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Part 2 and 3. Do they shoot Outhouses around here?
by Giordano insorry there is a formatting problem.
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My Story Part One....My mother's wild hair.
by Giordano inmy mother had a wild hair one day and decided to study with the jw's.
so after being a catholic for my first 12 years we were now apostates............ though neither she nor i realized it at the time.. i think what appealed to my mother was that the two sisters she studied with were very 'refined' they were also nicely dressed and very 'clean'.
i had no idea what the hell she was talking about.
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Some thoughts about Race
by Giordano ini grew up in an extended italian american family in jackson heights, a ten minute drive to new york city.
i did not meet a black person until i was in sixth grade.
our neighborhood was a a melting pot.....of white people.
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Think outside the college Box
by Giordano ini was very impressed with the following information from kiplinger's magazine and considering my own experience it might be helpful to many on this forum.
a lot has changed for those of us who graduated high school and decided to listen to our jw parents and our congregation and pioneer instead of furthering our education.
i was that person, an indifferent hs student, not too prone to go on to college.
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An Observation
by Giordano inthe society is spiritually bankrupt.....that's what we were experiencing before we left.. .
having turned their backs on their history, changed their 'truth' and abused their followers they now cling to a. clerical theology where numbers, be they accurate or not, have become the new truth.
the numbers, financial investments, real estate and blind obedience....to the death if need be....... are the firm pillors the wtbts stands on.. .
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The Pope Is Stepping Down.........WHY?
by Giordano inpopes have stepped down before but it's rare........the last one was pope gregory in 1415.. benedict cites poor health....perhaps so.
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/pope-benedict-stepping-down-shocking-abdication.
"citing age and infirmity as his reason for leaving the papacy, benedict's action comes................... less than a month after the decades-old child abuse scandal drew nearer to the pope's door, with revelations published in the los angeles times earlier this month that cardinal roger mahony, then archbishop of los angeles, sought to evade the law in cases involving the sexual abuse of children by the priests in his charge by sending them to treatment facilities in states that did not require health professionals to report the crimes to authorities.. at the time that mahony was covering up the crimes of his priests, benedict, then known as cardinal joseph ratzinger, led the congregation for the doctrine of the faith, the vatican office that oversaw such matters.
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The perfect storm...time to exit the JW's
by Giordano inis this the perfect time to tell family that are still in that you are so upset/devastated/embarassed over the candace conti revelations and trial and what happened to her as a 9 year old witness that you need to step away from field service and the meetings and do a lot of private praying.
you've been stumbled badly and don't know what to think at this time.
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JW's look who you are linked to!
by Giordano into the wtbts and jehovah's witnesse's everywhere you are now being linked to some of the worst child abuse cases because of your policies:.
the landmark trial of philadelphia archdiocese monsignor william lynn and the rev.
james brennan.. http://www.victoriabrownworth.com/.
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How to get your family out of the JW world.
by Giordano inon another thread a new poster the truth is mine talked about needing to stay undercover so that he doesn't lose control of his family to all of his well meaning theocratic relatives.. i remember reading a number of success stories about how some on this forum managed to get out with their families intact.
in particular i was looking for mad sweeney's account of his family bible study night and others who were able to find a way to connect to their loved ones.. i imagine there are a number of lurkers/posters who would like to know how they accomplished that..
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Alternate Meanings For Common Words
by Giordano inthe washington post has published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words.. 1. coffee, n. the person upon whom one coughs.. 2. flabbergasted, adj.
appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained.. 3. abdicate, v. to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.. 4. esplanade, v. to attempt an explanation while drunk.. 5. willy-nilly, adj.
impotent.. 6. negligent, adj.