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  What is your opinion of the news media?

  by minimus in

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  to me they have an agenda and they really don't care about professional journalism.

  most are untrustworthy and that's a shame.

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  Can we really trust the media? Isn't the media owned by Satan? When a number of media sources challenge our worldview with 'facts', we have to remember that!
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  Another Burnt Out Elder

  by Spoletta in

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  2. family

  young elder(mid-thirties) in my congregation stepped down last night.

  nicest guy, with two lovely kids, a great supportive wife.. it got to be too much, as the other elders are practically useless, let him do all the hard work, while they did all the "important" stuff.

  literally ran him ragged.. he's still in good standing, gave the final prayer.

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  It is very telling his wife was in tears over it.

  Despite much lip service otherwise, being an elder gives one an elevated position and standing, there is a pride and personal glory in it. There is shame associated with stepping down or being deleted. Family can take much pride in having a father or husband as a "glorious one" "worthy of double honor".
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  Anyone read the latest Awake (on the supernatural)?

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just read some of this latest awake on the org's webshite.. it begins by talking about the 'supernatural' - wizards, witches, vampires, etc.

  - their popularity and why they might appeal to people.

  then it goes on to state the wt belief that someone is 'behind it'.. now, i like a few horror/scary films - when i was a kid, i always actually liked being a bit scared by them, tbh.. the silence of the lambs, a nightmare on elm street (1984), the ring, the witch, the thing (1982) and a few others are all great, imo.. they are just genres and subgenres of film, that's all.

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  JWs have been made to be very superstitious. Satan is such a huge object of fear in the JW mind that he is almost a secondary god in the pantheon that must be taken into appeased so as not to draw his wrath: "don't pray aloud your weaknesses, Satan will hear it and use it against you. Don't watch that book, movie, tv show, otherwise the demons will think you are interested in them."

  Often, a scary story is crafted to invoke fear, as it is designed to do. Sometimes that mere emotion is equated with demons.

  I remember at a Circuit Assembly one experience was given of giving up reading Agatha Christie mystery novels. Afterward, a friend who also read Agatha Christie had a nightmare that night. Of course, the only logical explanation: DEMONS! He gave up reading Agatha Christie.
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  Anyone read the latest Awake (on the supernatural)?

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just read some of this latest awake on the org's webshite.. it begins by talking about the 'supernatural' - wizards, witches, vampires, etc.

  - their popularity and why they might appeal to people.

  then it goes on to state the wt belief that someone is 'behind it'.. now, i like a few horror/scary films - when i was a kid, i always actually liked being a bit scared by them, tbh.. the silence of the lambs, a nightmare on elm street (1984), the ring, the witch, the thing (1982) and a few others are all great, imo.. they are just genres and subgenres of film, that's all.

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  Fear of Satan, a common cult tool.
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  What could it be?

  by Randy notmarsh in

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  2. friends

  i'm doing some research.

  someone snitched over something minor-ish on me about six months ago the person is from a different hall, person got df ( over some other stuff) why haven't the elders talked to me?

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  Most elders are stressed out by endless congregation duties and have much bigger fish to fry. They might not know who to contact, and even if they've inquired about you are and where your records are parked and come up with nothing, the whole theocratic treadmill might dampen their motivations to pursue much after that.

  It would be the elders in the congregation where your records are that would have to pursue the matter. So one elder body would need to contact the other, and the local elders would need to feel motivated to do an investigation. If you are faded, they might hold the matter in "abeyance".
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  Homeless guy begs with the Watchtower

  by ShirleyW in

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  2. friends

  after that crazy story about the bride and groom going out in service in their wedding attire, that reminded me of a scene yesterday in one of the subway stations, a disheveled homeless guy had one hand out begging for some money, "does anyone have some spare change to help me " he kept saying, in his other hand was a copy of the magazine.

  so what must've happened was some dub passed him by and instead of giving him a quarter gave him a copy of the latest publication.

  although some of the beggars use their money for alcoholic beverage anyway instead of food i'm sure that magazine will be put to good use when he feels the need to take a squat somewhere and needs some paper.

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  In the Watchtower mindset, that is the BEST way to help a homeless person. I remember a picture in one of the publications showing a JW doing just that.
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  How can elders find someone.. And how long would it take?

  by Randy notmarsh in

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  2. friends

  let's throw a hypothetical.

  let's say that a body of elders is looking for someone in a different congregation, but don't know what kh he attends, how do they go on about it?

  how long do you guys think it'll take?

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  It depends. Elders are stressed-out busy nowadays and usually have bigger fish to fry. If they encounter a few obstacles in finding the where the person's records are, it is likely they will put that on the backburner.
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  Day 1 - Fessler vs. Watchtower – Opening Statements and Motions in Jehovah’s Witness Child Abuse Trial

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  news bulletin: fessler versus watchtower – opening statements and motions in jehovah’s witness child abuse trial – day 1. .

  posted on february 12, 2017. city hall, philadelphia, pennsylvania.

  on a cold philadelphia morning the 7th of february, 2017, stephanie fessler walked into the court of common pleas of pennsylvania, first judicial district, civil trial division.

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  Don't give them ideas...
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  Craziest thing you ever did during intermission at a Circuit Assembly

  by Esse quam videri in

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  2. experiences

  1970 - there was a local drag strip a few miles away from the hall rented for the circuit assembly.

  i was 18 , tim o. was 16 and wayne d. was 18. wayne had a 1955 chevy 4 door, 6 cylinder and fresh paint job.

  tim had his dad'ss 1965 chevy half ton.

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  Drag racing is one thing, but not enjoying the upbuilding association during lunch? How dare you! :)
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  Stranger asks about your kids mental wellness. ..

  by purrpurr in

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  2. bible

  last night at the meeting there was a suggested presentation about the new mags, which cover the issue of depression in minors.

  the jw jumps straight from "hi how are ya" to "how is your kids mental well-being " and of course the hh is more than happy to discuss the inner workings of their child's mind with a stranger whose just knockedmon their door(!).

  if it was me i'd be majorly creeper out!.

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  Is there a transcript for this?