Topics Started by Bells
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This made me awfully sad
by corpusdei injust came across this post, where a disfellowshipped blogger posted the letter from his witness mother in which she cuts off the relationship between them.
although i was the one to slam the door and cut off communication with my viper of a mother, my heart goes out to this guy - it's to their shame that the witnesses allow their religion to do this to family..
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Let Me Get This Straight. So If I. . .
by breakfast of champions inso if i spend one dollar a week to buy lottery tickets, i can be disfellowshipped.
if i admit to a couple elders that privately to myself i do not believe that jehovah's witnesses are gods sole channel of truth, i can be disfellowshipped.
.. but if i confess to the elders that i have been sexually molesting a child, i can no longer handle the mics or be a ministerial servant.. i am pissed, read this (i don't even care to make it clickable, cut and paste it):.
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The Witnesses stance on seeing a psychologist?
by Bells incan anyone clear this up for me?.
i was under the impression that witnesses were strongly discouraged from seeking help from any therapist / psychologist outside of the organisation.
this always made sense to me because i'd imagine that many psychologists would realise that a witness belongs to a very high control group once they start speaking to them.. .
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Mosaic Law - Can anyone help to explain
by Bells ini'm hoping someone can shed a little light in regards to the witnesses stance around mosaic law?.
as i understand it, they don't follow the law, however do take some principles from it.. .
so - do they think that the mosaic law came directly from god?
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What was the 2012 convention drama all about?
by What Now? inwith all of the hype surrounding sparlock ... i didn't see anyone post anything about the sunday drama at the convention.. my husband and i decided that we were only going to attend the sunday of the convention.
we drove down, but got cold feet and we ended up going out for coffee and hitting up the local shopping mall, heading over to the convention for lunch to show our faces, then taking off home for the afternoon.
it was a good day ;).
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Does MAGIC exist or doesnt it? Sick of crap from WT
by hamsterbait inmagic as a "force" has been debunked.
no sane person believes it is real.
(except of course jehoobie - and it makes him real sad an' mean mad!).
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Watchtower, Wolverine, and the LIE that every 13-year-old saw RIGHT AWAY...
by Unlearn ini'll always remember this issue of the awake warning jw parents about comic books and why they were so dangerous.. the cover had a kid on the front sitting indian-style reading a comic book, wide-eyed and smiling.
came out in the early 1980's.. i'll always remember it because it screwed up one of my favorite past-times: i was around 13 years old and a hardcore collector.. after this article, it was a continual tug-o-war with my dad over comics....and it lasted until i was 18 and moved out.. .
here's what was telling about that article:.
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So... what's being studied at the moment...???
by Bells ini'm not the most proficient user of computers, so excuse my ignorance - though does anyone know of any websites (the non-complicated ones - you know, no downloading special software etc.
- yes, i'm that hopeless) that explain what is the 'hot topic' week to week and month to month.. i'm interested in knowing what agenda is being pushed at a particular time, especially in regards to conventions and that sort of thing.
i find the witnesses that i have to associate tend to be more or less opinionated on certain things depending on what the wt is telling them to think at any one time.. if i am able to understand what they are being told, i think it will help me to avoid getting involved in certain conversations and therefore 'keep the peace'.. does such a site exist?
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Has anybody given any thought for Calebs freind ?
by smiddy inafter all, this unidentified freind of caleb gives him a toy, which calebs mom finds objectionable , shouldn`t she just have said to caleb ,give it back to your freind ?
and not dump it in the trash can ?
what sort of a message does that send to caleb (or any other children who watch this video ) calebs mom should have acknowledged that his freind gave him a present, and it should be appreciated , not to disrespectfully throw it away in the trash can with no thought to the giver of the present.. smiddy.
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Why do I even care!?
by Bells infor those of you who dont know my story here it is in a nutshell: im not a witness and never have been.
in fact i barely knew anything about witnesses (other than they come and knock on your door when youre trying to have a sleep in!
) until i met - and fell in love with - a boy at school who happened to be a witness.