i see these movies lately, that show men and woman having sex as a friends without 'planned' emotions.
who then fall in love, and end up having to admit that sex without emotion was not possible.
i wonder though, do you really think this is the case.
For a long time after I left, I was broken. I had no idea what real feelings were I just knew how to bury everything and put on the smile. I had plenty of sex without emotion. I actually thought I was doing the guys a favor by loving them for a while and then just leaving. I just thought everyone was cold, and I was so shut off emotionally myself.
I don't think I could do it now. I'm not so broken now.
from the march 15, 2012 wt, pg 17 para 10. today there are better ways to reach not millions, but billions including those in china, india, and arabic countries where they don't even know the name jehovah.
i guess stockpiling billions in cash and property are more important than spreading the "urgent message" hypocrites!.
"the example of a small group of.
It's busy work. Busy work that keeps bringing people in unfortunately. Maybe not as many as they once did, and certainly not enough to cover those who are leaving. Unfortunately some still do get suckered in.
The setting themselves apart is another big issue. I can't tell you how many JW I have had discussions with that see thru all the BS, but that is the tiny thread they hold on to "who else is going door to door"
"yes he does love me....it's just a bad time now with the kids and all...and money...he doesn't love her anymore, it just the kids....he said we can keep meeting at $40 hotels for "awhile" longer....till he sorts things out...and we can be together.".
this could be 1955 or 2011 and dumb girls still fall for this crap????
for real????
I just don't know why anyone would want to marry a known adulterer. Never made sence to me.
I know there are many reasons people have affairs, and you can't judge any unless you have been in their shoes, but I personally never understood the marrrying them after.
when i saw it, i immediately thought of that episode of 'family guy' where evil monkey becomes a jw.
the cover photo is identical to what evil monkey had!
hilarious.
I just can't believe they keep rehashing that same old nuclear explosion fear photo. I mean, don't they keep up with the news?
i don't think there are more pedophiles in the religion than there are in others.. i understand that one is too many.
but i think some believe that it's an epidemic within the organization.
i believe their 2 witness rule can help pedophiles secretly abuse kids.. but i don't think that this particular crime dominates those in the religion.. .
This organization being full of people is not the issue. The fact that some of the people are slime isn't even the issue. To expect perfection is foolhardy. The issue is how pedophiles are dealt with. The 2 witness rule protects the pedophile, the child in question must face his accuer to make an accusation(how terrifying is that?), it comes down to he said she said. The issue is the cover ups, the failing to report to the police, even when its "ceasars law" to do so. All of the cards are against the victim. That's the issue.
The abuse both by the pedophile AND the organization is most vile with children, because they are truly the most helpless.
I got busted for smoking by the spoiled one of the congregation. You know the one, rich, pretty, can do no wrong, everyones favorite for doing NOTHING. She turned me in, I knew she would the second I saw that she saw. I was already on public reproof (for not getting baptized and it ended in rebellion), treated like a pariah, and wasn't baptized. Not much more they could do to me.
dear brothers and sisters, .
i worry about you jumping on steven hassan's ideas which are not new, in fact, after reading a good chunk of his book today, nothing he has written is fresh and new to the psychology world.
so far, i have been cautious about revealing who or what schooling and background i have.
The way I see this, Hassan is helping JWs heal, can't have that, they wont come back if they actually heal. I have seen many active witnesses nitpic at him. As was stated, he isn't god, he isn't the end all be all of this subject, but he has made it simple to understand. It's a good starting place for many of us. Plus the added bonus of he has been where we are.
or are they as correct as any other false religion?.
Don't forget all the hidden gems. Dinos either died in the flood or are made up by scientists under satans influence. Carbon dating is a trick of satan. If you masturbate satan is watching. History books/channel/scholars on this subject are all controlled by satan. The media is full of satans lies.
without going into details, i'm doing some work on the recent feb 15th watchtower article, namely the experience that appears to excuse a husband beating his wife who is not sufficiently showing christian qualities, etc.. i am putting together a statement on the subject, and it occurred to me that the scenario of a violent husband beating his wife, then studying and becoming a witness is not entirely new in itself to the publications.
this alone is troubling, because there is repeated suggestion that staying with a violent husband is necessary in order to "win him over".
(1 peter 3:1).
I emailed you with my story. I kept it brief, I stuck to facts, tried to keep my emotions out of it, which was tough, I am quite angry-sarcastic-raw at the moment. I just know that won't help anything.
blond-moment aka Danmera aka Micks
have 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?
Enjoyed Thanksgiving hope everyone had a great day today. My sister in law (who works at Harvard Business School) was over for thanksgiving dinner and I showed her that article. I said nothing just asked her to read it. I wish I had taken a picture of her face.
She took a copy of my letter, and the article and is going to send it to the women's studies department and others at Harvard. She also is going to send me all of her personal contacts in this area so I can contact them as well. We will see what happens.
