The local congregation does own the property when it's paid off. This other BS gets repeated over and over again and it's simply not true. I've been involved in buying, building and selling several kingdom halls and I don't know where this comes from, other than wishful thinking.
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Went To The Quick Build
by Undecided ini just returned from the building site of the new kh.
i had never seen a quick build.
it kind of made me sad, i saw so many old friends that i used to know.
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Jehovah's Witnesses Have a High Mental Illness Level
by Bryan innow we know what the problem is...
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jehovah's witnesses"faith of our fathers: part one, were the early christians jehovah's witnesses?
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Pork Chop
Farkel, certainly I accept empirical data if it's based on some significant quantity of objective observation. However, the referenced anecdotes on this and similar sites do not, in my opinion, meet that standard. There is as much lack of objectivity here as there is in the repeated reference one hears at the meetings to Witnesses being "the happiest people on the Earth." Now, if you had a randomly selected sample of 1,000 Witnesses from the general Witness population and they were observed over whatever period was necessary, say six months, by three psychiatrists who could demonstrate that they were indeed objective and operating independently, and even two of them reached the conclusion that there was more mental illness in Witnesses than in the rest of the general population, then I'd accept that conclusion without hesitation.
Actually, that's a rather good idea. I wonder if we could get someone to fund it? You'd have to do some serious work on the selection criteria but I think you could get there in the end.
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Sports and JW's (allowing kids to play)
by confusedjw inwhat are people's experiences here of jw's who let their kids play sports and the consequences for them?.
for instance did you know any kids who played little league or high school football or basketball?.
any canadiens who allowed their children to play hockey at any of the levels?.
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Pork Chop
It's not as unheard of as it used to be. I've known JW kids that played high school football, basketball, soccer, golf, tennis and some that were in track. I've also known kids in band and orchestra, and a few that were in plays and that kind of thing. Not a lot, but some.
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Jehovah's Witnesses Have a High Mental Illness Level
by Bryan innow we know what the problem is...
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jehovah's witnesses"faith of our fathers: part one, were the early christians jehovah's witnesses?
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Anecdotes are virtually meaningless in this context. There is no rigor in the information imparted by these 'discussions' and 'personal experiences'. They are just as meaningful as the 'experiences' cited at the weekly Service Meeting.
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Jehovah's Witnesses Have a High Mental Illness Level
by Bryan innow we know what the problem is...
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jehovah's witnesses"faith of our fathers: part one, were the early christians jehovah's witnesses?
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Pork Chop
To reinforce Farkel's comment, Bergman is not very credible. His degree has nothing to do with psychology, psychiatry, sociology or medicine so he's talking out of his hat. He also hasn't done very well in the "expert witness" business.
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As JW did you Recycle? Did you give to Charities? Do You Now?
by xjw_b12 inthis is to expound on what fe203girl said in an earlier topic.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/69666/1094454/post.ashx#1094454.
it always bothered me as jw, just how little social and global responsibility we felt responsible for.
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Pork Chop
Yes, Yes, Yes, walk for juvenile diabetes, breast cancer, and march of dimes preemies & birth defects. Anyone like to sponsor me?
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Texas woman found not guilty by reason of insanity of stoning her kids...
by TresHappy intexas mom who stoned sons not guilty
saturday, april 3, 2004 posted: 8:57 pm est (0157 gmt) .
laney departs the courtroom following closing arguments in her capital murder trial saturday.
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Pork Chop
Don't care if she's insane or not, this woman should be executed.
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A slave is obedient even to a cruel master?...
by cyber-sista injust recently sister x from the kh where i recently attended had another meeting with the elders there to try and help she and brother x with their abusive marital relationship.
they are constantly meeting with the elders and have done so for many years over this and everything other decision they need to make in their lives.
they are very "elder dependent" but their lives never seem to improve and in fact it just seems to go from bad to worse.
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Pork Chop
I've never heard that scripture applied to wives, and I suspect it never has been applied to wives in the literature. This is some nut case elder body that doesn't know what they're doing. I also agree with willy, some people just can't be helped, not even by professional couselors, unless the help is to just go ahead and get divorced. That's the only answer in some cases. In this particular case, since physical abuse is involved, she should call the police.
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Why is there a High Rate of Suicide among Jehovahs Witnesses?????
by Aikon inhi guys.
last week i was involed in a very distressing situation, going with a family to identify their mother who had commited suicide.. we are waiting for the coroner to release the body for the funneral.. but, so far this year a number of jw have commited suicide in england,why???.
can any one throw a light why so many jw of good standing commit suicide,.
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Pork Chop
donkey, the truth is, there is no evidence. People just want to believe it.
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Flowers for Algernon - anyone ever read it?
by Sunnygal41 ini remember this from school............it was one of those short stories that were required reading.........i remember being totally swept away by it and deeply saddened by the ending.. .
daniel keyes wrote little sf but is highly regarded for one classic, flowers for algernon.
as a 1959 novella it won a hugo award; the 1966 novel-length expansion won a nebula.
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Pork Chop
Loved the story, always struggled with the question of whether the relatively short period of being intelligent would be worth it.