything about my recent encounters with our jw doctor, because i don't really want anyone to insult her or me, for continuing to rely on her for medical care.
our family doctor is a jehovah's witness.
we were referred to her by our former bs conductor.
Hi Faithful Witness, Although it may not be any of your business to help your doctor to see TTATT, I feel that the way that you have handled yourself so far is very good. I do not feel that it is inappropriate to express your thoughts about the importance of family to you, the importance of doing independent research, and critically thinking for oneself to JWs. There is a big difference between helping someone to critically think for oneself and pushing ones religious beliefs on another person. Go for it with your doctor!
Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,
Robert
i want to talk about my story because i need help and advice and most impirtant a lot of comfort.. one year and a half ago i met a wonderful guy.
he was really nice and supporyed me during hard moments.
i slowly fell in love with him.
Accio - I know if he doesn't like me my heart will be broken... but I need advice to fight being shy, show him I like him or which signs mean he likes me too. Thank you !
Hi Accio, Practise, practise, practise being outgoing and projecting confidence. Most guys like women who smile, are positive, are fun to be around, ask guys questions as well as talk about themselves, and project confidence about themselves. Look around at women who you know who are popular and try to figure out what you would feel comfortable changing in your behavior/appearance.
A simple way to find out if this guy likes you, is to occasionally lightly touch him from his hand to his elbow momentarily when he says something funny or something that you like. If you do this several times in an encounter and he does not touch you back or draws away from you, you know that he is not interested in you.
Use the time that you have with this guy to get a better idea what you want in a BF or future husband. The better vision that you have of what you want in life: the better choices that you will make in the future.
Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,
Robert
yesterday after an awesome workout at the gym i was walking to the front door and i saw my former friend who is a "spiritually strong" (non-thinking) jw walking towards me talking with a trainer.
i thought she was either there on a job interview or was taking a tour of the facilities before joining.. i thought should i say hi, should i say nothing, would she acknowledge me, etc.
i decided to say hi to make sure that she remembered that i am a member of this gym, so that she would not feel uncomfortable it she accepted a job there or joined it.. the gym is about 20 miles from where she lived when i was friends with her, but is in a convenient location between where she was living and where she works.. i said "hi n" about five feet before me, no response.. i said "hi n" a little louder about five feet after they passed me.
@ cult classic, I do enjoy working out. On Superbowl Sunday I played tennis, worked out at the gym, bladded with a friend, and did 12-oz curls at Hooters. I consider that an awesome workout schedule. Too bad the Broncos lost, but the Seahawks were definately playing better and the Seahawks defense definately deserved the win.
I'm glad that you are able to seperate your feelings for JWs' cult and authentic personas, so that you can live freer from the WTBTS.
Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,
Robert
as i was laying in bed i thought of a question to ask my wife.
"when the wt has an article on the next change in teaching or new light, just guessing, what do you think it might be?".
it does not need to be phrased just like that, but i thought it might be a powerful question since it would make the jw subconsciously question all of the current teachings, something they are not taught to do.
Hi BU2B, Depending on how "Spiritually Strong" (non-thinking) your wife is, asking simple questions like yours or poppers' question is better than telling a JW about TTATT. If your wife is very "Spiritually Strong" (non-thinking), you should read the thread exJW Psychology 102--How to Ask a Question When Questions Aren't Allowed by Billy the Ex-Bethelite to rephrase your question.
I like poppers question because it might help you identify what bothers your wife's authentic persona the most about the WTBTS. The more you can help your wife's authentic persona overcome her cult persona the better.
Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,
Robert
yesterday after an awesome workout at the gym i was walking to the front door and i saw my former friend who is a "spiritually strong" (non-thinking) jw walking towards me talking with a trainer.
i thought she was either there on a job interview or was taking a tour of the facilities before joining.. i thought should i say hi, should i say nothing, would she acknowledge me, etc.
i decided to say hi to make sure that she remembered that i am a member of this gym, so that she would not feel uncomfortable it she accepted a job there or joined it.. the gym is about 20 miles from where she lived when i was friends with her, but is in a convenient location between where she was living and where she works.. i said "hi n" about five feet before me, no response.. i said "hi n" a little louder about five feet after they passed me.
To everyone who has responded on this thread thanks.
@ heathen, I have never been a JW so I wouldn't know. I do know that my former friend is a pilates instructor and she does not like to pressure her other clients with WTBTS material or accepting WTBTS "Bible Studies" (indoctrination sessions). I guess that just goes to prove that all JWs do not behave the same as the WTBTS's teaches JWs to say.
@ KateWild, You are welcomed. I hope that more people will learn to be polite to JWs to screw with their cult personas and hopefully help their authentic personas to one day overcome their cult personas. As the NAACP slogan states, "The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste."
@ Suspicious, Thanks for the WTBTS's analogy. I can see how someone without critical thinking skills/skeptism could easily fall into the WTBTS's convoluted logic. I wonder why my former friend did not shun her DF'ed son because she loved him too much? May be there is hope that her authentic persona will one day overcome her cult persona. I hope that my former friend will never shun her son and that her son will get help to overcome WTBTS's phobias.
Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,
Robert
i have never been a jw.
in fact, i've never set foot inside a kh.
my parents began studying in the early 70s, before i was born.
Welcome JesseS, you may have some residual BITE control indoctrination from childhood that you may want to investigate. Have you read Steve Hassan's books (i.e., "Combatting Cult Mind Control", "Releasing the Bonds: Empowering People to Think for Themselves", and (his latest book) "Freedom of Mind: Helping Loved Ones Leave Controlling Peopel, Cults and Beliefs"), visited his website www.freedomofmind.com, and/or watched his videos on his website. If you don't have a lot of time, you may want to watch the following video to understand more how the WTBTS's BITE control indoctrination can adversely affect a person emotionally: Strategic Interactive Approach explained 2003 (1:23:23).
Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,
Robert
