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  Friend gets "scriptural divorce" over wifes transgressions before they got married...

  by sosoconfused in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i have a friend in a congregation in new jersey who recently called me to tell me that he got a divorce.

  nothing surprising there at first but it is the fact of when it happened.

  his wife began pioneering april 1, and after about three weeks she came to him and told him that about 4 years she had engaged in loose conduct (fondling the penis and the guy kissing her breasts) during a time that she was inactive.

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  I agree with Diana, why would she want him, if all this comes out as being in error on edict from the Branch, and he finds out he can't get remarried. He is an ass. Poor woman, she tries to do 'the right thing' JW style, by pioneering, gets a lecture about secret sins and starts feeling guilty about something that happen years earlier. She confesses, they make her feel like crap and poison her pathetic husband's mind against her.

  To him: Good riddence, jerk.

  To her: Have a happy, wonderful life. Find your old college boyfriend and make up for lost time.
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  7 graphs that prove America is overrated

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  before the usual suspects start reaching for the pich-forks and forming a mob, i invite you to actually read and consider this, not just leap to conclusions.. http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/united-states/130607/7-graphs-america-overrated-nsa-prism-privacy.

  why do i care?

  it seems the people being screwed the most are also the most visciferous defenders of the status quo which sees them being severely disadvantaged.. maternity leave?

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  This may have been covered already, I haven't read all the comments...I keep trying to figure out why an employer should be responsible to pay for maternity leave, the employer wasn't the one having sex, and doesn't benefit in anyway from the baby. I can understand unpaid maternity leave, but as an employer to pay for the consequences unprotected sex seems silly and expensive to me.
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  Massive flooding in Alberta, Canmore, Calgary

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  canmore has been hit really hard, looks awful.. and all that water is coming our way .... http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=m9f35m-fovi.

  http://www.calgarysun.com/2013/06/20/heavy-rain-in-banff-canmore-area-causes-flooding-forces-evacuations.

  http://globalnews.ca/news/658584/flooding-washes-out-trans-canada-highway-banff-canmore-declare-states-of-emergencies/.

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  Simon and others in that area of Canada-wishing you all to be safe and sound!
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  exJW Psychology 103--Let's Reconsider "Confidentiality"

  by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  over the course of decades as a jw, an elder, a bethelite, then learning ttatt and wanting to leave, i'd collected a lot of insight into the power of "confidentiality.

  " although the confidentiality in a judicial hearing is supposedly to protect the sinner, in actuality, i saw that it was about control and was protecting the power of the jc.. i didn't use any of this knowledge until i was called before the boe because the other elders figured they had grounds to remove me as an elder.

  it was a work situation that only lasted a matter of hours, but it was enough that they seized the moment.

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  Billy-What interesting experiences you share here. This is great, that you, 'the sinner', were willing to not be 'protected' and shared you story with everyone. This must have killed them, to lose the power over you, to have the star chamber exposed willingly. Love it!!
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  I just informed the parents about me and the TTATT... heart wrenching

  by sosoconfused in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  well first i want to thank everyone here for the good points etc... i have received over the last few months.

  you guys have really been helpful!.

  so the other day my mother wrote me a 3 page letter telling me how she was so scared for me because she could tell my love for the truth was gone etc.. so i decided i wanted to totally rip the band-aid off and get this matter over and done with.

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  soso-You are really, truly brave. Your poor mother, insisting on being completely mislead. I'm glad your father was more reasonable and willing to accept your beliefs without rocking the boat...my mom would react ths exact same way that yours has...
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  exJW Psychology 102--How to Ask a Question When Questions Aren't Allowed

  by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  now that enough time has passed and i've moved away, i think i'm overdue to share some of the stories from my fade.

  i've mentioned some of this before, but i think it deserves its own thread.. we all would like to be able to freely ask questions about jw beliefs and get our family and friends to really think about certain questions.

  however, when you're a baptized jw, you really can't ask any good questions or you'll get the "apostate" label slapped on you!

