Posts by Prisca

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No Personal References for Job Interview...

by berylblue in

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i have professional references (need advice on that too) but, thanks to my rebellion against the true god and his organization, i have no personal references, having been df like i deserve.

(the question which begs asking, of course, is why bother to get a job since i am going to be toast at armegeddon?

i should spend my time showing works that befit repentance...).

Prisca

How about your husband's friends? Do any of them know you well enough to vouch for you?

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EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!

by berylblue in

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friends

omg!!!!

there is a mouse in here....it is so cute but i screamed nevertheless when i saw it.

i am sitting here in terror like the little thing is going to be able to hurt me.

I'm still here

by Yerusalyim in

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i haven't posted all week due to my new job.

this past monday i started working as an instructor and the noncommissioned officer's academy...the week before that i was in the small group instructor course.

my schedule has changed a lot.

Prisca

Thanks for that - I will be able to get to sleep at night now!!!

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Letter to my (ex) wife. don't know if I'm doing the right thing by posting

by avengers in

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much of the info contained in the letter may not be new to most of you, even boring maybe, but i hope it will be of help to many.. i'd like to thank many of you whom have contributed to uncovering many of the wt secrets and also for having websites where this info is so perfectly organized and readily available.. letter probably won't even be read, considering i'm an apostate in the eyes of the jw's, but i sent it anyway.. (if you find any inaccuracies, then please let me know.

hope i'm doing the right thing....................andy.......(well, what've i got to lose?

Prisca

What I meant by "registered" is that they are registered at the WT.

That's what I figured you meant, but I thought I would explain how it can be interpreted by English-speakers' ears.

English is a weird language at times. I admire ppl like you who can speak fluently languages other than their native one.

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If it was good enough for Naaman, why not a Dub?

by ozziepost in

the wts teaches its members to have "no part" of certain places and practices, under pain of disfellowshiping and shunning.

things like attending a church service, taking blood, etc .

the wts claims that such is "bible based" and that since there 'logically' are bible precedents for all their prohibitions, then the r&f must keep well away.

Prisca

If such was the case, then his bowing would be mechanical, being solely for the purpose of dutifully supporting the king's body and not in personal worship." (page 456)

I still think you are making a huge leap in logic by trying to link this comment to JWs prevented from working on churches, JWs being df'd for attending church services etc.

A JW who regularly attends a church service for personal reasons is sharing in the practices of that church, and is participating in inter-faith worship if he still calls himself a JW.

A JW who works on a church building or provides some other service for which he is paid, is supporting that church, which is part of Babylon The Great (according to the WTS).

However, Naaman was not attending the temple of that god for personal worship, nor was he providing a service to that temple. He was attending in order to assist and accompany the King, to whom he was obligated to assist as part of his secular duties.

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Letter to my (ex) wife. don't know if I'm doing the right thing by posting

by avengers in

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much of the info contained in the letter may not be new to most of you, even boring maybe, but i hope it will be of help to many.. i'd like to thank many of you whom have contributed to uncovering many of the wt secrets and also for having websites where this info is so perfectly organized and readily available.. letter probably won't even be read, considering i'm an apostate in the eyes of the jw's, but i sent it anyway.. (if you find any inaccuracies, then please let me know.

hope i'm doing the right thing....................andy.......(well, what've i got to lose?

Prisca

but the fact is that there i $ a Watchtower database with more than 23000 registered peadofiles.

Just a clarification. I'm not sure if it's the nuances of the English language that has caused any confusion, but there is a difference between "alleged" pedophiles and "registered".

"Registered" in the English use of the word, in association with pedophiles, means they are registered with the legal authorities.

"Alleged" means that they have been accused, but not proven in a judicial sense (either in a JW judicial committee or in a Court of Law).

Of course, some of the names that the WTS have on file may be "registered" with the legal authorities, but the rest would be "alleged" pedophiles ie. accused but not proven (or admitted guilt).

Andy - I sincerely hope that your ex-wife and daughters will read the letter you've written and something will touch their hearts and minds to help get away from the trap of the Watchtower. I have family who are still in the WTS, and I live in the hope that someday they will be free too.

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If it was good enough for Naaman, why not a Dub?

by ozziepost in

the wts teaches its members to have "no part" of certain places and practices, under pain of disfellowshiping and shunning.

things like attending a church service, taking blood, etc .

the wts claims that such is "bible based" and that since there 'logically' are bible precedents for all their prohibitions, then the r&f must keep well away.

Prisca

Dubs are not to perform any secular service, like plumbing, electrical work, etc etc for a church. Anyone doing so is to be DF. (Elders' Manual)

Yes, but Naaman wasn't doing anything like that, was he? He wasn't doing anything to add appeal to a church (part of BTG) nor was he taking money from them as a wage. He was working for the King, and part of his duties meant he had to attend the church to assist the king (according to the WTS' reasoning).

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If it was good enough for Naaman, why not a Dub?

by ozziepost in

the wts teaches its members to have "no part" of certain places and practices, under pain of disfellowshiping and shunning.

things like attending a church service, taking blood, etc .

the wts claims that such is "bible based" and that since there 'logically' are bible precedents for all their prohibitions, then the r&f must keep well away.

Prisca

The WTS teaches its members to have "no part" of certain places and practices, under pain of disfellowshiping and shunning. Things like attending a church service, taking blood, etc

Agreed. The WTS teaches against the practice of attending and participating in church services.

If such was the case, then his bowing would be mechanical, being solely for the purpose of dutifully supporting the king's body and not in personal worship." (page 456)
So, why is it OK for Naaman and not for a Dub?

If Naaman is an example of a secular attendence and seemingly "worshiping" the god (not for personal worship but as part of his job) then how do the JWs come into this?

Is there an example you can give where JWs were disfellowshipped or shunned for attending a church service as part of their job?

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