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  Brilliant! I can just see this method used on a part at the Ministry School, two sisters, sitting at a tacky table, one asking the question-"Why can't we join the YMCA?"

  The other sister answering, "Let me see, I came across this NGO application from the WTBTS to the UN, what is their reasoning on this matter".
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  Jehovah’s Witnesses couple accused of neglecting child by feeding only fruits, vegetables and juices

  by Sol Reform in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/jehovahs-witnesses-couple-from-jupiter-accused-of-/nyhx3/.

  posted: 2:50 p.m. tuesday, june 11, 2013. jehovah's witnesses couple accused of neglecting child by feeding only fruits, vegetables and juicescomment(31) 21 191 22 477relatedview larger louis, claudelview larger louis, vanessaby alexandra seltzerpalm beach post staff writer.

  a suburban jupiter couple is in the county jail today after they refused to give their 19-month-old boy the nutrients he needed, causing him to end up in a local hospital's intensive care unit.claudel and vanessa louis face charges of neglect of a child with great bodily harm.palm beach county sheriff's deputies were called to st. mary's medical center in west palm beach on june 5 to investigate the child neglect case.. the 19-month-old boy was admitted to the hospital may 24 after he had trouble breathing.the boy's doctor told the investigating deputy that the boy was severely malnourished, underdeveloped and was in respiratory distress, according to a sheriff's probable-cause affidavit.

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  Didn't anyone at the Kingdom Hall notice that this baby was malnurished? Didn't anyone feel the need to contact the authorities?...oh wait, we mustn't bring reproach on Jehovah's name...
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  Jehovah’s Witnesses couple accused of neglecting child by feeding only fruits, vegetables and juices

  by Sol Reform in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/jehovahs-witnesses-couple-from-jupiter-accused-of-/nyhx3/.

  posted: 2:50 p.m. tuesday, june 11, 2013. jehovah's witnesses couple accused of neglecting child by feeding only fruits, vegetables and juicescomment(31) 21 191 22 477relatedview larger louis, claudelview larger louis, vanessaby alexandra seltzerpalm beach post staff writer.

  a suburban jupiter couple is in the county jail today after they refused to give their 19-month-old boy the nutrients he needed, causing him to end up in a local hospital's intensive care unit.claudel and vanessa louis face charges of neglect of a child with great bodily harm.palm beach county sheriff's deputies were called to st. mary's medical center in west palm beach on june 5 to investigate the child neglect case.. the 19-month-old boy was admitted to the hospital may 24 after he had trouble breathing.the boy's doctor told the investigating deputy that the boy was severely malnourished, underdeveloped and was in respiratory distress, according to a sheriff's probable-cause affidavit.

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  This sounds really odd, even for JW's!
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  So, Whats the real reason JWs are no concessions open at the DC and are discouraged from supporting nearby vendors?

  by BU2B in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so ever since they discontinues the food service at the assemblies and dcs, jws have been "lovingly encouraged" to pack a light lunch to eat.

  the secretary at the hall that i am held hostage in said during the service meeting that even a sub would be too heavy to eat, and that a light salad was the best option.

  what do you fine people think is the real reason why, in the absence of food service, jws are told to not leave the building at lunch?

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  Also, if you go to an outside place to eat, you may not return in time to 'receive complete refreshment at Jehovah's banquet table'.
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  John the BAPTISER vs John the BAPTIST - which do you prefer?

  by PaintedToeNail in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have always wondered why, as jw's, we would always say jt baptiser instead of jt baptist like everyone else.

  it bugged me, so i refused to say it.

  does anyone know why the wtbts uses the 'baptiser' moniker instead of the norm?.

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  Rattigan-With that logic, my dentist isn't one, he is a dentaler, my machinist relative is a machiner and so on. The Baptist religion came long after John lived and died.